- Docente: Cinzia Zucchini
- Credits: 2
- SSD: BIO/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Neurophysiopathology techniques (cod. 8482)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 8485)
Learning outcomes
After completing this module, the student has skills on the principles of biology, the living state of matter and the related flow of information in the same. Study of the eukaryotic cell. DNA and RNA.
Course contents
LIVING SYSTEMS Key features of living systems. The central dogma of biology. The cell theory. WATER AND BIOMOLECULES Biological role of water; carbon in the chemistry of life; structure and biological activity of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids. FROM THE GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE The informational molecules. The eukaryotic gene expression: transcription, genetic code and traslation. THE EUKARYOTIC CELL The plasma membrane. Intracellular membrane system: rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosome. The nucleus: chromatine and chromosomes. The mitochondria. MOLECULAR, CELLULAR AND ORGANISM REPRODUCTION. DNA replication. Cell cycle. Mitosis. Meiosis. The gametes in humans.
Readings/Bibliography
Solomon E.P., Berg R.L., Martin D.V. - Elementi di biologia - Ed. EdiSES
two issues edition:
Solomon E.P., Berg R.L., Martin D.V. - Genetica: La continuità della vita - Ed. EdiSES
Solomon E.P., Berg R.L., Martin D.V. – La cellula - Ed. EdiSES
Purves W.K., Sadava D., Orians G.H., Heller H.C. – Elementi di Biologia e Genetica- Ed. Zanichelli
two issues edition:
Purves W.K., Sadava D., Orians G.H., Heller H.C. - L'informazione e l'ereditarietà - Ed. Zanichelli
Purves W.K., Sadava D., Orians G.H., Heller H.C. - La cellula - Ed. Zanichelli)
Campbell NA-Reece JB (Urry, Cane, Wassermann, Minorsky, Jackson) - Biologia e Genetica - ED Pearson 2012
two issues edition:
Campbell-Reece –Biologia. Fascicolo1 La chimica della vita e la cellula – Ed. Pearson Benjiamin Cummings
Campbell-Reece –Biologia. Fascicolo2 La genetica– Ed. Pearson Benjiamin Cummings
Teaching methods
Frontal teaching. Study classroom activities led by the teacher with the aim of helping the student to clarify and deepen the topics previously discussed
Assessment methods
Written test (lasting 1 hour 30 minutes) based on 32 questions with multiple choice answers or open answers. Each correct answer is assessed a point. 18 points are needed to pass the test. A supplementary oral examination can be requested by the student.
Teaching tools
Light board and PC to show drawings and diagrams taken from texts and scientific articles, and short films.
Office hours
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