Teacher
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BERARDINELLI FRANCESCO
(syllabus)
- GENOME (ORGANIZATION, STRUCTURAL GENOMICS, COMPARATIVE GENOMICS AND FUNCTUNIAL GENOMICS). EPIGENOME (METHYLATION, HISTONE CODE, CHROMATIN 3D ARCHITECTURE, NON-CODING RNA). EXAMPLES OF EPIGENETIC REGULATION: CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND GENETIC MECHANISMS OF SEX DETERMINATION (HOW DOES SEX IS GENETICALLY DETERMINED, INACTIVATION OF X CHROMOSOME, SEX-DEPENDENT PHONOTYPIC EFFECTS). - CELL CYCLE REGULATION, SENESCENCE AND APOPTOSIS. GENETIC OF AGING (GENETIC THEORIES OF AGING, GERONTOGENES AND GENES INVOLVED IN LONGEVITY, AGING IN ANIMAL MODELS, MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR AGING). CANCER GENETICS (ONCOGENES, ONCO-SUPPRESSOR GENES, CHROMOSOMAL REARRANGEMENTS INVOLVED IN CANCER, THE CANCER STEM CELLS THEORY). INDIVIDUAL GENETIC RESPONSE AND PHARMACOGENETICS.
(reference books)
- SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES - TOM STRACHAN and ANDREW READ, HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS, 5th Edition, CRC PRESS (Taylor & Francis Group)
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