Applied Biochemistry and Laboratory

The course aims to provide students with the theoretical (56 hours of frontal lesson) and practical (16 hours of laboratory practice) basis of the most advanced techniques used in biomedical research and their main applications.
The aim of the course is to provide students with the basic notions for an analytical approach to the different problems encountered in both basic and applied research laboratories.
The training objective of the course is to present and critically discuss biochemical methods to highlight potentiality, limits and complementarity. The contents of the course are constantly updated to train professionals who can fit into a biomedical laboratory with a theoretical preparation suitable for the practical use of the most modern methodologies

The students' learning outcomes are assessed by the instructor through a written exam on applied biochemistry based on the course program. The instructor's examination of the students will primarily focus on evaluating the theoretical and practical understanding of biochemical techniques and the skills acquired by the student upon completion of the course. Specifically, the ability to solve typical problems encountered in biochemistry laboratories will be assessed through case study exercises from the literature.