Training and Research

PhD Programme Courses/classes

This page shows the PhD course's training activities for the academic year 2024/2025. Further activities will be added during the year. Please check regularly for updates!

Instructions for teachers: lesson management

Bone specilist, Osteoimmunology and Bone fragility

Credits: 5

Language: italiano

Teacher:  Davide Gatti

Pathophysiology and clinics of pruritus. Skin inflammatory and immune mediated diseases

Credits: 1

Language: italiano

Teacher:  Giampiero Girolomoni

How to write an article and get accepted in high ranked scientific journal

Credits: 0.5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Elena Carrara

Update in Hepatology

Credits: 2.5

Language: italiano e inglese

Teacher:  David Sacerdoti

Hepatocarcinoma in Triveneto Region beyond BCLC

Credits: 2

Language: italiano

Aggiornamenti in malattie infettive

Credits: 1.5

Language: italiano

Teacher:  Elena Carrara

Introduzione alla farmacoepidemiologia

Credits: 3

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Gianluca Trifiro'

Fisiopatologia dell'ipertensione essenziale e secondaria e del danno d'organo mediato da ipertensione

Credits: 1

Language: English

Teacher:  Cristiano Fava

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and CAR-T cell-based immunotherapy

Credits: 1

Language: Italiano/Inglese

Teacher:  Mauro Krampera

Bone specialist

Credits: 5

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Maurizio Rossini

Vitamina D

Credits: 5

Language: italiano

Teacher:  Ombretta Viapiana

Use of R for statistical analysis

Credits: 1.5

Language: Inglese

Teacher:  Alessandro Mantovani

Casistica clinica di dermatologia e venereologia

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Paolo Gisondi

Updates in nephrology and dialysis

Credits: 2

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Yuri Battaglia

Adipose tissue physiopathology

Credits: 0.5

Language: italiano/inglese

Teacher:  Elena Zoico

Spondilartriti-interstiziopatia polmonare in corso di patologie reumatiche

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Angelo Fassio

Cellular therapies in Gastroenterology

Credits: 1

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Rachele Ciccocioppo

Teacher

Elena Zoico

Credits

0.5

Language

italiano/inglese

Class attendance

Free Choice

Location

VERONA

Learning objectives

Knowledge of the different histological characteristics of adipose tissue and its anatomical distribution in the body.
Knowledge of the endocrine and paracrine activity of adipose tissue and of its main changes with aging
Knowledge of the role of ectopic adipose tissue in different organs and tissues and in the tumor microenvironment

Prerequisites and basic notions

No specific prior knowledge is required

Program

White brown and beige adipose tissue
Distribution of white adipose tissue
Age-related changes in adipose tissue
Endocrine function of white adipocyte
Role of ectopic adipose tissue and cross-talk with different cell types (muscle cells, myocardiocytes, bone tissue)
Role of white adipose tissue in the tumor microenvironment

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Frontal lesson

Learning assessment procedures

not applicable

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Assessment

not applicable

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

not applicable