Università Roma Tre

CORSO ARTICOLATO IN 2 PARTI.PARTE 1: SELF-ORGANIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL AND SYNTHETIC SYSTEMSPARTE 2: ORIGIN OF LIFE, AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO CELLULAR MODELSFIRST PARTSELF-ORGANIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL AND SYNTHETIC SYSTEMS. THE NOTION OF EMERGENCE. SELF-AGGREGATION OF SURFACTANTS. THE USE OF LIPOSOMES AS CARRIERS FOR DRUG DELIVERY. SELF-REPRODUCTION AND SELF-REPLICATION. THE CASE OF SYNTHETIC POLYMERS. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS TO STUDY SELF-ASSEMBLY AND SELF-ORGANIZATION.SECOND PARTTHE TRANSITION TO LIFE. THE PROBLEM OF SPECIFIC MACROMOLECULAR SEQUENCES IN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE. WHAT IS LIFE? THE THEORY OF AUTOPOIESIS. THE RNA WORLD. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MINIMAL LIVING CELLS. THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE ORIGIN OF LIFE, DISCUSSION AND CRITICISM TO THE INTELLIGENT DESIGN.

LIBRO PROF. LUISI "THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE", 2006 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, DISPONIBILE ON LINE
FOTOCOPIE DELLE SLIDES PROIETTATE DURANTE LE LEZIONI. PRESENTAZIONI IN POWER POINT DI TUTTE LE LEZIONI. EVENTUALI FOTOCOPIE DA ALCUNI SIGNIFICATIVI ESEMPI TRATTI DA VARI TESTI.