Delivered study plan 2024/2025

 

 



I Year XL Cycle

1 CFU (8 hours) 
 		 Strategies in drug discovery and drug analysis    
Teacher Dr Domiziana Masci    
Course Dates Time Where
Introduction to the Drug Discovery
and Development Process		 07/02/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019
Strategies in drug discovery_Part 1 14/02/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019
Strategies in drug discovery_Part 2 21/02/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019
Strategies in drug discovery_Part 3 22/02/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019
       
1 CFU (8 hours)  Metabolomic analysis in food sciences    
Teacher Dr Cinzia Ingallina    
Course Dates Time Where
Primary and secondary metabolism 17/02/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU018
Metabolomic analysis in food science 18/02/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019
Metabolomic approach in natural product research 24/02/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU018
Common synthetic scaffolds in the synthesis of structurally diverse natural 25/02/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019
       
1 CFU (8 hours)  Biochemistry of bioactive peptides    
Teacher Dr Bruno Casciaro    
Course Dates Time Where
Introduction to bioactive peptides 17/02/2025 9.00 – 11.00 Aula B CU018
Antimicrobial peptides 18/02/2025 9.00 – 11.00 Aula B CU019
Nanotechnologies to ameliorate the biological profile of antimicrobial peptides 24/02/2025 9.00 – 11.00 Aula B CU018
Methodologies for the characterization of bioactive peptides 25/02/2025 9.00 – 11.00 Aula B CU019
       
1 CFU (8 hours)  Food contaminants and their determination: theory and applications     
Teacher Prof Lara Manyes i Font    
Course Dates Time Where
Concepts and classification according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the rapid alert system for feed and food (RASFF). TBD TBD TBD
Food analysis: aims, types, sampling, sample preparation and analysis. TBD TBD TBD
Omics in food quality and safety TBD TBD TBD
Functional ingredients and mycotoxins TBD TBD TBD
       
1 CFU (8 hours)  Sustainable advanced extraction techniques for the recovery of bioactive compounds    
Teacher Dr GloriaDomìniguez Rodrìguez    
Course Dates Time Where
Principles of green sample preparation TBD TBD TBD
Conventional extraction techniques employed for the extraction of bioactive compounds TBD TBD TBD
Predictive tools to select extraction solvents and emerging green solvents TBD TBD TBD
Advanced extraction techniques TBD TBD TBD



































































II Year XXXXI Cycle
1 CFU (8 hours)  Natural organic compounds of food and pharmaceutical interest  
 
 		  
 
 
Teacher Dr Marco Franceschin    
Course Dates Time Where
Techniques for the study and
characterization of secondary
metabolites; main biogenetic
pathways
Acetate and mevalonate pathway:
terpenes and cannabinoids		 23/06/2025 16.00 – 18.00  TBD
Shikimic acid pathway: flavonoids
Examples of secondary metabolites
with known biological activity		 30/06/2025 16.00 – 18.00   TBD
Alkaloids: examples of natural
antitumoral compounds
Natural antioxidants (polyphenols,
vitamin E and vitamin C)
Nutrition facts label: food and drug
additives (preservatives and
colorants)		 07/07/2025 16.00 – 18.00   TBD


 
Module 3 “quality” of the dossier:
structure and information; basis of
GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)		 14/07/2025 16.00 – 18.00   TBD
1 CFU (8 hours)  Multidimensional mass spectrometry for applications in the (bio) chemical, pharmaceutical and food fields    
Teacher Dr Davide Corinti    
Course Dates Time Where
Introduction to Mass Spectrometry  20/01/2025 16.00 – 18.00 Aula B CU019
Ion sources (ESI, APCI, MALDI, APPI) and their application in life sciences
Ion activation methods (CID, UVPD, IRPD, EXD) with examples		 22/01/2025 16.00 – 18.00 Aula B CU019
Ion mobility-MS and its use for complex biological matrices and native mass spectrometry of biomolecular ions 27/01/2025 16.00 – 18.00 Aula B CU019
MALDI imaging for clinical diagnosis and analysis of biological tissues  29/01/2025 16.00 – 18.00 Aula B CU019
       
1 CFU (8 hours)  Development of NMR protocols for food analysis    
Teacher Dr Mattia Spano    
Course Dates Time Where
Novel foods: definition 21/01/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
The case study of Canapa 28/01/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
The case study of Insect 04/02/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
Advanced methodologies to study novel foods 11/02/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
1 CFU (8 hours)  Advanced methodologies for studying complex matrices    
Teacher Prof Andrea Calcaterra    
Course Dates Time Where
Introduction to natural products, extraction, isolation, and structure elucidation. Classifications in synthetic methodology, retrosynthetic analysis, synthons and reagents, group disconnections 20/01/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
Regio- and chemoselectivity. Asimmetric synthesis, chiral auxiliary, racemic resolution. Useful reactions in total synthesis 22/01/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
Useful reactions in total synthesis. Control of stereochemistry. Catalytic asymmetric reactions 27/01/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
Total synthesis of thyroxine, longifolene, reserpine, strychnine 29/01/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
1 CFU (8 hours)  Cycle of advanced lessons    
Teacher Prof Stefano Stranges    
Course Dates Time Where
Chiral photon/chiral molecule interaction as a spectroscopic tool for chiral recognition 24/06/2025 9.00-11.00  Aula B CU019
Teacher Prof Maria Elisa Crestoni    
Course Dates Time Where
Exploring the intrinsic properties of
bioinorganic complexes by ion-
molecule reactions		 09/07/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula C CU018
Teacher Prof Alessia Ciogli    
Course Dates Time Where
A dynamic approach to investigate the stereochemical (in)stability of chiral compounds 30/01/2025 11:00 – 13:00 Aula B CU019
Teacher Prof. Luisa Mannina    
Course Dates Time Where
NMR methodologies in the study of complex  28/05/2025 9.00-11.00 lesson on line
Teacher Prof Barbara Chiavarino    
Course Dates Time Where
Advanced ion spectroscopy techniques: identification and structural characterization 07/07/2025 14.00-16.00 Aula Carelli CU019
Teacher Prof. Giancarlo Fabrizi    
Course Dates Time Where
Click chemistry, a powerful molecular assembly tool for the widest range of   TBD   TBD  TBD 











































































































III Year XXXVIII Cycle
1 CFU (8 hours)  Advanced techniques in separation science for unravelling the complexity of natural products and (bio)pharmaceuticals: from small chiral molecules to peptides    
Teacher Dr Simone Manetto    
Course Dates Time Where
Introduction to Ultra-High-Performance Chromatography (UHPC)
Understanding the Thermodynamics of Retention Factor and Selectivity
Introduction to Chromatographic Kinetics (Efficiency)
Principles and Applications of Chiral Chromatography
Techniques for Separating Chiral Molecules
Advanced Methods for Resolving Enantiomers		 07/02/2025 15.00 – 19:00 Aula B CU019
Specific Techniques for Separating Proteins and Peptides
Challenges in Detecting Impurities in Therapeutic Peptides (e.g., epimers)		 14/02/2025 17.00 – 19:00 Aula B CU019
Introduction to Multidimensional Liquid Chromatography
In-depth Exploration of Bidimensional Chromatography (2D-LC)		 21/02/2025 17.00 – 19:00 Aula B CU019
1 CFU (8 hours)  Biochemical aspects of nutrition    
Teacher Prof Anna Maria Giusti    
Course Dates Time Where
Food total quality definition   16/07/2025   15.00 – 17.00  TBD
Total food Quality: effects of thermal treatment on phytochemical contents in plant foods 17/07/2025  15.00-17.00  TBD
Photoacustic techniques applied to non desctructive analysis of phytochemicals in plant foods,  Part I  18/07/2025  15.00-17.00  TBD
Photoacustic techniques applied to non desctructive analysis of phytochemicals in plant foods, Part II    21/07/2025  15.00-17.00  TBD
1 CFU (8 hours)  Cycle of advanced lessons    
Teacher Dr Luana Izzo    
Course Dates Time Where
Bioaccessibility of food waste bioactive compounds under in vitro gastrointestinal  TBD  TBD lesson online
Case study - Dairy by-products  TBD  TBD lesson online
Teacher Dr Valeria Antonietta Pietropaolo    
Course Dates Time Where
Antiviral activity of vegetable matrices against viruses 25/02/2025 14.30 – 15.30 lesson online
Teacher Prof Antonella Goggiamani    
Course Dates Time Where
Recent advances in metal-assisted cross-coupling processes 12/06/2025 16.00 – 18.00 Aula B CU019
Teacher Prof Patrizia Paolicelli    
Course Dates Time Where
Micro and nanoencapsulation of biologically active molecules: new trends and challenges 04/07/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU018
  Cycle of lesson Closure    
Teacher Prof Caterina Scuderi    
Course Dates Time Where
Journal club 16/06/2025 17.00 – 19.00 Aula A CU019
Teacher Prof Chiara Di Meo    
Course Dates Time Where
Journal club 12/06/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
Teacher Prof Giuseppe La Regina    
Course Dates Time Where
How to write the PhD thesis 16/06/2025 15.00 – 17.00 Aula A CU019
Teacher Prof Giovanna Poce    
Course Dates Time Where
Journal club 09/06/2025 9.00 – 11.00  Aula B
 

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