Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

The course aims to provide the biochemical basis for understanding the development of technologies used in research and production of enzymes and biomolecules useful for medicine, nutrition and industrial processes. Objectives of the course are
- understanding the methodologies used for development and industrial scale production of proteins and enzymes;
- knowledge of the potential applications of protein biotechnology in industrial processes, diagnostic and therapeutic, with particular reference to the pharmaceutical industry;
- ability to use biochemical techniques for the purification, analysis and use of enzymes and biomolecules.

The course completes the formation of the student in the field of microbiology by giving a clear and detailed vision of some aspects of the subject together with critical skills that are necessary to evaluate future developments in this specific sector.
The fundamental objective of the course is to give adequate informations on the following subjects:
• Emerging problems in the treatment of infectious diseases and their possible solutions according to recent findings of molecular and cellular microbiology;
• Drugs used in the treatment of infectious diseases (analysis of conventional methods used in research and development of drugs for infectous diseases and impact of new molecular findings on them):
• Methods used to search and develop new anti-infective drugs and to identify new molecular targets of pathogens;
• New approaches in the tratment of infections, methods for integrated biological control of mucosal environments by quorum sensing modulators, phages and predating bacteria;
• Biological drugs (vaccines and recombinant drugs) (productive and applicative aspects);
• Characterization and manipulation of mucosal microbiota in order to promote human health with particular attention to the use of probiotics, prebiotics and functional foods able to modify the mucosal microbiota;
• Potentials of biotechnologic diagnostics in the different sectors of microbiologic interest.

The objective of the program is to train individuals in the fields of molecular and cellular basis of disease. Goals: understanding of basic disease mechanisms, appreciation of modern techniques in molecular and cellular pathology, recognition of meaningful research problems, application of the scientific method to problems in disease mechanisms through discerning experimentation, and effective communication of information through teaching and writing skills.