Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

The course aims to meet the growing and widespread demand for training on issues of bioethics. Students will address ethical and epistemological implications of a series of questions concerning various areas of biological research. The course will be conducted in accordance with interactive teaching methods designed to strengthen and ensure ongoing understanding and mastery of the topics.

The aim of this course
is to give students theoretical
principles and possible applications in real systems of the main separative
techniques, of mass spectrometry and of coupling them. Particular attention
will be dedicated to metabolomic
and proteomic applications , to quality
of analytical measurements and data

Introduction to the use of statistical tools for the analysis of experimental data in molecular and genetic biology; particular focus on estimation theory (point and interval) and on stadard methods for parametric hypothesis testing, one and two sample conditions.

To acquire: 1) fundamental concepts of NMR spectroscopy and of the statistical models for the metabolomics; 2) methodologies to characterize the metabolic phenotypes and to evaluate the effects of biotic, a-biotic and genetic perturbations on different biological systems.

Knowledge of main Molecular Biology techniques. Use of these techniques in the solving of scientific subjects. Use of
these techniques in biotechnology.

The
course aims to introduce the students to the main approaches to functional
genomics, using yeast as the most advanced model system currently available.
Students will learn to apply the high-throughput techniques based on DNA
microarrays measuring their potentials and their problems and limits. Focus
will be placed on data mining methodologies, from image analysis to data normalization and
statistical filtering to gene clustering and gene ontology. The perspectives of
next generation sequencing in extending the limits of DNA microarray technology
will also be illustrated.

Knowledge of mechanisms of transcriptional and epigenetic regulation in
eukaryotes. Structural organization of the genetic material. Concepts of
epigenetic regulation in cancer and during development in mammals and in stem
cells. Epigenetic regulation of pluripotency and differentiation.

This course proposes the basics of programming, with reference to the C++ language used to develop industrial applications.
The objective is to provide students, through a single language, with
the knowledge of technological tools to assist him in the programming
(development environment, compilers, function libraries ...), with
reference to both high level programming languages and Object Oriented
Programming (OOP) paradigm.
To this end, numerous tutorials conducted by the computer in a lab are planned.After completing the course the student will be able to design, implement and test C++ programs of moderate complexity.

The final exam consists of the discussion of an advanced thesis, comprising a written document, possibly in English, which presents the results of an original study on a problem of an applicative, experimental or research nature.The preparation of the thesis is carried out under the guidance of an advisor (who can be a teacher of the advanced degree program, or of other Italian or foreign degree programs, or of an Italian or foreign research center) usually during the second year, requiring approximately half of the overall time effort.

The course aims to meet the growing and widespread demand for training on issues of bioethics. Students will address ethical and epistemological implications of a series of questions concerning various areas of biological research. The course will be conducted in accordance with interactive teaching methods designed to strengthen and ensure ongoing understanding and mastery of the topics.

The aim of this course
is to give students theoretical
principles and possible applications in real systems of the main separative
techniques, of mass spectrometry and of coupling them. Particular attention
will be dedicated to metabolomic
and proteomic applications , to quality
of analytical measurements and data

Introduction to the use of statistical tools for the analysis of experimental data in molecular and genetic biology; particular focus on estimation theory (point and interval) and on stadard methods for parametric hypothesis testing, one and two sample conditions.

This corse aimes at providing the students with a basic knowledge of molecular biology recombinant DNA techniques. Real examples and applications of these techniques will be discussed in class through the selection of specific scientific articles. A section of this course will be specifically devoted to GMOs and to transgenic plants, as well as to the more recent progress and the ethical implications in this field.

Knowledge of advanced
proteomic and metabolomic methods applied to the study of environmental stress
in plants; understanding of their potential applications in environmental and
industrial plant biotechnology

Knowledge of the methodologies for the systematic analysis of biotechnological
processes. Understanding of the fundamentals of unit operations and biochemical
reaction engineering. Evaluation of the
best available biotechnologies for the environmental protection and the renewable energy production.

Full understanding of processes which might generate and
retain genetic diversity.

An understanding of the biodiversity: its measurement,
threats, value to humanity and justifications for its conservation.

An improved
understanding of the molecular-level
structure-function relationship and processing methods of biopolymers from
renewable resources coupled with the rapid advancement in understanding of
fundamental of biosynthetic pathways and options to modulate or tailor these
pathway through genetic manipulation has resulted in the establishment of new
opportunities for the use of biopolymers in commodity materials in our every
day lives as well as in specialty products.

This course proposes the basics of programming, with reference to the C++ language used to develop industrial applications.
The objective is to provide students, through a single language, with
the knowledge of technological tools to assist him in the programming
(development environment, compilers, function libraries ...), with
reference to both high level programming languages and Object Oriented
Programming (OOP) paradigm.
To this end, numerous tutorials conducted by the computer in a lab are planned.After completing the course the student will be able to design, implement and test C++ programs of moderate complexity.

The final exam consists of the discussion of an advanced thesis, comprising a written document, possibly in English, which presents the results of an original study on a problem of an applicative, experimental or research nature.The preparation of the thesis is carried out under the guidance of an advisor (who can be a teacher of the advanced degree program, or of other Italian or foreign degree programs, or of an Italian or foreign research center) usually during the second year, requiring approximately half of the overall time effort.