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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I sem. | Oct 2, 2017 | Jan 31, 2018 |
II sem. | Mar 1, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione invernale d'esame | Feb 1, 2018 | Feb 28, 2018 |
Sessione estiva d'esame | Jun 18, 2018 | Jul 31, 2018 |
Sessione autunnale d'esame | Sep 3, 2018 | Sep 28, 2018 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione di laurea estiva | Jul 11, 2018 | Jul 11, 2018 |
Sessione autunnale | Nov 21, 2018 | Nov 21, 2018 |
Sessione di laurea invernale | Mar 13, 2019 | Mar 13, 2019 |
Period | From | To |
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Christmas break | Dec 22, 2017 | Jan 7, 2018 |
Easter break | Mar 30, 2018 | Apr 3, 2018 |
Patron Saint Day | May 21, 2018 | May 21, 2018 |
VACANZE ESTIVE | Aug 6, 2018 | Aug 19, 2018 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Science and Engineering Teaching and Student Services Unit.
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Academic staff
Pintossi Chiara
chiara.pintossi@univr.itVallini Giovanni
giovanni.vallini@univr.it 045 802 7098; studio dottorandi: 045 802 7095Study 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.
Biochemistry and analytical biochemistry (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S02696
Credits
12
Coordinator
Language
Italian
Also offered in courses:
- Introduction to biochemistry of the course Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics
The teaching is organized as follows:
BIOCHIMICA E BIOCHIMICA ANALITICA: BIOCHIMICA ANALITICA
Credits
4
Period
See the unit page
Academic staff
See the unit page
Learning outcomes
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Biochemistry is a branch of life sciences which deals with the study of chemical reactions and their organization in living cells and organisms. It takes into account the studies related to the nature of the chemical constituents of living matter, their transformations in biological systems and the energy changes associated with these transformations. Students will be guided through the course to understand the relationships between structure and function of macromolecules, and the regulatory strategies, with particular focus on metabolic pathways. The experimental activities are aimed at understanding the rationale behind the basic biochemical protocols developed to investigate the macromolecules and their functions.
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Pratical knowledge of basic biochemical techniques by means of lessons and experiments. Students will gain a thorough competence on the main technique used in biochemistry labs, in particular they will learn isolation, identification and structure- function relationship of macromolecules, with a focus on proteins.
Program
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Chemistry of biomolecules with emphasis on the bioenergetics and control of metabolic pathways via regulation of specific enzymes. Specific Coverage: I. Proteins, protein structure and mechanism. II. Enzyme mechanism and Enzyme kinetics III. Metabolism: Carbohydrates, conversion of sugars, anaerobic and aerobic metabolism. Fat catabolism. Amino acid degradation. IV. Anabolic Pathways: Carbohydrates, fats and lipids, amino acids and steroids. V. DNA replication.
Formulas for all metabolic pathways.
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Purificazione delle proteine Proprietà ioniche di amminoacidi e proteine. Punto isoelettrico. Preparazione del campione. Metodi di rottura delle cellule e produzione degli estratti grezzi iniziali. Metodi di solubilizzazione delle proteine. Tamponi salini. Tecniche di frazionamento e precipitazione. Filtrazione, dialisi, concentrazione del campione. Tecniche spettroscopiche. Proprietà della radiazione elettromagnetica. Interazione luce-materia. Stati e processi coinvolti nei fenomeni di assorbimento, emissione e decadimento. Spettroscopia di assorbimento nell’ultravioletto e nel visibile. Aspetti qualitativi e quantitativi dell'assorbimento della luce. Metodi colorimetrici e spettroscopici applicati alla determinazione della concentrazione proteica. Spettrofotometri. Spettroscopia di emissione e fluorescenza. Fluorofori intrinseci ed estrinseci. Proteine fluorescenti (Green fluorescent protein) Spettrofluorimetri. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Dicroismo circolare. Metodi di centrifugazione. Principi fondamentali della sedimentazione. Tipi di centrifuga. Tipi di rotore. Centrifugazione preparativa: differenziale, in gradiente di densità. Applicazioni pratiche della centrifugazione preparativa e frazionamento subcellulare. Centrifugazione analitica e sue applicazioni. Tecniche cromatografiche. Principi della cromatografia. Il cromatogramma. Parametri che determinano le prestazioni cromatografiche. Equazione di Van Deemter. Cromatografia su colonna: scambio ionico, esclusione molecolare, affinità, interazione idrofobica e loro applicazioni. Tecniche elettroforetiche. Principi generali e mobilità elettroforetica. Materiali di supporto. Elettroforesi di acidi nucleici. Elettroforesi di proteine. SDS PAGE. Elettroforesi in condizioni native. Colorazione delle proteine su gel. Blotting delle proteine (western blotting). Isoelettrofocalizzazione. Elettroforesi capillare. Gel elettroforesi bidimensionale. Laboratorio 1. Determinazione della concentrazione di una proteina incognita tramite assorbimento a 280 nm e tramite metodo colorimetrico Bradford. 2. Determinazione dello spettro d’assorbimento del coenzima piridinico NADH (forma ridotta) e determinazione del coefficiente di estinzione molare del NADPH. 3. Determinazione dei parametri cinetici, costante di Michaelis-Menten e numero di turnover, dell’enzima fosfatasi acida utilizzando il metodo di linearizzazione grafica di Lineweaver-Burk. 4. Determinazione del peso molecolare di una proteina incognita mediante cromatografia ad esclusione molecolare. 5. Separazione di proteine mediante elettroforesi in condizioni denaturanti (SDS-PAGE) seguita dalla visualizzazione delle bande mediante colorazione con Blu di Comassie 6. Trasferimento delle proteine su membrana di nitrocellulosa mediante elettroblotting seguita da immunorivelazione delle proteine per l’identificazione di una o più proteina sfruttando la specificità di legame con un anticorpo (WESTERN BLOT).
Bibliography
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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R.H.Garret; C.M. Grisham | BIOCHIMICA (Edizione 5) | Piccin | 2014 | ||
BERG-TYMOCZKO- STRYER | BIOCHIMICA (Edizione 7) | ZANICHELLI | 2012 | ||
CAMPBELL M.K. FARRELL S.O. MCDOUGAL M. | BIOCHIMICA (Edizione 5) | EDISES | 2019 | ||
Dean R. Appling - Spencer J. Anthony-Cahill - Christopher K. Mathews | Biochimica Molecole e metabolismo - Con Mastering Chemistry™ | Pearson ed. | 2017 | ||
GARRET- GRISHAM | BIOCHIMICA | PICCIN | 2014 | ||
Loredano Pollegioni | FONDAMENTI di BIOCHIMICA (Edizione 1) | Edises | 2021 | 9788836230358 | |
M. C. Bonaccorsi di Patti, R. Contestabile, M. L. Di Salvo | Metodologie Biochimiche (Edizione 2) | Zanichelli | 2019 |
Examination Methods
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The aim of the exam is to test the level of knowledge and deepening of the topics of the course program and the reasoning skills developed by the student on issues related to biochemistry. The assessment is expressed in thirtieths (minimum grade 18). Students in Biotechnology: oral examination on the main topics of the course. Students in Bioinformatics: The exam is written and consists of 11 open questions on the main topics (i.e protein structure, metabolisms and regulation, etc) of the course. Each response value can score up to 3.
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L’esame finale (scritto) verterà su tutti gli argomenti del programma. Lo studente dovrà dimostrare di aver compreso e di essere in grado di utilizzare i concetti fondamentali di ogni argomento.
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Graduation
List of thesis proposals
theses proposals | Research area |
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Studio delle proprietà di luminescenza di lantanidi in matrici proteiche | Synthetic Chemistry and Materials: Materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, functional and advanced materials, molecular architecture, organic chemistry - Colloid chemistry |
Multifunctional organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials for applications in Biotechnology and Green Chemistry | Synthetic Chemistry and Materials: Materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, functional and advanced materials, molecular architecture, organic chemistry - New materials: oxides, alloys, composite, organic-inorganic hybrid, nanoparticles |
Dinamiche della metilazione del DNA e loro contributo durante il processo di maturazione della bacca di vite. | Various topics |
Il problema della donazione degli organi | Various topics |
Risposte trascrittomiche a sollecitazioni ambientali in vite | Various topics |
Studio delle basi genomico-funzionali del processo di embriogenesi somatica in vite | Various topics |
Attendance modes and venues
As stated in the Didactic Regulations, there is no generalised obligation of attendance. Individual lecturers are, however, free to require a minimum number of hours of attendance for eligibilitỳ for the profit exam of the teaching they teach. In such cases, attendance of teaching activities is monitored in accordance with procedures communicated in advance to students.
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 is composed of the buildings of Ca‘ Vignal 1, Ca’ Vignal 2, Ca' Vignal 3 and Piramide, located in the Borgo Roma cluster, and Villa Lebrecht and Villa Eugenia located in the San Floriano di Valpolicella cluster.
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.