PhD COURSES 2024/2025
The didactic programme consists in two courses that are compulsory for 1st and 2nd year PhD students. Taking a final test is necessary for the acquisition of the training credits (1 TC= 5 hours).
All lessons of the courses organised by the PhD Programme in Experimental Medicine will be held in English.
I YEAR – XL Cycle (8 TCs)
PhD Course of “Experimental Methods: practical and theoretical aspects”
The course will be delivered face-to-face.
Please consult this page frequently for updates.
10 January 2025 – 14:00-17:00; Room B-DIFAR (max. 25 students), Building 10, Viale Benedetto XV, 3.
Prof. Ernesto Fedele (DIFAR-Unige)
“Intracerebral microdialysis: techniques and applications”
24 January 2025 – 14:00-17:00 – Room B-DIFAR (max. 25 students), Building 10, Viale Benedetto XV, 3.
Prof. Anna Pittaluga (DIFAR-UniGe)
“Receptor-receptor interaction: oligomerization and functional cross-talk”
31 January 2025– 14:00-17:00 – Room 7 Didactic Centre “Alberti” (max. 15 students), Building 6, Via L.B. Alberti 4
Prof. Barbara Marengo (DIMES-UniGe)
“Selection and propagation of cancer stem cells: from theory to clinical practice”
07 February 2025 – 14:00-17:00 – Room B Didactic Centre “Alberti” (max. 25 students), Building 6, Via L.B. Alberti 4.
Prof. Enrico Millo (DIMES-UniGe)
“Chemical synthesis of peptides and proteins”
21 February 2025 – 14:00-17:00 – Room 7 Didactic Centre “Alberti” (max. 15 students), Building 6, Via L.B. Alberti 4.
Prof. Marco Nardini (University of Milan)
“Integrated structural biology on transcription factors”
28 February 2025 – 14:00-17:00 -Computer Room BF17, Science Building (basement floor), Viale Benedetto XV, 5
Prof. Simona Candiani (DISTAV-UniGe)
“Genome Annotation and Phylogenetic Analysis”
7 March 2025 – 14:30-17:30 – Room 7 Didactic Centre “Alberti” (max. 15 students), Building 6, Via L.B. Alberti 4.
Dott. Francesco Piacente (DIMES-Unige)
“How to modulate protein expression in eukaryotic cells and whole organisms”
14 March 2025– 14:00-17:00 – Room 7 Didactic Centre “Alberti” (max. 15 students), Building 6, Via L.B. Alberti 4
Dr. Maurizio Bruschi (DIMES-Unige)
“From the diagnostic laboratory to personalized medicine: tips and tricks of the proteomic approach for the identification of new biomarkers”
21 March 2025 – 14:00-17:00 – Room 7 Didactic Centre “Alberti” (max. 15 students), Building 6, Via L.B. Alberti 4.
Dr. Andrea Benzi (DIMES-Unige)
“Approaches to study metabolism in in vivo and ex vivo animal models”
28 March 2025– 14:00-17:00 – Room 7 Didactic Centre “Alberti” (max. 15 students), Building 6, Via L.B. Alberti 4.
Prof. Bruno Pietro Burlando (DIFAR-UniGe)
“Disease conceptualization based on nolinear system dynamics involving a new method for therapeutic target discovery”
4 April 2025 – 14:00-17:00 – Room 5 Didactic Centre “Alberti” (max. 15 students), Building 6, Via L.B. Alberti 4.
Dr. Francesco Piacente (DIMES-UniGe)
“Recombinant proteins production: theory, practical approaches and tips & tricks”
11 April 2025 – 14:00-17:00 – Room B DIFAR (max. 25 students), Building 10, Viale Benedetto XV, 3.
Dr. Alessandro Maccione (Chief Scientific Officer e Co-founder 3Brain IT SRL)
“Extracellular Electrophysiology Techniques for In-Vitro Drug Screening: Overview, Application Cases, and Future Perspectives”
9 May 2025 – 14:00-17:00; Room B DIFAR (max. 25 students), Building 10, Viale Benedetto XV, 3.
Prof. Chiara Cervetto (DIFAR-Unige)
“Superfused synaptosomes and gliosomes to study neuro- and gliotransmission in the CNS”
30 May 2025 – 14:00-17:00 – Room B DIFAR (max. 25 students), Building 10, Viale Benedetto XV, 3.
Dr. Silvia Scaglione (CNR-IEIIT, Genoa)
“Building human biology Complexity: 3D Tissue Models, and Organ-on-Chip Platforms”
12 September 2025 – 14:30-16:00 Final test – Microsoft Teams online platform.
The final test consists in a multiple choice quiz on the topics of all the lessons and is necessary for the acquisition of the TCs.
II YEAR – XXXIX Cycle (5 TCs)
PhD course on “Experimental design and Multivariate analysis”
Prof. Cristina Malegori – DIFAR-UniGe
Prof. Riccardo Leardi – Consultant in Chemometrics
Dr. Emanuele Farinini – Consultant in Chemometrics
Lessons calendar
14:30-17:30 – Room C DIFAR (max. 10 students)- Building 10, Viale Benedetto XV, 3.
4 February 2025 – Elements of univariate analysis and introduction to CAT software.
11 February 2025 – Why multivariate analysis? Unsupervised vs supervised.
18 February 2025 – Principal component analysis: theory and practice.
25 February 2025 – Elements of outlier detection: theory and practice.
4 March 2025 – Design of Experiment.
11 March 2025 – Design of Experiment.
18 March 2025 – Design of Experiment.
25 March 2025– Design of Experiment.
17 June, 15 July, 30 September 2025: final test. The final test will be illustrated by the teacher and is necessary for the acquisition of the TCs.
For the lessons, you need to download the CAT software from: http://gruppochemiometria.it/index.php/software and install it following exactly the instructions of the file “instructions.txt” or watching the tutorial video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVIUJAhMVR0a59m3BG_dR0A.
For Mac, a Windows emulator is required.