BIOLOGY

Nunziatina DE TOMMASI BIOLOGY

0760400003
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF7
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1BIOLOGIA ANIMALE MODULO DI BIOLOGIA GENERALE
540LESSONS
2BIOLOGIA VEGETALE MODULO DI BIOLOGIA GENERALE
540LESSONS
ExamDate
GENNAIO07/02/2025
GENNAIO07/02/2025
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ANIMAL AND PLANT BIOLOGY
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE:
-COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC CELL
- MECHANISMS OF TRANSMISSION AND EXPRESSION OF GENETIC INFORMATION
- ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PLANT CELL AND ITS IMPORTANCE AS A SOURCE OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULE
-ELEMENTS OF PLANT HISTOLOGY, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE COURSE AIMS TO TRANSFER THE ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AS FOLLOWS:
- FACE AND SOLVE PROBLEMS RELATED TO CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR ANIMAL BIOLOGY.
- REALIZE THE MICROSCOPIC RECOGNITION OF PLANT STRUCTURES AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE MAIN BOTANICAL FAMILIES OF PHARMACEUTICAL INTEREST


Prerequisites
IT IS REQUIRED THE ACQUISITION OF THE OBJECTIVES RELATING TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BIOMOLECULES AND GENERAL CHEMISTRY
Contents
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF TWO MODULES: ANIMAL BIOLOGY (40 H OF LECTURES , 5 CFU) AND PLANT BIOLOGY (40 H OF LECTURES , 5 CFU)

ANIMAL BIOLOGY CONTENTS:

•GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CELLS (2 HR)
•STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE (5 HR)
•THE SYSTEMS OF CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANES: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND MEMBRANE TRAFFICKING (5 HR)
•AEROBIC RESPIRATION AND MITOCHONDRIA (4 HR)
•CYTOSKELETON AND CELL MOTILITY (5 HR)
•CELLULAR COMMUNICATION (3 HR)
•SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION (2 HR)
•DNA, CHROMOSOMES AND GENOMES (2HR)
•THE NUCLEUS AND THE CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION (2 HR)
•REPLICATION AND REPAIR OF DNA (2HR)
•GENE EXPRESSION: FROM TRANSCRIPTION TO TRANSLATION (4 HR)
•CELLULAR REPRODUCTION; (4 HR)


THE PLANT BIOLOGY UNIT CONTENTS:
•CHEMICAL BASIS OF LIFE, THE ORGANIC MOLECULES (4 HR)
•GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CELLS AND PLANT TAXONOMY (4 H)
•PLANT CELL: CELL WALL 3 H
PLANT CELL:VACUOLE 2 H
•PLANT CELL: PLASTIDS AND PHOSYNTHESIS 3 H
•TISSUES OF THE PLANT BODY: PRIMARY MERISTEMS. EPIDERMIS, PARENCHYMA, COLLENCHYMA, SCLERENCHYMA, VASCULAR SYSTEM (8 H)
SECONDARY TISSUES OF THE PLANT BODY (2 H)
•PLANT ORGANS: STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF STEM, ROOT, LEAF, FLOWERS (8 H)
•PLANT REPRODUCTION 4 H
FRUIT (2 H)
Teaching Methods
LECTURES WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE AID OF A POWER POINT SUPPORT. IT IS PLANNED TO SHOW PRESENTATIONS FULL OF PICTURES, GRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS THAT ENABLE MAXIMUM UNDERSTANDING AND SYNTHESIS OF THE TOPICS COVERED.
THE ATTENDANCE TO THE LECTURES OF THE GENERAL BIOLOGY COURSE IS MANDATORY. THE TEACHER WILL COMMUNICATE THE MODE OF ATTENDANCE CONTROL ON THE FIRST LECTURE OF THE COURSE. STUDENTS WHO FAIL TO SATISFY THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT, WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A SERIAL OF INFORMAL TUTORIALS ACCORDING TO THE TEACHER'S INSTRUCTION
Verification of learning
ANIMAL BIOLOGY MODULE:
THE EXAM IS STRUCTURED IN A WRITTEN AND AN ORAL TEST THAT TAKE PLACE ON CALENDARIZED DAYS, TO BE TAKEN IN THE SAME EXAM AND FOR BOTH AN EVALUATION IN 30THS. EACH TEST IS INTENDED TO BE PASSED WITH THE MINIMUM VOTE OF 18/30.
THE WRITTEN TEST IS PREPARATORY AND MANDATORY TO THE ORAL TEST AND CONSISTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF 30 QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE ANSWER AND BLOCKED CHOICE. IT HAS A DURATION NOT EXCEEDING 40 MINUTES AND THE SUBJECT WILL TAKE TOPICS RELATING TO THE PROGRAM OF THE COURSE AND ARE AIMED AT VERIFYING THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS PROPOSED.
THE ORAL TEST CONSISTS OF A DISCUSSION OF THE DURATION NOT EXCEEDING 30 MINUTES, AIMED AT ASKING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF THEORETICAL CONTENT, LANGUAGE PROPERTIES, LOGICAL / DEDUCTIVE AND SYNTHESIS SKILLS, ARGUMENTATION SKILLS
THE FINAL MARK IS GIVEN BY THE EVALUATION OF EACH SINGLE TEST (EACH WITH A MINIMUM RESULT 18/30) GIVING PARTICULAR WEIGHT TO THE ORAL TEST.
DURING THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY OUT 2 TESTS IN ITINERE (NOT MANDATORY).
THE PROGRAM OF THE COURSE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO BLOCKS OF LESSONS AND EACH IN ITINERE TEST WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT THE END OF EACH BLOCK. THE DATES OF PERFORMANCE OF THE ABOVE TESTS WILL BE AGREED WITH THE ATTENDING STUDENTS (MINIMUM 75% OF THE FREQUENCIES FOR EACH SINGLE TEST)
PASSING THE TESTS IN ITINERE (WITH A MINIMUM MARK FOR EACH SINGLE TEST OF 18/30) EXEMPTS THE STUDENT FROM THE WRITTEN TEST. THE EXEMPTION IS VALID ONLY FOR THE SESSION AFTER THE COURSE




PLANT BIOLOGY MODULE
WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAMINATIONS.
WRITTEN TEXT: 30 MULTIPLE CHOISE QUESTIONS (60 MINUTES, NO NEGATIVE MARKS) REGARDING THE MAIN LEARNING OUTCOMES. THE WRITTEN TEST (18/30) IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE ORAL EXAMINATION
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE EXAM BY MEANS OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, IT WILL BE DETERMINED WHETHER THE STUDENT HAS ACQUIRED GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURSE CONTENTS, AND IF THE STUDENT GAINED THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND AND TO EXPLAIN THE MAIN TOPICS. THE STUDENT DISCUSSING THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE COURSE, HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE CRITICAL THOUGHT AND AWARENESS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE FIELD OF STUDY.
PLANT BIOLOGY MODULE
WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAMINATIONS.
WRITTEN TEXT: 30 MULTIPLE CHOISE QUESTIONS (60 MINUTES, NO NEGATIVE MARKS) REGARDING THE MAIN LEARNING OUTCOMES. THE WRITTEN TEST (18/30) IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE ORAL EXAMINATION
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE EXAM BY MEANS OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, IT WILL BE DETERMINED WHETHER THE STUDENT HAS ACQUIRED GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURSE CONTENTS, AND IF THE STUDENT GAINED THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND AND TO EXPLAIN THE MAIN TOPICS. THE STUDENT DISCUSSING THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE COURSE, HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE CRITICAL THOUGHT AND AWARENESS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE FIELD OF STUDY.

DURING THE COURSE, THE STUDENT ALSO HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO CARRY OUT PARTIAL TESTS (IN-ITINERE). A FIRST IN-ITINERE TEST ON: ORIGIN OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION, AUTOTROPHIC AND HETEROTROPHIC METABOLISM, PLANT CELL, PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PLANT TISSUES, CONSISTING OF 14 BLOCKED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND 4 OPEN QUESTIONS (60 MINUTES AVAILABLE; MINIMUM 18 MAXIMUM 30 POINTS;
A SECOND IN-ITINERE TEST ON: THE LEAF ANATOMY, STEM, ROOT, FLOWER, REPRODUCTION, FERTILISATION CONSISTING OF 14 BLOCKED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND 4 OPEN QUESTIONS (60 MINUTES; MINIMUM 18 , MAXIMUM 30 POINTS)
THE DATES OF PERFORMANCE OF IN-ITINERE TESTS ARE ESTABLISHED AND AGREED WITH THE ATTENDING STUDENTS, AND NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE TO THE STUDENTS.
THE PASSING OF THE PARTIAL TESTS MAY EXEMPT FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WRITTEN TEST. THE EXEMPTION APPLIES EXCLUSIVELY TO THE EXAMINATION SESSION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TEACHING SESSION.

FOR STUDENTS WHO DID NOT TAKE THE IN-ITINERE TESTS, THE EXAM PROVIDES A WRITTEN TEST ON THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE
THE FINAL GRADE IS GIVEN BY THE AVERAGE OF THE VOTES OBTAINED FOR EACH MODULE






Texts
APPLIED BIOLOGY:
GINELLI E., MALCOVATI M. MOLECOLE, CELLULE E ORGANISMI- EDISES
ALBERTS B. ET AL - ESSENTIAL CELL BIOLOGY 5TH EDITION
BECKER “WORLD OF THE CELL”, PEARSON
KARP G.- CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: CONCEPT AND EXPERIMENTS


PLANT BIOLOGY READING:
RAVEN BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

LONGO CLAUDIO - BIOLOGIA DELLE PIANTE. FORME E FUNZIONI ELEMENTARI - ED. UTET
MAUSETTI ED. JAMES -BOTANICA , FONDAMENTI DI BIOLOGIA DELLE PIANTE,- IDELSON-GNOCCHI
AND
SPERANZA G.L. ET AL. – STRUTTURA DELLE PIANTE IN IMMAGINI. ZANICHELLI
MAUGINI E., BOTANICA FARMACEUTICA. PICCIN EDITORE
PASQUA G. ET AL. BOTANICA GENERALE E DIVERSITÀ VEGETALE (PICCIN)
PLANT BIOLOGY EDITED BY: HEINZ RENNENBERG AND J.T.M. ELZENGA, WILEY
BOTANICA FARMACEUTICA E FARMACOGNOSIA
PIANTE OFFICINALI, DROGHE E PRODOTTI ERBORISTICI
GIANNI SACCHETTI, HOEPLI.

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ANIMAL BIOLOGY: PROF SILVIA FRANCESCHELLI
PLANT BIOLOGY: PROF NUNZIATINA DE TOMMASI
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LOCATION DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY
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