BIOLOGY

Silvia FRANCESCHELLI BIOLOGY

0760200044
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
CORSO DI LAUREA MAGISTRALE A CICLO UNICO DI 5 ANNI
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
2014/2015

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1BIOLOGIA ANIMALE MODULO DI BIOLOGIA GENERALE
540LESSONS
2BIOLOGIA VEGETALE MODULO DI BIOLOGIA GENERALE
540LESSONS
Objectives
THIS COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS WITH A RATIONAL AND LOGICAL APPROACH TO IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF PLANT CELL; THE STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS TISSUES AND ORGANS, AND TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION. BY THE END OF THIS COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE DEVELOPED A KNOWLEDGE BASE TO SUPPORT LIFELONG INTEREST AND LEARNING IN BIOLOGY AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO: ASK QUESTIONS, DEVELOP HYPOTHESES, DESIGN OBSERVATIONS TO TEST HYPOTHESES, AND REACH CONCLUSIONS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THOSE OBSERVATIONS.
TO TRAIN THE STUDENT TO DEVELOP AND USE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT, THE INTERACTIONS AND DISCUSSION WITH THE TEACHER AND, THE OTHER STUDENTS, WILL BE USED. DURING THIS MODULE THE SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION BETWEEN STUDENTS WILL BE STIMULATED WITH THE AIM TO STIMULATE LEARNING, TO DEVELOP SELF-AWARENESS, CRITICAL SPIRIT AND INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT.

ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS MODULE, THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT AND JUSTIFY THE FUNDAMENTAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY IN A FORMAL DISCUSSION, USING A WIDE RANGE OF PLANT BIOLOGY EXPRESSIONS- THEY WILL BE THOROUGHLY FAMILIAR WITH THE BIOLOGY TOPIC AND WILL RESPOND CONFIDENTLY TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY.
THE TEACHING OF THE COURSE, WHICH COMBINES THE KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT BIOLOGY AT AN APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE, DEVELOPS LOGIC SKILLS AND CREATES THE MOTIVATIONS THAT CAN STIMULATE THE STUDY OF PLANT BIOLOGY.
THE STUDENTS WILL BE TRAINED TO USE AND CARRY OUT THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AS A FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISM FOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND SOLVING SPECIFIC PROBLEMS, AND TO EVOLVE THEIR JUDGMENTS, AS WELL AS THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACQUIRED. STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO EVALUATE THEIR LEARNING, TO GET MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ADEQUACY OF THEIR STUDYING AND THE ACQUIRED BIOLOGY KNOWLEDGE.
Prerequisites
GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND TO HAVE THE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACID, LIPIDS AND CARBOHYDRATE.
Contents

ANIMAL BIOLOGY: CHEMICAL BASIS OF LIFE: THE ORGANIC MOLECULES
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CELLS
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE
THE SYSTEMS OF CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANES: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND MEMBRANE TRAFFICKING
AEROBIC RESPIRATION AND MITOCHONDRIA
CYTOSKELETON AND CELL MOTILITY
DNA, CHROMOSOMES AND GENOMES
GENE EXPRESSION: FROM TRANSCRIPTION TO TRANSLATION
THE NUCLEUS AND THE CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION
REPLICATION AND REPAIR OF DNA
CELLULAR REPRODUCTION
MENDELIAN GENETICS

THE PLANT BIOLOGY COVERS A VARIETY OF TOPICS WHICH WERE FORMERLY INCLUDED IN BIOLOGY COURSES.. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MAJOR GENERALIZATIONS IN BIOLOGY. THE MAJOR PATTERNS OF DIVERSITY AMONG PLANTS, AND THE CHARACTERS AND TYPES OF DATA USED TO CLASSIFY PLANTS. BIODIVERSITY PROSPECTING. THE CHEMICAL AND CELLULAR BASIS OF LIFE, AND THE BIOLOGY OF ORGANISMS. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY METABOLITES THE MOLECULAR COMPOSITION OF PLANTS CELLS. INTRODUCTION TO THE PLANT CELL. MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND MEMBRANOUS ORGANELLES. VACUOLE. CELL WALL. PLASTIDS. TISSUES OF THE PLANT BODY. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MERISTEMS. EPIDERMIS, PARENCHYMA, COLLENCHYMA, SCLERENCHYMA,VASCULAR SYSTEM, SECRETORY SYSTEM. PLANT ORGANS. STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF STEM, ROOT, LEAF. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY: THE FLOW OF ENERGY, RESPIRATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, LIGHT, AND LIFE. STARCH BIOSYNTHESIS
Teaching Methods
LECTURES, SEMINARS, TUTORILAS
Verification of learning
WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAMINATIONS. THE WRITTEN TEST IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE ORAL EXAMINATION

WRITTEN PAPER REGARDIND THE MAIN LEARNING OUTCOMES.
ORAL EXAMINATION. THE STUDENT WILL DISCUSS THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE COURSE, TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE CRITICAL THOUGHT AND AWARENESS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE FIELD OF STUDY.
Texts
GERALD KARP, “CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY-CONCEPTS AND EXPERIMENTS” ED. JHON WILEY & SONS, INC.
H. LODISH ET AL., "MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY", ED. FREEMAN
COLOMBO ET AL., “BIOLOGIA DELLA CELLULA”, ED EDI-ERMES
LONGO C., BIOLOGIA VEGETALE: FORME E FUNZIONI , ED. UTET
E. MAUGINI, BOTANICA FARMACEUTICA, PICCIN , PADOVA
SOLOMON, BERG, MARTIN, STRUTTURA E PROCESSI VITALI NELLE PIANTE, ED. EDISES.
RAVEN P.H., EVERT R.F., EICHORN. S.E., BIOLOGIA DELLE PIANTE, ED. ZANICHELLI
More Information
ANIMAL BIOLOGY: PROF SILVIA FRANCESCHELLI
PLANT BIOLOGY: PROF NUNZIATINA DE TOMMASI
LECTURES IN ITALIAN

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