BASI BIO FISICHE E MOLECOLARI

7 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

MARINA SCALIA - Module Applied Biology - BIO/13 - 2 CFU

Email: scalia@unict.it
Office: Dipt. Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologiche, Sezione di Biologia e Genetica Giovanni Sichel, Comparto 10, Edificio C,Via S.Sofia 87 95123 Catania
Phone: 328 4044822 ; 0953782074
Office Hours: tutti i lunedì 12,00-14,00

GIUSEPPE POLITI - Module FISICA - FIS/07 - 2 CFU

Email: giuseppe.politi@ct.infn.it
Office: Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia - Edificio 6 Cittadella Universitaria - Stanza 359 terzo piano
Phone: +390953785398
Office Hours: Mercoledì e venerdì dalle 09:00 alle 11:00; altri orari concordabili con email, comunque sempre consigliato per verificare che altri impegni istituzionali non blocchino il docente

CARMELINA DANIELA ANFUSO - Module Biochemistry - BIO/10 - 3 CFU

Email: daniela.anfuso@unict.it
Office: Torre Biologica, Torre Sud, quarto piano. Via Santa Sofia, 97 - 95123 Catania
Phone: +39 095 4781170
Office Hours: Sempre disponibile, previo appuntamento via e-mail

Detailed Course Content

Applied Biology
The general characteristics of living matter. Cell Theory.Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell (structure and functions). Virus (mode of infection, lytic and lysogenic cycle). Chemical composition of living matter. Cell membranes: structure and function of the plasma membrane.The mechanisms of transport across the membrane (simple and facilitated diffusion, active transport). Mechanisms of signal transduction. Smooth and Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum, the Golgi Apparatus, Lysosomes and Peroxisomes. Nucleic Acids: structure and function of DNA and RNA. DNA replication. Mitosis and Meiosis. The human karyotype: normal and pathological karyotypes. The prokaryotic and eukaryotic gene: mechanism of the process of transcription in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes. Mendelian genetics: mode of transmission of hereditary characteristics. The meaning of meiosis.
Biochemistry
1. PROTEIN
2. CHROMOPROTEINS AND THE TRASPORT OF OXYGEN
3. PLASMA PROTEIN AND THEIR CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
4. ENZYMES AND ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS
5. THE CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM
6. THE LIPID METABOLISM
7. THE METABOLISM AMINOACIDS
8. VITAMINS
9. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF HORMONES AND METABOLIC INTEGRATIONS

Textbook Information

Applied Biology

1. Biology and Genetics: G. Chieffi, S.Dolfini, M.Malcovati Quarta Edizione EDISES

2. Elements of Biology and Genetics: Purves, Sadava, Orians, Heller, Editore Zanichelli.

3.Chimica, Biochemistry and Applied Biology Stefani e Taddei, Editore Zanichelli

Biochemistry
1. Introduzione alla Biochimica di Lehninger – D.L. Nelson, M.M. Cox – ZANICHELLI

2. Biochimica medica – Siliprandi, Tettamanti – PICCIN

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