Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
Period | From | To |
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Semester 1 | Oct 3, 2022 | Jan 27, 2023 |
Semester 2 | Mar 6, 2023 | Jun 16, 2023 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione invernale d'esame | Jan 30, 2023 | Mar 3, 2023 |
Sessione estiva d'esame | Jun 19, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 |
Sessione autunnale d'esame | Sep 4, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione di laurea estiva | Jul 11, 2023 | Jul 11, 2023 |
Sessione di laurea autunnale | Oct 17, 2023 | Oct 17, 2023 |
Sessione autunnale di laurea - dicembre | Dec 5, 2023 | Dec 5, 2023 |
Sessione invernale di laurea | Mar 12, 2024 | Mar 12, 2024 |
Period | From | To |
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Ponte Festa di tutti i Santi | Oct 31, 2022 | Nov 1, 2022 |
Ponte dell'Immacolata Concezione | Dec 8, 2022 | Dec 9, 2022 |
Vacanze natalizie | Dec 23, 2022 | Jan 8, 2023 |
Vacanze di Pasqua | Apr 7, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 |
Festa della Liberazione | Apr 24, 2023 | Apr 25, 2023 |
FESTA DEL LAVORO | May 1, 2023 | May 1, 2023 |
Festa del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2023 | May 21, 2023 |
Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2023 | Jun 2, 2023 |
Chiusura estiva | Aug 14, 2023 | Aug 19, 2023 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Science and Engineering Teaching and Student Services Unit.
To view all the exam sessions available, please use the Exam dashboard on ESSE3.
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Academic staff
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
General Biology (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S00997
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
BIO/13 - EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
Period
Semester 2 dal Mar 6, 2023 al Jun 16, 2023.
Learning objectives
The course purposes are: (i) to give basic knowledge about living organism characteristic: procariots, eucariots, viruses, through the acquisition of the fundamental concepts of biology and of the structural, functional and molecular principles of cellular processes; (ii) to describe the fundamental concepts of genetics and the transmission of hereditary characters in different organisms, with specific exam-ples of pathological traits in humans; (iii) to provide basic knowledge on the mechanisms governing the flow of genetic information and the development of organisms; (iv) to provide basic knowledge of animal behavior; (v) to educate to the critical evaluation of experimental data, describing and discuss-ing past and contemporary important experiments; (vi) to provide the up-to-date methodologies used in the biological molecules studies. At the end of the course, students should demonstrate to have acquired notions to become fruitful for a critical analysis of the mechanisms which regulate intra/intercellular activities, cellular interactions and reproduction, organism-to-organism interactions and organisms-to-environment interactions and cause mutations. Students are expected to be autonomous in the evaluation of the mentioned process-es. They should also demonstrate to have acquired knowledge of the flow of genetic information, growth and development of living organisms, Mendelian genetics and of animal behavior. Students should also demonstrate to have acquired basic knowledge of methodologies used in the biological molecules studies and their capability to expose reasoning in a critical and precise manner using ap-propriate scientific language. Students will be able to use the specific notions of biology and genetic bases of life to propose appropriate and original solutions in computer applications; students will also acquire the ability to read and understand advanced biological topics and will therefore be able to attend more advanced courses (including a master's degree) both in the biotechnology and bioinformatics field.
Prerequisites and basic notions
There is no prerequisite.
Program
• OVERVIEW ON BIOLOGY. Characteristics of the living beings: prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell, growth and development, regulation of metabolism, ability to respond to stimuli, reproduction, evolution and adaptation. Levels of biological organization. Transmission of information between organisms and across generations. Evolution and hierarchical classification of living organisms. Energy flow through ecosystems.
• CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF LIFE. Chemical elements in living organisms. Covalent, ionic, polar, nonpolar, hydrogen bonds; intermolecular interactions, the van der Waals forces. Redox reactions, pH. Functional groups. Organic molecules and macromolecules: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids. Characteristics and properties of water, essential constituent of life.
• PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF CELL INVESTIGATIONS: cell size; basic concepts of optical and electron microscopy and cell fractionation.
• PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELL. Cell theory. Organization of the cell. Internal membranes and compartmentalization. Organelles, characteristics and functions: Nucleus, ribosomes, RER, REL, Golgi, lysosomes, peroxisomes, cytoskeleton (microtubules, microfilaments, intermediate filaments, centrioles), cilia, flagella, cell wall, extracellular matrix. Animal and plant cells. Mitochondria and plastids (chloroplasts, amyloplasts, chromoplasts) and endosymbiont theory.
• BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES. Structure and proposed models. Kinds of membrane lipids and proteins. Function of membrane constituents. Movement trough the plasma membrane: osmosis, passive transport (facilitated diffusion and simple), directly and indirectly active transport, co-transport. Exocytosis and endocytosis. Cell junctions in animal and plant cells.
• CELL COMMUNICATION. Types of cellular communication: endocrine, paracrine, autocrine and iuxtacrine. Sending and receiving the signal. Surface and intracellular receptors. Signal transduction and second messengers. Cellular response to signals. Negative signal transduction.
• ENERGY FLOW THROUGH LIVING ORGANISMS.
Energy and metabolism: energy and biological work; exo-, endo-ergonic reactions, metabolism, anabolism and catabolism, energy coupling; ATP; energy transfer systems: transport of phosphate groups, electrons and other active groups.
Enzymes. Activation energy, active site, features, functioning, control systems, activation and inhibition of enzyme activity, metabolic pathways, cofactors, coenzymes, prosthetic groups.
• ATP SYNTHESIS AND METABOLIC PATHWAYS THAT RELEASE ENERGY. Redox reactions. Glycolysis, aerobic respiration (Krebs cycle, electron transport chain, oxidative phosphorylation and chemiosmosis). Anaerobic respiration. Fermentation.
Photosynthesis. Chlorophyll and other pigments, antenna pigments. Light-dependent reactions: photosystems I and II. Cyclical and not-cyclical transport of electrons. Chemiosmosis and photophosphorylation. Light-independent reactions and C fixation: Calvin Benson cycle. C4 cycle. Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). Photorespiration.
Heterotrophic, autotrophic, phototrophic, chemotrophic organisms.
• ORGANIZATION OF DNA IN CHROMOSOMES, MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS. DNA packaging: chromatin, nucleosomes and chromosomes. The cell cycle and its regulation, apoptosis, deregulation and cancer. Mitosis, meiosis and sexual reproduction.
• PRINCIPLES OF MENDEL’S HEREDITY. Definition of phenotype, genotype, locus, gene, dominant and recessive allele, homozygosity and heterozygosity. Segregation and independent assortment. Physical association of genes on a chromosome. Crossing-over and recombination. Genetic determination of sex. Extension of mendelian genetics.
• DNA AS THE HEREDITARY MATERIAL. Transforming principle in bacteria. Bacterial Transformation and Griffith experiments. Hershey and Chase experiments. DNA structure and replication. Meselson and Stahl experiments and semiconservative replication. DNA synthesis and error repair.
• GENE EXPRESSION IN DIFFERENT ORGANISMS. Gene/protein relationship. Gene/enzyme hypothesis, Beadle and Tatum experiments. Genetic information pathway. Transcription, mRNA synthesis and maturation. Genetic code, tRNA and translation. Post-transcriptional and post-translational modifications. Coding and noncoding sequences. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes. Several types of RNA and gene expression control. DNA mutations and mutagenesis.
• GENERAL ASPECTS OF GENE REGULATION IN PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES. Operons, promoters, inducible and repressible genes, repressors and activators. Positive and negative control of gene transcription. Post-transcriptional and post-translational controls. Epigenetic inheritance. Imprinting. Gene amplification. Promoters, TATA box and UPE. Transcription factors, enhancers. RNA maturation and alternative splicing. RNA stability. Maturation of proteins.
• RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY AND GENOMICS. DNA cloning, restriction enzymes, vectors and genomic libraries. DNA amplification in vitro by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). DNA analysis by means of electrophoresis: Southern, Northern and Western blot. Polymorphisms and DNA sequencing. Transgenic organism, plant and animal cloning: an overview. Bioinformatics examples.
• HUMAN GENOME. Basic concept on: karyotype, pedigree analysis, chromosomal abnormalities and genetic mutations. Basic knowledge on transmission of genetic traits in humans.
• DEVELOPMENT BIOLOGY. Cell differentiation and morphogenesis. Differential gene expression. Somatic and germ cells. Stem cells. Genetic control of development. Model organisms. Maternal effect genes, segmentation genes, homeotic genes.
• DARWIN AND EVOLUTION. Natural selection. Micro and macro-evolution. Synthetic theory of evolution (neo-Darwinism). Effect of chance. Evidence for evolution: fossils, comparative anatomy, developmental biology and evolutionary patterns. Molecular comparison among organisms. Universality of the genetic code, evolutionary changes in proteins and DNA.
• GENERAL BIOLOGY OF VIRUES AND PROKARIOTES. Basic classification of virus, their origin hypothesis. Lytic and lysogenic cycle. Examples of viruses and type of infections; viroids and prions.
Prokaryotes: Archea and Bacteria domains. Binary fission and reproduction of bacteria. Transmission of genetic information. Evolution of bacterial populations, sporulation, biofilm. Metabolism: oxygen and other energy sources. Colonization of extreme environments. Prokaryotes and environment: parasites, saprophytes, symbionts. Examples of diseases and commercial processes.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Teaching methods consist of frontal lessons. In addition to the suggested texts, insights might be offered at the e-learning platform of the teaching webpage.
Students can make an appointment directly with the teacher every time they need it throughout the academic year, by email.
Students are advised to choose a book among those indicated at the University Library System’s Bibliography.
Students unable to attend classes due to COVID positivity, can contact the teacher to define their personalized support methods.
Learning assessment procedures
The exam consists of overcoming a written test (40 multiple-choice questions) that spans the entire program.
The exams are scheduled in 4 sessions, as follows: 2 exams in the Summer Session at the end of the course, 1 exam in the Fall Session and 1 exam in the Extraordinary Session.
Evaluation criteria
To pass the test, students shall demonstrate to possess the comprehension and the knowledge of teaching topics, skills of reasoning and personal re-elaboration of notions. The ability to present their arguments accurately and synthetically, using the adequate scientific language will also be assessed.
The Biology test is considered passed if the evaluation is at least 18/30.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
Single test examination
Exam language
ITALIANO
Type D and Type F activities
Le attività formative di tipologia D sono a scelta dello studente, quelle di tipologia F sono ulteriori conoscenze utili all’inserimento nel mondo del lavoro (tirocini, competenze trasversali, project works, ecc.). In base al Regolamento Didattico del Corso, alcune attività possono essere scelte e inserite autonomamente a libretto, altre devono essere approvate da apposita commissione per verificarne la coerenza con il piano di studio. Le attività formative di tipologia D o F possono essere ricoperte dalle seguenti attività.
1. Insegnamenti impartiti presso l'Università di Verona
Comprendono gli insegnamenti sotto riportati e/o nel Catalogo degli insegnamenti (che può essere filtrato anche per lingua di erogazione tramite la Ricerca avanzata).
Modalità di inserimento a libretto: se l'insegnamento è compreso tra quelli sottoelencati, lo studente può inserirlo autonomamente durante il periodo in cui il piano di studi è aperto; in caso contrario, lo studente deve fare richiesta alla Segreteria, inviando a carriere.scienze@ateneo.univr.it il modulo nel periodo indicato.
2. Attestato o equipollenza linguistica CLA
Oltre a quelle richieste dal piano di studi, per gli immatricolati dall'A.A. 2021/2022 vengono riconosciute:
- Lingua inglese: vengono riconosciuti 3 CFU per ogni livello di competenza superiore a quello richiesto dal corso di studio (se non già riconosciuto nel ciclo di studi precedente).
- Altre lingue e italiano per stranieri: vengono riconosciuti 3 CFU per ogni livello di competenza a partire da A2 (se non già riconosciuto nel ciclo di studi precedente).
Tali cfu saranno riconosciuti, fino ad un massimo di 6 cfu complessivi, di tipologia F se il piano didattico lo consente, oppure di tipologia D. Ulteriori crediti a scelta per conoscenze linguistiche potranno essere riconosciuti solo se coerenti con il progetto formativo dello studente e se adeguatamente motivati.
Gli immatricolati fino all'A.A. 2020/2021 devono consultare le informazioni che si trovano qui.
Modalità di inserimento a libretto: richiedere l’attestato o l'equipollenza al CLA e inviarlo alla Segreteria Studenti - Carriere per l’inserimento dell’esame in carriera, tramite mail: carriere.scienze@ateneo.univr.it
3. Competenze trasversali
Scopri i percorsi formativi promossi dal TALC - Teaching and learning center dell'Ateneo, destinati agli studenti regolarmente iscritti all'anno accademico di erogazione del corso https://talc.univr.it/it/competenze-trasversali
Modalità di inserimento a libretto: non è previsto l'inserimento dell'insegnamento nel piano di studi. Solo in seguito all'ottenimento dell'Open Badge verranno automaticamente convalidati i CFU a libretto. La registrazione dei CFU in carriera non è istantanea, ma ci saranno da attendere dei tempi tecnici.
4. CONTAMINATION LAB
Il Contamination Lab Verona (CLab Verona) è un percorso esperienziale con moduli dedicati all'innovazione e alla cultura d'impresa che offre la possibilità di lavorare in team con studenti e studentesse di tutti i corsi di studio per risolvere sfide lanciate da aziende ed enti. Il percorso permette di ricevere 6 CFU in ambito D o F. Scopri le sfide: https://www.univr.it/clabverona
ATTENZIONE: Per essere ammessi a sostenere una qualsiasi attività didattica, incluse quelle a scelta, è necessario essere iscritti all'anno di corso in cui essa viene offerta. Si raccomanda, pertanto, ai laureandi delle sessioni di dicembre e aprile di NON svolgere attività extracurriculari del nuovo anno accademico, cui loro non risultano iscritti, essendo tali sessioni di laurea con validità riferita all'anno accademico precedente. Quindi, per attività svolte in un anno accademico cui non si è iscritti, non si potrà dar luogo a riconoscimento di CFU.
5. Periodo di stage/tirocinio
Oltre ai CFU previsti dal piano di studi (verificare attentamente quanto indicato sul Regolamento Didattico): qui informazioni su come attivare lo stage.
Insegnamenti e altre attività che si possono inserire autonomamente a libretto
years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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2° 3° | Introduction to Docker | D |
Franco Fummi
(Coordinator)
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2° 3° | Introduction to Robotics for students of scientific courses. | D |
Paolo Fiorini
(Coordinator)
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2° 3° | Matlab-Simulink programming | D |
Bogdan Mihai Maris
(Coordinator)
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2° 3° | Mobile app design by using React Native | D |
Graziano Pravadelli
(Coordinator)
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2° 3° | Rapid prototyping on Arduino | D |
Franco Fummi
(Coordinator)
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2° 3° | Programming Challanges | D |
Romeo Rizzi
(Coordinator)
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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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2° 3° | Introduction to 3D printing | D |
Franco Fummi
(Coordinator)
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2° 3° | LaTeX Language | D |
Enrico Gregorio
(Coordinator)
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2° 3° | Python programming language | D |
Carlo Combi
(Coordinator)
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2° 3° | HW components design on FPGA | D |
Franco Fummi
(Coordinator)
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2° 3° | Protection of intangible assets (SW and invention)between industrial law and copyright | D |
Roberto Giacobazzi
(Coordinator)
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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° | Subject requirements: mathematics | D |
Franco Zivcovich
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Career prospects
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Tutoring faculty members
Graduation
Attendance modes and venues
As stated in the Teaching Regulations, attendance at the course of study is not mandatory.
Part-time enrolment is permitted. Find out more on the Part-time enrolment possibilities page.
The course's teaching activities take place in the Science and Engineering area, which consists of the buildings of Ca‘ Vignal 1, Ca’ Vignal 2, Ca' Vignal 3 and Piramide, located in the Borgo Roma campus.
Lectures are held in the classrooms of Ca‘ Vignal 1, Ca’ Vignal 2 and Ca' Vignal 3, while practical exercises take place in the teaching laboratories dedicated to the various activities.