PhD Courses
All PhD courses are conducted 'in person' and are delivered in English.
Science Communication
Teacher in charge: Elisabetta Mutto Accordi |
Teaching Hours: 13 |
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 1 |
Course period: January: 27, 16:00-18.00 RL room | 28, 16:00-18.00 RM room | 29, 16:00-18.00 RL room February: 4, 15:00-18.10 RL room | 5, 16:00-17.30 RL room | 11, 15:00-18.10 RL room | 12, 16:00-17.30 RL room | 17, 15:00-18.10 RL room | 21, 16:00-18.10 RL room |
Course unit contents
Science communication - Communication process - Content selection - Storytelling - Persona Branding - Written communication - Public speaking – PowerPoint presentations
The course is dedicated to students of the 3rd year and secondly to students of 2nd year.
course syllabus
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Nanomedicine: from dream to applications?
Teacher in charge: Regina Tavano, Emanuele Papini, Giulio Fracasso, Laura Fusco |
Teaching Hours: 10 |
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 2 |
Course period: April 28-29-30 | May 5, 15.30-18.00 RL room |
Course unit contents
The course includes the following lessons:
- Introduction to Nanotechnology: why is something so small so big? What are the challenges of implementing nanomedicine?
- Surface-masking, protein-corona, biodistribution; how to integrate preclinical models and humans?
- Therapeutic applications (i.e. drug transporter, photodynamic therapy, photothermal ablation)
- Biocompatibility and biomedical applications of new two-dimensional nanomaterials: MXenes
A journey with the cytotoxic lymphocytes
Teacher in charge: Denis Martinvalet |
Teaching Hours: 10 |
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 2 |
Course period: May 23-26-27-28-30 |
Course unit contents
The course includes the following lessons:
- Self and non-self for the cytotoxic lymphocytes: A general introduction to basic immunology;
- Cytotoxic lymphocytes in the body: Histology of lymphoid tissues;
- Development, function and pathology of cytotoxic lymphocytes;
- Mechanisms of lymphocyte cytotoxicity. 5. Cytotoxic lymphocytes in the clinic.
Notes for statistical data analyses
Teacher in charge: Federico Ferraccioli |
Teaching Hours: 20 |
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 3 |
Course period: January 15-16-17-28-29, 9:00-12:00 |
Course unit contents
- Statistical inference: hypothesis testing, interpretation of p-value, types of errors, power. Confidence intervals. The problem of multiple tests;
- Basic methods: inference on proportions and means, comparisons of two or more samples. Non-parametric alternatives (Wilcoxon, Kruskall-Wallis);
- Advanced methods: One-way or two-way analysis of variance. Introduction to regression models. Introduction to principal component analysis.
The little brain in the heart: journey through the cardiac nervous circuits
Teacher in charge: Tania Zaglia, Marco Mongillo |
Teaching Hours: 10 |
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 2 |
Course period: March-April 2025 |
Course unit contents
The course includes the following lessons:
- Vegetative neuro-modulation of the heart;
- Unveiling previously neglected roles of the cardiac autonomic nervous system: a leap from traditional physiology;
- The optogenetics era: a light touch to reveal the deep and dark secrets of cardiac innervation;
- Tissue clearing: an innovative methodology to clear the cardiac nervous tangles 5. Can artificial intelligence predict the thoughts of little heart brain?
Astrocytes at the center of the brain of neurons
Teacher in charge: To be defined |
Teaching Hours: 10 |
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 2 |
Course period: May 12, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 13, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 14, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 16, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 19, 16:00-18:00 RL room |
Course unit contents
The course includes the following lessons:
- Introduction to astrocytes, general aspects and brief history;
- Changing the flow: astrocytes and neurovascular coupling
- Astrocytes: from calcium signaling to behavior;
- Astrocytes and anxiety-like behavior;
- The dark side: astrocytes in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.
The world of RNA: from cell biology to personalized medicine
Teacher in charge: Rosario Rizzuto, Annamaria Lia |
Teaching Hours: 10 |
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 2 |
Course period: June 3, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 4, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 6, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 10, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 11, 16:00-18:00 RL room |
Course unit contents
- Introduction to the world of RNA;
- RNA Delivery: strategies and limitations;
- mRNA based strategies: applications;
- RNA interference and ASOs;
- siRNA: advantages and examples.
Skeletal muscle atrophy: from signaling pathways to the emerging role of lysosomal signaling in physiology and disease
Teacher in charge: To be defined |
Teaching Hours: 10 |
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 2 |
Course period: June 16, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 17, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 23, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 24, 16:00-18:00 RL room | 25, 16:00-18:00 RL room |
Course unit contents
The course includes the following lessons:
- Skeletal muscle: introduction to tissue complexity;
- Signaling pathways controlling muscle mass;
- Lysosomes biology: from early discoveries to novel emerging functions;
- Lysosomes biology: from trash bins to signaling hubs;
- Novel insights into lysosomal function in muscle atrophy.