Università Roma Tre

PURPOSE OF THIS COURSE IS TO CONVINCE BIOLOGY STUDENTS THAT PHYSICS PROVIDES THE NECESSARY TOOLS FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE REAL WORLD AROUND US. THE MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC RESOURCES FOR A PHYSICS “WAY OF THINKING” USEFUL NOT ONLY TO SOLVE END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS BUT, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IN THE STUDENT’S FUTURE PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

Purpose of the course is to give the knowledge of the fundamental principles of the General and Inorganic chemistry and also the ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the solution of simple problems of General Chemistry.

THE COURSE AIMS TO TEACH THE GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE MAMMALIAN CELL AND TISSUES. THE GOAL OF THIS COURSE IS TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE CELL AND TISSUE STRUCTURE UNDER THE OPTICAL MICROSCOPE.

THE GOAL IS TO KNOW THE BASIC OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO ADDRESS AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS THROUGH THE LOGIC MATHEMATICS.

PURPOSE OF THIS COURSE IS TO CONVINCE BIOLOGY STUDENTS THAT PHYSICS PROVIDES THE NECESSARY TOOLS FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE REAL WORLD AROUND US. THE MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC RESOURCES FOR A PHYSICS “WAY OF THINKING” USEFUL NOT ONLY TO SOLVE END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS BUT, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IN THE STUDENT’S FUTURE PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

GET THE BASIC KNOWLEDGES ON THE MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PLANTS. INTRODUCTION TO THE TAXONOMY AND EVOLUTION OF ALGAE, FUNGI, BRYOPHYTES, PTERIDOPHYTES AND SPERMATOPHTYTES. IDENTICATION OF THE MAIN TAXONOMIC GROUPS,AND OF THE MAIN TISSUES AND ORGANS OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS.

Purpose of the course is to give the knowledge of the fundamental principles of the General and Inorganic chemistry and also the ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the solution of simple problems of General Chemistry.

This course will provide statistical, mathematical and computer competences needed to conduct an experiment, synthesizing the data and interpret the obtained results within a theory.

Lessons and practical exercises will drive the student through software tools and statistical theory for:
i) treatment, synthesis and analysis of the experimental data;
ii) statistical evaluation of errors and confidence intervals;
iii) evaluation of the results using statistical inference tests;
iv) the comparison of the results with a theory;
v) the parameter determination from data refinement.

The physical and statistical principles that govern the experimental observations and cause the uncertainties associated with measurements and data processing will be illustrated.

Basics information on probability and statistical models (distributions) will be provided. Major "hypothesis rejection tests" (Z-test, T-test, chi-square) are described as tools data interpretation and comparison of experimental results.

Essential knowledge on PC architecture and working principles is given. Numerical analysis and logic operations are introduced. Basic software for experimental data treatment is used: EXCEL (office), CALC (OpenOffice), Gnuplot

THE MAIN FORMATIVE TARGETS ARE:1) THE ACQUISITION OF AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO THE ANIMAL BIOLOGY; 2) THE ACQUISITION OF A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH GENERAL ZOOLOGY AND ANIMAL DIVERSITY; 3) THE SELF-EVALUATION BY THE STUDENT OF THE COMPETENCE WHITIN THE ANIMAL BIOLOGY.

TO PROVIDE THEORETICAL AND PRATICAL SKILLS TO UNDERSTAND MECHANISMS OF INHERITANCE OF TRAITS AND EVOLUTION

TO RIPEN IN THE STUDENT THE ABILITY TO WRITE AND/OR RECOGNIZE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOLECULAR STRUCTURES, PREDICT THE CHEMICAL REACTIVITY AND HAVE AN AWARENESS OF THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOLECULES AND THEIR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND ANATOMY OF THE VETEBRATE SUB PHYLUM, IN AN EVOLUTIONARY KEY. THE ANATOMICAL ORGANIZATION IS INTERPRETED IN THE ADAPTIVE AND EVOLULUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE. PRINCIPAL AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE THE FOLLOWING: (1) LEARNING AND APPLYING THE COMPARATIVE METHOD; (2) KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE DIVERSE SYSTEMS IN AN EVOLUTIONARY AND FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE; 3) ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABILITY TO OBSERVE, DESCRIBE AND REPORT. THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT, FROM GAMETOGENESIS TO ORGAN FORMATION. FUNDAMENTAL MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES, SUCH AS CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND MORPHOGENESIS WILL BE APPROACHED. THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL COMPETENCE TO RECOGNIZE EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES OF VERTEBRATES AT THE MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC LEVEL.

TO GET A GOOD COMMAND OF THE BIOCHEMICAL TERMINOLOGY; TO REACH A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOLECULAR BASES OF THE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM, OF THE BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS, OF THE METABOLIC PATHWAYS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THEIR INTERACTIONS AND MOLECULAR COMPLEXITY.

THE COURSE CONCERNS THE GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS WHICH REGULATE THE BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES OCCURRING WITHIN A CELL, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASYS ON GENETIC STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION AND EXPRESSION OF PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS. FURTHERMORE, THE SUBJECT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE MOST UPDATED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES UTILIZED IN BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND ANATOMY OF THE VETEBRATE SUB PHYLUM, IN AN EVOLUTIONARY KEY. THE ANATOMICAL ORGANIZATION IS INTERPRETED IN THE ADAPTIVE AND EVOLULUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE. PRINCIPAL AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE THE FOLLOWING: (1) LEARNING AND APPLYING THE COMPARATIVE METHOD; (2) KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE DIVERSE SYSTEMS IN AN EVOLUTIONARY AND FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE; 3) ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABILITY TO OBSERVE, DESCRIBE AND REPORT. THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT, FROM GAMETOGENESIS TO ORGAN FORMATION. FUNDAMENTAL MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES, SUCH AS CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND MORPHOGENESIS WILL BE APPROACHED. THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL COMPETENCE TO RECOGNIZE EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES OF VERTEBRATES AT THE MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC LEVEL.

To increase knowledge concerning fundamental processes underlying plant life as well as provide students with basic expertise in experimental plant physiology. Plant Physiology has a primary importance in many scientific subjects such as plant molecular biology, plant breeding, pharmacology, plant pathology, applied Botany.

MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWGLEDGE OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY INCLUDING ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES TO POPULATIONS, TO PROPERLY APPLY ELEMENTS FROM FORMER BIOLOGY COURSES (SUCH AS BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY) IN AN ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT, TO ANALYSE ECOLOGICAL ISSUES BOTH IN FIELD AND IN LAB, AND TO DEVELOP A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIOSNHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATURE. MOREOVER, THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS TO RECORD, ORGANIZE AND INTERPRET ECOLOGICAL DATA.

The General Microbiology course is intended to provide a solid knowledge background on:
1) The structure and function of the prokaryotic cell; 2) The mechanisms of replication, exchange, recombination and expression of DNA in bacteria; 3) The nutrition, growth and metabolism of bacteria; 4) The structural, genetic, and metabolic diversity in bacteria; 5) The antimicrobial drugs and the control of microbial growth;6) The concept of bacterial species and the evolution and the taxonomy of bacteria; 7) The basic principles of microbial ecology; 8) The principles of molecular virology of bacteriophages and animal viruses 9) The interactions between bacteria, viruses and higher organisms.

TO GIVE A STRONG AND UPDATED CULTURAL PREPARATION AND BACKGROUND ON THE FUNCTIONING AND MECHANISMS OF ANIMAL CELLS AND ORGANS,THEIR DYNAMIC INTEGRATION IN SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE GENERAL MECHANISMS OF FUNCTIONAL CONTROL IN NORMAL PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF THE EMERGING PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS; TO PROVIDE THE INSTRUMENTS TO DEVELOP THE CAPABILITY OF CRITICAL AND SYNTHETIC ANALYSIS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL RESULT AND THE CAPABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.