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!
Discovering Personalized Medicine: An Active Learning Exploration of Gene Mutations and Targeted Cancer Therapies
Credits: 3
Language: English
Teacher: Dr. Martina Gaspari
Impaired resolving mechanisms sustain sickle cell realted cardiomyopathy
Credits: 0.3
Language: English
Teacher: Lucia De Franceschi
Sodium Chloride Cotransporter in health and disease
Credits: 0.5
Language: Italian
Teacher: Francesca Pizzolo
Epigenomica della bilancia emostatica
Credits: 0.5
Language: English
Teacher: Simonetta Friso
Hypereosinophilic Syndromes
Credits: 0.5
Language: Italiano, inglese su richiesta per gli studenti Erasmus
Teacher: Marco Caminati
Forty More Years of Trypto-fun: The Mechanism of Tryptophan Indole-lyase
Credits: 0.5
Language: Italian
Teacher: Prof. Robert S. Phillips
About cells and gene therapy: News from infantile Parkinsonism From the clinical to the cell model-based research
Credits: 0.5
Language: Italian
Teacher: Prof. Thomas Opladen, Dr. Sabine Jung-Klawitter
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of hormone therapy in andrological diseases
Credits: 0.5
Language: Italian
Teacher: Ilaria Dando
Enzymes involved in rare neurotransmitter diseases: approaches to genotype-phenotype correlation
Credits: 0.5
Language: english
Teacher: Mariarita Bertoldi
Iron in health and diseases
Credits: 0.5
Language: Italian
Teacher: Domenico Girelli
Mutant-p53 induces ferroptosis resistance in pancreatic cancer
Credits: 0.5
Language: Italian
Teacher: Adriana Celesia
Oligomerizzazione di RNasi: novità da alcuni membri appartenenti alla super-famiglia delle RNasi di tipo pancreatico
Credits: 0.5
Language: Italiano e Inglese
Teacher: Giovanni Gotte
Retinal explants as a tool for studying molecular mechanisms and therapies of inherited retinal degenerations
Credits: 0.3
Language: English
Teacher: Giuditta Dal Cortivo
Targeting PFKFB3: a novel approach to tackle cancer metabolism in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Credits: 0.5
Language: English
Teacher: Alessandra Fiore
The role of Retinal Degeneration Protein 3 in visual dysfunction and tumor development
Credits: 0.5
Language: English
Teacher: Karl Wilhelm Koch
Iron in health and diseases (2024/2025)
Teacher
Referent
Credits
0.5
Language
Italian
Class attendance
Free Choice
Location
VERONA
Learning objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: Describe the mechanisms regulating iron homeostasis and its role in erythropoiesis, cellular metabolism, and ferroptosis. Explain the molecular and pathophysiological bases of iron deficiency, inflammatory anemia, and iron overload. Illustrate the contribution of omics approaches to understanding alterations in iron metabolism and identifying biomarkers. Discuss the potential and limitations of applying this knowledge to diagnosis and treatment in precision medicine.
Prerequisites and basic notions
According to the required prerequisites.
Program
Iron homeostasis: absorption, transport, storage, and regulation through the hepcidin–ferroportin axis. Roles of iron in erythropoiesis, cellular metabolism, and ferroptosis. Molecular basis of iron deficiency, anemia of inflammation, and iron overload disorders. Applications of omics approaches to understanding disorders of iron metabolism, identifying biomarkers, and developing personalized diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
Didactic methods
Lectures preparatory to practical exercises.
