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85320 - Biology

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Cinzia Zucchini
                    
                        Credits:
                        2
                    
                        SSD:
                        BIO/13
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 9079)

                                Also valid for
                                
                                    First cycle degree programme (L) in
                                    
                                        Neurophysiopathology techniques (cod. 8482)
                                    
                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

After completing this module, the student has skills on the principles of biology, the living state of matter and the related flow of information in the same. Study of the eukaryotic cell. DNA and RNA.

Course contents

LIVING SYSTEMS Key features of living systems. The central dogma of biology. The cell theory. WATER AND BIOMOLECULES Biological role of water; carbon in the chemistry of life; structure and biological activity of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids. FROM THE GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE The informational molecules. The eukaryotic gene expression: transcription, genetic code and traslation. THE EUKARYOTIC CELL The plasma membrane. Intracellular membrane system: rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosome. The nucleus: chromatine and chromosomes. The mitochondria. MOLECULAR, CELLULAR AND ORGANISM REPRODUCTION. DNA replication. Cell cycle. Mitosis. Meiosis. The gametes in humans.

Readings/Bibliography

Solomon E.P., Berg R.L., Martin D.V. - Elementi di biologia - Ed. EdiSES

two issues edition:

Solomon E.P., Berg R.L., Martin D.V. - Genetica: La continuità della vita - Ed. EdiSES

Solomon E.P., Berg R.L., Martin D.V. – La cellula - Ed. EdiSES

Purves W.K., Sadava D., Orians G.H., Heller H.C. – Elementi di Biologia e Genetica- Ed. Zanichelli

two issues edition:

Purves W.K., Sadava D., Orians G.H., Heller H.C. - L'informazione e l'ereditarietà - Ed. Zanichelli

Purves W.K., Sadava D., Orians G.H., Heller H.C. - La cellula - Ed. Zanichelli)

Campbell NA-Reece JB (Urry, Cane, Wassermann, Minorsky, Jackson) - Biologia e Genetica - ED Pearson 2012

two issues edition:

Campbell-Reece –Biologia. Fascicolo1 La chimica della vita e la cellula – Ed. Pearson Benjiamin Cummings

Campbell-Reece –Biologia. Fascicolo2 La genetica– Ed. Pearson Benjiamin Cummings

Teaching methods

Frontal teaching. Study classroom activities led by the teacher with the aim of helping the student to clarify and deepen the topics previously discussed

Assessment methods

Written test (lasting 1 hour 30 minutes) based on 32 questions with multiple choice answers or open answers. Each correct answer is assessed a point. 18 points are needed to pass the test.

Possible restrictions due to the evolution of the COVID-19 emergency could make it necessary replace the written test with an oral exam in telematic mode through the Teams platform.In this test, students will be asked open questions with short answers.

Teaching tools

Light board and PC to show drawings and diagrams taken from texts and scientific articles, and short films.

Office hours

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