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!

Instructions for teachers: lesson management

Strumenti di Biologia Molecolare per la medicina: verso l'era della MultiOMICA

Credits: 5

Language: presenza

Teacher:  Alessandra Ruggiero

Approaches to study receptor tyrosine kinases: a focus on FGFR3 and related bone diseases

Credits: 2

Language: English

Teacher:  Patricia Lievens

Meccanismi molecolari nei processi di differenziamento staminale

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Maria Teresa Valenti

Molecular, Virological and Clinical aspect of HIV

Credits: 2.5

Language: L'esame si considera automaticamente superato se la presenza al corso é di almeno 4 su 5 lezioni

Teacher:  Alessandra Ruggiero

Epidemiologic Methodology

Credits: 3

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Maria Elisabetta Zanolin

Il disegno degli studi osservazionali

Credits: 3

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Maria Elisabetta Zanolin

Methodological and statistical challenges in environmental health impact research

Credits: 5

Language: English

Teacher:  Alessandro Marcon

Bioinformatics applied to genomics/3D cell culture models

Credits: 2

Language: Italiano/Inglese

Teacher:  Maria Romanelli

New strategies to figth antimicrobial resistance

Credits: 2

Language: italiano

Teacher:  Annarita Mazzariol

Genetic variations and populations

Credits: 2

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Giovanni Malerba

Processing and analysing high-throughput sequencing data

Credits: 3

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Giovanni Malerba

Clinical Biochemistry

Credits: 3.5

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Giuseppe Lippi

Epidemiology and burden of antimicrobial resistance

Credits: 1.5

Language: Italiano o inglese, secondo richiesta

Teacher:  Evelina Tacconelli

Developmental encephalopathies from diagnosis to precision medicine

Credits: 1

Language: italiano

Teacher:  Francesca Darra

Citometria a flusso: principi ed applicazioni

Credits: 2

Language: Italiano/inglese

Teacher:  Maria Scupoli

Global Health: Determinanti di salute, fattori di rischio, stili di vita e disuguaglianze in sanità

Credits: 2

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Stefano Tardivo

central auditory deseses

Credits: 2.5

Language: italiano

Teacher:  Luca Sacchetto

Oral microbiota and cancer: from clinic to research

Credits: 2.5

Language: italiano

Teacher:  Nicoletta Zerman

Virus oncogeni

Credits: 2

Language: Italiano

Teacher:  Davide Gibellini

Oral Pathology

Credits: 2

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Dario Bertossi

Ricerca traslazionale in malattie infettive nel soggetto immunocompromesso

Credits: 2

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Elda Righi

Credits

2.5

Language

Italiano

Class attendance

Free Choice

Location

VERONA

Learning objectives

Course objectives: Knowledge of the main processes associated with embryogenesis and the differences in stem populations. Knowledge of the biomolecules involved in cellular crosstalk aimed at morphogenesis. Understanding of the molecular processes associated with the commitment and differentiation of stem cells with particular reference to the mesenchymal compartment. Evaluation of the main techniques for using stem cells in generative medicine. Knowledge of animal models used to study stem cells.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Knowledge of notions related to cellular and molecular biology

Program

Characteristics of stem cells. Self-renewal concept. Stem niche. Totipotent, pluripotent, multipotent, unipotent cells. Differentiation and transcription factors. Genomic equivalence. Selective expression. Signal molecules. Cellular expertise. Paracrine and juxtacrine interactions. Morphogenesis. Patient-specific stem cell therapy. Hematopoietic, mesenchymal, tumor stem cells. Stem cells from adipose tissue. Physical activity and stem cells. Telomerase. Autophagy associated with mesenchymal stem cells. Senescence. MicroRNAs and lncRNAs in stem cell homeostasis. CircRNAs and differentiation. Metabolomics and stem cells. Nutrition and integrity of stem cells. Senescence. Rare stem cell diseases. Regenerative medicine. Therapeutic approaches with stem cells. Autologous transplant. Induced pluripotent stem cells. Reprogramming. Animal models.

Didactic methods

Frontal lessons

Learning assessment procedures

oral interview

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

Assessment

Evaluation of the levels of understanding of the topics covered

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

synthetic judgement

Scheduled Lessons

When Classroom Teacher topics
Thursday 27 February 2025
12:00 - 14:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
auletta LURM Maria Teresa Valenti Meccanismi Molecolari nei Processi di Differenziamento Staminale
Thursday 06 March 2025
12:00 - 14:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
auletta LURM Maria Teresa Valenti Meccanismi Molecolari nei Processi di Differenziamento Staminale
Thursday 13 March 2025
12:00 - 14:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
auletta LURM Maria Teresa Valenti Meccanismi Molecolari nei Processi di Differenziamento Staminale
Thursday 20 March 2025
12:00 - 14:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Auletta LURM Maria Teresa Valenti Meccanismi Molecolari nei Processi di Differenziamento Staminale
Thursday 27 March 2025
12:00 - 14:00
Duration: 2:00 AM
Auletta LURM Maria Teresa Valenti Meccanismi Molecolari nei Processi di Differenziamento Staminale