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.
Study Plan
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea magistrale in Biotecnologie agro-alimentari - 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.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
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One course to be chosen among the following
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One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
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One course to be chosen among the following
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.
Bioinformatics and Protein engineering (2017/2018)
The teaching is organized as follows:
Learning outcomes
This course gives an introduction to molecular computational biology and to the rational design of proteins using computational techniques. The arguments of the course include: molecular dynamis simulation techniques and advanced protein bioinformatics concepts.
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
- Deep and critical understanding of a scientific article where computational techniques are used
- Introduce (in silico) mutants able to affect the protein structure and/or function
- Prepare and run molecular dynamics simulations.
Program
Part A – Bioinformatics
− Advanced Structural Bioinformatics
- Thermodynamic basis of the stability of folded biomolecular structure
− Molecular basis of human perception
Part B – Molecular Modeling
− Basic elements of molecular modeling
− Electrostatic modeling
− Energy minimization based on force fields
− Molecular dynamics: solution by using the open source NAMD and/or Gromacs codes
− Conformational analysis
Part C – Ligand-protein interactions
− Protein assembly (protein-protein complexes, protein-protein interactions in protein dimers, crystals): protein-protein docking algorithms and programs
− Ligand Protein interaction: docking algorithms and programs
− Projects: Drug and/or protein design
Bibliography
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Stefano Pascarella e Alessandro Paiardini | Bioinformatica | Zanichelli | 2011 | 9788808062192 | |
Frishman, D., Valencia, Alfonso | Modern Genome Annotation | Springer | 2008 |
Examination Methods
The examination is divide in two parts: the first consists in the presentation (in groups) of a scientific article in which state of the arte techniques are used.
The second part is a written examination with open questions regarding the arguments of the course.