- Docente: Giovanni Perini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/18
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Molecular and cellular biology (cod. 8021)
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire notions about the basic molecular mechanisms
responsible for epigenetic phenomena
Course contents
Lectures will deal with the following subject matters: X-chromosome
inactivation, Genomic imprinting, Allelic exclusion, paramutation
in plants, RNA interference, chromatin organization, DNA
methylation, HSP90 buffering.
Readings/Bibliography
Scientific papers from top ranked journals such as Cell, Science, and Nature.
Teaching methods
Standard lectures and paper-reading
Assessment methods
Organization and writing of a research proposal on one specific
subject based on the papers read and discussed in class.
Teaching tools
Slides and papers from scientific journals
Office hours
See the website of Giovanni Perini