Training and Research

PhD Programme Courses/classes - 2024/2025

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

An introduction to NMR spectroscopy for the study of biomacromolecules

Credits: 1

Language: Inglese

Teacher:  Mariapina D'Onofrio

Application of multimodal imaging techniques in the study of the skeletal muscle

Credits: 0,5

Language: English

Teacher:  Barbara Cisterna

Chiral lanthanide-based materials for biological and technological applications

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Fabio Piccinelli

Engineering photosynthesis to enhance productivity

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Stefano Cazzaniga

Forensic diagnosis of alcohol intoxication and chronic alcohol abuse

Credits: 1

Language: Inglese/italiano

Teacher:  Federica Bortolotti

Forensic Genetics

Credits: 4

Language: Inglese

Teacher:  Stefania Turrina

Luminescent Nanomaterials for theranostics

Credits: 1

Language: Inglese.

Teacher:  Adolfo Speghini

Optical Imaging: principi e applicazioni

Credits: 1

Language: NA

Teacher:  Federico Boschi

Practical: protein structure determination by x-ray crystallography

Credits: 1,5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Massimiliano Perduca

Valutazione del rischio da esposizione a nono materiali

Credits: 1

Language: English

Teacher:  Angela Carta

Surface Metrology with optical techniques

Credits: 1,5

Language: English

Teacher:  Claudia Daffara

Synthesis, characterization and applications of luminescent nanostructured materials

Credits: 1

Language: English

Teacher:  Francesco Enrichi

Tecniche di deposizione a film sottile per biomateriali, applicazioni biomediche e energia solare

Credits: 2

Language: English

Teacher:  Alessandro Romeo

Tracking nanoparticles in cells and tissues at transmission electron microscopy

Credits: 1

Language: English

Teacher:  Manuela Malatesta

PhD school courses/classes - 2024/2025

Please note: Additional information will be added during the year. Currently missing information is labelled as “TBD” (i.e. To Be Determined).

1. PhD students must obtain a specified number of CFUs each year by attending teaching activities offered by the PhD School.
First and second year students must obtain 8 CFUs. Teaching activities ex DM 226/2021 provide 5 CFUs; free choice activities provide 3 CFUs.
Third year students must obtain 4 CFUs. Teaching activities ex DM 226/2021 provide 2 CFUs; free choice activities provide 2 CFUs.
More information regarding CFUs is found in the Handbook for PhD Students: https://www.univr.it/phd-vademecum

2. Registering for the courses is not required unless explicitly indicated; please consult the course information to verify whether registration is required or not. When registration is actually required, instructions will be sent well in advance. No confirmation e-mail will be sent after signing up. Please do not enquiry: if you entered the requested information, then registration was silently successful.

3. When Zoom links are not explicitly indicated, courses are delivered in presence only.

4. All information we have is published here. Please do not enquiry for missing information or Zoom links: as soon as we get new information, we will promptly publish it on this page.

Ambito per Dottorati

Ambito per i Corsi di Dottorato

Teaching Activities ex DM 226/2021: Linguistic Activities

Teaching Activities ex DM 226/2021: Other Free choice activities

Teaching Activities ex DM 226/2021: Research management and Enhancement

Teaching Activities ex DM 226/2021: Statistics and Computer Sciences

Teaching Activities: Free choice

Credits

0.5

Language

English

Class attendance

Free Choice

Location

VERONA

Learning objectives

The classic model of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) formation, transport across the central nervous system, and absorption is based on the circulation theory. This model, where CSF is thought to be secreted by the choroid plexus, and to circulate from the ventricles into the cisterns and the subarachnoid spaces (SAS), is no longer considered reliable. Several studies indicate that CSF can be produced and absorbed throughout the entire CSF system, notably the ependyma, the perineural SAS, and the Virchow-Robin spaces (VRS). The discovery of the expression of aquaporin 1 (AQP1) in the choroidal plexus and aquaporin 4 (AQP4) in the end-feet of astrocytes underlying pia mater, has shed new light into the mechanisms of fluid exchange between intracranial compartments. In this emerging model, CSF has a direct correlation with the brain interstitial fluid (ISF), the blood circulation, and the lymphatic system. These new insights into the physiology and homeostasis of CSF, together with the new advances in neuroimaging, espe- cially in MRI techniques, might have relevant implications for understanding the mechanisms at the base of brain pathologies.
Aims of the course are: 1) focusing on the historical background about research on CSF; 2) clarifying the anatomy of CSF pathways and the CSF dynamics, 3) discuss the current knowledge on the anatomy and physiology of circumventricular organs.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Basic knowledge of human anatomy and physiology

Program

The classic model of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) formation, transport across the central nervous system, and absorption is based on the circulation theory. This model, where CSF is thought to be secreted by the choroid plexus, and to circulate from the ventricles into the cisterns and the subarachnoid spaces (SAS), is no longer considered reliable. Several studies indicate that CSF can be produced and absorbed throughout the entire CSF system, notably the ependyma, the perineural SAS, and the Virchow-Robin spaces (VRS). The discovery of the expression of aquaporin 1 (AQP1) in the choroidal plexus and aquaporin 4 (AQP4) in the end-feet of astrocytes underlying pia mater, has shed new light into the mechanisms of fluid exchange between intracranial compartments. In this emerging model, CSF has a direct correlation with the brain interstitial fluid (ISF), the blood circulation, and the lymphatic system. These new insights into the physiology and homeostasis of CSF, together with the new advances in neuroimaging, especially in MRI techniques, might have relevant implications for understanding the mechanisms at the base of brain pathologies. Aims of the course are: 1) focusing on the historical background about research on CSF; 2) clarifying the anatomy of CSF pathways and the CSF dynamics, 3) discuss the current knowledge on the anatomy and physiology of circumventricular organs.

Didactic methods

Frontal lesson with discussion

Learning assessment procedures

Check based on frequency and active participation in the discussion

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Assessment

Check based on frequency and active participation in the discussion

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Attendance-based eligibility

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Faculty

A B C D E G M N P R S T Z

Ausania Francesco

symbol email francesco.ausania@univr.it symbol phone-number 0458127455

Bortolotti Federica

symbol email federica.bortolotti@univr.it symbol phone-number 045 8124618

Boschi Federico

symbol email federico.boschi@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 802 7272

Calderan Laura

symbol email laura.calderan@univr.it symbol phone-number 0458027562

Carta Angela

symbol email angela.carta@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 812 8270

Cazzaniga Stefano

symbol email stefano.cazzaniga@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 8027075

Cisterna Barbara

symbol email barbara.cisterna@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 802 7564

Daffara Claudia

symbol email claudia.daffara@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 802 7942

D'Onofrio Mariapina

symbol email mariapina.donofrio@univr.it symbol phone-number 045 802 7801

Enrichi Francesco

symbol email francesco.enrichi@univr.it symbol phone-number +390458027051

Gottardo Rossella

symbol email rossella.gottardo@univr.it symbol phone-number 045 8124247

Malatesta Manuela

symbol email manuela.malatesta@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 802 7569

Manfredi Riccardo

symbol email riccardo.manfredi@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 802 74 89

Munari Francesca

symbol email francesca.munari@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 802 7920

Nardon Chiara

symbol email chiara.nardon@univr.it

Perduca Massimiliano

symbol email massimiliano.perduca@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 8027984

Piacentini Giorgio

symbol email giorgio.piacentini@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 812 7120

Piccinelli Fabio

symbol email fabio.piccinelli@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 802 7097

Porru Stefano

symbol email stefano.porru@univr.it symbol phone-number 045 812 4294

Romeo Alessandro

symbol email alessandro.romeo@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 802 7936; Lab: +39 045 802 7808

Sbarbati Andrea

symbol email andrea.sbarbati@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 802 7266

Speghini Adolfo

symbol email adolfo.speghini@univr.it symbol phone-number +39 045 8027900

Turrina Stefania

symbol email stefania.turrina@univr.it symbol phone-number 045/8027622

Zancanaro Carlo

symbol email carlo.zancanaro@univr.it symbol phone-number 045 802 7157 (Medicina) - 8425115 (Scienze Motorie)
Course lessons
PhD Schools lessons

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Guidelines for PhD students

Below you will find the files that contain the Guidelines for PhD students and rules for the acquisition of ECTS credits (in Italian: "CFU") for the Academic Year 2023/2024.

Documents

Title Info File
File pdf Dottorandi: linee guida generali (2023/2024) pdf, it, 111 KB, 26/02/24
File pdf PhD students: general guidelines (2023/2024) pdf, en, 127 KB, 26/02/24