Offerta formativa erogata 2024/2025

I anno XL Ciclo

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).

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Food analysis: aims, types, sampling, sample preparation and analysis.

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Omics in food quality and safety

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Functional ingredients and mycotoxins

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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

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Conventional extraction techniques employed for the extraction of bioactive compounds

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Predictive tools to select extraction solvents and emerging green solvents

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Advanced extraction techniques

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II anno XXXXI ciclo

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

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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

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III anno 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

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Case study - Dairy by-products

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 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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