Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Docente: Rita Casadio
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: FIS/07
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics (cod. 8025)

Learning outcomes

The student will acquire basic knowledge on modern biology, learning how to cope deal with biological complexity both structurally and functionally. Insights into cell complexity will be used to model higher order systems with specialised functions. Focus will be on how to model complex biological systems

Course contents

The physical and biological complexity. How to model biological problems. Molecular and mesoscopic approaches: what is necessary to link different domains of investigations. The cell and systhetic biology. In silico models of cells. Molecular elements: DNA, Proteins and biological nanomachines. The Universe of biological structures and that of biological sequences. The omic era in modern biology and data analysis. Interactions networks to understand molecular interactions. Increasing levels of complexity. The human brain and its connectome: modern neurosciences. Biomedical applications.

Readings/Bibliography

Suggested reviews and scientific papers. Suggested books

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures and tutored working groups

Assessment methods

Mid term written assessments and final oral examination

Teaching tools

Slides, on line, demo

Office hours

See the website of Rita Casadio