BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

GIUSEPPINA AMODIO BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

1012500003
DIPARTIMENTO DI MEDICINA, CHIRURGIA E ODONTOIATRIA "SCUOLA MEDICA SALERNITANA"
EQF6
IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES
2017/2018

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1SCIENZE BIOCHIMICHE E BIOLOGICHE - MOD. BIOCHIMICA
224LESSONS
2SCIENZE BIOCHIMICHE E BIOLOGICHE - MOD. BIOCHIMICA CLINICA E BILOGIA MOLECOLARE
224LESSONS
3SCIENZE BIOCHIMICHE E BIOLOGICHE - MOD. BIOLOGIA APPLICATA
224LESSONS
Objectives
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS COURSE IS TO GIVE THE STUDENT BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF APPLIED BIOLOGY, CLINIC BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. IN ADDITION, ASPECTS RELATED TO THE DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL IMAGING WILL BE ALSO DISCUSSED.
Prerequisites
KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND PHISICS
Contents
1. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES.
2. AMINOACIDS AND PEPTIDES. PROTEIN STRUCTURE. FIBROUS PROTEINS: THE PECULIAR STRUCTURE OF COLLAGEN. GLOBULAR PROTEINS: MIOGLOBIN AND HAEMOGLOBIN. ENZYMES AND BASICS OF ENZYME KINETICS.
3. BASICS OF BIOENERGETICS, ATP. CARBOHYDRATES CATABOLISM. GLYCOLISIS. KREBS CYCLE. THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN AND THE OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORILATION. LIPIDS CATABOLISM. PROTEIN CATABOLISM. UREA CYCLE. THE CORRELATION AMONG THE DIFFERENT METABOLIC PATHWAYS.
4. GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE CLINICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY.
5. COLLECTING, PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES.
6. REGULATION OF ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE.
7. RENAL FUNCTION AND URINE ANALYSIS.
8. ALTERATIONS IN CARBOHYDRATES AND LIPIDS METABOLISMS.
9. MARKERS OF CARDIAC DAMAGE.
10. TUMOR MARKERS.
11. MOLECULAR TECHNLOGIES IN CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC: PCR AND REAL-TIME PCR, RFLP, HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUES, AUTOMATED ANALYZERS, METHODS FOR MUTATION SCREENING.
12. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF CELL MEMBRANES-LIPID MEMBRANE PROPERTIES AND ROLE OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS IN THE MEMBRANE TRANSPORT
13. MITHOCONDRIA- ORGANIZATION OF CELL METABOLISM-CELLULAR RESPIRATION AND ATP BIOSYNTHESIS
14.ORGANIZATION OF GENOMIC DNA- BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION-GENETIC CODE-MUTATIONS
15. ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF CELLULAR COMPARTMENTS: PEROXYSOMES-ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM -THE SECRETORY PATHWAY –THE GOLGI COMPLEX- EXOCYTOSIS-FUNCTIONS OF THE ENDOSOMAL COMPARTMENT – CYTOSKELETON.
16. CELL DIVISION AND REPRODUCTION. THE CELL CYCLE. MITOSIS. MEIOSIS. SEXUAL REPRODUCTION. FERTILIZATION.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES
MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST TO ASSESS VARIOUS LEVELS OF LEARNING
Verification of learning
MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST AND ORAL EXAM
Texts
ALBERTS ET.AL ESSENTIAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL.
- CHAMPE PC. ET AL. ELEMENTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY. EDIZIONI ZANICHELLI
- BERTOLDI M ET AL. CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. EDIZIONI EDISES
- SAMAJA ET AL. CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. EDIZIONI PICCIN
More Information
75% ATTENDANCE OF CLASS LESSONS AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE IS MANDATORY.
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