INTERACTOMICS: AN OVERVIEW

Anna MARABOTTI INTERACTOMICS: AN OVERVIEW

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
P.H.D. COURSE
CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
2022/2023

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
18LESSONS
Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THIS TEACHING AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENT TO THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE
COMPLEX MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS UNDERLYING THE FUNCTIONING OF LIVING ORGANISMS, AND TO THE WAY IN
WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO STUDY THESE INTERACTIONS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPROACHES. THE STUDENT WILL
THEREFORE UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THE SIMPLEST ORGANISMS SUCH AS BACTERIA OR CELLS DEPEND, FOR THEIR
SURVIVAL, ON THE INTERCHANGE AND RECIPROCAL REGULATION OF THE VARIOUS MOLECULAR ENTITIES, AND WILL KNOW
THE TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED FOR THEIR STUDY.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
AT THE END OF THIS TEACHING, THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH
MACROMOLECULES (IN PARTICULAR, PROTEINS) INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, AND THE TECHNIQUES, BOTH "WET" AND
"IN SILICO", DEVELOPED FOR THEIR STUDY, UNDERSTANDING THEIR LIMITATIONS AND THEREFORE WHICH TECHNIQUES
ARE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE STUDY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHENOMENA OF INTEREST.
Prerequisites
THE SUCCESSFUL ATTENDANCE OF TEACHING REQUIRES BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMICAL
TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF MACROMOLECULES (IN PARTICULAR, PROTEINS).
Contents
THE TEACHING IS DIVIDED INTO LECTURES. THE TOPICS COVERED ARE THE FOLLOWING:
- INTRODUCTION TO INTERACTOMICS: HISTORICAL NOTES, MEANING, APPLICATIONS: ABOUT 2H OF FRONTAL LESSONS
- MAIN METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF INTERACTOMICS IN VIVO: YEAST-2-HYBRID AND VARIANTS, TANDEM AFFINITY
PURIFICATION: ABOUT 2H OF FRONTAL LESSONS
- MAIN METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF INTERACTOMICS IN VITRO: CO-IMMUNOPRECIPITATION, PULLDOWN, SPR,
CROSSLINKS: ABOUT 2H OF LECTURES
- MAIN COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR THE PREDICTION AND CATALOGING OF PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS: ABOUT
2 HOURS OF LECTURES.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES 8 HOURS (1 CFU) OF LECTURES, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE WITH THE HELP OF SLIDE
PROJECTIONS AND ACCESS TO MULTIMEDIA MATERIAL FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE
Verification of learning
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEACHING OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED BY PASSING AN EXAM WITH EVALUATION THROUGH
A JUDGMENT OF MERIT (INSUFFICIENT, SUFFICIENT, GOOD, EXCELLENT). VERIFICATION OF LEARNING WILL TAKE PLACE
THROUGH AN ORAL INTERVIEW THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE.
Texts
THE TEACHER WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH UPDATED REVIEWS RELATING TO THEORETICAL TOPICS AND SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES WITH PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION OF THE TECHNIQUES COVERED IN THE COURSE.
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REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT LECTURES IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
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