Offerta formativa erogata 2024/2025

 

I° year (40° Cycle)  

  Dr Domiziana Masci
Strategies in drug discovery and drug analysis      
Course Dates Time Where  
Introduction to the Drug Discovery
and Development Process
07/07/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019  
Strategies in drug discovery_Part 1 14/07/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019  
Strategies in drug discovery_Part 2 21/07/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019  
Strategies in drug discovery_Part 3 22/07/2025 11.00 – 13.00 Aula B CU019  
Dr Cinzia Ingallina Metabolomic analysis in food sciences      
Primary and secondary metabolism
Metabolomic analysis in food science
18/02/2025 09.00-13.00 Aula B CU019  
 
Metabolomic approach in natural product research
Common synthetic scaffolds in the synthesis of structurally diverse natural
25/02/2025 09.00-13.00    
Aula B CU019  
Dr Bruno Casciaro Biochemistry of bioactive peptides      
Introduction to bioactive peptides
Antimicrobial peptides
17/02/2025 09.00-13.00 Aula B CU018  
Nanotechnologies to ameliorate the biological profile of antimicrobial peptides
Methodologies for the characterization of bioactive peptides
24/02/2025 09.00-13.00 Aula B CU018  
Prof Lara Manyes i Font Food contaminants and their determination: theory and applications       
Omics in food quality and safety 19/07/25 10.00-12.00 remotely  
Dr GloriaDomìniguez Rodrìguez Sustainable advanced extraction techniques for the recovery of bioactive compounds      
Principles of green sample preparation     remotely  
Conventional extraction techniques employed for the extraction of bioactive compounds     remotely  
Predictive tools to select extraction solvents and emerging green solvents     remotely  
Advanced extraction techniques     remotely  



 
  
 
II° year (39° Cycle)
Dr Marco Franceschin Natural organic compounds of food and pharmaceutical interest  
 
 
 
 
 
Course Dates Time Where
Techniques for the study and characterization of secondar metabolites; main biogenetic
pathways Acetate and mevalonate pathway:
terpenes and cannabinoids
23/06/2025 16.00 – 18.00 remotely
Shikimic acid pathway: flavonoids Examples of secondary metabolites with known biological activity 30/06/2025 16.00 – 18.00 remotely
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 remotely
Module 3 “quality” of the dossier: structure and information; basis of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) 14/07/2025 16.00 – 18.00   TBD
Dr Davide Corinti Multidimensional mass spectrometry for applications in the (bio) chemical, pharmaceutical and food fields    
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
 Dr Mattia Spano Development of NMR protocols for food analysis    
Novel foods: definition  28/01/2025      14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
The case study of Canapa  04/02/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
The case study of Insect 11/02/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
Advanced methodologies to study novel foods 18/02/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
Prof Andrea Calcaterra Advanced methodologies for studying complex matrices    
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
Prof Stefano Stranges Cycle of advanced lessons    
Chiral photon/chiral molecule interaction as a spectroscopic tool for chiral recognition 24/06/2025 9.00-11.00  Aula B CU019
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
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
Prof. Luisa Mannina      
Course Dates Time Where
NMR methodologies in the study of complex  28/05/2025 9.00-11.00 remotely
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
 
  
 
III° year (38° Cycle)      
 Dr Simone Manetto Advanced techniques in separation science for unravelling the complexity of natural products and (bio)pharmaceuticals: from small chiral molecules to peptides    
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
Prof Anna Maria Giusti Biochemical aspects of nutrition    
Food total quality definition   16/07/2025   15.00 – 17.00  remotely
Total food Quality: effects of thermal treatment on phytochemical contents in plant foods 17/07/2025  15.00-17.00 remotely
Photoacustic techniques applied to non desctructive analysis of phytochemicals in plant foods,  Part I  22/07/2025  15.00-17.00 remotely
Photoacustic techniques applied to non desctructive analysis of phytochemicals in plant foods, Part II    21/07/2025  15.00-17.00 remotely
Dr Luana Izzo Cycle of advanced lessons   remotely
Bioaccessibility of food waste bioactive compounds under in vitro gastrointestinal 23/07/2025  14.00-18.00 remotely
Case study - Dairy by-products  29/07/2025  14.00-18.00 remotely
Dr Valeria Antonietta Pietropaolo      
Antiviral activity of vegetable matrices against viruses 25/02/2025 14.30 – 15.30 remotely
Prof Antonella Goggiamani      
Recent advances in metal-assisted cross-coupling processes 12/06/2025 16.00 – 18.00 Aula B CU019
 Prof Patrizia Paolicelli      
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    
Prof Caterina Scuderi      
Journal club 20/06/2025 11.00 – 13.00 aula riunioni Edificio CU024
 Prof Chiara Di Meo      
Journal club 12/06/2025 14.00 – 16.00 Aula B CU019
Prof Giuseppe La Regina      
How to write the PhD thesis 16/06/2025 15.00 – 17.00 Aula A CU019
Prof Giovanna Poce      
Journal club 07/07/2025 9.00 – 11.00  Aula B
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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