Omics Approaches: from Research to Therapy

The teaching aims to provide students with the scientific knowledge contributing to the formation of a basic culture on omics technologies and the learning of the language to be used. The purpose of the teaching is to enable students to understand the fundamental logic in the use of omics methodologies, to know the theoretical and practical bases and principles underlying the different omics techniques, the main usage protocols both in sample preparation and instrumentation, and their control, and finally to provide the foundations for the management and analysis of results, also illustrating the possibility of integrating the data obtained with different omics methodologies. The educational objective of the teaching is to develop knowledge that allows students to address various scientific issues and to choose and apply the best omics methodologies to understand the biochemical functions in the main tissues or cellular models, also in relation to the most common pathologies.
This will set the stage for testing how the analysis of omics dataset could be used to improve patient stratification, the identification of novel pharmacological treatments and the evaluation of the safety and efficacy profile of biologics.

The students' learning outcomes are assessed by the teachers through an oral and/or a written test to examine of the comprehension of the omics methodologies and their use based on the program carried out during the course. The examination of the students by the teachers will mainly focus on assessing the knowledge and understanding of omics techniques and evaluating the skills acquired by the student upon completion of the teaching itself. In particular, the language proficiency used by the student will be assessed, as well as the skills acquired to discriminate the choice of different omics methodologies and their potential integration to apply to various scientific issues.