- Docente: Rita Casadio
- Credits: 4
- SSD: BIO/10
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Bioinformatics (cod. 8020)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student acquires the basic elements of biomolecular structure and function and the most appropriate models for their descriptions. In particular, student acquires skills concerning: - Basic elements of cell biology - Basic elements of structural and functional biology - Basic notions of kinetics and thermodynamics for modelling relevant biological functions in Systems Biology.
Course contents
Biological problems and the development of the modern biology. Biological complexity. The system Cell and its components: orders of magnitude and the integration of information. Classical biophysics at molecular biophysics. Protein folding and protein interaction with DNA.Biological networks of interaction. Molecular function, biological processes and cell compartments. Meaning of models in biology. Cell and Human complexity.
Readings/Bibliography
Suggested readings, critical reviews and material on line
Teaching methods
Lectures, practicals, lab activities
Assessment methods
The assessment will be written, based on questions and an oral
section
Teaching tools
Videobeam, PC, overhead projector, laboratory activity
Office hours
See the website of Rita Casadio