- Docente: Pierluigi Strippoli
- Credits: 1
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)
Learning outcomes
Summarize the principles and applications of relevant cellular, molecular and genetic techniques.
Course contents
Lab activities will consist in:
- amplifying DNA: cell-based DNA cloning (using a specific software)
- mitosis and meiosis animations and tests
- gene structure analysis (using the main biological databases)
- learning the use of the main query commands of the online database Pubmed
- studying a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a genomic sequence (using a specific software) and DNA extraction
- amplifying DNA: polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
- DNA sequencing (Sanger sequencing)
Readings/Bibliography
Web sites, collected in: http://apollo11.isto.unibo.it/
Teaching methods
Theory followed by computer exercise. Minimum attendace requirement: 60% of lessons.
Assessment methods
As described for the Integrated Course.
Teaching tools
Blackboard and chalk, slides, web sites.
Office hours
See the website of Pierluigi Strippoli
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.