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 1, 2014 | Jan 30, 2015 |
| II sem. | Mar 2, 2015 | Jun 12, 2015 |
| Session | From | To |
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| Sessione straordinaria appelli d'esame | Feb 2, 2015 | Feb 27, 2015 |
| Sessione estiva appelli d'esame | Jun 15, 2015 | Jul 31, 2015 |
| Sessione autunnale appelli d'esame | Sep 1, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione autunnale appello di laurea 2014 | Nov 26, 2014 | Nov 26, 2014 |
| Sessione invernale appello di laurea 2015 | Mar 18, 2015 | Mar 18, 2015 |
| Sessione estiva appello di laurea 2015 | Jul 14, 2015 | Jul 14, 2015 |
| Sessione autunnale appello di laurea 2015 | Nov 25, 2015 | Nov 25, 2015 |
| Sessione invernale appello di laurea 2016 | Mar 16, 2016 | Mar 16, 2016 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Vacanze di Natale | Dec 22, 2014 | Jan 6, 2015 |
| Vacanze di Pasqua | Apr 2, 2015 | Apr 7, 2015 |
| Ricorrenza del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2015 | May 21, 2015 |
| Vacanze estive | Aug 10, 2015 | Aug 16, 2015 |
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
+39 045 802 7980
bruno.gobbi@univr.it
roberto.posenato@univr.it
Ugolini Simone
simone.ugolini@univr.it
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.
1° Year
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2015/2016
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3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017
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Un insegnamento a sceltaDue insegnamenti a scelta| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Un insegnamento a sceltaDue insegnamenti a sceltaLegend | 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 (2015/2016)
Teaching code
4S00103
Credits
12
Coordinator
Language
Italian
Also offered in courses:
- Bioinformatics and biological databases of the course Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology
The teaching is organized as follows:
Learning outcomes
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MM: ELEMENTI DI BIOCHIMICA
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MM: LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA I
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The course will provide the theoretical and practical basis to understand and employ algorithms and programs currently used in Bioinformatics. Major biological databases will be introduced with a special focus on genomic, proteomic and biochemical information. The students will also be introduced to the most modern fields of structural bioinformatics and systems biology.
Program
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MM: ELEMENTI DI BIOCHIMICA
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MM: LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA I
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Theoretical Module - Overview of the main structural features of proteins and nucleic acids in relation to the concept of evolution. Introduction to biomolecular databases: online resources and their use - Biological databases: organization and integration of information concerning: a) protein and nucleic acid sequences; b) biomolecular structures; c) bibliographic and scientific literature. Retrieve of specific information: use of limitations and Boolean operators. - Sequence comparison and alignments: static and dynamic algorithms; substitution matrices (PAM,BLOSUM) - - Search-algorithms: FASTA and BLAST; Smith-Waterman; Needleman-Wunsch; statistic significance for an alignment (z-score, expectation values and probability) - Multiple sequence alignments: ClustalW, search on specific databases, other algorithms, PSI-BLAST - Short introduction on philogenetic trees - Introduction to Structural Bioinformatics: visualization and analysis of protein and nucleic acid 3D structures - Methods to predict protein secondary structure elements starting from the sequence - Introduction to Systems Biology: Spatial and temporal scales, static and dynamic models, mathematical frameworks, introduction on signal transduction networks Laboratory Module - Introduction to Linux - NCBI databases: Entrez interface, Gene, UniGene, Protein, Uniprot and EBI - Single and multiple sequence alignments, score matrices, optimal methods; online resources and spreadsheets - BLAST,PSI-BLAST and BLAT: online tools and their use - Tools for multiple alignments, the Homologene databank, computation and visualization of multiple alignments - Tools for phylogenesis : Mobyle (Institut Pasteur and Phylogeny.fr) - Introduction to PyMol and molecular visualization. Use of PSI-PRED and JPRED for predicting secondary structures from sequences - Systems biology: numerical simulation of simple biochemical reactions. Building simple kinetic models by using SBOTOOLBOX2 for Matlab; application to G-potein signalling cycles.
Bibliography
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| BERG-TYMOCZKO- STRYER | BIOCHIMICA (Edizione 7) | ZANICHELLI | 2012 |
Examination Methods
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MM: ELEMENTI DI BIOCHIMICA
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MM: LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA I
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Written exam for both modules. The two marks will be averaged. Students can chose to prepare a presentation in groups of 3-4 students on a selected database, which will also contribute to the final mark. An oral examination can be chose in addition, in order to improve the final mark.
Type D and Type F activities
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Career prospects
Module/Programme news
News for students
There you will find information, resources and services useful during your time at the University (Student’s exam record, your study plan on ESSE3, Distance Learning courses, university email account, office forms, administrative procedures, etc.). You can log into MyUnivr with your GIA login details: only in this way will you be able to receive notification of all the notices from your teachers and your secretariat via email and also via the Univr app.
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.
