INFORMATIONAL BIOLOGICAL MACRO MOLECULES
cod. 1001240

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Roberto FAVILLA
Academic discipline
Biologia molecolare (BIO/11)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

To give students of the magistral degree in Physics (biophysical-medical curriculum) some basic concepts of the molecular mechanisms of transmission and implementation of genetic information.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

 Part 1: Proteins: Composition and structure; Purification and structural analysis; Analysis of function: the case of hemoglobin; Enzymes: concepts of enzymatic catalysis and examples.<br />
Part 2: Nucleic Acids: Flow of information; Analysis of genomes and molecular evolution; DNA: replication, damage and repair; RNA: transcription and maturation; Proteins: translation, transport and degradation.

Full programme

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Bibliography

J:M: Berg, J.L. Tymoczko, L. Stryer: Biochemistry, VI ed., W.H. Freeman 2006.<br />
G.A. Petsko and D. Ringe: Protein Structure and Function, New Science Press 2004.<br />
J.D. Watson et al.: Molecular Biology of the Gene, VI ed., CSHL Press 2008.

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

Tel. +39 0521 905116
E-mail segsmfn@unipr
 

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Dr. Marco Squarcia
Tel. +39 0521 906094
Office E-mail segreteria.smfi@unipr
Manager E-mail marco.squarcia@unipr.it

 

President of the degree course

Prof. Luigi Cristofolini
E-mail: luigi.cristofolini@unipr.it

Deputy President of the degree course

Prof. Eugenia Polverini
E-mail eugenia.polverini@unipr.it


Faculty advisor

Prof. Danilo Bersani
E-mail danilo.bersani@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Antonella Parisini
E-mail: antonella.parisini@unipr.it 

Prof. Francesco Cugini
E-mail: francesco.cugini@unipr.it 

Career guidance delegate

Prof. Alessio Bosio
E-mail alessio.bosio@unipr.it

Tutor Professors

Prof. Marisa Bonini
E-mail marisa.bonini@unipr.it

Prof. Stefano Carretta
E-mail stefano.carretta@unipr.it

Prof. Eugenia Polverini
E-mail eugenia.polverini@unipr.it

Prof. Cristiano Viappiani
E-mail cristiano.viappiani@unipr.it

 

Erasmus delegates

Prof. Bersani Danilo 
E-mail: bersani.danilo@unipr.it

Prof. Guido D'Amico
E-mail:guido.damico@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

Prof. Paolo Santini 
E-mail: paolo.santini@unipr.it 

Tutor students

Dott. Alessandro Testa
E-mail: alessandro.testa@unipr.it

Contact person for students of vulnerable groups

Prof. Andrea Baraldi Tel: 0521.905234
E-mail: andrea.baraldi@unipr.it