- Docente: Alessandra Pagliarani
- Credits: 4
- SSD: BIO/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Animal Biotechnology (cod. 8522)
Learning outcomes
The course is aimed at providing students with the basic notions of biochemistry. These bases, required to understand the metabolic transformations and the transmission of information in animals, will contribute to build the required knowledge tools to deepen the studies in the field of biotechnology.
Course contents
The course is addressed to strengthen the basic biochemical concepts, required to understand the metabolic processes in animals. The following topics will be considered: enzyme function and regulation mechanisms; the main metabolic patways and the role of the metabolic crossroads glucose-6 phosphate, piruvate and acetylCoA; the metabolic role of selected tissues (liver, brain, muscle anf fat depots) and the activation/inhibition of metabolic pathways in the fed-fast cycle; notions on nutrient metabolism (glucides, lipids, proteins) in mono-and polygastric animals; the basic mechanisms of cell signalling and of information transmission.
Readings/Bibliography
Lesson slides will be available on the AlmaDL site.
The following biochemistry text is recommended:
D.L. Nelson, M.M. Cox Introduzione alla biochimica di Lehninger, 5 edizione, 2015
Teaching methods
Lessons and practical activities in classroom (video projections, blank maps) and in the lab
Assessment methods
Oral exam including a power-point presentation of a topic selected among those of the course contents. The final mark will be 50% on the presentation and 50% on other topics of the programme.
Teaching tools
Blackboard, video-projector, networked pc, molecular models (Cochranes molecular models-Sigma-Aldrich)
Office hours
See the website of Alessandra Pagliarani