- Docente: Giovanni Barbara
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
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from Jun 12, 2024 to Jun 21, 2024
Learning outcomes
Must learn: 1. the classical and molecular-based methods of studying the intestinal microbiota 2. updated knowledge of microbial ecology 3. knowledge of microflora-induced changes on the intestinal mucosa and at a distance 4. the role of microflora in inflammatory intestinal diseases, in cancer, irritable bowel, pediatric allergies, obesity and diabetes etc.
Course contents
•Microbiota and gastrointestinal diseases:
to. Gastric bacterial microflora and gastric pathologies - Dr. C. Calabrese
b. Microbiota and chronic intestinal inflammatory diseases - Dr. C. Calabrese
• Probiotics and prebiotics:
to. Probiotics: Introduction - Prof. G. Brandi
b. "Specialized" probiotics - Dr. M. Candela
c. Prebiotics and synbiotics - Prof Brigidi
Teaching methods
Oral presentation with slides and examples of clinical cases
Assessment methods
Quiz
Teaching tools
Oral presentation with slides
Links to further information
http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.aspx?UPN=giovanni.brandi%40unibo.it&View=Avvisi&id=68643
Office hours
See the website of Giovanni Barbara