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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in Biotecnologie per le biorisorse e lo sviluppo ecosostenibile - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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Bioinorganic Chemistry (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S008289
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
CHIM/03 - GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Period
Semester 2 dal Mar 6, 2023 al Jun 16, 2023.
Learning objectives
The main aim of the course is to provide students with a solid knowledge on the chemical and chemical-physic aspects which rule the functions of bioinorganic molecules (i.e. metal-enzymes and metal-proteins) and coordination compounds from an applicative point of view, focused on green-chemistry, biomedicine and environmental and industrial biotechnology.
Prerequisites and basic notions
The student must possess the basic knowledge of inorganic and organic chemistry
Program
The course seeks to address the following subjects:
1) main concept of Inorganic Chemistry
2) coordination geometries of the main metal cations
3) coordination chemistry: kinetic and thermodynamic aspects
4) introduction to Bioinorganic chemistry
5) Physical methods
6) Alkali metal and alkaline earth cations
7) Non-redox metalloenzymes
8) Oxygen carriers and transport proteins
9) redox proteins
10) N-fixation
11) metal ion transport and storage
12) metals and nonmetals in Biology and medicine
13) Updated state of art about the applications of Bioinorganic Chemistry in the industrial field (Biocatalysis and Biomaterials).
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The teacher will carry out the lectures through power point presentations
Learning assessment procedures
Oral examination (around 45 minutes). The student will present a paper from the recent literature.
Evaluation criteria
Students will be assessed on the basis of the acquired knowledge. In particular, they will have to demonstrate that: i) they have fully learned the chemical-physical principles underlying the applications of bioinorganic chemistry studied. ii) being able to critically analyze the manuscript of recent literature, proposed by the teacher for the exam. iii) have an updated state of the art on bioinorganic applications exploited/exploitable in the industrial field.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final grade will be composed by attributing a maximum of 10 points to each of the three criteria listed in the "evaluation criteria" section.
Exam language
Italiano
