Biology channel 6

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: LUCIA STEFANINI

Lecturers

LUCIA STEFANINI
LUCIA STEFANINI
LAURA STRONATI
LAURA STRONATI

Learning outcomes

The Biology course aims to provide students with a solid and integrated foundation in the fundamentals of biology, an essential foundation for understanding the physiological and pathological processes addressed in subsequent courses in the biomedical area.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology is required, consistent with the preparation promoted by educational institutions that organize educational and teaching activities consistent with the National Guidelines for high schools and the Guidelines for technical institutes and vocational institutes.

Programme

- Structure and function of the main biological macromolecules
- Molecular basis of living matter
- Cellular organization and compartmentalization, intracellular traffic, and interactions between cells and the external environment
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate the expression and transmission of genetic and epigenetic information, identifying their implications in inherited
pathologies.
- The fundamentals of cellular communication and signal transduction, with particular attention to the control of cell proliferation and death, as well as the processes that regulate mitosis and meiosis in germ cells

Books

BIOLOGY (SUGGESTED)
● Essenziale di Biologia molecolare della cellula. Alberts. Zanichelli
● Biologia molecolare della cellula. Alberts. Zanichelli
● La cellula un approccio molecolare. Cooper. Piccin
● Il mondo della cellula. Becker. Pearson
● Biologia Cellulare e Molecolare. Karp. Edises
● Biologia molecolare della cellula. Lodish et al., Zanichelli
● Molecole, Cellule e Organismi. Ginelli et al., Edises
● Biologia e genetica. De Leo, Fasano., Edises
● Manuale di Biologia e Genetica per il semestre filtro. Alessandro et al., Edises (in lavorazione


GENETICS (SUGGESTED)
● Genetica. Un approccio molecolare - VI edizione (2024) - Russel PJ - Pearson
● Genetica – II edizione (2016) - Pierce BA - Zanichelli
● Genetica. Principi di analisi formale - VIII edizione (2021) - Griffiths et al. - Zanichelli

Lessons mode

Frontal lectures
Tutoring online

Frequency

mandatory.

Exam mode

Written exam

Example exam questions

The exam will be in italian.

Sustainability goals

  • Goal4
  • Goal5
  • Academic year2026/2027
  • Degree program to which the course belongsDental School
  • Lesson code10622003
  • Year and semester1st year - 1st semester
  • Activity typeBasic educational activities
  • Academic areaB_01. Discipline generali per la formazione dell'odontoiatra
  • SSDBIOS-10/A
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • LanguageITA
  • CFU6 CFU
  • Total duration75 hours
  • Hours distribution75 classroom hours