Degree Course: Ecosystems Biodiversity and Management Syllabus for A.Y. 2017/2018

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20401643 - STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS (objectives)

- LUISELLI LUCA MARIA

SECS-S/02

Core compulsory activities

ITA

20402500 - PLANT BIODIVERSITY (objectives)

20402500-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives)

- LUCCHESE FERNANDO (syllabus) (reference books)

BIO/02

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20402500-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives)

- LUCCHESE FERNANDO (syllabus) (reference books)

BIO/02

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20402501 - VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY (objectives)

20402501-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives)

- CARPANETO GIUSEPPE (syllabus) (reference books)

BIO/05

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20402501-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives)

- CARPANETO GIUSEPPE (syllabus) (reference books)

BIO/05

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20402502 - CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (objectives)

- BOLOGNA MARCO ALBERTO (syllabus) (reference books)

- CUTINI MAURIZIO (syllabus) (reference books)

BIO/02

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BIO/05

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20401076 - MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
20401076-2 - MODULO 2	2	CHIM/11	-	-	20	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401076-1 - MODULO 1	4	CHIM/11	32	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401081 - ETHOLOGY AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR (objectives) PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR: (a) UNDERSTANDING BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR (b) UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR AS AN EMERGENT PROPERTY OF THE SYSTEM “ORGANISM” (c) AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR. PROMPTING STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING BY MEANS OF APPROPRIATE READINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THEREFORE STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN TOOLS TO CORRECTLY EVALUATE A SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS, CHOOSE APPROPRIATE TOOLS OF INVESTIGATION AND INTERPRET RESULTS.	6	BIO/05	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401221 - MOLECULAR GENETIC AND CYTOGENETIC TECHNIQUES
20401282 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR THE LIFE SCIENCE (objectives) THE MAJOR GOALS FOR THIS COURSE ARE CENTERED AROUND ACQUIRING A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC THEORIES, APPLIED TO BIOCHEMICAL PROBLEMS. THE COURSE WILL START BY THE RIGOROUS DEFINITION OF THERMODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES AND STATE FUNCTIONS, THEN THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THESE AND RELATED CONCEPTS TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF THE MAIN BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS.	6	CHIM/02	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20410171 - GENETICA DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI
20401662 - PHARMACOLOGY (objectives) THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: 1) PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF DRUGS; 2) ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS AND DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS; 3) PRINCIPLES OF DRUG ACTION AT THE CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LEVELS; 4) PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL AND PRECLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY.	6	BIO/14	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401664 - MICROBIAL GENETICS (objectives) TRAINING IN THE CRITICAL READING OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; REINFORCEMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE’S HISTORICAL-EPISTEMOLOGICAL FOUNDATION; KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING IN THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL. AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF GENETIC SPERIMENTATION ON MICRO-ORGANISMS; REINFORCING OF MASTERY OF CRUCIAL ISSUES (BIOLOGICAL CYCLE; GENOME ORGANIZATION AND EXPRESSION; HEREDITARY AND EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS OF PHAGES, BACTERIA, AND ASCOMYCETES; TRAINING IN BASIC TECHNICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS CONCERNING GENETIC EXPERIMENTATION ON MICRO-ORGANISMS (i.e. EXPERIMENTAL DATA COLLECTION, PRESENTATION, AND INTERPRETATION); TRAINING STUDENTS TO SELF-ASSESS KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS, AND TO ENGAGE IN SCIENTIFIC DEBATE.	6	BIO/18	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401665 - MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING OF HISTORICAL GARDENS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES (objectives) STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN & NATURE IN THE ANCIENT TIME. STUDY BIODETERIORATION RELATED TO THE VEGETATION IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS. ANALYSE HOW WAS THE PLANNING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKS IN ITALY AND DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT. STUDY HISTORICAL PARKS, GIVING EXAMPLES FROM THE ASSYRO-BABYLONIANS, EGYPTIANS, GREEK-ROMANS, MEOIOEVAL TIMES TO MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE. DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENTS OF HISTORICAL GARDENS. GIVE PRACTICAL FIELD EXAMPLES, VISITING AREAS SUCH AS COLOSSEUM AND HORTI FARNESIANI ON THE PALATINE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS IN THE APPIA ANTICA, AND OTHER HISTORICAL PARKS IN THE CENTRAL ITALY.
20401665-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN & NATURE IN THE ANCIENT TIME. STUDY BIODETERIORATION RELATED TO THE VEGETATION IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS. ANALYSE HOW WAS THE PLANNING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKS IN ITALY AND DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT. STUDY HISTORICAL PARKS, GIVING EXAMPLES FROM THE ASSYRO-BABYLONIANS, EGYPTIANS, GREEK-ROMANS, MEOIOEVAL TIMES TO MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE. DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENTS OF HISTORICAL GARDENS. GIVE PRACTICAL FIELD EXAMPLES, VISITING AREAS SUCH AS COLOSSEUM AND HORTI FARNESIANI ON THE PALATINE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS IN THE APPIA ANTICA, AND OTHER HISTORICAL PARKS IN THE CENTRAL ITALY.	5	BIO/03	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401665-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN & NATURE IN THE ANCIENT TIME. STUDY BIODETERIORATION RELATED TO THE VEGETATION IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS. ANALYSE HOW WAS THE PLANNING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKS IN ITALY AND DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT. STUDY HISTORICAL PARKS, GIVING EXAMPLES FROM THE ASSYRO-BABYLONIANS, EGYPTIANS, GREEK-ROMANS, MEOIOEVAL TIMES TO MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE. DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENTS OF HISTORICAL GARDENS. GIVE PRACTICAL FIELD EXAMPLES, VISITING AREAS SUCH AS COLOSSEUM AND HORTI FARNESIANI ON THE PALATINE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS IN THE APPIA ANTICA, AND OTHER HISTORICAL PARKS IN THE CENTRAL ITALY.	1	BIO/03	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401668 - ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE: 1) RECOGNIZE MAJOR GROUPS OF MICROORGANISMS AND UNDERSTAND FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION AND INTERACTIONS WITH HIGHER ORGANISMS; 2) LEARN ABOUT ROLES PLAYED BY MICROBES IN SOIL FORMATION, MINERAL WEATHERING, CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING; 3) LEARN ABOUT CULTURE-BASED AND CULTURE-INDEPENDENT MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS; 4) GAIN LITERACY IN CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY.
20401669 - EXPERIMENTAL MODELS IN BIOLOGY (objectives) THE COURSE PROVIDES BASICS CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENTAL MODELS MOST COMMONLY USED IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
20401669-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) THE COURSE PROVIDES BASICS CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENTAL MODELS MOST COMMONLY USED IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.	,5	BIO/09	-	-	5	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401669-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) THE COURSE PROVIDES BASICS CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENTAL MODELS MOST COMMONLY USED IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.	5,5	BIO/09	44	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401674 - CARTOGRAPHY AND G.I.S. APPLIED TO ECOLOGY (objectives) TO PROVIDE THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL TOOLS IN GEOGRAPHY, CARTOGRAPHY, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR ECOLOGICAL ADVANCES, THROUGH THE USE OF CASE STUDIES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
20401674-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) TO PROVIDE THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL TOOLS IN GEOGRAPHY, CARTOGRAPHY, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR ECOLOGICAL ADVANCES, THROUGH THE USE OF CASE STUDIES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.	5	BIO/03	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401674-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) TO PROVIDE THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL TOOLS IN GEOGRAPHY, CARTOGRAPHY, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR ECOLOGICAL ADVANCES, THROUGH THE USE OF CASE STUDIES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.	1	BIO/03	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401782 - MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY (objectives) THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED ADVANCED RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGIES.
20401782-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED ADVANCED RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGIES.	1	BIO/11	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401782-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED ADVANCED RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGIES.	5	BIO/11	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401786 - GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN FORMATIVE TARGETS ARE: 1) THE ACQUISITION OF A BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE MAIN INSECT GROUPS. 2) THE ACQUISITION OF BOTH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON SYSTEMATICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE HEXAPODA. 3) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLID CULTURAL BACKGROUND FOR AN ADVANCED DISCUSSION ON CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE AMAZING EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY OF INSECTS AND ON THEIR IMPORTANCE IN BASIC AND APPLIED STUDIES. 4) THE ACQUISITION OF THE TOOLS FOR THE INSECT TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION, EXPECIALLY FOR THOSE ORDERS AND FAMILIES PRESENT IN THE ITALIAN FAUNA. 5) TO STIMULATE THE CURIOSITY AND THE ABILITY OF CRITICALLY OBSERVE THE NATURE. 6) THE SELF-EVALUATION BY THE STUDENT OF THE COMPETENCE WHITIN THE ANIMAL BIOLOGY, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE ENTOMOLOGY.
20401787 - ETHNOBOTANY AND ETHNOZOOLOGY (objectives) ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND LIVING BEINGS, THROUGH AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CIVILIZATION. PERSPECTIVES OF THE RECOVERY OF POPULAR TRADITIONS.
20401787-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND LIVING BEINGS, THROUGH AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CIVILIZATION. PERSPECTIVES OF THE RECOVERY OF POPULAR TRADITIONS.	2	BIO/05	16	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401787-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND LIVING BEINGS, THROUGH AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CIVILIZATION. PERSPECTIVES OF THE RECOVERY OF POPULAR TRADITIONS.	4	BIO/03	24	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401788 - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (objectives) To provide the basics in terms of technical, legal, scientific and cultural issues on environmental assessment tools, with particular reference to the Environmental Impact Assessment, the Strategic Environmental Assessment, the assessment of impacts, the indicators for the monitoring and reporting of environmental . The knowledge acquired by the students, integrated with the content of other courses within the degree course (Technical Cartographic and GIS, Statistics, Applied Ecology, Management of Ecosystems, Biodiversity, etc..) contributes to develop professional figures in environmental monitoring.
20401788-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) TO PROVIDE THE BASICS IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL, LEGAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ISSUES ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, THE ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS, THE INDICATORS FOR THE MONITORING AND REPORTING OF ENVIRONMENTAL . THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENTS, INTEGRATED WITH THE CONTENT OF OTHER COURSES WITHIN THE DEGREE COURSE (TECHNICAL CARTOGRAPHIC AND GIS, STATISTICS, APPLIED ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT OF ECOSYSTEMS, BIODIVERSITY, ETC..) CONTRIBUTES TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL FIGURES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.	3	BIO/05	24	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401788-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) TO PROVIDE THE BASICS IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL, LEGAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ISSUES ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, THE ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS, THE INDICATORS FOR THE MONITORING AND REPORTING OF ENVIRONMENTAL . THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENTS, INTEGRATED WITH THE CONTENT OF OTHER COURSES WITHIN THE DEGREE COURSE (TECHNICAL CARTOGRAPHIC AND GIS, STATISTICS, APPLIED ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT OF ECOSYSTEMS, BIODIVERSITY, ETC..) CONTRIBUTES TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL FIGURES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.	3	BIO/03	24	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401875 - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF NATURALISTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (objectives) Students’ grow in knowledge, skills and abilities in order to become a professional in the fields of education and naturalistic and environmental dissemination. Making students aware of the professions related to dissemination and education in the field of nature and environment as potential job opportunities for specialists of management and protection of ecosystems.
20401875-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) STUDENTS’ GROW IN KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES IN ORDER TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION AND NATURALISTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISSEMINATION.MAKING STUDENTS AWARE OF THE PROFESSIONS RELATED TO DISSEMINATION AND EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT AS POTENTIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECIALISTS OF MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF ECOSYSTEMS.	3	BIO/07	24	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401875-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) STUDENTS’ GROW IN KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES IN ORDER TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION AND NATURALISTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISSEMINATION.MAKING STUDENTS AWARE OF THE PROFESSIONS RELATED TO DISSEMINATION AND EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT AS POTENTIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECIALISTS OF MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF ECOSYSTEMS.	3	BIO/07	24	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401992 - MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE: A) ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE METODOLOGIES AND LANGUAGES FOR THE ISOLATION, OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS B) ACQUISITION OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE DRAFTING AND EXECUTION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL
20402205 - MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY (objectives) TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH LEARNIG COMPETENCE IN THE FIELD OF GENERAL AND APPLIED PARASITOLOGY, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF LABORATORY TECHNIQUES NECESSARY FOR THE STUDY AND DIAGNOSIS OF THE MAIN PARASITIC DISEASES.	6	MED/07	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402256 - EVOLUTIONARY PARASITOLOGY (objectives) OFFERING THE STUDENTS A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN THE STUDY OF PARASITOLOGY, BY MEANS OF AN ECOLOGICAL- EVOLUTIONARY AND COMPARATIVE APPROACH. THE INTIMATE AND INTRICATE NATURE OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HOST AND PARASITE, HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN STUDIED BY GIVING EMPHASIS ON ITS PATHOGENITICY FOR NON HUMAN ANIMAL AND HUMAN HOSTS. IN CONTRAST, THIS COURSE OFFERS THE STUDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN TOPICS SUCH AS ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF PARASITIC LIFE-STYLE, THE IMPACT OF PARASITISM ON THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OR ELSE THE ROLE OF A PARASITE IN THE TROPHIC ENERGY TRANSFER IN THE COMMUNITY. EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE HOST AS KEY ELEMENT IN THE PARASITE ENVIRONMENT AND, AS SUCH, ITS IMPORTANT ROLE AS A SELECTIVE PRESSURE. THE STUDENT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A DYNAMIC COURSE MADE OF LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ON TAXA PARASITES
22402257 - GENERAL AND APPLIED ANIMAL VIROLOGY (objectives) OBJECTIVS: TO ACQUIRE A SOLID FOUNDATION IN ANIMAL VIROLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATION.
20402024 - BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS (objectives) THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, PARTICULARLY IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITY IN THE LABORATORY.	6	BIO/11	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402025 - Bioindication and Environmental Monitoring (objectives) Acquisition of specific knowledge on bioindication and its applications, particularly with regard to plant and animal organisms used as biological indicators of the environmental status. Knowledge of the experimental methods and data processing for the environmental monitoring.
20402506 - MOLECULAR BASIS OF PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION (objectives) TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING PLANT ACCLIMATION TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES, USEFUL IN DEVELOPING NEW STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CROP PRODUCTIVITY UNDER CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. BASIC KNOWLEDGE WILL BE PROVIDED ON PLANT EMPLOYMENT IN PHARMACOLOGICAL, NUTRACEUTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD.
20402507 - Diversity and Ecology of the Soil Fauna (objectives) IN THE SOIL RESIDES MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR PLANET AND IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IT IS REPRESENTED ABOUT 95% OF GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. THE SOIL FAUNA, ESPECIALLY INVERTEBRATES, IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THIS BIODIVERSITY AND IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE REGULATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND IN MAINTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE THAT ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE ON EARTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE LAND. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BASIS FOR SAMPLING, IDENTIFYING AND STUDYING THE DIVERSITY OF THE SOIL FAUNA AT BOTH TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL LEVELS. IN PARTICULAR, STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENTED: 1) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY OF SOIL, ANALYSING THE EDAPHIC BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND ITS EVOLUTION FROM AN ANIMAL PERSPECTIVE; 2) AN ANALYSIS OF THE SOIL FAUNA, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS TO THIS ENVIRONMENT, AND ITS ECOLOGY; 3) THE USE OF INDICES OF SOIL QUALITY BASED ON THE FAUNA PRESENT IN IT; 4) THE USE OF ANIMAL REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS, SELECTED FOR DETAILED ANALYSES. IN PARALLEL WITH THEORETICAL LESSONS, PRACTICAL LESSONS WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE FIELD AND IN THE LABORATORY. THE FIELDWORK IS AIMED TO ILLUSTRATE TO STUDENTS THE MAIN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES OF THE SOIL FAUNA IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; THE LABORATORY LESSONS ARE AIMED TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOIL INVERTEBRATES USING BOTH TRADITIONAL AND INTERACTIVE KEYS.
20402507-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) IN THE SOIL RESIDES MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR PLANET AND IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IT IS REPRESENTED ABOUT 95% OF GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. THE SOIL FAUNA, ESPECIALLY INVERTEBRATES, IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THIS BIODIVERSITY AND IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE REGULATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND IN MAINTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE THAT ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE ON EARTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE LAND. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BASIS FOR SAMPLING, IDENTIFYING AND STUDYING THE DIVERSITY OF THE SOIL FAUNA AT BOTH TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL LEVELS. IN PARTICULAR, STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENTED: 1) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY OF SOIL, ANALYSING THE EDAPHIC BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND ITS EVOLUTION FROM AN ANIMAL PERSPECTIVE; 2) AN ANALYSIS OF THE SOIL FAUNA, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS TO THIS ENVIRONMENT, AND ITS ECOLOGY; 3) THE USE OF INDICES OF SOIL QUALITY BASED ON THE FAUNA PRESENT IN IT; 4) THE USE OF ANIMAL REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS, SELECTED FOR DETAILED ANALYSES. IN PARALLEL WITH THEORETICAL LESSONS, PRACTICAL LESSONS WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE FIELD AND IN THE LABORATORY. THE FIELDWORK IS AIMED TO ILLUSTRATE TO STUDENTS THE MAIN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES OF THE SOIL FAUNA IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; THE LABORATORY LESSONS ARE AIMED TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOIL INVERTEBRATES USING BOTH TRADITIONAL AND INTERACTIVE KEYS.	4	BIO/05	32	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402507-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) IN THE SOIL RESIDES MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR PLANET AND IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IT IS REPRESENTED ABOUT 95% OF GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. THE SOIL FAUNA, ESPECIALLY INVERTEBRATES, IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THIS BIODIVERSITY AND IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE REGULATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND IN MAINTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE THAT ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE ON EARTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE LAND. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BASIS FOR SAMPLING, IDENTIFYING AND STUDYING THE DIVERSITY OF THE SOIL FAUNA AT BOTH TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL LEVELS. IN PARTICULAR, STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENTED: 1) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY OF SOIL, ANALYSING THE EDAPHIC BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND ITS EVOLUTION FROM AN ANIMAL PERSPECTIVE; 2) AN ANALYSIS OF THE SOIL FAUNA, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS TO THIS ENVIRONMENT, AND ITS ECOLOGY; 3) THE USE OF INDICES OF SOIL QUALITY BASED ON THE FAUNA PRESENT IN IT; 4) THE USE OF ANIMAL REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS, SELECTED FOR DETAILED ANALYSES. IN PARALLEL WITH THEORETICAL LESSONS, PRACTICAL LESSONS WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE FIELD AND IN THE LABORATORY. THE FIELDWORK IS AIMED TO ILLUSTRATE TO STUDENTS THE MAIN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES OF THE SOIL FAUNA IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; THE LABORATORY LESSONS ARE AIMED TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOIL INVERTEBRATES USING BOTH TRADITIONAL AND INTERACTIVE KEYS.	2	BIO/05	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402509 - ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ECOLOGY OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ECOLOGICAL BRANCHES. OTHER GOAL OF THIS COURSE IS THE GROWTH OF A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE FOCUSING IN THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS FOR THE ACQUISITION, ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ECOLOGICAL DATA RECORDED IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS.
20402510 - INLAND AND MARINE WATER ECOLOGY (objectives) The main aim is to provide a solid knowledge on both abiotic and biotic features of ecological processes considered to be common in aquatic systems. A second goal is to develop identification ability of the main aquatic species of Mediterranean systems by a comparative analysis of the different life strategies and colonization patterns of extreme habitats, and the possibility to origin more and more structured multi-species assemblanges to start ecological series. During the course, it will be introduced methods and tools to perform aquatic investigations. Students will receive information to design and execute sampling sessions on plankton, benthos e nekton, to analyze and show findings. Finally students will learn to develop applicative aspects of work in diverse issues in the field of aquatic biomonitoring and hydrobiology.
20402510-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) THE MAIN AIM IS TO PROVIDE A SOLID KNOWLEDGE ON BOTH ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FEATURES OF ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES CONSIDERED TO BE COMMON IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS. A SECOND GOAL IS TO DEVELOP IDENTIFICATION ABILITY OF THE MAIN AQUATIC SPECIES OF MEDITERRANEAN SYSTEMS BY A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENT LIFE STRATEGIES AND COLONIZATION PATTERNS OF EXTREME HABITATS, AND THE POSSIBILITY TO ORIGIN MORE AND MORE STRUCTURED MULTI-SPECIES ASSEMBLANGES TO START ECOLOGICAL SERIES. DURING THE COURSE, IT WILL BE INTRODUCED METHODS AND TOOLS TO PERFORM AQUATIC INVESTIGATIONS. STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE INFORMATION TO DESIGN AND EXECUTE SAMPLING SESSIONS ON PLANKTON, BENTHOS E NEKTON, TO ANALYZE AND SHOW FINDINGS. FINALLY STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO DEVELOP APPLICATIVE ASPECTS OF WORK IN DIVERSE ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF AQUATIC BIOMONITORING AND HYDROBIOLOGY.	5	BIO/07	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402510-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) THE MAIN AIM IS TO PROVIDE A SOLID KNOWLEDGE ON BOTH ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FEATURES OF ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES CONSIDERED TO BE COMMON IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS. A SECOND GOAL IS TO DEVELOP IDENTIFICATION ABILITY OF THE MAIN AQUATIC SPECIES OF MEDITERRANEAN SYSTEMS BY A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENT LIFE STRATEGIES AND COLONIZATION PATTERNS OF EXTREME HABITATS, AND THE POSSIBILITY TO ORIGIN MORE AND MORE STRUCTURED MULTI-SPECIES ASSEMBLANGES TO START ECOLOGICAL SERIES. DURING THE COURSE, IT WILL BE INTRODUCED METHODS AND TOOLS TO PERFORM AQUATIC INVESTIGATIONS. STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE INFORMATION TO DESIGN AND EXECUTE SAMPLING SESSIONS ON PLANKTON, BENTHOS E NEKTON, TO ANALYZE AND SHOW FINDINGS. FINALLY STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO DEVELOP APPLICATIVE ASPECTS OF WORK IN DIVERSE ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF AQUATIC BIOMONITORING AND HYDROBIOLOGY.	1	BIO/07	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402512 - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN VEGETATION ECOLOGY (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE MAIN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF VEGETATION: - ACQUIRE THE MASTERY OF THE STUDY METHODS OF VEGETATION; - INCREASE THE ABILITY TO INTERPRETING THE NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHENOMENA WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSFORMATION OF PLANT LANDSCAPES; - DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO APPLICATION OF MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR MONITORING OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PURPOSES; - INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN THE FIELDS OF PLANT ECOLOGY, GEOBOTANY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY.
20402519 - APPLIED CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE AIMS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIALIZED CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE OF GLIA AND NEURONS; TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN CELL COMMUNICATION, SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO NITRIC OXIDE-REGULATED PATHWAYS. IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS CAN USE STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT AND LEARN CURRENT TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN CELL BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABS. MOREOVER STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF CELL BIOLOGY.
20402520 - PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF FOOD CROPS (objectives) THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS WITHIN AGRICULTURE AND PRODUCTION OF NEW MOLECULES. THIS COURSE WILL ALSO GIVE EDUCATION ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS TRANSCRIPTOMICS, PROTEOMICS, METABOLOMICS, AND WILL DESCRIBE THEIR IMPORTANCE IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. ANOTHER IMPORTANT AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO CONDUCT LABORATORY WORK AND RESEARCH IN THE SECTORS OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION.
20402521 - MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY (objectives) ENDOCRINOLOGY IS USUALLY TAUGHT AT THE END OF STANDARD PHYSIOLOGY COURSES, BECAUSE THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM REGULATES ALL THE OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS. IN THIS RESPECT, LEARNING ABOUT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM HAS THE ADDED CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE OF HORMONES AND THEIR ACTIONS WITH THE GENERAL FUNCTION OF A SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEM. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO GAIN A FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, TO BECOME REFINED IN THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS RELATED TO ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY, TO DEVELOP PROBLEM SOLVING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING TECHNIQUES.
20402521-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) ENDOCRINOLOGY IS USUALLY TAUGHT AT THE END OF STANDARD PHYSIOLOGY COURSES, BECAUSE THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM REGULATES ALL THE OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS. IN THIS RESPECT, LEARNING ABOUT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM HAS THE ADDED CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE OF HORMONES AND THEIR ACTIONS WITH THE GENERAL FUNCTION OF A SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEM. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO GAIN A FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, TO BECOME REFINED IN THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS RELATED TO ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY, TO DEVELOP PROBLEM SOLVING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING TECHNIQUES.	5,5	BIO/09	44	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402521-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) ENDOCRINOLOGY IS USUALLY TAUGHT AT THE END OF STANDARD PHYSIOLOGY COURSES, BECAUSE THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM REGULATES ALL THE OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS. IN THIS RESPECT, LEARNING ABOUT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM HAS THE ADDED CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE OF HORMONES AND THEIR ACTIONS WITH THE GENERAL FUNCTION OF A SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEM. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO GAIN A FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, TO BECOME REFINED IN THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS RELATED TO ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY, TO DEVELOP PROBLEM SOLVING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING TECHNIQUES.	,5	BIO/09	-	5	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402522 - DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING NERVOUS TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION AND MORPHOGENESIS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN DIFFERENT IN VIVO MODELS. LIFE-LONG FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROGENESIS AND PLASTICITY WILL BE EMPHASIZED. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1) DESCRIBE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES OF INVERTEBRATE AND VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM; 2) RECOGNISE MOLECULAR PATHWAYS DIRECTING STEM CELLS TOWARDS NEURONAL/GLIAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION; 3) CORRELATE ONTOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES WITH SPECIFIC NEUROLOGICAL DISTURBANCES, INCLUDING INFANTILE DISEASES AND AGE-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION.
20402523 - MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY (objectives) ON THE BASIS OF THE MOST RECENT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, THE COURSE IS AIMED TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND SOME ASPECTS OF THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS

Second semester

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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

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Exercise Hours

Laboratory Hours

Personal Study Hours

Type of Activity

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20401641 - PLANT ECOLOGY (objectives)

20401641-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives)

- CUTINI MAURIZIO

BIO/03

Core compulsory activities

ITA

20401641-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives)

- CANEVA GIULIA (syllabus) (reference books)

BIO/03

Core compulsory activities

ITA

20401642 - ANIMAL ECOLOGY (objectives)

20401642-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives)

- VIGNOLI LEONARDO (syllabus) (reference books)

BIO/05

Core compulsory activities

ITA

20401642-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives)

- VIGNOLI LEONARDO (syllabus) (reference books)

BIO/05

Core compulsory activities

ITA

Optional group: OPZIONALI - (show)

20401076 - MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
20401221 - MOLECULAR GENETIC AND CYTOGENETIC TECHNIQUES
20401221-2 - MODULO 2	3	BIO/18	-	-	30	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401221-1 - MODULO 1	3	BIO/18	24	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20410171 - GENETICA DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI
- MODULO 1	5	BIO/18	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
- MODULO 2	1	BIO/18	-	-	10	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401653 - BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR CLINICAL BIOLOGY (objectives) Main goals of the course are: i) to provide an overview of the activities of a clinical laboratory looking at the organizational context and current business; ii) to illustrate the various stages which are at the basis of main analytical methods, either molecular or biochemical, used in biomedical laboratories for modern diagnostic purposes; iii) to provide the key of Interpretation for the obtained results from a pathophysiological point of view. To promote a critical approach towards laboratori diagnosis.	6	BIO/12	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401656 - BIOGEOGRAPHY (objectives) AFTER THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1) DISCUSS THE HISTORICAL AND ECOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT AFFECTED THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS; 2) FORMULATE HYPOTHESES AND MODELS EXPLAINING THE SHAPE, SIZE AND POSITION OF THE GEOGRAPHIC RANGE OF A TAXON; 3) DISCUSS EVENTS OF RANGE EXPANSION OR CONTRACTION, DUE TO CLIMATIC CHANGES OR HABITAT TRANSFORMATION CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES; 4) DESCRIBE THE FAUNA, FLORA AND VEGETATION OF EACH CONTINENT, IN RELATION TO PAST AND PRESENT GEOGRAPHICAL AND ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; 5) BUILD PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, IN CONNECTION WITH CLIMATE CHANGES AND LANDSCAPE ALTERATION.	6	BIO/05	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401665 - MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING OF HISTORICAL GARDENS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES (objectives) STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN & NATURE IN THE ANCIENT TIME. STUDY BIODETERIORATION RELATED TO THE VEGETATION IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS. ANALYSE HOW WAS THE PLANNING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKS IN ITALY AND DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT. STUDY HISTORICAL PARKS, GIVING EXAMPLES FROM THE ASSYRO-BABYLONIANS, EGYPTIANS, GREEK-ROMANS, MEOIOEVAL TIMES TO MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE. DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENTS OF HISTORICAL GARDENS. GIVE PRACTICAL FIELD EXAMPLES, VISITING AREAS SUCH AS COLOSSEUM AND HORTI FARNESIANI ON THE PALATINE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS IN THE APPIA ANTICA, AND OTHER HISTORICAL PARKS IN THE CENTRAL ITALY.
20401668 - ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE: 1) RECOGNIZE MAJOR GROUPS OF MICROORGANISMS AND UNDERSTAND FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION AND INTERACTIONS WITH HIGHER ORGANISMS; 2) LEARN ABOUT ROLES PLAYED BY MICROBES IN SOIL FORMATION, MINERAL WEATHERING, CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING; 3) LEARN ABOUT CULTURE-BASED AND CULTURE-INDEPENDENT MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS; 4) GAIN LITERACY IN CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY.
20401668-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE:1) RECOGNIZE MAJOR GROUPS OF MICROORGANISMS AND UNDERSTAND FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION AND INTERACTIONS WITH HIGHER ORGANISMS; 2) LEARN ABOUT ROLES PLAYED BY MICROBES IN SOIL FORMATION, MINERAL WEATHERING, CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING; 3) LEARN ABOUT CULTURE-BASED AND CULTURE-INDEPENDENT MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS; 4) GAIN LITERACY IN CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY.	,5	BIO/19	-	-	5	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401668-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE:1) RECOGNIZE MAJOR GROUPS OF MICROORGANISMS AND UNDERSTAND FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION AND INTERACTIONS WITH HIGHER ORGANISMS; 2) LEARN ABOUT ROLES PLAYED BY MICROBES IN SOIL FORMATION, MINERAL WEATHERING, CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING; 3) LEARN ABOUT CULTURE-BASED AND CULTURE-INDEPENDENT MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS; 4) GAIN LITERACY IN CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY.	5,5	BIO/19	44	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401669 - EXPERIMENTAL MODELS IN BIOLOGY (objectives) THE COURSE PROVIDES BASICS CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENTAL MODELS MOST COMMONLY USED IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
20401671 - GENERAL PATHOLOGY (objectives) Aims of the course: • To acquire the basic knowledge on the human disease causes and their pathogenic mechanisms. • To interpret the pathogenetic and physiopathogenic mechanisms of the human diseases. • To know the operations turned to the analysis of the pathogenetic and physiopathogenic mechanisms of the human diseases and to interpret their results.	6	MED/04	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401674 - CARTOGRAPHY AND G.I.S. APPLIED TO ECOLOGY (objectives) TO PROVIDE THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL TOOLS IN GEOGRAPHY, CARTOGRAPHY, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR ECOLOGICAL ADVANCES, THROUGH THE USE OF CASE STUDIES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
20401777 - PUBLIC HEALTH (objectives) General objectives At the end of the course the student will be able to design epidemiological studies to address public health problems and to identify activities to prevent chronic and infectious diseases. Specific objectives - to know the major mortality and morbidity indicators - to identify the more appropriate epidemiological study to describe the burden of major diseases in the population and to assess the relation between diseases and possible risk factors associated to them - to interpret epidemiological data - to discuss the importance of the health education and health promotion - to list and discuss problems related to water supply, sanitation and waste management - to argue about necessary controls/monitoring to protect the environment and the community - to design health promotion programmes	6	MED/42	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401782 - MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY (objectives) THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED ADVANCED RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGIES.
20401786 - GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN FORMATIVE TARGETS ARE: 1) THE ACQUISITION OF A BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE MAIN INSECT GROUPS. 2) THE ACQUISITION OF BOTH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON SYSTEMATICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE HEXAPODA. 3) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLID CULTURAL BACKGROUND FOR AN ADVANCED DISCUSSION ON CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE AMAZING EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY OF INSECTS AND ON THEIR IMPORTANCE IN BASIC AND APPLIED STUDIES. 4) THE ACQUISITION OF THE TOOLS FOR THE INSECT TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION, EXPECIALLY FOR THOSE ORDERS AND FAMILIES PRESENT IN THE ITALIAN FAUNA. 5) TO STIMULATE THE CURIOSITY AND THE ABILITY OF CRITICALLY OBSERVE THE NATURE. 6) THE SELF-EVALUATION BY THE STUDENT OF THE COMPETENCE WHITIN THE ANIMAL BIOLOGY, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE ENTOMOLOGY.
20401786-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) THE MAIN FORMATIVE TARGETS ARE: 1) THE ACQUISITION OF A BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE MAIN INSECT GROUPS. 2) THE ACQUISITION OF BOTH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON SYSTEMATICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE HEXAPODA. 3) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLID CULTURAL BACKGROUND FOR AN ADVANCED DISCUSSION ON CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE AMAZING EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY OF INSECTS AND ON THEIR IMPORTANCE IN BASIC AND APPLIED STUDIES. 4) THE ACQUISITION OF THE TOOLS FOR THE INSECT TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION, EXPECIALLY FOR THOSE ORDERS AND FAMILIES PRESENT IN THE ITALIAN FAUNA. 5) TO STIMULATE THE CURIOSITY AND THE ABILITY OF CRITICALLY OBSERVE THE NATURE. 6) THE SELF-EVALUATION BY THE STUDENT OF THE COMPETENCE WHITIN THE ANIMAL BIOLOGY, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE ENTOMOLOGY.	2	BIO/05	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401786-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) THE MAIN FORMATIVE TARGETS ARE: 1) THE ACQUISITION OF A BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE MAIN INSECT GROUPS. 2) THE ACQUISITION OF BOTH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON SYSTEMATICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE HEXAPODA. 3) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLID CULTURAL BACKGROUND FOR AN ADVANCED DISCUSSION ON CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE AMAZING EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY OF INSECTS AND ON THEIR IMPORTANCE IN BASIC AND APPLIED STUDIES. 4) THE ACQUISITION OF THE TOOLS FOR THE INSECT TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION, EXPECIALLY FOR THOSE ORDERS AND FAMILIES PRESENT IN THE ITALIAN FAUNA. 5) TO STIMULATE THE CURIOSITY AND THE ABILITY OF CRITICALLY OBSERVE THE NATURE. 6) THE SELF-EVALUATION BY THE STUDENT OF THE COMPETENCE WHITIN THE ANIMAL BIOLOGY, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE ENTOMOLOGY.	4	BIO/05	32	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401787 - ETHNOBOTANY AND ETHNOZOOLOGY (objectives) ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND LIVING BEINGS, THROUGH AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CIVILIZATION. PERSPECTIVES OF THE RECOVERY OF POPULAR TRADITIONS.
20401788 - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (objectives) To provide the basics in terms of technical, legal, scientific and cultural issues on environmental assessment tools, with particular reference to the Environmental Impact Assessment, the Strategic Environmental Assessment, the assessment of impacts, the indicators for the monitoring and reporting of environmental . The knowledge acquired by the students, integrated with the content of other courses within the degree course (Technical Cartographic and GIS, Statistics, Applied Ecology, Management of Ecosystems, Biodiversity, etc..) contributes to develop professional figures in environmental monitoring.
20401821 - IMMUNOLOGY (objectives) to deeply understand cellular and molecular mechanisms of immune response and their role in health and disease.	6	MED/04	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401875 - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF NATURALISTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (objectives) Students’ grow in knowledge, skills and abilities in order to become a professional in the fields of education and naturalistic and environmental dissemination. Making students aware of the professions related to dissemination and education in the field of nature and environment as potential job opportunities for specialists of management and protection of ecosystems.
20402360 - CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY (objectives) THE COURSE PROPOSES TO OFFER FOR STUDENTS THE KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO "INORGANIC BIOFACTORS" IN ICEOSTASES, FROM THE BIOCHEMICAL ROLE IN ANALYZING THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH HEALTH. LIKEWISE, THE COURSE PROVIDED STUDENTS WITH THE ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE INCLUSION OF MOLECULES AND MOLECULES ON THE BASIS OF METABOLIC, MITOCONDRIAL AND NEOPLASTIC DISEASES.	6	BIO/10	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401992 - MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE: A) ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE METODOLOGIES AND LANGUAGES FOR THE ISOLATION, OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS B) ACQUISITION OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE DRAFTING AND EXECUTION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL
20401992-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE:A) ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE METODOLOGIES AND LANGUAGES FOR THE ISOLATION, OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMSB) ACQUISITION OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE DRAFTING AND EXECUTION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL	3	CHIM/11	-	30	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401992-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE:A) ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE METODOLOGIES AND LANGUAGES FOR THE ISOLATION, OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMSB) ACQUISITION OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE DRAFTING AND EXECUTION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL	3	CHIM/11	24	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402204 - BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (objectives) The course will address the chemical transformations shared by organic chemistry and biological systems. Indeed, although the functional group elaborations are formally the same, the followed reaction pathways result to be quite different with respect to the experimental conditions of both organic syntheses and biological processes. In such a context, the enzymatic action modes in living systems will be compared with the key role performed by temperature, pressure, pH, catalysts and solvents. Keeping this in mind, a few of the most well-known chemical reaction mechanisms will be studied, underlining, step by step, the main similarities and distinctions with the analogous biological transformations	6	CHIM/06	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402256 - EVOLUTIONARY PARASITOLOGY (objectives) OFFERING THE STUDENTS A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN THE STUDY OF PARASITOLOGY, BY MEANS OF AN ECOLOGICAL- EVOLUTIONARY AND COMPARATIVE APPROACH. THE INTIMATE AND INTRICATE NATURE OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HOST AND PARASITE, HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN STUDIED BY GIVING EMPHASIS ON ITS PATHOGENITICY FOR NON HUMAN ANIMAL AND HUMAN HOSTS. IN CONTRAST, THIS COURSE OFFERS THE STUDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN TOPICS SUCH AS ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF PARASITIC LIFE-STYLE, THE IMPACT OF PARASITISM ON THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OR ELSE THE ROLE OF A PARASITE IN THE TROPHIC ENERGY TRANSFER IN THE COMMUNITY. EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE HOST AS KEY ELEMENT IN THE PARASITE ENVIRONMENT AND, AS SUCH, ITS IMPORTANT ROLE AS A SELECTIVE PRESSURE. THE STUDENT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A DYNAMIC COURSE MADE OF LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ON TAXA PARASITES
22402256-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) OFFERING THE STUDENTS A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN THE STUDY OF PARASITOLOGY, BY MEANS OF AN ECOLOGICAL- EVOLUTIONARY AND COMPARATIVE APPROACH. THE INTIMATE AND INTRICATE NATURE OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HOST AND PARASITE, HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN STUDIED BY GIVING EMPHASIS ON ITS PATHOGENITICY FOR NON HUMAN ANIMAL AND HUMAN HOSTS. IN CONTRAST, THIS COURSE OFFERS THE STUDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN TOPICS SUCH AS ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF PARASITIC LIFE-STYLE, THE IMPACT OF PARASITISM ON THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OR ELSE THE ROLE OF A PARASITE IN THE TROPHIC ENERGY TRANSFER IN THE COMMUNITY. EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE HOST AS KEY ELEMENT IN THE PARASITE ENVIRONMENT AND, AS SUCH, ITS IMPORTANT ROLE AS A SELECTIVE PRESSURE. THE STUDENT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A DYNAMIC COURSE MADE OF LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ON TAXA PARASITES	5	BIO/05	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402256-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) OFFERING THE STUDENTS A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN THE STUDY OF PARASITOLOGY, BY MEANS OF AN ECOLOGICAL- EVOLUTIONARY AND COMPARATIVE APPROACH. THE INTIMATE AND INTRICATE NATURE OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HOST AND PARASITE, HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN STUDIED BY GIVING EMPHASIS ON ITS PATHOGENITICY FOR NON HUMAN ANIMAL AND HUMAN HOSTS. IN CONTRAST, THIS COURSE OFFERS THE STUDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN TOPICS SUCH AS ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF PARASITIC LIFE-STYLE, THE IMPACT OF PARASITISM ON THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OR ELSE THE ROLE OF A PARASITE IN THE TROPHIC ENERGY TRANSFER IN THE COMMUNITY. EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE HOST AS KEY ELEMENT IN THE PARASITE ENVIRONMENT AND, AS SUCH, ITS IMPORTANT ROLE AS A SELECTIVE PRESSURE. THE STUDENT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A DYNAMIC COURSE MADE OF LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ON TAXA PARASITES	1	BIO/05	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402257 - GENERAL AND APPLIED ANIMAL VIROLOGY (objectives) OBJECTIVS: TO ACQUIRE A SOLID FOUNDATION IN ANIMAL VIROLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATION.
22402257-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) OBJECTIVS: TO ACQUIRE A SOLID FOUNDATION IN ANIMAL VIROLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATION.	5	BIO/19	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402257-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) OBJECTIVS: TO ACQUIRE A SOLID FOUNDATION IN ANIMAL VIROLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATION.	1	BIO/19	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402025 - Bioindication and Environmental Monitoring (objectives) Acquisition of specific knowledge on bioindication and its applications, particularly with regard to plant and animal organisms used as biological indicators of the environmental status. Knowledge of the experimental methods and data processing for the environmental monitoring.
20402025-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) ACQUISITION OF SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON BIOINDICATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO PLANT AND ANIMAL ORGANISMS USED AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL METHODS AND DATA PROCESSING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.	5,5	BIO/02	44	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402025-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) ACQUISITION OF SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON BIOINDICATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO PLANT AND ANIMAL ORGANISMS USED AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL METHODS AND DATA PROCESSING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.	,5	BIO/02	-	5	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402506 - MOLECULAR BASIS OF PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION (objectives) TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING PLANT ACCLIMATION TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES, USEFUL IN DEVELOPING NEW STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CROP PRODUCTIVITY UNDER CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. BASIC KNOWLEDGE WILL BE PROVIDED ON PLANT EMPLOYMENT IN PHARMACOLOGICAL, NUTRACEUTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD.
20402506-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING PLANT ACCLIMATION TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES, USEFUL IN DEVELOPING NEW STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CROP PRODUCTIVITY UNDER CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. BASIC KNOWLEDGE WILL BE PROVIDED ON PLANT EMPLOYMENT IN PHARMACOLOGICAL, NUTRACEUTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD.	1	BIO/04	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402506-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING PLANT ACCLIMATION TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES, USEFUL IN DEVELOPING NEW STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CROP PRODUCTIVITY UNDER CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. BASIC KNOWLEDGE WILL BE PROVIDED ON PLANT EMPLOYMENT IN PHARMACOLOGICAL, NUTRACEUTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD.	5	BIO/04	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402507 - Diversity and Ecology of the Soil Fauna (objectives) IN THE SOIL RESIDES MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR PLANET AND IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IT IS REPRESENTED ABOUT 95% OF GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. THE SOIL FAUNA, ESPECIALLY INVERTEBRATES, IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THIS BIODIVERSITY AND IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE REGULATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND IN MAINTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE THAT ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE ON EARTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE LAND. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BASIS FOR SAMPLING, IDENTIFYING AND STUDYING THE DIVERSITY OF THE SOIL FAUNA AT BOTH TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL LEVELS. IN PARTICULAR, STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENTED: 1) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY OF SOIL, ANALYSING THE EDAPHIC BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND ITS EVOLUTION FROM AN ANIMAL PERSPECTIVE; 2) AN ANALYSIS OF THE SOIL FAUNA, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS TO THIS ENVIRONMENT, AND ITS ECOLOGY; 3) THE USE OF INDICES OF SOIL QUALITY BASED ON THE FAUNA PRESENT IN IT; 4) THE USE OF ANIMAL REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS, SELECTED FOR DETAILED ANALYSES. IN PARALLEL WITH THEORETICAL LESSONS, PRACTICAL LESSONS WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE FIELD AND IN THE LABORATORY. THE FIELDWORK IS AIMED TO ILLUSTRATE TO STUDENTS THE MAIN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES OF THE SOIL FAUNA IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; THE LABORATORY LESSONS ARE AIMED TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOIL INVERTEBRATES USING BOTH TRADITIONAL AND INTERACTIVE KEYS.
20402508 - NATURAL PRODUCTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY (objectives) THE COURSE AIMS AT GIVING: 1) A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS OF SECONDARY METABOLISM; 2) INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAIN NATURAL PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM MICROORGANISM, PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND THEIR ROLE IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; 3) KNOWLEDGE ON THE STRUCTURE/BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF THE MAIN SECONDARY METABOLITES USED IN PHARMACEUTICAL AND HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY. 4) ATTAINMENT OF THE BASIC EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA THAT REGULATE THE ORIGINS, THE TRANSPORT, THE TRANSFORMATIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL SPECIES, EITHER OF NATURAL OR HUMAN ORIGIN.	6	CHIM/06	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402509 - ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ECOLOGY OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ECOLOGICAL BRANCHES. OTHER GOAL OF THIS COURSE IS THE GROWTH OF A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE FOCUSING IN THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS FOR THE ACQUISITION, ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ECOLOGICAL DATA RECORDED IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS.
20402509-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ECOLOGY OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ECOLOGICAL BRANCHES. OTHER GOAL OF THIS COURSE IS THE GROWTH OF A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE FOCUSING IN THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS FOR THE ACQUISITION, ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ECOLOGICAL DATA RECORDED IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS.	2	BIO/03	16	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402509-3 - MODULO 3 (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ECOLOGY OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ECOLOGICAL BRANCHES. OTHER GOAL OF THIS COURSE IS THE GROWTH OF A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE FOCUSING IN THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS FOR THE ACQUISITION, ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ECOLOGICAL DATA RECORDED IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS.	2	BIO/03	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402509-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ECOLOGY OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ECOLOGICAL BRANCHES. OTHER GOAL OF THIS COURSE IS THE GROWTH OF A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE FOCUSING IN THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS FOR THE ACQUISITION, ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ECOLOGICAL DATA RECORDED IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS.	2	BIO/05	16	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402510 - INLAND AND MARINE WATER ECOLOGY (objectives) The main aim is to provide a solid knowledge on both abiotic and biotic features of ecological processes considered to be common in aquatic systems. A second goal is to develop identification ability of the main aquatic species of Mediterranean systems by a comparative analysis of the different life strategies and colonization patterns of extreme habitats, and the possibility to origin more and more structured multi-species assemblanges to start ecological series. During the course, it will be introduced methods and tools to perform aquatic investigations. Students will receive information to design and execute sampling sessions on plankton, benthos e nekton, to analyze and show findings. Finally students will learn to develop applicative aspects of work in diverse issues in the field of aquatic biomonitoring and hydrobiology.
20402512 - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN VEGETATION ECOLOGY (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE MAIN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF VEGETATION: - ACQUIRE THE MASTERY OF THE STUDY METHODS OF VEGETATION; - INCREASE THE ABILITY TO INTERPRETING THE NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHENOMENA WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSFORMATION OF PLANT LANDSCAPES; - DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO APPLICATION OF MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR MONITORING OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PURPOSES; - INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN THE FIELDS OF PLANT ECOLOGY, GEOBOTANY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY.
20402512-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE MAIN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF VEGETATION: - ACQUIRE THE MASTERY OF THE STUDY METHODS OF VEGETATION;- INCREASE THE ABILITY TO INTERPRETING THE NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHENOMENA WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSFORMATION OF PLANT LANDSCAPES;- DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO APPLICATION OF MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR MONITORING OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PURPOSES; - INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN THE FIELDS OF PLANT ECOLOGY, GEOBOTANY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY.	2	BIO/03	16	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402512-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE MAIN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF VEGETATION: - ACQUIRE THE MASTERY OF THE STUDY METHODS OF VEGETATION;- INCREASE THE ABILITY TO INTERPRETING THE NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHENOMENA WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSFORMATION OF PLANT LANDSCAPES;- DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO APPLICATION OF MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR MONITORING OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PURPOSES; - INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN THE FIELDS OF PLANT ECOLOGY, GEOBOTANY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY.	2	BIO/03	16	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402512-3 - MODULO 3 (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE MAIN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF VEGETATION: - ACQUIRE THE MASTERY OF THE STUDY METHODS OF VEGETATION;- INCREASE THE ABILITY TO INTERPRETING THE NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHENOMENA WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSFORMATION OF PLANT LANDSCAPES;- DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO APPLICATION OF MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR MONITORING OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PURPOSES; - INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN THE FIELDS OF PLANT ECOLOGY, GEOBOTANY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY.	2	BIO/03	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402518 - TOXICOLOGY (objectives) THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE PRECISE INFORMATION ON THE TOXICODYNAMIC AND TOXICOKINETIC MECHANISMS THAT ARE BEHIND THE TOXIC EFFECTS PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT NATURAL AND SYNTHESISED XENOBIOTICS, AND ON THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION OF TOXICOLOGICAL RISKS.	6	BIO/14	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402519 - APPLIED CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE AIMS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIALIZED CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE OF GLIA AND NEURONS; TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN CELL COMMUNICATION, SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO NITRIC OXIDE-REGULATED PATHWAYS. IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS CAN USE STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT AND LEARN CURRENT TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN CELL BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABS. MOREOVER STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF CELL BIOLOGY.
20402519-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) THE AIMS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIALIZED CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE OF GLIA AND NEURONS; TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN CELL COMMUNICATION, SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO NITRIC OXIDE-REGULATED PATHWAYS. IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS CAN USE STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT AND LEARN CURRENT TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN CELL BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABS. MOREOVER STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF CELL BIOLOGY.	4	BIO/06	32	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402519-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) THE AIMS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIALIZED CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE OF GLIA AND NEURONS; TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN CELL COMMUNICATION, SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO NITRIC OXIDE-REGULATED PATHWAYS. IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS CAN USE STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT AND LEARN CURRENT TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN CELL BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABS. MOREOVER STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF CELL BIOLOGY.	2	BIO/06	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402520 - PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF FOOD CROPS (objectives) THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS WITHIN AGRICULTURE AND PRODUCTION OF NEW MOLECULES. THIS COURSE WILL ALSO GIVE EDUCATION ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS TRANSCRIPTOMICS, PROTEOMICS, METABOLOMICS, AND WILL DESCRIBE THEIR IMPORTANCE IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. ANOTHER IMPORTANT AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO CONDUCT LABORATORY WORK AND RESEARCH IN THE SECTORS OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION.
20402520-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS WITHIN AGRICULTURE AND PRODUCTION OF NEW MOLECULES. THIS COURSE WILL ALSO GIVE EDUCATION ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS TRANSCRIPTOMICS, PROTEOMICS, METABOLOMICS, AND WILL DESCRIBE THEIR IMPORTANCE IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. ANOTHER IMPORTANT AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO CONDUCT LABORATORY WORK AND RESEARCH IN THE SECTORS OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION.	1,5	BIO/04	-	15	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402520-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS WITHIN AGRICULTURE AND PRODUCTION OF NEW MOLECULES. THIS COURSE WILL ALSO GIVE EDUCATION ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS TRANSCRIPTOMICS, PROTEOMICS, METABOLOMICS, AND WILL DESCRIBE THEIR IMPORTANCE IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. ANOTHER IMPORTANT AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO CONDUCT LABORATORY WORK AND RESEARCH IN THE SECTORS OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION.	4,5	BIO/04	36	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402521 - MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY (objectives) ENDOCRINOLOGY IS USUALLY TAUGHT AT THE END OF STANDARD PHYSIOLOGY COURSES, BECAUSE THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM REGULATES ALL THE OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS. IN THIS RESPECT, LEARNING ABOUT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM HAS THE ADDED CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE OF HORMONES AND THEIR ACTIONS WITH THE GENERAL FUNCTION OF A SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEM. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO GAIN A FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, TO BECOME REFINED IN THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS RELATED TO ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY, TO DEVELOP PROBLEM SOLVING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING TECHNIQUES.
20402522 - DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING NERVOUS TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION AND MORPHOGENESIS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN DIFFERENT IN VIVO MODELS. LIFE-LONG FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROGENESIS AND PLASTICITY WILL BE EMPHASIZED. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1) DESCRIBE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES OF INVERTEBRATE AND VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM; 2) RECOGNISE MOLECULAR PATHWAYS DIRECTING STEM CELLS TOWARDS NEURONAL/GLIAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION; 3) CORRELATE ONTOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES WITH SPECIFIC NEUROLOGICAL DISTURBANCES, INCLUDING INFANTILE DISEASES AND AGE-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION.
20402522-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) THE MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING NERVOUS TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION AND MORPHOGENESIS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN DIFFERENT IN VIVO MODELS. LIFE-LONG FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROGENESIS AND PLASTICITY WILL BE EMPHASIZED. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1) DESCRIBE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES OF INVERTEBRATE AND VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM; 2) RECOGNISE MOLECULAR PATHWAYS DIRECTING STEM CELLS TOWARDS NEURONAL/GLIAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION; 3) CORRELATE ONTOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES WITH SPECIFIC NEUROLOGICAL DISTURBANCES, INCLUDING INFANTILE DISEASES AND AGE-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION.	5	BIO/06	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402522-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) THE MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING NERVOUS TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION AND MORPHOGENESIS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN DIFFERENT IN VIVO MODELS. LIFE-LONG FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROGENESIS AND PLASTICITY WILL BE EMPHASIZED. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1) DESCRIBE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES OF INVERTEBRATE AND VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM; 2) RECOGNISE MOLECULAR PATHWAYS DIRECTING STEM CELLS TOWARDS NEURONAL/GLIAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION; 3) CORRELATE ONTOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES WITH SPECIFIC NEUROLOGICAL DISTURBANCES, INCLUDING INFANTILE DISEASES AND AGE-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION.	1	BIO/06	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402523 - MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY (objectives) ON THE BASIS OF THE MOST RECENT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, THE COURSE IS AIMED TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND SOME ASPECTS OF THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS
20402523-1 - MODULO 1 (objectives) ON THE BASIS OF THE MOST RECENT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, THE COURSE IS AIMED TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND SOME ASPECTS OF THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS	5	BIO/09	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402523-2 - MODULO 2 (objectives) ON THE BASIS OF THE MOST RECENT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, THE COURSE IS AIMED TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND SOME ASPECTS OF THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS	1	BIO/09	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

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20401644 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (objectives)

- DE LEONARDIS FRANCESCO

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20401076 - MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
20401076-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 20401076 BIOTECNOLOGIE DEI MICRORGANISMI in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire)	2	CHIM/11	-	-	20	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401076-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 20401076 BIOTECNOLOGIE DEI MICRORGANISMI in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire)	4	CHIM/11	32	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401081 - ETHOLOGY AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR (objectives) PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR: (a) UNDERSTANDING BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR (b) UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR AS AN EMERGENT PROPERTY OF THE SYSTEM “ORGANISM” (c) AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR. PROMPTING STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING BY MEANS OF APPROPRIATE READINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THEREFORE STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN TOOLS TO CORRECTLY EVALUATE A SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS, CHOOSE APPROPRIATE TOOLS OF INVESTIGATION AND INTERPRET RESULTS. - CAROSI MONICA (syllabus) Cultural skills (Knowledge of:) The course offers the conceptual bases for (A) understanding the biological bases of behaviour (B) understanding behaviour as an emergent property of the organism (C) an evolutionary approach to the study of behaviour . Methodological skills (Knowing how to perform:) acquire the critical thinking through readings and discussions, in order to correctly evaluate a research hypothesis, choose research tools and interpret results. SYLLABUS Ethology: historical outline. Classic and operant conditioning. The three Nobel awards, founders of modern ethology: K. Lorenz, K. Von Frisch, and N. Tinbergen. Sociobiology and behavioral ecology. The evolutionary approach to the study of behaviour. Levels of analysis in the study of behaviour: questions on “how” and “why”. The study of causation and ontogenesis (proximate causes), survival value and evolution (ultimate causes). (1) Behavioural control. Exogenous factors and endogenous factors. Sensory filtering. Stimuli and signals. Fixed action patterns, evocative stimuli, innate triggering mechanism. Biorhythms. The biological clock. The hormonal state. The behavioural decision: the motivation. Spatial orientation. Compasses. The olfactory map. (2) Ontogenesis of behaviour. Role of genes and the environment. Embryology and behaviour: pre-natal ontogeny. Embryonic development of motility, sensitivity and sensory-motor sequences. Neurogenesis. Embryo learning. Postnatal ontogenesis. Behavioural endocrinology. The interactive theory of development, the organisational-activational hypothesis: development organisation, sexualisation of the brain, neural activation. Pre and post-natal learning. Imprinting and hormonal control of imprinting. Non-associative, associative, and complex learning. Behavioural control: nervous system and hormonal system. (3) The adaptive value of behaviour. The comparative approach to the study of behaviour. Signal evolution and communication. Communication: definitions, honest communication and deception. Ritualisation. Natural and artificial selection. Hybridisation between lines. Behavioural characters and strategies. Optimal strategies and evolutionarily stable strategies. Predatory and anti-predatory strategies: the arms race. Mimicry. Reproductive and social behaviour. Optimal strategies, fitness and reproductive success. Sexuality and innovation. Sexual selection: partner choice and competition. Sexual selection and sexual dimorphism. Conflict strategies between sexes. Differential reproductive success of females and males. Parental investment. Mating systems and social life. Sociality and group life: costs and benefits of socializing; the kin selection; altruism and evolution. Game theory. (reference books) RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS: - Alcock, J. 2007. Etologia, un approccio evolutivo. Zanichelli - Manning, A. e Stamp Dawkins, M. 2003. Il comportamento animale. Bollati Boringhieri. - Krebs J.R. e Davies N.B. 2002. Ecologia e comportamento animale. Bollati Boringhieri TEXTBOOKS FOR FURTHER READINGS: - Bolhuis, J.J. & Giraldeau, l. 2005. The behavior of animals: mechanisms, function and evolution. - Campan, R. & Scapini, F. 2004. Etologia. Zanichelli - Nelson, N.J. 2002. An introduction to behavioral endocrinology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland - Andersson, M 1994. Sexual selection. Princeton University Press - Mainardi, D. 1992. Dizionario di etologia. Einaudi - Martin, P. & Bateson, P. 2003. La misurazione del comportamento. Una guida introduttiva. Liguori editore All textbooks can be found in the library Students are provided with a document that lists for each lesson topic which textbook and which chapters are most relevant for the study, and for each topic it lists recent scientific papers for further study. Students are also provided with PDFs of lessons and of scientific papers suggested. The professor receives every day from 9.00 to 10.00 by appointment via email: monica.carosi@uniroma3.it	6	BIO/05	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401221 - MOLECULAR GENETIC AND CYTOGENETIC TECHNIQUES
20401282 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR THE LIFE SCIENCE (objectives) THE MAJOR GOALS FOR THIS COURSE ARE CENTERED AROUND ACQUIRING A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC THEORIES, APPLIED TO BIOCHEMICAL PROBLEMS. THE COURSE WILL START BY THE RIGOROUS DEFINITION OF THERMODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES AND STATE FUNCTIONS, THEN THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THESE AND RELATED CONCEPTS TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF THE MAIN BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS. - Derived from 20401282 CHIMICA FISICA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 BATTOCCHIO CHIARA (syllabus) PRINCIPI DELLA TERMODINAMICA. POTENZIALI TERMODINAMICI: ENERGIA INTERNA, ENTALPIA, ENTROPIA, ENERGIA LIBERA DI GIBBS. TERMODINAMICA DELLE SOLUZIONI: POTENZIALE CHIMICO, SOLUZIONI IDEALI, REALI ED ELETTROLITICHE. POTENZIALE ELETTROCHIMICO. PRESSIONE OSMOTICA. COSTANTE DI EQUILIBRIO. CINETICA CHIMICA. ELEMENTI DI CINETICA ENZIMATICA. STUDIO DI PROCESSI BIOCHIMICI COMPLESSI: TRASPORTO ATTRAVERSO LE MEMBRANE. ENZIMI. TRASFERIMENTO DI ELETTRONI NEI SISTEMI BIOLOGICI (reference books) PETER ATKINS, JULIO DE PAULA: CHIMICA FISICA BIOLOGICA (VOL.1). ED. ZANICHELLI	6	CHIM/02	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401283 - HUMAN GENETICS
20401660 - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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20401662 - PHARMACOLOGY (objectives) THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: 1) PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF DRUGS; 2) ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS AND DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS; 3) PRINCIPLES OF DRUG ACTION AT THE CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LEVELS; 4) PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL AND PRECLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. - Derived from 20401662 FARMACOLOGIA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 TREZZA VIVIANA (syllabus) INTRODUCTION: NATURE OF DRUGS, DRUG NOMENCLATURE, DRUG CLASSIFICATION. CLINICAL AND PRECLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY- PHARMACOKINETICS: THE DYNAMICS OF DRUG ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, BIOTRANSFORMATION AND ELIMINATION. MAIN PHARMACOKINETIC PARAMETERS. PHARMACODYNAMICS: MECHANISMS OF DRUG ACTION; DRUG RECEPTORS; DRUG-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS; AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS. NEUROTRANSMITTERS. SYSTEMATIC PHARMACOLOGY- MECHANISM OF ACTION, THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF DRUGS: AUTONOMIC DRUGS; DRUGS THAT ACT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; BRONCHODILATORS AND OTHER DRUGS USED IN ASTHMA; DRUGS USED IN GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; ANTIMICROBIC DRUGS. (reference books) Clark, Finkel, Rey, Whalen. “Pharmacology", Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews, 5th Edition Power-point files of the lessons will be provided To get an appointment with the Professor, email to: viviana.trezza@uniroma3.it	6	BIO/14	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401664 - MICROBIAL GENETICS (objectives) TRAINING IN THE CRITICAL READING OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; REINFORCEMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE’S HISTORICAL-EPISTEMOLOGICAL FOUNDATION; KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING IN THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL. AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF GENETIC SPERIMENTATION ON MICRO-ORGANISMS; REINFORCING OF MASTERY OF CRUCIAL ISSUES (BIOLOGICAL CYCLE; GENOME ORGANIZATION AND EXPRESSION; HEREDITARY AND EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS OF PHAGES, BACTERIA, AND ASCOMYCETES; TRAINING IN BASIC TECHNICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS CONCERNING GENETIC EXPERIMENTATION ON MICRO-ORGANISMS (i.e. EXPERIMENTAL DATA COLLECTION, PRESENTATION, AND INTERPRETATION); TRAINING STUDENTS TO SELF-ASSESS KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS, AND TO ENGAGE IN SCIENTIFIC DEBATE. - Derived from 20401664 GENETICA DEI MICRORGANISMI in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 Frangipani Emanuela	6	BIO/18	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401665 - MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING OF HISTORICAL GARDENS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES (objectives) STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN & NATURE IN THE ANCIENT TIME. STUDY BIODETERIORATION RELATED TO THE VEGETATION IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS. ANALYSE HOW WAS THE PLANNING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKS IN ITALY AND DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT. STUDY HISTORICAL PARKS, GIVING EXAMPLES FROM THE ASSYRO-BABYLONIANS, EGYPTIANS, GREEK-ROMANS, MEOIOEVAL TIMES TO MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE. DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENTS OF HISTORICAL GARDENS. GIVE PRACTICAL FIELD EXAMPLES, VISITING AREAS SUCH AS COLOSSEUM AND HORTI FARNESIANI ON THE PALATINE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS IN THE APPIA ANTICA, AND OTHER HISTORICAL PARKS IN THE CENTRAL ITALY.
20401665-1 - MODULO 1 - CANEVA GIULIA (syllabus) ProgrammaModule 1.- The archaeological sites (2 credits)Man & Nature in the ancient world: evolution of such relationship. Problems due to plant colonization in archaeological sites due to biodeterioration problems. Positive effects due to plants in the conservation and valorisation of cultural heritage and nature conservation. Cultural sites as refuge site for nature. Development and management of archaeological sites.Module 2.- Historical gardens and parks (2 credits)The origin of the gardens. Historical excursus in the Assyrian - Babylon’s, Egyptian, Romano, Medieval, modern and contemporary ages. The botanical management in historical gardens and parks. The botanical catalogues (PG/B) in the historical gardens and parks.Module 3 Field practical activities (2 credits)Excursions in significant sites: Colosseum and Horti Farnesiani on the Palatine. The archaeological sites of Appia Antica. Visit in historical gardens in Central Italy for some thematic deepening. (reference books) La Biologia vegetale per i beni culturali (vol.II), 2005 G. Caneva (a cura). Ed. Nardini, Firenze.	5	BIO/03	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401665-2 - MODULO 2 - CANEVA GIULIA (syllabus) Module 2.- Historical gardens and parks (2 credits)The origin of the gardens. Historical excursus in the Assyrian - Babylon’s, Egyptian, Romano, Medieval, modern and contemporary ages. The botanical management in historical gardens and parks. The botanical catalogues (PG/B) in the historical gardens and parks.Module 3 Field practical activities (2 credits)Excursions in significant sites: Colosseum and Horti Farnesiani on the Palatine. The archaeological sites of Appia Antica. Visit in historical gardens in Central Italy for some thematic deepening. (reference books) La Biologia vegetale per i beni culturali (vol.II), 2005 G. Caneva (a cura). Ed. Nardini, Firenze.	1	BIO/03	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401668 - ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE: 1) RECOGNIZE MAJOR GROUPS OF MICROORGANISMS AND UNDERSTAND FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION AND INTERACTIONS WITH HIGHER ORGANISMS; 2) LEARN ABOUT ROLES PLAYED BY MICROBES IN SOIL FORMATION, MINERAL WEATHERING, CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING; 3) LEARN ABOUT CULTURE-BASED AND CULTURE-INDEPENDENT MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS; 4) GAIN LITERACY IN CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY.
20401669 - EXPERIMENTAL MODELS IN BIOLOGY (objectives) THE COURSE PROVIDES BASICS CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENTAL MODELS MOST COMMONLY USED IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
20401669-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 20401669 MODELLI SPERIMENTALI IN BIOLOGIA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) THE COURSE (6 CFU) IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN PARTS. THE FIRST ONE (5.5 CFU) IS AIMED AT DESCRIBING THE HISTORICAL AND NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK. THE SECOND ONE IS PLANNED TO FOCUS THE STUDY ON A VARIETY OF BOTH IN VITRO AND IN VIVO EXPERIMENTAL MODELS, WHOSE EMPLOYMENT IS USEFUL IN EITHER BIOLOGY APPLIED TO HUMAN HEALTH OR CELLULAR/MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. STARTING POINTS FOR DISCUSSIONS WILL BE PROVIDED, IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE LEARNERS FOR THE WRITING OF A REPORT THAT WILL BE GOAL OF EXAMINATION. LABORATORY PRACTICES (0.5 CFU) WILL BE FIXED TOGETHER WITH THE STUDENTS WITH THE AIM OF ACQUIRING NEW TECHNIQUES ON SOME EXPERIMENTAL MODELS WIDELY USED IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (reference books) TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR HOMEWORKS WILL BE SUGGESTED TO LEARNERS DURING THE COURSE.	,5	BIO/09	-	-	5	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401669-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 20401669 MODELLI SPERIMENTALI IN BIOLOGIA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) THE COURSE (6 CFU) IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN PARTS. THE FIRST ONE (5.5 CFU) IS AIMED AT DESCRIBING THE HISTORICAL AND NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK. THE SECOND ONE IS PLANNED TO FOCUS THE STUDY ON A VARIETY OF BOTH IN VITRO AND IN VIVO EXPERIMENTAL MODELS, WHOSE EMPLOYMENT IS USEFUL IN EITHER BIOLOGY APPLIED TO HUMAN HEALTH OR CELLULAR/MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. STARTING POINTS FOR DISCUSSIONS WILL BE PROVIDED, IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE LEARNERS FOR THE WRITING OF A REPORT THAT WILL BE GOAL OF EXAMINATION. LABORATORY PRACTICES (0.5 CFU) WILL BE FIXED TOGETHER WITH THE STUDENTS WITH THE AIM OF ACQUIRING NEW TECHNIQUES ON SOME EXPERIMENTAL MODELS WIDELY USED IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (reference books) TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR HOMEWORKS WILL BE SUGGESTED TO LEARNERS DURING THE COURSE.	5,5	BIO/09	44	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401674 - CARTOGRAPHY AND G.I.S. APPLIED TO ECOLOGY (objectives) TO PROVIDE THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL TOOLS IN GEOGRAPHY, CARTOGRAPHY, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR ECOLOGICAL ADVANCES, THROUGH THE USE OF CASE STUDIES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
20401674-1 - MODULO 1 - SALVATI LUCA (syllabus) 1) Relational databases2) Introduction to GIS3) Spatial data formats4) Digital cartography (reference books) Slides and scientific articles (class-disseminated).MUNAFÒ M. 2010. RAPPRESENTARE IL TERRITORIO E L’AMBIENTE. BONANNO, ROMA-ACIREALE (textbook).	5	BIO/03	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
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20401782 - MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY (objectives) THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED ADVANCED RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGIES.
20401782-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 20401782 BIOTECNOLOGIE MOLECOLARI in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) 1. BASIC TECHNOLOGIES OF GENE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSIS. 2. VECTORS; CLONING. 3. PCR; REAL TIME PCR; PCR APPLICATIONS. 4. GENETIC VARIABILITY APPLIED TO FORENSIC SCIENCE 5. GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMIC LIBRERIES AND cDNA LIBRERIES; YEAST TWO HYBRID SYSTEM 6. MUTAGENESIS. 7. RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION. 8. FROM SANGER SEQUENCING TO NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING. 9. POST-GENOMICS ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENES. 10. PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS. 11. PRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS. 12. GENETIC MODIFICATION OF ANIMAL CELLS; TRANSGENIC ANIMALS CONSTRUCTION. 13. GENE TRAPPING; GENE TARGETING. 14. ANIMAL CLONING; GENE THERAPY. 15. THE CRISPR-CAS SYSTEM: EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION AND APPLICATIONS. (reference books) Recommended textbooks: 1. ANALISI DEI GENI E GENOMI, REECE, EDISES. 2. DNA RICOMBINANTE, J.D.WATSON, A.A. CAUDY, R.M. MYERS E J.A. WITKOWSKI, ZANICHELLI. Lecture slides will be provided The professor receives every day from 10.00 to 11.00 by appointment via e-mail: manuela.cervelli@uniroma3.it	1	BIO/11	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401782-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 20401782 BIOTECNOLOGIE MOLECOLARI in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) 1. BASIC TECHNOLOGIES OF GENE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSIS. 2. VECTORS; CLONING. 3. PCR; REAL TIME PCR; PCR APPLICATIONS. 4. GENETIC VARIABILITY APPLIED TO FORENSIC SCIENCE 5. GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMIC LIBRERIES AND cDNA LIBRERIES; YEAST TWO HYBRID SYSTEM 6. MUTAGENESIS. 7. RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION. 8. FROM SANGER SEQUENCING TO NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING. 9. POST-GENOMICS ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENES. 10. PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS. 11. PRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS. 12. GENETIC MODIFICATION OF ANIMAL CELLS; TRANSGENIC ANIMALS CONSTRUCTION. 13. GENE TRAPPING; GENE TARGETING. 14. ANIMAL CLONING; GENE THERAPY. 15. THE CRISPR-CAS SYSTEM: EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION AND APPLICATIONS. (reference books) Recommended textbooks: 1. ANALISI DEI GENI E GENOMI, REECE, EDISES. 2. DNA RICOMBINANTE, J.D.WATSON, A.A. CAUDY, R.M. MYERS E J.A. WITKOWSKI, ZANICHELLI. Lecture slides will be provided The professor receives every day from 10.00 to 11.00 by appointment via e-mail: manuela.cervelli@uniroma3.it	5	BIO/11	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401786 - GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN FORMATIVE TARGETS ARE: 1) THE ACQUISITION OF A BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE MAIN INSECT GROUPS. 2) THE ACQUISITION OF BOTH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON SYSTEMATICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE HEXAPODA. 3) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLID CULTURAL BACKGROUND FOR AN ADVANCED DISCUSSION ON CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE AMAZING EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY OF INSECTS AND ON THEIR IMPORTANCE IN BASIC AND APPLIED STUDIES. 4) THE ACQUISITION OF THE TOOLS FOR THE INSECT TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION, EXPECIALLY FOR THOSE ORDERS AND FAMILIES PRESENT IN THE ITALIAN FAUNA. 5) TO STIMULATE THE CURIOSITY AND THE ABILITY OF CRITICALLY OBSERVE THE NATURE. 6) THE SELF-EVALUATION BY THE STUDENT OF THE COMPETENCE WHITIN THE ANIMAL BIOLOGY, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE ENTOMOLOGY.
20401787 - ETHNOBOTANY AND ETHNOZOOLOGY (objectives) ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND LIVING BEINGS, THROUGH AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CIVILIZATION. PERSPECTIVES OF THE RECOVERY OF POPULAR TRADITIONS.
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20401788 - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (objectives) To provide the basics in terms of technical, legal, scientific and cultural issues on environmental assessment tools, with particular reference to the Environmental Impact Assessment, the Strategic Environmental Assessment, the assessment of impacts, the indicators for the monitoring and reporting of environmental . The knowledge acquired by the students, integrated with the content of other courses within the degree course (Technical Cartographic and GIS, Statistics, Applied Ecology, Management of Ecosystems, Biodiversity, etc..) contributes to develop professional figures in environmental monitoring.
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20401875 - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF NATURALISTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (objectives) Students’ grow in knowledge, skills and abilities in order to become a professional in the fields of education and naturalistic and environmental dissemination. Making students aware of the professions related to dissemination and education in the field of nature and environment as potential job opportunities for specialists of management and protection of ecosystems.
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20401992 - MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE: A) ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE METODOLOGIES AND LANGUAGES FOR THE ISOLATION, OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS B) ACQUISITION OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE DRAFTING AND EXECUTION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL
20402205 - MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY (objectives) TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH LEARNIG COMPETENCE IN THE FIELD OF GENERAL AND APPLIED PARASITOLOGY, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF LABORATORY TECHNIQUES NECESSARY FOR THE STUDY AND DIAGNOSIS OF THE MAIN PARASITIC DISEASES. - Derived from 20402205 PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 GRADONI LUIGI (syllabus) GENERAL CONCEPTS AND LIFE CYCLES OF THE MAIN HUMAN PARASITES TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS IN GENERAL PARASITOLOGY CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN PARASITES (PROTOZOA, PLATELMINTHS, NEMATODES AND ARTHROPODS) MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF PARASITES BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO PARASITE IDENTIFICATION AND SYSTEMATICS TRANSMISSION PATTERNS THROUGH VECTORS: TRYPANOSOMATIDS, PLASMODIA, BABESIA, FILARIAL WORMS, SCHISTOSOMES TRANSMISSION PATTERNS THROUGH INGESTION: GIARDIA, AMOEBA, TOXOPLASMA, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM, OPISTHORCHIS, TAPEWORMS, TRICHINELLA, TOXOCARA, PINWORMS OTHER TRANSMISSION PATTERS: STRONGYLOIDES IMMUNITY TO PARASITES AND PARASITE’S EVASION PARASITIC DISEASES TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, CLINICAL FEATURES, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT MAJOR PARASITIC DISEASES ENDEMIC IN ITALY: LEISHMANIASIS, GIARDIASIS, TOXOPLASMOSIS, CYSTICERCOSIS, ECHINOCOCCOSIS/HYDATIDOSIS, TRICHINELLOSIS, TOXOCARIASIS, DIROFILARIASIS, OXYURIASIS, PEDICULOSIS MAJOR PARASITIC DISEASES IMPORTED INTO ITALY: AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (SLEEPING SICKNESS), AMERICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (CHAGAS DISEASE), AMEBIASIS, MALARIA, SCHISTOSOMIASIS (reference books) DE CARNERI – PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA E DIAGNOSTICA PARASSITOLOGICA – CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA, 2013 GABRIELLA CANCRINI – PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA ILLUSTRATA – LOMBARDO EDITORE, 2012	6	MED/07	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402256 - EVOLUTIONARY PARASITOLOGY (objectives) Offering the students a new perspective in the study of parasitology, by means of an ecological- evolutionary and comparative approach. The intimate and intricate nature of the association between host and parasite, has traditionally been studied by giving emphasis on its pathogeniticy for non human animal and human hosts. In contrast, this course offers the student the opportunity to deepen topics such as adaptive strategies of parasitic life-style, the impact of parasitism on the community structure or else the role of a parasite in the trophic energy transfer in the community. Emphasis will be given to the host as key element in the parasite environment and, as such, its important role as a selective pressure. The student will be provided with a dynamic course made of lectures, workshops and tutorials on taxa parasites
22402257 - GENERAL AND APPLIED ANIMAL VIROLOGY (objectives) OBJECTIVS: TO ACQUIRE A SOLID FOUNDATION IN ANIMAL VIROLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATION.
20402024 - BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS (objectives) THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, PARTICULARLY IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITY IN THE LABORATORY. - Derived from 20402024 BIOCHIMICA FISICA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 ANTONINI GIOVANNI (syllabus) Cultural competences (Knowledge of :) The Course aims to provide students with basic knowledge relating to thermodynamics and the kinetics of biological processes, particularly in relation to experimental activities in the laboratory. Methodological skills (Know How to:) acquire and use experimental data relating to: to the study of interactions between proteins and ligands, enzyme kinetics and kinetic of binding Program: 1) Study of the interaction between receptors and ligands: methods at equilibrium and transient kinetics: a) At equilibrium (thermodynamic parameters: Kd: dissociation constant at equilibrium, cooperativity, number of binding sites) b) Rapid kinetics (kinetic parameters: k: velocity constants) 2) Study of enzymatic activity: steady state kinetics a) In Steady State (when [ES] is almost constant during experimental observation) b) In the presence of inhibitors 3) Time-resolved optical spectroscopy and complex kinetics (reference books) Recommended textbooks: M. C. Bonaccorsi di Patti et al. Metodologie Biochimiche - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Ninfa/Ballou Metodologie di base per la Biochimica e la Biotecnologia - ed. Zanichelli Reed et al. Metodologie di Base per le Scienze Biomolecolari- ed. Zanichelli P. Silvestroni, Fondamenti di chimica - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana D.M. Etter Introduction to MATLAB 7– Pearson Education, Inc. Software to use EXCEL (Office) or CALC (Open Office) * (for linear methods) MATLAB (Mathworks) or OCTAVE (GNU Octave) * (for spectral analysis and non-linear methods) GEPASI (P. Mendes et al.) * Or COPASI (Copasi dev. Group) * (for complex reactions) (*) indicates free software Lecture notes and calculation exercises will be provided The professor receives every day from	6	BIO/11	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402025 - Bioindication and Environmental Monitoring (objectives) Acquisition of specific knowledge on bioindication and its applications, particularly with regard to plant and animal organisms used as biological indicators of the environmental status. Knowledge of the experimental methods and data processing for the environmental monitoring.
20402506 - MOLECULAR BASIS OF PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION (objectives) TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING PLANT ACCLIMATION TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES, USEFUL IN DEVELOPING NEW STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CROP PRODUCTIVITY UNDER CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. BASIC KNOWLEDGE WILL BE PROVIDED ON PLANT EMPLOYMENT IN PHARMACOLOGICAL, NUTRACEUTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD.
20402506-2 - MODULO 2 - CONA ALESSANDRA (syllabus) Practical laboratoriesDetermination of amine oxidase enzyme activity and hydrogen peroxide production through spectrophotometric methods on maize and chickpea plant extracts.Observation under light microscopy of tissue-specific gene expression of copper amine oxidases (AtCuAO) after GUS-staining using 5-day-old PromAtCuAO-GUS-GFP Arabidopsis transgenic seedlings, fixed in 90% acetone and washed in phosphate buffer. (reference books) SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER AND DISCUSSED AT LESSONS.The Prof. receives every day by appointment via email: alessandra.cona@uniroma3.it	1	BIO/04	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402506-1 - MODULO 1 - CONA ALESSANDRA (syllabus) THE COURSE CONSISTS OF LESSONS (5CFU) AND LAB PRACTICES (1CFU). LESSONS DEAL WITH THE PROCESSES OF BIOCHEMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FENOTIPIC ACCLIMATATION OCCURRING IN PLANTS IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULUS AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS. LESSONS ARE ORGANIZED AS FOLLOWS: 1) SIGNAL PERCEPTION AND TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS IN PLANT CELLS: RECEPTORS, MEDIATORS AND MODALITY OF TRANSDUCTION. SIGNALING PATHWAYS UPON HORMONE OR LIGHT PERCEPTION. 2) CELL WALL AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENT: CELL SURFACE SENSORS AND RECEPTORS. 3) SHORT AND LONG DISTANCE SIGNALING. 4) ROLE OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION. 5) PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN RESPONSES TO ABIOTIC STRESSES (DROUGHT, FLOODING, SALT STRESS, HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE, HIGH LIGHT). 6) SECONDARY METABOLISM AND DEFENCE STRATEGY AGAINST WOUNDING OR PATHOGEN ATTACK. INNATE IMMUNITY AND EFFECTOR TRIGGERED IMMUNITY. 7) LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC DEFENCE RESPONSES. 8) PLANT COMPOUNDS AS SOURCE OF DRUGS, NUTRACEUTICAL FOOD OR NATURAL HERBICIDES. BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN PHYTOREMEDIATION. (reference books) SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER AND DISCUSSED AT LESSONS.The professor receives every day by appointment via e-mail: alessandra.cona@uniroma3.it	5	BIO/04	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402507 - Diversity and Ecology of the Soil Fauna
20402507-1 - MODULO 1 - DI GIULIO ANDREA (syllabus) 1. General Introduction to the soil ecosystem. Definition of the soil and its functions. Factors and pedogenetic processes. Profile and composition of the soil. Physical and chemical characteristics. Cycles of nutrients in the soil. Organic matter decomposition and mineralization. Case study of the dead wood.2. Edaphic biodiversity. Micro, meso and macro-ecological networks at ground level. Viruses and soil microorganisms and their interaction with the soil fauna. Microflora and vegetation. Soil fauna: main adaptations to life in the soil. Functional groups and food webs. Edaphic zoocoenoses present in different types of terrestrial ecosystems and their interactions with other biological forms.3. Main soil fauna groups: Protozoa, Rotifera, Platyhelminthes, Nematodes, Tardigrades, Molluscs, Annelids, Arthropods, Cordata. Morphological, functional, physiological, behavioral and ecological adaptations to life in the soil. (reference books) Menta C., 2008. Guida alla conoscenza della biologia e dell'ecologia del suolo. A. Perdisa EditoreParisi V., 1974. Biologia e ecologia del suolo. Boringhieri, Torino.Office Hours: every day of the week by appointment by email (andrea.digiulio@uniroma3.it)	4	BIO/05	32	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402507-2 - MODULO 2 - DI GIULIO ANDREA (syllabus) 4. Methods for studying soil fauna. Sampling methods. Extraction. Identification with use of dichotomous or interactive keys. Methods and tools for morphological, genetic and functional analyses.5. Use of soil biodiversity in environmental monitoring. Biological and ecotoxicological indices. Bioremediation and environmental recovery. Management and protection of soil fauna. Applications of soil fauna in agriculture and natural resource management.6. The course also includes practical lessons in the laboratory and in the field. During these classes, observations on the diversity of soil fauna in natural ecosystems will be conducted, illustrating methods of sampling and identification. (reference books) Menta C., 2008. Guida alla conoscenza della biologia e dell'ecologia del suolo. A. Perdisa EditoreParisi V., 1974. Biologia e ecologia del suolo. Boringhieri, Torino.Office Hours: every day of the week by appointment by email (andrea.digiulio@uniroma3.it)	2	BIO/05	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402509 - ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ECOLOGY OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ECOLOGICAL BRANCHES. OTHER GOAL OF THIS COURSE IS THE GROWTH OF A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE FOCUSING IN THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS FOR THE ACQUISITION, ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ECOLOGICAL DATA RECORDED IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS.
20402510 - INLAND AND MARINE WATER ECOLOGY (objectives) The main aim is to provide a solid knowledge on both abiotic and biotic features of ecological processes considered to be common in aquatic systems. A second goal is to develop identification ability of the main aquatic species of Mediterranean systems by a comparative analysis of the different life strategies and colonization patterns of extreme habitats, and the possibility to origin more and more structured multi-species assemblanges to start ecological series. During the course, it will be introduced methods and tools to perform aquatic investigations. Students will receive information to design and execute sampling sessions on plankton, benthos e nekton, to analyze and show findings. Finally students will learn to develop applicative aspects of work in diverse issues in the field of aquatic biomonitoring and hydrobiology.
20402510-1 - MODULO 1 - SCALICI MASSIMILIANO (syllabus) Cultural competences (Knowledge of:) The teaching aims to provide students with basic knowledge related to the evolution of the different ecological components, to assess the degree of functional adaptation to the habitat.Methodological skills (Know how to perform:) acquire and use experimental data related to the study of the natural aquatic living resourcesTeaching program:1) INTRODUCTORY LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF WATER (TEMPERATURE-DENSITY, TRANSPARENCY, SALT COMPOSITION, SALINITY, CONDUCTIVITY, HARDNESS); WATER BODY THERMAL BALANCE; AQUATIC MOVEMENTS (CURRENTS, TIDE, SEICHE); DISSOLVED OXYGEN AND REGULATING FACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE, BICARBONATE, CARBONATE, BUFFER SYSTEM, MINERAL ACIDITY AND ALKALINITY; NUTRIENT CYCLES; ORGANIC MATTER, TOTAL SOLIDS, SUSPENDED MATERIAL, SEDIMENTS, BOD AND COD.2) AQUATIC LIFE: PLANCTON, NECTON E BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION, METABOLISM AND LIFE CYCLES, COLLECTION METHODS AND TOOLS, ABUNDANCE AND BIOMASS ASSESSMENT; WATER COLUMN AND SEDIMENT ECOLOGY: PRIMARY PRODUCTION, SCRAPERS, SHREDDERS, AND SCAVENGERS: ENERGETIC FLOW IN FOOD PYRAMIDS AND WEBS; EXAMPLES OF SEA, COASTAL, LACUSTRINE, AND RIVER SYSTEMS. (reference books) Bettinetti et al. Inland Water Ecology. Ed. CittàStudi.Cognetti et al. Marine Biology. Ed. Calderini, Rome.DOCUMENTS PROVIDED DURING THE FRONTAL LESSONSProfessor receives every day from 17.00 to 19.00 by appointment via email:massimiliano.scalici@uniroma3.it	5	BIO/07	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402510-2 - MODULO 2 - SCALICI MASSIMILIANO (syllabus) Cultural competences (Knowledge of:) The teaching aims to provide students with basic knowledge related to the evolution of the different ecological components, to assess the degree of functional adaptation to the habitat.Methodological skills (Know how to perform:) acquire and use experimental data related to the study of the natural aquatic living resourcesTeaching program:1) INTRODUCTORY LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF WATER (TEMPERATURE-DENSITY, TRANSPARENCY, SALT COMPOSITION, SALINITY, CONDUCTIVITY, HARDNESS); WATER BODY THERMAL BALANCE; AQUATIC MOVEMENTS (CURRENTS, TIDE, SEICHE); DISSOLVED OXYGEN AND REGULATING FACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE, BICARBONATE, CARBONATE, BUFFER SYSTEM, MINERAL ACIDITY AND ALKALINITY; NUTRIENT CYCLES; ORGANIC MATTER, TOTAL SOLIDS, SUSPENDED MATERIAL, SEDIMENTS, BOD AND COD.2) AQUATIC LIFE: PLANCTON, NECTON E BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION, METABOLISM AND LIFE CYCLES, COLLECTION METHODS AND TOOLS, ABUNDANCE AND BIOMASS ASSESSMENT; WATER COLUMN AND SEDIMENT ECOLOGY: PRIMARY PRODUCTION, SCRAPERS, SHREDDERS, AND SCAVENGERS: ENERGETIC FLOW IN FOOD PYRAMIDS AND WEBS; EXAMPLES OF SEA, COASTAL, LACUSTRINE, AND RIVER SYSTEMS. (reference books) Bettinetti et al. Inland Water Ecology. Ed. CittàStudi.Cognetti et al. Marine Biology. Ed. Calderini, Roma.DOCUMENTS PROVIDED DURING FRONTAL LESSONSProfessor receives every day from 17.00 to 19.00 by appointment via email:massimiliano.scalici@uniroma3.it	1	BIO/07	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402512 - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN VEGETATION ECOLOGY (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE MAIN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF VEGETATION: - ACQUIRE THE MASTERY OF THE STUDY METHODS OF VEGETATION; - INCREASE THE ABILITY TO INTERPRETING THE NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHENOMENA WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSFORMATION OF PLANT LANDSCAPES; - DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO APPLICATION OF MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR MONITORING OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PURPOSES; - INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN THE FIELDS OF PLANT ECOLOGY, GEOBOTANY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY.
20402519 - APPLIED CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE AIMS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIALIZED CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE OF GLIA AND NEURONS; TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN CELL COMMUNICATION, SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO NITRIC OXIDE-REGULATED PATHWAYS. IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS CAN USE STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT AND LEARN CURRENT TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN CELL BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABS. MOREOVER STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF CELL BIOLOGY.
20402520 - PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF FOOD CROPS (objectives) THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS WITHIN AGRICULTURE AND PRODUCTION OF NEW MOLECULES. THIS COURSE WILL ALSO GIVE EDUCATION ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS TRANSCRIPTOMICS, PROTEOMICS, METABOLOMICS, AND WILL DESCRIBE THEIR IMPORTANCE IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. ANOTHER IMPORTANT AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO CONDUCT LABORATORY WORK AND RESEARCH IN THE SECTORS OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
20402521 - MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY (objectives) ENDOCRINOLOGY IS USUALLY TAUGHT AT THE END OF STANDARD PHYSIOLOGY COURSES, BECAUSE THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM REGULATES ALL THE OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS. IN THIS RESPECT, LEARNING ABOUT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM HAS THE ADDED CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE OF HORMONES AND THEIR ACTIONS WITH THE GENERAL FUNCTION OF A SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEM. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO GAIN A FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, TO BECOME REFINED IN THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS RELATED TO ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY, TO DEVELOP PROBLEM SOLVING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING TECHNIQUES.
20402521-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 20402521 ENDOCRINOLOGIA MOLECOLARE in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) INTRODUCTION TO ENDOCRINOLOGY (1 CFU) HISTORY, CHEMICAL NATURE OF HORMONES, EVOLUTION OF CHEMICAL SIGNALS. ENDOCRINE GLANDS, HORMONE SYNTHESIS AND RELEASE (ENDOCRINE, AUTOCRINE, PARACRINE, AND INTRACRINE ACTIONS, HORMONAL RHYTMS) MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTIONS (SIGNALLING FROM MEMBRANE AND INTRACELLULAR RECEPTORS)THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY (3 CFU) REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY (FETAL GROWTH, PREGNANCY, MATERNAL ADAPTATION TO PREGNANCY)GROWTH (GROWTH FACTORS AND ONCOGENES IN FETAL GROWTH, POSTNATAL GROWTH, PUBERTY, HORMONESAND THE GENDER/SEX DIFFERENCES)AGEING (THEORIES, HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPIES, GERIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY) METABOLIC ENDOCRINOLOGY (REGULATION OF FOOD UPTAKE, REGULATION OF DIGESTIVE PROCESSES, OBESITY)HORMONES AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJURIES (1 CFU) STRESS ADAPTATION ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS DISORDERS OF THE ENDOCRINOLOGY SYSTEM (CELL GROWTH AND CANCER) (reference books) SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS WILL BE SUPPLIED IN THE CLASSROOM.	5,5	BIO/09	44	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402521-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 20402521 ENDOCRINOLOGIA MOLECOLARE in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) INTRODUCTION TO ENDOCRINOLOGY (1 CFU) HISTORY, CHEMICAL NATURE OF HORMONES, EVOLUTION OF CHEMICAL SIGNALS. ENDOCRINE GLANDS, HORMONE SYNTHESIS AND RELEASE (ENDOCRINE, AUTOCRINE, PARACRINE, AND INTRACRINE ACTIONS, HORMONAL RHYTMS) MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTIONS (SIGNALLING FROM MEMBRANE AND INTRACELLULAR RECEPTORS)THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY (3 CFU) REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY (FETAL GROWTH, PREGNANCY, MATERNAL ADAPTATION TO PREGNANCY)GROWTH (GROWTH FACTORS AND ONCOGENES IN FETAL GROWTH, POSTNATAL GROWTH, PUBERTY, HORMONESAND THE GENDER/SEX DIFFERENCES)AGEING (THEORIES, HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPIES, GERIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY) METABOLIC ENDOCRINOLOGY (REGULATION OF FOOD UPTAKE, REGULATION OF DIGESTIVE PROCESSES, OBESITY)HORMONES AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJURIES (1 CFU) STRESS ADAPTATION ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS DISORDERS OF THE ENDOCRINOLOGY SYSTEM (CELL GROWTH AND CANCER)CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE (1 CFU) (reference books) SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS WILL BE SUPPLIED IN THE CLASSROOM.	,5	BIO/09	-	5	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402522 - DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING NERVOUS TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION AND MORPHOGENESIS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN DIFFERENT IN VIVO MODELS. LIFE-LONG FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROGENESIS AND PLASTICITY WILL BE EMPHASIZED. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1) DESCRIBE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES OF INVERTEBRATE AND VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM; 2) RECOGNISE MOLECULAR PATHWAYS DIRECTING STEM CELLS TOWARDS NEURONAL/GLIAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION; 3) CORRELATE ONTOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES WITH SPECIFIC NEUROLOGICAL DISTURBANCES, INCLUDING INFANTILE DISEASES AND AGE-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION.
20402523 - MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY (objectives) ON THE BASIS OF THE MOST RECENT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, THE COURSE IS AIMED TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND SOME ASPECTS OF THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS
20410083 - Laboratory of electron microscopy
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20401781 - WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT (objectives)

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20401076 - MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
20401221 - MOLECULAR GENETIC AND CYTOGENETIC TECHNIQUES
20401221-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 20401221 METODOLOGIE MOLECOLARI IN GENETICA E CITOGENETICA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire)	3	BIO/18	-	-	30	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401221-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 20401221 METODOLOGIE MOLECOLARI IN GENETICA E CITOGENETICA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire)	3	BIO/18	24	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401283 - HUMAN GENETICS
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20401653 - BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR CLINICAL BIOLOGY (objectives) Main goals of the course are: i) to provide an overview of the activities of a clinical laboratory looking at the organizational context and current business; ii) to illustrate the various stages which are at the basis of main analytical methods, either molecular or biochemical, used in biomedical laboratories for modern diagnostic purposes; iii) to provide the key of Interpretation for the obtained results from a pathophysiological point of view. To promote a critical approach towards laboratori diagnosis. - Derived from 20401653 BIOCHIMICA E BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE CLINICA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 BARONI SILVIA (syllabus) • LABORATORY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMICAL TESTS AND LABORATORY MANAGEMENT PREANALYTICAL, ANALYTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY REFERENCE VALUES • QUALITY CONTROL ASSURANCE • ANALYTICAL METHODS IMMUNOCHEMISTRY AND INTERFERENCES • LABORATORY ANDCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES LIPOPROTEIN ALTERATIONS LABORATORY AND DIABETES MELLITUS MARKERS OF CARDIAC DISEASES • LABORATORY AND RENAL FUNCTION URINALYSIS • LABORATORY AND LIVER • LABORATORY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES CEREBROSPINAL FLUID • LABORATORY AND ONCOLOGY • LABORATORY AND MALE INFERTILITY • INTRODUCING CLINICAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (reference books) Clinical Biochemistry: An Illustrated Colour Text- Allan Gaw MD, ICT, 2013	6	BIO/12	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401656 - BIOGEOGRAPHY (objectives) AFTER THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1) DISCUSS THE HISTORICAL AND ECOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT AFFECTED THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS; 2) FORMULATE HYPOTHESES AND MODELS EXPLAINING THE SHAPE, SIZE AND POSITION OF THE GEOGRAPHIC RANGE OF A TAXON; 3) DISCUSS EVENTS OF RANGE EXPANSION OR CONTRACTION, DUE TO CLIMATIC CHANGES OR HABITAT TRANSFORMATION CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES; 4) DESCRIBE THE FAUNA, FLORA AND VEGETATION OF EACH CONTINENT, IN RELATION TO PAST AND PRESENT GEOGRAPHICAL AND ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; 5) BUILD PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, IN CONNECTION WITH CLIMATE CHANGES AND LANDSCAPE ALTERATION. - CARPANETO GIUSEPPE (syllabus) GENERAL BIOGEOGRAPHY (3 CFU). SCHOOLS AND METHODS FOR STUDYING THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ORGANISMS. RELATIONS AMONG BIOGEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY, SYSTEMATICS AND EARTH SCIENCES. PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT; PLEISTOCENE CHANGES IN CLIMATE AND COASTLINE SHAPE (GLACIAL/INTERGLACIAL AND PLUVIAL/INTERPLUVIAL PERIODS, MARINE REGRESSIONS AND TRANSGRESSIONS) WITH THEIR EFFECTS ON ANIMAL AND PLANT DISTRIBUTION. THE GEOGRAPHIC RANGE (DISPERSAL, COLONIZATION, BARRIERS, EXTINCTION). ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY AND FRAGMENTATION BIOLOGY. ENDEMIC AND RELIC SPECIES. VICARIANCE AND DISPERSAL. SIGNIFICANCE AND BORDERS OF THE BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, TRANSITIONAL ZONES AND BIOMES. ANALYSIS OF BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS AND TRANSITIONAL ZONES (3 CFU): OLOARCTIC REGION (PALEARCTIC AND NEARCTIC SUBREGIONS), AFROTROPICAL REGION, INDOMALAYAN REGION, AUSTRALIAN REGION. GEOGRAPHICAL AND ECOLOGICAL TRAITS OF EACH BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAUNA, FLORA AND VEGETATION. EXAMPLES OF SPECIES AND TAXONOMIC GROUPS ENDEMIC TO DIFFERENT BIOMES FOR EACH REGION, WITH HYPOTHESES ON THEIR ORIGIN. STUDY CASES: MADAGASCAR AND NEW ZEALAND. (reference books) ZUNINO M & ZULLINI A, 2004. BIOGEOGRAFIA (SECOND EDITION). CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA, MILANO (MAIN TEXTBOOK) + ELECTRONIC FILES GIVEN BY THE PROFESSOR. For a deep insight: LOMOLINO MV ET AL., 2010. BIOGEOGRAPHY (FOURTH EDITION), SINAUER ASSOCIATES MORRONE JJ, 2009. EVOLUTIONARY BIOGEOGRAPHY: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH WITH CASE STUDIES. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS. The professor receives every day from 15:00 to 18:30 by appointment via email: giuseppe.carpaneto@uniroma3.it	6	BIO/05	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401660 - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
20401665 - MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING OF HISTORICAL GARDENS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES (objectives) STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN & NATURE IN THE ANCIENT TIME. STUDY BIODETERIORATION RELATED TO THE VEGETATION IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS. ANALYSE HOW WAS THE PLANNING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKS IN ITALY AND DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT. STUDY HISTORICAL PARKS, GIVING EXAMPLES FROM THE ASSYRO-BABYLONIANS, EGYPTIANS, GREEK-ROMANS, MEOIOEVAL TIMES TO MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE. DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENTS OF HISTORICAL GARDENS. GIVE PRACTICAL FIELD EXAMPLES, VISITING AREAS SUCH AS COLOSSEUM AND HORTI FARNESIANI ON THE PALATINE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS IN THE APPIA ANTICA, AND OTHER HISTORICAL PARKS IN THE CENTRAL ITALY.
20401668 - ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE: 1) RECOGNIZE MAJOR GROUPS OF MICROORGANISMS AND UNDERSTAND FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION AND INTERACTIONS WITH HIGHER ORGANISMS; 2) LEARN ABOUT ROLES PLAYED BY MICROBES IN SOIL FORMATION, MINERAL WEATHERING, CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING; 3) LEARN ABOUT CULTURE-BASED AND CULTURE-INDEPENDENT MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS; 4) GAIN LITERACY IN CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY.
20401668-2 - MODULO 2 - DALMASTRI Claudia (syllabus) 1. Evolution and systematic of microorganismsOrigin of bacteria; molecular phylogenesis; 16S rRNA gene and evolution; basis of microbial systematic 2. Metabolic diversity of microbesChemolitotrophy; fermentation; anaerobiosis; phototrophy3. Functional diversity of microbesPhototrophic and chemotrophic bacteria; bacteria in sulfur and nitrogen cycles 4. The principal phylogenesic groups of Bacteria Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Ipertermofili5. The principal phylogenetic groups of ArcheaPhyla and evolution6. Methods in microbial ecologyCulture-based methods Cultivation-independent techniques: microscope; genetic analysis; genome and metagenomics; functional analysis7. Microbial ecosystems Principles of ecology Microbe environment: microbial interactions (Quorum sensing; Biofilm) Terrestrial environment: soil Aquatic environment: lakes, oceansExtreme environments (deep sea; hydrothermal springs)8. Microbial role in nutrient cycles Carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, others9. Symbiosis between microorganisms and between microorganisms and different organisms Plants; rhizosphere; root nodules Mammals; microbiome: bowel and rumen10. Microorganisms in anthropized environments Bioremediation of contaminated sites; water treatment; biocorrosion; mineral recovery from mines (reference books) Brock. Biologia dei microrganismi. Microbiologia generale, ambientale e industriale. Madigan et al., Pearson Editore (XIV ed.).	,5	BIO/19	-	-	5	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401668-1 - MODULO 1 - DALMASTRI Claudia (syllabus) 1. Evolution and systematic of microorganismsOrigin of bacteria; molecular phylogenesis; 16S rRNA gene and evolution; basis of microbial systematic 2. Metabolic diversity of microbesChemolitotrophy; fermentation; anaerobiosis; phototrophy3. Functional diversity of microbesPhototrophic and chemotrophic bacteria; bacteria in sulfur and nitrogen cycles 4. The principal phylogenesic groups of Bacteria Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Ipertermofili5. The principal phylogenetic groups of ArcheaPhyla and evolution6. Methods in microbial ecologyCulture-based methods Cultivation-independent techniques: microscope; genetic analysis; genome and metagenomics; functional analysis7. Microbial ecosystems Principles of ecology Microbe environment: microbial interactions (Quorum sensing; Biofilm) Terrestrial environment: soil Aquatic environment: lakes, oceansExtreme environments (deep sea; hydrothermal springs)8. Microbial role in nutrient cycles Carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, others9. Symbiosis between microorganisms and between microorganisms and different organisms Plants; rhizosphere; root nodules Mammals; microbiome: bowel and rumen10. Microorganisms in anthropized environments Bioremediation of contaminated sites; water treatment; biocorrosion; mineral recovery from mines (reference books) Text book: Madigan et al., Brock Biology of microorganisms 14th edition	5,5	BIO/19	44	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401669 - EXPERIMENTAL MODELS IN BIOLOGY (objectives) THE COURSE PROVIDES BASICS CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENTAL MODELS MOST COMMONLY USED IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
20401671 - GENERAL PATHOLOGY (objectives) Aims of the course: • To acquire the basic knowledge on the human disease causes and their pathogenic mechanisms. • To interpret the pathogenetic and physiopathogenic mechanisms of the human diseases. • To know the operations turned to the analysis of the pathogenetic and physiopathogenic mechanisms of the human diseases and to interpret their results. - Derived from 20401671 PATOLOGIA GENERALE in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 , D'Orazi Gabriella	6	MED/04	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401674 - CARTOGRAPHY AND G.I.S. APPLIED TO ECOLOGY (objectives) TO PROVIDE THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL TOOLS IN GEOGRAPHY, CARTOGRAPHY, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR ECOLOGICAL ADVANCES, THROUGH THE USE OF CASE STUDIES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
20401777 - PUBLIC HEALTH (objectives) General objectives At the end of the course the student will be able to design epidemiological studies to address public health problems and to identify activities to prevent chronic and infectious diseases. Specific objectives - to know the major mortality and morbidity indicators - to identify the more appropriate epidemiological study to describe the burden of major diseases in the population and to assess the relation between diseases and possible risk factors associated to them - to interpret epidemiological data - to discuss the importance of the health education and health promotion - to list and discuss problems related to water supply, sanitation and waste management - to argue about necessary controls/monitoring to protect the environment and the community - to design health promotion programmes - Derived from 20401777 IGIENE in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 TRAMA ANNALISA	6	MED/42	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401782 - MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY (objectives) THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED ADVANCED RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGIES.
20401786 - GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN FORMATIVE TARGETS ARE: 1) THE ACQUISITION OF A BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE MAIN INSECT GROUPS. 2) THE ACQUISITION OF BOTH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON SYSTEMATICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE HEXAPODA. 3) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLID CULTURAL BACKGROUND FOR AN ADVANCED DISCUSSION ON CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE AMAZING EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY OF INSECTS AND ON THEIR IMPORTANCE IN BASIC AND APPLIED STUDIES. 4) THE ACQUISITION OF THE TOOLS FOR THE INSECT TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION, EXPECIALLY FOR THOSE ORDERS AND FAMILIES PRESENT IN THE ITALIAN FAUNA. 5) TO STIMULATE THE CURIOSITY AND THE ABILITY OF CRITICALLY OBSERVE THE NATURE. 6) THE SELF-EVALUATION BY THE STUDENT OF THE COMPETENCE WHITIN THE ANIMAL BIOLOGY, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE ENTOMOLOGY.
20401786-2 - MODULO 2 - DI GIULIO ANDREA (syllabus) PART 1) BASIC AND APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY. ARTHROPOD PHYLOGENY. ORIGIN, CAUSES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INSECT SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY. INTEGUMENT; STRUCTURE OF THE INTEGUMENT AND CUTICLE; COLORS. BODY REGIONS; SCLERITES; SEGMENTS, APPENDICES AND WINGS. MUSCULATURE AND ENDOSCHELETON; ADAPTATION TO THE MOVEMENT IN AERIAL AND ACQUATIC ENVIROMENTS. RESPIRATORY APPARATUS AND RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION IN WATER. EXCRETION. CEPHALIC APPENDAGES AND MOUTHPARTS; ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING STRATEGIES. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND BLOOD. REPRODUCTION: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF SEGMENTS AND GENITAL TRAITS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS; EGGS; SPERMS. EMBRYONIC AND POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: HORMONS AND ENDOCRIN ORGANS. HEXOCRIN GLANDS. NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS. SIMPLE AND COMPOUND EYES. PRODUCTION OF LIGHT AND SOUNDS. CRIPTISM AND MIMICRY. PHEROMONS AND COURTSHIP; PARENTAL CARES; INSECT SOCIETIES. PREDATION; PARASITISM; SYMBIOSIS. ORIENTATION; MIGRATIONS; DISPERSION. INSECT BIOGEOGRAPHY. INSECT CONSERVATION. (reference books) P.J. Gullan & P.S. Cranston “Lineamenti di Entomologia” Zanichelli R.G. Davies “Lineamenti di Entomologia” Zanichelli G. Grimaldi “Evolution of the Insects”R.F. Chapman “The Insects: structure and function” Hodder & Stoughton, London C. Gillot “Entomology” Plenum Press, New York O.W. Richards & R.G. Davies “Imm’s general textbook of entomology” Chapman & Hall, London Vol. I e II M. Chinery “Guida agli insetti d’Europa” Muzzio Office Hours: every day of the week by appointment by email (andrea.digiulio@uniroma3.it)	2	BIO/05	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401786-1 - MODULO 1 - DI GIULIO ANDREA (syllabus) PART 1) BASIC AND APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY. ARTHROPOD PHYLOGENY. ORIGIN, CAUSES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INSECT SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY. INTEGUMENT; STRUCTURE OF THE INTEGUMENT AND CUTICLE; COLORS. BODY REGIONS; SCLERITES; SEGMENTS, APPENDICES AND WINGS. MUSCULATURE AND ENDOSCHELETON; ADAPTATION TO THE MOVEMENT IN AERIAL AND ACQUATIC ENVIROMENTS. RESPIRATORY APPARATUS AND RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION IN WATER. EXCRETION. CEPHALIC APPENDAGES AND MOUTHPARTS; ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING STRATEGIES. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND BLOOD. REPRODUCTION: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF SEGMENTS AND GENITAL TRAITS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS; EGGS; SPERMS. EMBRYONIC AND POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: HORMONS AND ENDOCRIN ORGANS. HEXOCRIN GLANDS. NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS. SIMPLE AND COMPOUND EYES. PRODUCTION OF LIGHT AND SOUNDS. CRIPTISM AND MIMICRY. PHEROMONS AND COURTSHIP; PARENTAL CARES; INSECT SOCIETIES. PREDATION; PARASITISM; SYMBIOSIS. ORIENTATION; MIGRATIONS; DISPERSION. INSECT BIOGEOGRAPHY. INSECT CONSERVATION. (reference books) P.J. GULLAN & P.S. CRANSTON “LINEAMENTI DI ENTOMOLOGIA” ZANICHELLI orR.G. DAVIES “LINEAMENTI DI ENTOMOLOGIA” ZANICHELLI OTHER TEXTBOOKS (THE CHOICE HAS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE PROFESSOR):G. GRANDI “ISTITUZIONI DI ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALE” EDIZIONI CALDERINIV.B. WIGGLESWORTH “LA VITA DEGLI INSETTI” GARZANTI R.F. CHAPMAN “THE INSECTS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION” HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDON C. GILLOT “ENTOMOLOGY” PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK O.W. RICHARDS & R.G. DAVIES “IMM’S GENERAL TEXTBOOK OF ENTOMOLOGY” CHAPMAN & HALL, LONDON VOL. I AND IIGENERAL INSECT GUIDES (STUDENT CHOICE) ARE RECOMMENDED FOR BOTH LAB AND FIELD ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS FOR THE STUDY OF THE SYSTEMATIC PART OF THE COURSE.Office Hours: every day of the week by appointment by email (andrea.digiulio@uniroma3.it)	4	BIO/05	32	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401787 - ETHNOBOTANY AND ETHNOZOOLOGY (objectives) ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND LIVING BEINGS, THROUGH AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CIVILIZATION. PERSPECTIVES OF THE RECOVERY OF POPULAR TRADITIONS.
20401788 - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (objectives) To provide the basics in terms of technical, legal, scientific and cultural issues on environmental assessment tools, with particular reference to the Environmental Impact Assessment, the Strategic Environmental Assessment, the assessment of impacts, the indicators for the monitoring and reporting of environmental . The knowledge acquired by the students, integrated with the content of other courses within the degree course (Technical Cartographic and GIS, Statistics, Applied Ecology, Management of Ecosystems, Biodiversity, etc..) contributes to develop professional figures in environmental monitoring.
20401821 - IMMUNOLOGY (objectives) to deeply understand cellular and molecular mechanisms of immune response and their role in health and disease. - Derived from 20401821 IMMUNOLOGIA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 Coccia Eliana Maria (syllabus) Properties and Overview of Immune Responses: Cells and Tissues of the Immune System Leukocyte Circulation and Migration into Tissues Innate Immunity Antigens and Antigen presentation Immune Receptors and Signal Transduction Lymphocyte T Development and Activation Differentiation and Functions of CD4+ and CD8 +Effector T Cells B Cell Activation and Antibody Production Humoral Immunity Immunologic Tolerance and Autoimmunity Immunity to Microbes and Vaccines Immunity to Tumors Immunodeficiencies and Immunosenescence Pubmed research (reference books) - Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai IMMUNOLOGIA CELLULARE E MOLECOLARE (VII edition, Edizioni Edra) - Peter Parham IL SISTEMA IMMUNITARIO (II edition, Edizioni EdiSES)	6	MED/04	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401875 - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF NATURALISTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (objectives) Students’ grow in knowledge, skills and abilities in order to become a professional in the fields of education and naturalistic and environmental dissemination. Making students aware of the professions related to dissemination and education in the field of nature and environment as potential job opportunities for specialists of management and protection of ecosystems.
20401990 - CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY (objectives) The aim of the course is to introduce students to the “inorganic biofactors”, starting from their biochemical role to the analysis of their impact on human health. In the second part of the course we will focus on the “omics”, which represents a broad discipline of science (from trascriptomics to metabolomics) intended for analyzing system biology and for characterizing the biochemical events associated to transcripts, proteins and metabolites variations in fluids, organs and tissues. - Derived from 20402360 BIOCHIMICA CELLULARE in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 DI MASI ALESSANDRA, ASCENZI PAOLO (syllabus) HEME-PROTEINS. HEME METABOLISM AND RELATED DISEASES. HEME BIOSYNTHESIS AND RELATED DISEASES. IRON METABOLISM AND RELATED DISEASES. INORGANIC BIOFACTORS: OXYGEN, CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROGEN MONOXIDE, HYDROGEN SULFIDE. BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR ROLES OF THE INORGANIC BIOFACTORS. ROLE IOF THE INORGANIC BIOFACTORS IN HUMANN DISEASES ONSET. THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF THE INORGANIC BIOFACTORS. REACTIVE OXYGEN AND NITROGEN SPECIES. MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES. THE ENERGETIC MATTER OF CANCER CELLS. THE METABOLIC REQUIREMENTS OF CANCER CELLS: THE WARBURG EFFECT. (reference books) SCIENTIFIC PAPERS SUPPLIED BY THE TEACHER. Support texts: Siliprandi & Tettamanti "Biochimica Medica - strutturale, metabolica e funzionale" Ed. Piccin - Chiurchiù & Maccarrone "I radicali liberi e la loro rilevanza in biomedicina: dai meccanismi molecolari alle prospettive terapeutiche" Ed Piccin RECEPTION TIME: Monday 10 am	6	BIO/10	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401992 - MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (objectives) THE MAIN AIMS OF THE COURSE ARE: A) ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE METODOLOGIES AND LANGUAGES FOR THE ISOLATION, OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS B) ACQUISITION OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE DRAFTING AND EXECUTION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL
20401992-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 20401992 LABORATORIO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE DEI MICRORGANISMI in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) The course aims at providing to the student:- adequate knowledge and understanding on advanced methodologies in microbial biotechnology, appropriate methodologies and communication skills for the isolation, observation, description and engineering of industrial microorganisms;- adequate applied knowledge for drafting and executing experimental protocols, and for retrieving and critically reviewing relevant scientific literature from on-line databases (making judgements).ProgrammeDuring the laboratory practices and the corresponding theoretic lessons, the following topics will be covered:- isolation of microorganisms of industrial relevance from the environment, preparation of growth media and cultivation techniques;- transposon–based mutagenesis (generation and screening of mutant libraries);- genetic transfer processes (conjugation and transformation);- use of whole-cell bacterial biosensors for gauging specific molecules produced by other microorganisms.The following topics will be covered in additional theoretic lessons: - development of innovative therapeutic strategies based on biotechnological processes;- development of biosensors and reporter systems for the identification of new drugs;- application of synthetic biology to microbial biotechnology;- properties of the regulatory networks and their application to biotechnological processes. (reference books) Selected topics will be available on suggested Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology books, as indicated in the following reference list. Specific research papers and experimental protocols will be provided during theoretic lessons on advanced research topics and laboratory practices. Innovative teaching will be promoted by cloud-sharing of power-point presentations illustrating the main topics of the course. Moreover, students will be encouraged to make use of web-based resources and databases to autonomously increase their knowledge on specific advanced topics.Students will be received every Monday, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. Students can be received at the best of their convenience if an appointment has been fixed at the end of the lessons or by email.	3	CHIM/11	-	30	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20401992-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 20401992 LABORATORIO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE DEI MICRORGANISMI in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) The course aims at providing to the student:- adequate knowledge and understanding on advanced methodologies in microbial biotechnology, appropriate methodologies and communication skills for the isolation, observation, description and engineering of industrial microorganisms;- adequate applied knowledge for drafting and executing experimental protocols, and for retrieving and critically reviewing relevant scientific literature from on-line databases (making judgements).ProgrammeDuring the laboratory practices and the corresponding theoretic lessons, the following topics will be covered:- isolation of microorganisms of industrial relevance from the environment, preparation of growth media and cultivation techniques;- transposon–based mutagenesis (generation and screening of mutant libraries);- genetic transfer processes (conjugation and transformation);- use of whole-cell bacterial biosensors for gauging specific molecules produced by other microorganisms.The following topics will be covered in additional theoretic lessons: - development of innovative therapeutic strategies based on biotechnological processes;- development of biosensors and reporter systems for the identification of new drugs;- application of synthetic biology to microbial biotechnology;- properties of the regulatory networks and their application to biotechnological processes. (reference books) Selected topics will be available on suggested Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology books, as indicated in the following reference list. Specific research papers and experimental protocols will be provided during theoretic lessons on advanced research topics and laboratory practices. Innovative teaching will be promoted by cloud-sharing of power-point presentations illustrating the main topics of the course. Moreover, students will be encouraged to make use of web-based resources and databases to autonomously increase their knowledge on specific advanced topics.Students will be received every Monday, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. Students can be received at the best of their convenience if an appointment has been fixed at the end of the lessons or by email.	3	CHIM/11	24	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402204 - BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (objectives) The course will address the chemical transformations shared by organic chemistry and biological systems. Indeed, although the functional group elaborations are formally the same, the followed reaction pathways result to be quite different with respect to the experimental conditions of both organic syntheses and biological processes. In such a context, the enzymatic action modes in living systems will be compared with the key role performed by temperature, pressure, pH, catalysts and solvents. Keeping this in mind, a few of the most well-known chemical reaction mechanisms will be studied, underlining, step by step, the main similarities and distinctions with the analogous biological transformations - Derived from 20402204 CHIMICA BIOORGANICA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 N0 GASPERI TECLA (syllabus) Contents Introduction to Bioorganic Chemistry (A short overview about the most common functional groups involved in biological processes, highlighting their main features). Organic chemistry mechanisms to explain key steps in pivotal biological pathways: • Electrophilic Addition Reactions: regioselective epoxidation of alkenes; the action of squalene epoxidase in squalene/lanosterol transformation. • Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction (SN2): the S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) role in the methyltransferase-catalyzed reactions; carbocation chemistry in the nucleophilic substitution reaction (SN1): the IPP isomerase. • Elimination reactions: β-elimination reaction and the enolase role in the synthesis of the phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP). • Nucleophilic Carbonyl Addition Reactions imine and enamine formation; how Schiff bases act in the PLP-dependent enzymatic catalysis; acetals and sucrose synthase; Michael additions and the histidine ammonia-lyase function. • Isomerization and epimerization: keto-enol tautomerism and ribose-5-phosphate isomerase catalysis; Inversion and retention of the stereochemical configuration: the glucosidase mechanism. • Carbonyl condensation reactions: aldol condensation promoted by aldolases (classes I and II) Claisen condensation and the acetyl synthase function in the fatty acids synthesis. • Acyl Nucleophilic Substitutions: the hydrolysis of esters and the mechanism of Human Pancreatic Lipase; esterification reactions and the synthesis of triacylglycerols by means of acyl-CoA synthetase and acyltransferase; amide bond formation; asparagine synthetase vs glutamine synthetase; the hydrolysis of amides and the chymotrypsin action mode. • Oxidations and reductions metal hydride and the reduction of the ketone carbonyl group in acetoacetyl ACP due to the β-keto thioester reductase; Baeyer-Villinger oxidation and the hydroxyacetophenone monooxygenase; ozonolysis reactions and the dioxygenase enzyme activity. • Carboxylation reactions: Grignard reactions in CO2 atmosphere; mechanisms of both the pyruvate carboxylase and Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (RuBiscO); the decarboxylation reaction in both malonic and acetoacetic synthesis; the key role of thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) in the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase catalysis. • Noteworthy examples: pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, the kynurenine catalysis and the tryptophan metabolism; anomalous features in hystidine metabolism. Moreover, there will be a number of practical experiences, during which few enzymatic transformations will be compared with the corresponding chemical reactions. (reference books) John McMurry, Tadhg Begley in “Chimica Bio-Organica”, Zanichelli Ed. spa T.W. Graham Solomons; Craig B. Fryhle in “Organic Chemistry”, 10th Edition, Wiley. John McMurry in “Chimica Organica”, Piccin-Nuova Libreria Bruno Botta in “Chimica Organica” Edi-ermes Lecture notes and bibliographical references will be provided The teacher receives Tuesday from 17.00 to 19.00 by appointment via e-mail: tecla.gasperi@uniroma3.it	6	CHIM/06	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402256 - EVOLUTIONARY PARASITOLOGY (objectives) Offering the students a new perspective in the study of parasitology, by means of an ecological- evolutionary and comparative approach. The intimate and intricate nature of the association between host and parasite, has traditionally been studied by giving emphasis on its pathogeniticy for non human animal and human hosts. In contrast, this course offers the student the opportunity to deepen topics such as adaptive strategies of parasitic life-style, the impact of parasitism on the community structure or else the role of a parasite in the trophic energy transfer in the community. Emphasis will be given to the host as key element in the parasite environment and, as such, its important role as a selective pressure. The student will be provided with a dynamic course made of lectures, workshops and tutorials on taxa parasites
22402256-1 - MODULO 1 - CAROSI MONICA (syllabus) Cultural skills (Knowledge of:) The course offers the students a new perspective in the study of parasitology, by means of an ecological- evolutionary and comparative approach. In contrast to the traditional emphasis on pathogeniticy for non-human animal and human hosts, this course offers the student the opportunity to deepen the intimate and intricate nature of the association between host and parasite as an adaptive strategy of the parasitic life-style, giving emphasis to the impact of parasitism on the community structure or else to the role of a parasite in the trophic energy transfer in the community. Host is considered as a key element in the parasite environment and, as such, a selective pressure.Methodological skills (Knowing how to perform:) acquire the critical thinking through readings and discussions, in order to correctly evaluate a research hypothesis, choose research tools and interpret resultsSYLLABUS1. Symbiotic interactions (phoresy, commensalism, exploitation, mutualism). Parasitism: definitions. Exploitation and trophic interactions: distinct adaptive strategies (predator/prey, parasitoid/prey, micropredators, parasite/host). Kinds of parasites: endo- and ecto-parasites, micro- and macro-parasites, obligate and facultative parasites, hyperparasites. Kinds of hosts: definitive and intermediate hosts, vectors, paratenic (transport) hosts, reservoire hosts. Mechanisms of invasion, evasion, and survival, transmission strategies. Protozoa and main Metazoan parasites: Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Acanthocephala, Pentastomida, Arthropoda; parasitism in other metazoan2. Evolutionary parasitology. Origins of parasitism and transition to parasitism from a free-living ancestral life-style; resistance against the host's defense mechanisms and evolution of host specificity; complex life-cycles shaped by historical events and selective pressures; hosts as part of parasite environment and as a source of selective pressure. Host manipulation by parasites (e.g. behavioral alterations in parasitized hosts). Development of resistance, tolerance and life-history parameters in host species. Host-parasite coevolution: an evolutionary arms race and the “Red-queen” hypothesis. (reference books) RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS:- Parasitism: The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions, Claude Combes, 2004, University of Chicago Press (ISBN: 9780226114460)- Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites, (Second Edition), Robert Poulin, 2006, Princeton University Press (ISBN: 9780691120850)- Parasitism: The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites, Albert O. Bush, Jacqueline Fernández, Gerald W. Esch, J. Richard Seed, 2001, Cambridge University Press (ISBN-13: 978-0521664479)- Atlante di parassitologia, Frank Werner; Lieder Johannes, 2002, Franco Muzzio Editore (collana Scienze naturali), 3° edizione (ISBN: 978887413029)All textbooks can be found in the libraryThe professor receives every day from 9.00 to 10.00 by appointment via email: monica.carosi@uniroma3.it	5	BIO/05	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402256-2 - MODULO 2 - CAROSI MONICA (syllabus) SYLLABUS (continued)3. Evolutionary ecology of parasites. How complex life cycles have influenced the ecology of parasites at different hierarchical levels: individual, population, and community ecology. Parasitism and community structure in natural ecosystems. Parasites as ubiquitous components of ecosystems. Parasite’s influence on survival and reproduction of individual hosts, on the dynamics of host populations, and on the structure of entire communities. (A) parasites alter the flow of energy through a food web by converting host tissue into parasite tissue and (B) parasite-increased trophic transmission alters predator-prey dynamics by making infected prey easier to capture.4. Cladogenesis of parasitic taxa and co-speciation of parasite and host species. Phylogeny and ecology of host and parasite: how phylogeny may provide insights into the evolution of host and parasite associations, and how ecological data may provide insights into phylogenetic relationships. Causes of diversity in parasite life-history traits: role of selective pressure from hosts and physical environments, and role of phylogenetic constraints5. The biogeography of the host-parasite (reference books) See previous MODULE 1	1	BIO/05	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402257 - GENERAL AND APPLIED ANIMAL VIROLOGY (objectives) OBJECTIVS: TO ACQUIRE A SOLID FOUNDATION IN ANIMAL VIROLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATION.
22402257-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 22402257 VIROLOGIA ANIMALE GENERALE ED APPLICATA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) Module 1:The course describes and compares the replication cycles of different animal viruses that infect vertebrate hosts to gain insight into: origin of viruses, structure, evolution, virus-cell interactions, host defense mechanisms and strategies of viral immunoevasion, methods of detection, identification and titration, antiviral drugs and profilaxis of viral infections. In particular, it will be described viruses of the following viral families: picornaviridae, ortomixoviridae, paramixoviridae, rabdoviridae, retroviridae, hepadnaviridae, flaviviridae, parvoviridae, poliomaviridae, papillomaviridae, adenoviridae, herpesviridae, poxviridae. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to understand in-depth texts and experimental data related to the discipline. (reference books) WHERE TO STUDY:Adopted text book:- Leonard Norkin – Virology: Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis - ASM (American Society for Microbiology) Press+- Fields virology, Vth edition, 2007- D.M.Knipe and P.M.Howley editors-in-chief -Lippincot Williams & Wilkins publishers, cap.16 Viral vectors and their applications (to study adenoviral, adeno-associated, retroviral and lentiviral vectors + oncolitic adenoviruses)- Stéphanie Durand and Andrea Cimarelli - The Inside Out of Lentiviral Vectors - Viruses 2011, 3, 132-159.It is available a CD with supplementary materials at the box office of “segreteria didattica biologia“	5	BIO/19	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
22402257-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 22402257 VIROLOGIA ANIMALE GENERALE ED APPLICATA in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) Module 2. It will be introduced applied virology and specific examples will be provided (i.e., vaccine development, viral vectors and oncolytic viruses). Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to understand in-depth texts and experimental data related to the discipline. (reference books) WHERE TO STUDY:Adopted text book:- Leonard Norkin – Virology: Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis - ASM (American Society for Microbiology) Press+- Fields virology, Vth edition, 2007- D.M.Knipe and P.M.Howley editors-in-chief -Lippincot Williams & Wilkins publishers, cap.16 Viral vectors and their applications (to study adenoviral, adeno-associated, retroviral and lentiviral vectors + oncolitic adenoviruses)- Stéphanie Durand and Andrea Cimarelli - The Inside Out of Lentiviral Vectors - Viruses 2011, 3, 132-159.It is available a CD with supplementary materials at the box office of “segreteria didattica biologia“	1	BIO/19	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402025 - Bioindication and Environmental Monitoring (objectives) Acquisition of specific knowledge on bioindication and its applications, particularly with regard to plant and animal organisms used as biological indicators of the environmental status. Knowledge of the experimental methods and data processing for the environmental monitoring.
20402025-1 - MODULO 1 - CESCHIN SIMONA (syllabus) Bioindication: base concepts. Main ecological characteristics of a Bioindicator. Two ways for bioindicating: react and bioaccumulate. The homeostasis of the Bioindicators. Time and ecological relationship of the bioindicators' responses to environmental variations (perturbations). What are a stress and a stressor.Bioindication in different levels of biological organization. Integrity and funzionality of the Ecosystem. Status verification of the biocoenoses and evaluation of the environmental quality. Two different approaches: the theories of the Top-Down and of Buttom-Up.Bioindication and environmental monitoring. Bioindication in aquatic, edaphic and atmospheric habitat. Examples of application of the bioindication techniques. Evaluation of the environmental quality by ecological and biotic indices. Standard and sperimental techniques for monitoring activities. The bioindication in Italy. Main European and Italian directives. International and national Agencies, Authorities, Institutions for environmental monitoring. (reference books) Pdfs of the lessons performed during the course and the book: Bioindicatori ambientali, 1998, edited by F. Sartori, Graphic Arts Juri Iodice, Sannazzaro (PV).The teacher receives Mon, Wed, Fri from 9.00 to 10.00 by appointment via email: simona.ceschin@uniroma3.it	5,5	BIO/02	44	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402025-2 - MODULO 2 - CESCHIN SIMONA (syllabus) VERSIONE INGLESEBioindication: base concepts. Main ecological characteristics of a Bioindicator. Two ways for bioindicating: react and bioaccumulate. The homeostasis of the Bioindicators. Time and ecological relationship of the bioindicators' responses to environmental variations (perturbations). What are a stress and a stressor.Bioindication in different levels of biological organization. Integrity and funzionality of the Ecosystem. Status verification of the biocoenoses and evaluation of the environmental quality. Two different approaches: the theories of the Top-Down and of Buttom-Up.Bioindication and environmental monitoring. Bioindication in aquatic, edaphic and atmospheric habitat. Examples of application of the bioindication techniques. Evaluation of the environmental quality by ecological and biotic indices. Standard and experimental techniques for monitoring activities. The bioindication in Italy. Main European and Italian directives. International and national agencies, Authorities, Institutions for environmental monitoring. (reference books) Pdfs of the lessons performed during the course and the book: Bioindicatori ambientali, 1998, edited by F. Sartori, Graphic Arts Juri Iodice, Sannazzaro (PV).The teacher receives Mon, Wed, Fri from 9.00 to 10.00 by appointment via email: simona.ceschin@uniroma3.it	,5	BIO/02	-	5	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402506 - MOLECULAR BASIS OF PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION (objectives) TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING PLANT ACCLIMATION TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES, USEFUL IN DEVELOPING NEW STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CROP PRODUCTIVITY UNDER CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. BASIC KNOWLEDGE WILL BE PROVIDED ON PLANT EMPLOYMENT IN PHARMACOLOGICAL, NUTRACEUTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD.
20402507 - Diversity and Ecology of the Soil Fauna
20402508 - NATURAL PRODUCTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY (objectives) THE COURSE AIMS AT GIVING: 1) A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS OF SECONDARY METABOLISM; 2) INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAIN NATURAL PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM MICROORGANISM, PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND THEIR ROLE IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; 3) KNOWLEDGE ON THE STRUCTURE/BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF THE MAIN SECONDARY METABOLITES USED IN PHARMACEUTICAL AND HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY. 4) ATTAINMENT OF THE BASIC EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA THAT REGULATE THE ORIGINS, THE TRANSPORT, THE TRANSFORMATIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL SPECIES, EITHER OF NATURAL OR HUMAN ORIGIN. - TOFANI DANIELA (syllabus) INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY. MAIN FEATURES OF SECONDARY METABOLISM. ACETATE PATHWAY. PROSTAGLANDINS, AROMATIC POLYKETIDES, ANTHRAQUINONES, CANNABINOIDS, AFLATOXINS. SHIKIMATE PATHWAY. SHIKIMIC ACID BIOSYNTHESIS. CINNAMIC ACIDS. LIGNINES. PHENYLPROPANOIDS. BENZOIC ACIDS. COUMARINS. FLAVONOIDS. TANNINS. ISOFLAVONES. TERPENOID QUINONES. MEVALONATE PATHWAY. MEVALONIC ACID BIOGENESIS. BIOSYNTHESIS OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF TERPENES. IRIDOIDS. GIBBERELLINS. HORMONES. ANIMAL AND HUMAN STEROIDS. PHYTOSTEROLS. ALKALOIDS: DEFINITION AND NOMENCLATURE. BIOSYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF NATURAL ALKALOIDS: COCAINE, NICOTINE, CURARE, MORPHINE, LOGANIN, LYSERGIC ACID, CONIINE. CARBOHYDRATES: GENERALITIES. CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES. STREPTOMYCINS. PEPTIDIC SECONDARY METABOLITES. INTERFERONS. OPIOID PEPTIDES. PEPTIDE TOXINS: RICIN AND BOTULIN. PENICILLINS. INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY. THE SPHERES IN WHICH THE EARTH IS DIVIDED. THE ATMOSPHERE: OZONE LAYER FORMATION AND DEPLETION; CFCS AND HALONS. OXIDANT AND POLLUTANTS SPECIES. THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT. THE KYOTO’S PROTOCOL. THE HYDROSPHERE: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF WATER AND WATER BODIES. TIC, TOC, TC. EASY TO OXIDIZE ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (COD, BOD5) AND PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP). SHORT AND LONG TERM TOXICITY (LD50 AND LOD50). NOEL AND ADI. BIOACCUMULATION AND BIO-MAGNIFICATION. METABOLISM OF A FEW PESTICIDES. (reference books) P.M. DEWICK : MEDICINAL NATURAL PRODUCTS. A BIOSYNTHETIC APPROACH. THIRD EDITION. WILEY.. C. BAIRD, M. CANN “ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY”, FIFTH EDITION. SLIDES OF THE LESSONS AND ADDITIONAL MATERIAL (PW PROTECTED) ARE AVAILABLE ON LINE AT THE ADDRESS: HTTP://HOST.UNIROMA3.IT/CENTRI/CISDIC/INDEX.HTM	6	CHIM/06	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402509 - ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ECOLOGY OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ECOLOGICAL BRANCHES. OTHER GOAL OF THIS COURSE IS THE GROWTH OF A THOROUGH INTEREST TO ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE FOCUSING IN THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. THE COURSE IS ALSO INTENDED TO DEVELOP BASIC INSIGHTS FOR THE ACQUISITION, ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ECOLOGICAL DATA RECORDED IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS.
20402509-1 - MODULO 1	2	BIO/03	16	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402509-3 - MODULO 3	2	BIO/03	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402509-2 - MODULO 2	2	BIO/05	16	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402510 - INLAND AND MARINE WATER ECOLOGY (objectives) The main aim is to provide a solid knowledge on both abiotic and biotic features of ecological processes considered to be common in aquatic systems. A second goal is to develop identification ability of the main aquatic species of Mediterranean systems by a comparative analysis of the different life strategies and colonization patterns of extreme habitats, and the possibility to origin more and more structured multi-species assemblanges to start ecological series. During the course, it will be introduced methods and tools to perform aquatic investigations. Students will receive information to design and execute sampling sessions on plankton, benthos e nekton, to analyze and show findings. Finally students will learn to develop applicative aspects of work in diverse issues in the field of aquatic biomonitoring and hydrobiology.
20402512 - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN VEGETATION ECOLOGY (objectives) MAJOR GOALS OF THIS COURSE ARE THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE MAIN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF VEGETATION: - ACQUIRE THE MASTERY OF THE STUDY METHODS OF VEGETATION; - INCREASE THE ABILITY TO INTERPRETING THE NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHENOMENA WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSFORMATION OF PLANT LANDSCAPES; - DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO APPLICATION OF MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR MONITORING OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PURPOSES; - INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN THE FIELDS OF PLANT ECOLOGY, GEOBOTANY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY.
20402512-1 - MODULO 1 - CUTINI MAURIZIO (syllabus) DEFINITION AND PROPERTIES OF PLANT COMMUNITIES. STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOGNOMICAL CHARACTER OF VEGETATION. DISCRETE AND CONCRETE COMMUNITIES. ZONES AND BANDS OF VEGETATION. CONCEPT OF ZONALITY, AZONALITY AND EXTRAZONALITY. VEGETATION DYNAMICS AND POTENTIAL NATURAL VEGETATION.GROWTH FORMS AND PLANT TRAITS. ANALYSES OF THE FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AND GRIME’S STRATEGIES (C-S-R). DIVERSITY ANALYSES: GENERAL CONCEPT, ALGORITHMS CALCULATION, RAREFACTION CURVE, ABUNDANCE/DOMINANCE RANK, RE’NY CURVES. SAMPLING METHODS OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES (RANDOM AND SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING). SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. ABUNDANCE MEASURES. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYTOSOCIOLOGY AND SYMPHYTOSOCIOLOGY. GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE VEGETATION MAPPING. VEGETATION AND HABITAT INTERPRETATION (EUNIS AND ALL. I OF THE 92/43/CEE DIRECTIVE. HABITATS MONITORING, EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL RED LISTS OF HABITAT. MULTITEMPORAL ANALYSIS, ANTHROPIC IMPACT AND EFFECT OF VEGETATION. (reference books) BRECKLE S.W., 2002. Walter’s Vegetation of the Earth.Springer. VAN DER MAAREL E. (Ed.), 2005. Vegetation Ecology. Blackwell Publishing.	2	BIO/03	16	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402512-2 - MODULO 2 - ACOSTA ALICIA TERESA ROSARIO (syllabus) DEFINITION OF THE GOALS OF THE COURSE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DISCIPLINE. DEFINITION AND PROPERTIES OF PLANT COMMUNITIES. STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOGNOMICAL CHARACTER OF VEGETATION. DISCRETE AND CONCRETE COMMUNITIES. ZONES AND BANDS OF VEGETATION. CONCEPT OF ZONALITY, AZONALITY AND EXTRAZONALITY. VEGETATION DYNAMICS AND POTENTIAL NATURAL VEGETATION.DIVERSITY ANALYSES: GENERAL CONCEPT, ALGORITHMS CALCULATION, RAREFACTION CURVE, ABUNDANCE/DOMINANCE RANK, RE’NY CURVES. SAMPLING METHODS OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES (RANDOM AND SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING). SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. ABUNDANCE MEASURES. GROWTH FORMS AND PLANT TRAITS. ANALYSES OF THE FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY.ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYTOSOCIOLOGY AND SYMPHYTOSOCIOLOGY. VEGETATION AND HABITAT INTERPRETATION SENSU 92/43/CEE DIRECTIVE. GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE VEGETATION MAPPING. PRACTICAL ACTIVITY: FIELD ACTIVITIES, VEGETATION SAMPLING, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. (reference books) KENT M. & COKER P., 1992. VEGETATION DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSES. JOHN WILEY AND SONS.MUELLER-DUMBOIS D. & ELLENBERG H., 1974. AIMS AND METHODS OF VEGETATION SCIENCE. JOHN WILEY AND SONS.PEDROTTI F., 2004. CARTOGRAFIA GEOBOTANICA. PITAGORA ED.VAN DER MAAREL E. (ED.), 2005. VEGETATION ECOLOGY. BLACKWELL PUBLISH.	2	BIO/03	16	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402512-3 - MODULO 3 - CUTINI MAURIZIO (syllabus) DEFINITION AND PROPERTIES OF PLANT COMMUNITIES. STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOGNOMICAL CHARACTER OF VEGETATION. DISCRETE AND CONCRETE COMMUNITIES. ZONES AND BANDS OF VEGETATION. CONCEPT OF ZONALITY, AZONALITY AND EXTRAZONALITY. VEGETATION DYNAMICS AND POTENTIAL NATURAL VEGETATION.GROWTH FORMS AND PLANT TRAITS. ANALYSES OF THE FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AND GRIME’S STRATEGIES (C-S-R). DIVERSITY ANALYSES: GENERAL CONCEPT, ALGORITHMS CALCULATION, RAREFACTION CURVE, ABUNDANCE/DOMINANCE RANK, RE’NY CURVES. SAMPLING METHODS OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES (RANDOM AND SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING). SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. ABUNDANCE MEASURES. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYTOSOCIOLOGY AND SYMPHYTOSOCIOLOGY. GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE VEGETATION MAPPING. VEGETATION AND HABITAT INTERPRETATION (EUNIS AND ALL. I OF THE 92/43/CEE DIRECTIVE. HABITATS MONITORING, EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL RED LISTS OF HABITAT. MULTITEMPORAL ANALYSIS, ANTHROPIC IMPACT AND EFFECT OF VEGETATION. (reference books) BRECKLE S.W., 2002. Walter’s Vegetation of the Earth.Springer. VAN DER MAAREL E. (Ed.), 2005. Vegetation Ecology. Blackwell Publishing.	2	BIO/03	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402518 - TOXICOLOGY (objectives) THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE PRECISE INFORMATION ON THE TOXICODYNAMIC AND TOXICOKINETIC MECHANISMS THAT ARE BEHIND THE TOXIC EFFECTS PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT NATURAL AND SYNTHESISED XENOBIOTICS, AND ON THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION OF TOXICOLOGICAL RISKS.	6	BIO/14	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402519 - APPLIED CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE AIMS OF THIS COURSE ARE: TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIALIZED CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE OF GLIA AND NEURONS; TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN CELL COMMUNICATION, SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO NITRIC OXIDE-REGULATED PATHWAYS. IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS CAN USE STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT AND LEARN CURRENT TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN CELL BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABS. MOREOVER STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF CELL BIOLOGY.
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20402519-2 - MODULO 2	2	BIO/06	-	20	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402520 - PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF FOOD CROPS (objectives) THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS WITHIN AGRICULTURE AND PRODUCTION OF NEW MOLECULES. THIS COURSE WILL ALSO GIVE EDUCATION ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS TRANSCRIPTOMICS, PROTEOMICS, METABOLOMICS, AND WILL DESCRIBE THEIR IMPORTANCE IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. ANOTHER IMPORTANT AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO CONDUCT LABORATORY WORK AND RESEARCH IN THE SECTORS OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
20402520-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 20402520 BIOTECNOLOGIE PER IL MIGLIORAMENTO GENETICO DELLE PIANTE in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) LABORATORY ACTIVITY: TRANSFORMATION OF ARABIDOPSIS PLANTS; ANALYSIS OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS BY PCR, RT-PCR, WESTERN BLOT AND ENZYME ACTIVITY ASSAYS; ANALYSIS OF REPORTER GENES IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS; ANALYSIS OF FOOD MATERIAL FOR THE PRESENCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED MATERIAL. (reference books) -Recommended textbooks:1. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS (2000) BUCHANAN B.B, GRUISSEM W., JONES R.L., AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND.2. BIOLOGIA CELLULARE E BIOTECNOLOGIE VEGETALI (2011) COZZOLINO S., DI SANSEBASTIANO G.P., FORNI C., GENRE A., LANFRANCO L., MICCHELI A., PASQUA G., TRAINOTTI L., VALLETTA A.3. HANDBOOK OF PLANT BIOYECHNOLOGY (2004) CHRISTOU P., KLEE H., HOBOKEN, (N.J.), WILEY.4. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS (2002) OKSMAN-CALDENTEY K.-M., BARZ W.H., NEW YORK, DEKER.-Scientific articles published in international journals (pdf files will be provided).-Lecture notes will be provided.	1,5	BIO/04	-	15	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402520-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 20402520 BIOTECNOLOGIE PER IL MIGLIORAMENTO GENETICO DELLE PIANTE in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) THREE ARE THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE COURSE: GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; APPLICATIONS OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF RISKS AND BENEFITS OF PLANT GENETIC MANIPULATION.IN DETAIL, DURING THE COURSE THE FOLLOWING ARGUMENTS ARE DISCUSSED:TECHNIQUES FOR GENE TRANSFER INTO THE NUCLEAR AND CHLOROPLASTIC GENOME; TECHNIQUES FOR IN VITRO CULTURE OF PLANT CELLS; USE OF SELECTABLE GENE MARKERS AND REPORTER GENES; STRATEGIES TO REMOVE SELECTABLE GENE MARKERS FROM TRANSGENIC PLANTS; INDUCIBLE EXPRESSION OF TRANSGENES IN PLANTS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION OF GENES IN PLANTS; GENE SILENCING IN PLANTS; ‘GENE TARGETING’ IN PLANTS; GENOME EDITINGIN IN PLANTS; PLANTS WITH IMPROVED NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES AND VACCINES IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGIES TO OBTAIN PLANTS RESISTANT TO HERBICIDES, PATHOGENS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES; PLANTS WITH INCREASED PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; BIOSAFETY AND BIOETHICAL ISSUES RELATED TO PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY. (reference books) -Recommended textbooks:1. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS (2000) BUCHANAN B.B, GRUISSEM W., JONES R.L., AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND.2. BIOLOGIA CELLULARE E BIOTECNOLOGIE VEGETALI (2011) COZZOLINO S., DI SANSEBASTIANO G.P., FORNI C., GENRE A., LANFRANCO L., MICCHELI A., PASQUA G., TRAINOTTI L., VALLETTA A.3. HANDBOOK OF PLANT BIOYECHNOLOGY (2004) CHRISTOU P., KLEE H., HOBOKEN, (N.J.), WILEY.4. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS (2002) OKSMAN-CALDENTEY K.-M., BARZ W.H., NEW YORK, DEKER.-Scientific articles published in international journals (pdf files will be provided).-Lecture notes will be provided.	4,5	BIO/04	36	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402521 - MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY (objectives) ENDOCRINOLOGY IS USUALLY TAUGHT AT THE END OF STANDARD PHYSIOLOGY COURSES, BECAUSE THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM REGULATES ALL THE OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS. IN THIS RESPECT, LEARNING ABOUT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM HAS THE ADDED CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE OF HORMONES AND THEIR ACTIONS WITH THE GENERAL FUNCTION OF A SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEM. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO GAIN A FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, TO BECOME REFINED IN THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS RELATED TO ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY, TO DEVELOP PROBLEM SOLVING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING TECHNIQUES.
20402522 - DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY (objectives) THE MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING NERVOUS TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION AND MORPHOGENESIS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN DIFFERENT IN VIVO MODELS. LIFE-LONG FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROGENESIS AND PLASTICITY WILL BE EMPHASIZED. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1) DESCRIBE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES OF INVERTEBRATE AND VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM; 2) RECOGNISE MOLECULAR PATHWAYS DIRECTING STEM CELLS TOWARDS NEURONAL/GLIAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION; 3) CORRELATE ONTOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES WITH SPECIFIC NEUROLOGICAL DISTURBANCES, INCLUDING INFANTILE DISEASES AND AGE-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION.
20402522-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 20402522 NEUROBIOLOGIA DELLO SVILUPPO in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire)	5	BIO/06	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402522-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 20402522 NEUROBIOLOGIA DELLO SVILUPPO in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire)	1	BIO/06	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402523 - MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY (objectives) ON THE BASIS OF THE MOST RECENT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, THE COURSE IS AIMED TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND SOME ASPECTS OF THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS
20402523-1 - MODULO 1 - Derived from 20402523 FISIOLOGIA CELLULARE E MOLECOLARE in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) MECHANISMS OF CELL FUNCTION REGULATION: PHOSPHORYLATION- AND UBIQUITINATION-BASED INTRACELLULAR SIGNALLING; TYROSIN-KINASES AND NUCLEAR RECEPTORS AS MODULATORS OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS (2,5 CFU).REGULATION OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ENDOCYTOSIS, CELL CYCLE, GENE TRANSCRIPTION, CELL MOTILITY AND CELL MIGRATION (2,5 CFU).REGULATION OF SOME ASPECTS OF THE LIPID AND SUGAR METABOLISM WITH PARTICOLAR FOCUS ON SOME SPECIFIC REGULATORY ENZYMES (AMPK, CHOLESTEROL SENSORS) (1 CFU). (reference books) NO REFERENCE BOOK. MATERIAL IS SUPPLIED DURING LECTURES BY THE PROFESSOR.	5	BIO/09	40	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20402523-2 - MODULO 2 - Derived from 20402523 FISIOLOGIA CELLULARE E MOLECOLARE in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) MECHANISMS OF CELL FUNCTION REGULATION: PHOSPHORYLATION- AND UBIQUITINATION-BASED INTRACELLULAR SIGNALLING; TYROSIN-KINASES AND NUCLEAR RECEPTORS AS MODULATORS OF CELLULAR FUNCTIONS (2,5 CFU).REGULATION OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ENDOCYTOSIS, CELL CYCLE, GENE TRANSCRIPTION, CELL MOTILITY AND CELL MIGRATION (2,5 CFU).REGULATION OF SOME ASPECTS OF THE LIPID AND SUGAR METABOLISM WITH PARTICOLAR FOCUS ON SOME SPECIFIC REGULATORY ENZYMES (AMPK, CHOLESTEROL SENSORS) (1 CFU). (reference books) NO REFERENCE BOOK. MATERIAL IS SUPPLIED DURING LECTURES BY THE PROFESSOR.	1	BIO/09	-	10	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20410083 - Laboratory of electron microscopy
- Module I	3	BIO/05	8	-	20	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
- Module II	3	BIO/06	8	-	20	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

Optional group: ALTRO - (show)

20401650 - ECONOMY AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (objectives) The course aims to provide students with the basics concepts and techniques of corporate management. To this aim a firm is represented as a dynamic system, in its fundamental components and relations, according to the system theory principles. This representation allows explaining how a firm works and it is useful for managers’ decisions. The analysis principally refers to the industrial firms. - CORTESELLI EMILIO	6	SECS-P/08	48	-	-	-	Other activities	ITA
20402228 - TRAINING	6		-	150	-	-	Other activities	ITA
20410082 - The Professional Biologist - Derived from 20410082 Professione Biologo in BIOLOGIA PER LA RICERCA MOLECOLARE, CELLULARE E FISIOPATOLOGICA LM-6 (docente da definire) (syllabus) through a series of seminars and discussions on different aspects of biology profession, students would have a panoramic view of possible biology working activities in modern society Lezione Introduttiva Biologia Forense Sicurezza e qualità alimentare Il sistema HACCP Il Biologo nella industria farmaceutica 1 CRA Il Biologo nella industria farmaceutica 2 Regulatory, Farmaco vigilanza, Il ruolo del Biologo nell'azienda farmaceutica: l'esperienza in Direzione Medica Biologo nel SSN Danno mitocondriale e dismetabolismo nella sclerosi laterale amiotrofica Citogenetica e Citogenomica Il Biologo nel Monitoraggio ambientale Il Biologo incontra il territorio Principi base sulla brevettazione Nutrigenomica Il Biologo nella sicurezza nei luoghi di lavoro Aspetti normativi della professione del Biologo Il giornalismo scientifico (M. Marino) Il Biologo nutrizionista Il ruolo del biologo nell'azienda ospedaliera (reference books) Lecture notes and calculation exercises will be provided The professor receives every day from 8.00 to 9.00 by appointment via e-mail: giovanni.antonini@uniroma3.it	6	BIO/13	48	-	-	-	Other activities	ITA

20410001 - A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE

120

Elective activities

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20402230 - FINAL EXAM

420

Final examination and foreign language test

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