Veterinary Biotechnology Sciences (Classe LM-9)-Enrolled Student Since 2020/2021 Academic Year

veterinaria-lodi
Master programme
A.Y. 2021/2022
LM-9 - Biotecnologie mediche, veterinarie e farmaceutiche (EN)
Master programme
120
ECTS
Access
Open with entry requirements examination
2
Years
Via dell'Università, 6 - Lodi
Italian
To provide the graduating students with:
a) an adequate training to develop scientific methodologies, to coordinate national and international research activities
b) the expertise in the fields of veterinary biotechnologies, including veterinary microbiology and immunology, animal pathology, diagnostics, infectious and parasitic diseases, zoonosis, pharmacology and toxicology, animals productions and reproduction, genetic improvement and biodiversity preservation, animal nutrition and food safety, development of animal models for biomedical studies, as well as the main rules regulating veterinary biotechnology.
The graduated in the Master course of Veterinary Biotechnological Sciences will find his/her ideal employment profile in the following R&D environments:
· Universities
· Public and private research institutions.
· Pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnological companies
· Food and feed processing companies
· The graduated in the Master course of Veterinary Biotechnological Sciences will also find his/her employment in the management function of Quality control, Clinical and pre-clinical monitoring in the veterinary and human medicine fields, scientific information and sale representative activities, Management of animal breeding and genetic selection activities, control quality in feed and food preparation industries, environmental safety,

Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
Requisiti e conoscenze per l'accesso.
Possono accedere al Corso di laurea Magistrale in Scienze Biotecnologiche Veterinarie i laureati di I livello nelle seguenti classi, nonché nelle corrispondenti classi relative al D.M. 509/99,: L 2, L 13, L 25, L 26, L 38. Possono altresì accedere laureati di altre classi che dovranno aver acquisito almeno 60 CFU in SSD riguardanti le discipline: alimentazione e allevamento animale (AGR/18, AGR/19, AGR/20), biochimica (BIO/10), biologia (BIO/05, BIO/11, BIO/13), chimica (CHIM/01, CHIM/03, CHIM06, CHIM/09, AGR/13), farmacologia e tossicologia (BIO/14, VET/07), genetica (BIO/18, AGR/17, AGR/07), entomologia (AGR/11), malattie infettive e parassitarie (VET/05, VET/06), microbiologia (BIO/19, MED/07, VET/05), morfofisiologia (BIO/06, BIO/17, BIO/09, VET/01, VET/02), patologia (MED/04, VET/03), produzione e riproduzione animale (VET/10), gestionali (AGR/01).

Modalità di verifica delle conoscenze e della preparazione personale.
I candidati italiani e gli studenti stranieri verranno ammessi alla laurea magistrale sulla base del curriculum di studi, dei titoli presentati e, solo nel caso si ritenga utile per la valutazione della carriera pregressa, di un colloquio anche per via telematica. Sono previse attività formative facoltative in ingresso per studenti che ne presentino la necessità.
In caso di trasferimento da altro Ateneo o da altro corso di laurea, l'ammissione ad anni successivi al primo sarà subordinata alla valutazione della carriera pregressa da parte del Collegio Didattico Interdipartimentale.
Gli studenti laureati nei Corsi di Laurea in Biotecnologia (K06) e Biotecnologie Veterinarie possono iscriversi direttamente al corso di Laurea magistrale previa valutazione da parte del Collegio.
Per ulteriori informazioni consultare il sito dell'Ateneo www.unimi.it
Students of Veterinary Biotechnological Sciences have the opportunity to spend a term (from 3 to 12 months) in the universities with whom the School has developed bi-lateral agreement, which for 2015-2016 Academic Year include The University of Warmia and Mazury, Oltzyn (Poland), The university of Bonn (Germany), The Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), The University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and the University of Rijeka (Croatia). It is possible to combine courses with a graduating thesis stage, provided that an Internal Tutor (Italian) and external Tutor (from the country where the student will spend his Erasmus + period) are available. ECTS will be acknowledged following the learning agreement signed, as included by bi-lateral agreement between Universities.
The Program of Veterinary Biotechnological Sciences also offers the opportunity for a traineeship regulated by Erasmus + Traineeship program (former Erasmus placement). The program is activated in the frame of a scientific cooperation between a researcher group belonging to the School and others from foreign institution. Erasmus + Traineeship is financed by scholarship from the University of Milano.

Courses list

First semester
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Cellular Communication and Signal Transduction 10 78 Italian BIO/09 BIO/10
- Cellular communication and endocrine function4
- Protein engineering and biochemistry of the signal transduction6
Molecular Microbiology 10 78 Italian BIO/19 MED/04 MED/07
- Unit: Experimental Pathology4
- Unita' didattica: Aspetti molecolari dell'interazione microrganismo-ospite3
- Unita' didattica: Basi molecolari della patogenicità microbica3
Omics 10 66 Italian BIO/10 BIO/18
- Unita' didattica: Introduzione alla genomica3
- Unita' didattica: Proteomica7
Second semester
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Anatomical Bases and Molecular Networks in the Central Nervous System and Its Pathologies 8 60 English VET/01 VET/03
- Unit: Molecular pathology of the CNS3
- Unit: Morphology and Function of the CNS5
Biotechnologies:experimental Models in Research 12 102 English AGR/18 AGR/20 VET/07
- Unit: Alternative methods in Toxicology4
- Unit: Cell culture5
- Unit: Wellbeing and care of laboratory animals3
Ethiopathogenesis of Hereditary and Parasitic Diseases 6 48 English AGR/17 VET/06
- Unit: Genomic analysis of inherited diseases3
- Unit: Molecular pathology of parasitic diseases3
Molecular Epidemiology 5 36 Italian VET/05
First semester
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Biotechnology of Reproduction 6 54 Italian VET/10
Cellular Regeneration Techniques 7 48 Italian VET/01
- Unita' didattica: Embriologia molecolare, dalla cellula all'apparato 3
- Unita' didattica: Medicina rigenerativa: principi biologici e procedure di laboratorio 4
Functional Genomics and the Molecular Basis of Differentiation 8 66 English AGR/17 VET/06
- Unit: Genomics and epigenetics in vertebrates4
- Unit: Genomics and molecular basis of differentiation in model invertebrate organisms and pathogens4
In Vitro Model Technologies 5 54 Italian VET/02 VET/07
- Unita' didattica: Fisiologia e veicolazione di sistemi cellulari/tessutali2
- Unita' didattica: Tossicologia e modelli in vitro3
Second semester
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Optional
Biobanking 8 48 English VET/09 VET/10
- Unit: Cryobiology for fertility preservation3
- Unit: Homograft and organ banking 3
- Unit: Scaffold banking2
Biotechnological Diagnostic Tools Into the Clinical Medicine of Dog 8 48 English BIO/12 VET/01 VET/08
- Unit: Biochemical markers in disease diagnostic2
- Unit: Diagnostic workup in the clinical practice3
- Unit: Morphological and molecular markers of disease3
Biotechnologies for Innovation and Sustainability of Animal Health and Production 8 48 English AGR/18 VET/06 VET/07
- Unit: Biotechnological tools for parasite challenge in the changing environment2
- Unit: Biotechnology applied to innovative therapy3
- Unit: Upgrading feed sustainability through biotechnologies3
Biotechnologies to Understand and Fight Aging 8 48 English BIO/10 VET/01 VET/03
- Age-related pathology2
- Female Reproductive Aging in Mammals4
- Signaling pathways and epigenetic regulations of cell senescence2
Comparative immunopatology 8 48 English VET/03 VET/05
- Unit: Animal models for immunopathology research3
- Unit: Immunopathology3
- Unitdidattica Diagnostic strategies in immunopathology research2
Environmental stress and food chain: molecular approaches 8 48 English AGR/19 BIO/10 VET/04 VET/06
- Unit: Authenticity and quality issues in animal food products2
- Unit: Environmental proteomics2
- Unit: HR MS toward environmental risks2
- Unit: Host-parasite dynamics in a changing environment2
Extracellular Vesicles and Reproductive Mechanisms: the Rabbit as an Animal Model 8 48 English VET/01 VET/02 VET/10
- morphological and molecular responses2
- role of extracellular vesicles3
- the rabbit as an animal model for studying reproductive processes3
From 3d-Culture and 3d-Printing to Organoids 8 48 English AGR/18 VET/01 VET/09
- Unit: 3 D approach to cell culture3
- Unit: 3 D bioprinting and practicals2
- Unit: Cell interaction and organoids3
Imaging Techniques in Bio-Medical Research 8 48 English BIO/10 VET/01
- Unit: Image analysis of cells and tissue4
- Unit: MALDI imaging2
- Unit: Molecular imaging2
Molecular Pathology and Parasitology 8 48 English VET/03 VET/06
- Unit: Animal models and parasitic diseases2
- Unit: Molecular oncology3
- Unit: Pathophysilogy3
Nanomaterials: Applications and Effects 8 48 English VET/02 VET/05 VET/07
- Unit: Nanomaterials in tissue engineering2
- Unit: Nanomicrobiology: apllications to biomedicine3
- Unit: Nanotoxicology: effects of nonomaterials and nanoparticles3
Nutrition and Biodiversity in Gut Microbiota/health 8 48 English AGR/18 VET/05
- Ex vivo and co-culture models of the gut3
- Gut microbiota, host immunity, and host welfare2
- Nutrition, Gut health and gut microbiota in animal model3
Vaccinology 8 48 English AGR/18 VET/05
- Unit: Innovative vaccine development and production3
- Unit: Plant-based prduction of oral vaccines2
- Unit: Practical aspects of vaccinology3
Conclusive activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Final Examination 21 0 Italian
Study plan rules
- In the II year, integrated courses will be activated courses (eight credits) aimed to offer students the opportunity to further deepen preparation in specific areas of Biotechnological Veterinary Sciences and can be chosen by the students. The acquisition of the eight CFU is subject to passing the related tests by the students, with the vote of thirty.
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Biobanking 8 48 English Second semester VET/09 VET/10
Biotechnological Diagnostic Tools Into the Clinical Medicine of Dog 8 48 English Second semester BIO/12 VET/01 VET/08
Biotechnologies for Innovation and Sustainability of Animal Health and Production 8 48 English Second semester AGR/18 VET/06 VET/07
Biotechnologies to Understand and Fight Aging 8 48 English Second semester BIO/10 VET/01 VET/03
Comparative immunopatology 8 48 English Second semester VET/03 VET/05
Environmental stress and food chain: molecular approaches 8 48 English Second semester AGR/19 BIO/10 VET/04 VET/06
Extracellular Vesicles and Reproductive Mechanisms: the Rabbit as an Animal Model 8 48 English Second semester VET/01 VET/02 VET/10
From 3d-Culture and 3d-Printing to Organoids 8 48 English Second semester AGR/18 VET/01 VET/09
Imaging Techniques in Bio-Medical Research 8 48 English Second semester BIO/10 VET/01
Molecular Pathology and Parasitology 8 48 English Second semester VET/03 VET/06
Nanomaterials: Applications and Effects 8 48 English Second semester VET/02 VET/05 VET/07
Nutrition and Biodiversity in Gut Microbiota/health 8 48 English Second semester AGR/18 VET/05
Vaccinology 8 48 English Second semester AGR/18 VET/05
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Optional
English Proficiency B2 (2 ECTS) 2 0 Italian
Study plan rules
- MANDATORY ACTIVITIES COMMON TO ALL CURRICULA.

The student has to obtein 4 cfu as indicated below:
- n. 2 cfu for further training activities related to stage, orientation
- n. 2 cfu for further languages skills
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
English Proficiency B2 (2 ECTS) 2 0 Italian Open sessions
First semester
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Cellular Communication and Signal Transduction 10 78 Italian BIO/09 BIO/10
- Cellular communication and endocrine function4
- Protein engineering and biochemistry of the signal transduction6
Molecular Microbiology 10 78 Italian BIO/19 MED/04 MED/07
- Unit: Experimental Pathology4
- Unita' didattica: Aspetti molecolari dell'interazione microrganismo-ospite3
- Unita' didattica: Basi molecolari della patogenicità microbica3
Omics 10 66 Italian BIO/10 BIO/18
- Unita' didattica: Introduzione alla genomica3
- Unita' didattica: Proteomica7
Second semester
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Anatomical Bases and Molecular Networks in the Central Nervous System and Its Pathologies 8 60 English VET/01 VET/03
- Unit: Molecular pathology of the CNS3
- Unit: Morphology and Function of the CNS5
Biotechnologies:experimental Models in Research 12 102 English AGR/18 AGR/20 VET/07
- Unit: Alternative methods in Toxicology4
- Unit: Cell culture5
- Unit: Wellbeing and care of laboratory animals3
Ethiopathogenesis of Hereditary and Parasitic Diseases 6 48 English AGR/17 VET/06
- Unit: Genomic analysis of inherited diseases3
- Unit: Molecular pathology of parasitic diseases3
Molecular Epidemiology 5 36 Italian VET/05
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Optional
English Proficiency B2 (2 ECTS) 2 0 Italian
First semester
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Biotechnology Applied to Animal Health and Production 5 36 Italian AGR/19
- Unita' didattica: Markers di stress ossidativo nel benessere animale2
- Unita' didattica: Metodologie molecolari applicate alle produzioni animali3
Experimental Nutrition 5 42 Italian AGR/18
Molecular Virology 8 66 English VET/03 VET/05
- Unit: Molecular Basis of Virology5
- Unit: Molecular pathogenesis of viral diseases3
Research Strategies and Methodologies Applied to Disease Study and Control 8 66 Italian VET/05 VET/06
- Unita' didattica: Biotecnologie avanzate in parassitologia5
- Unita' didattica: Modelli murini e cellulari geneticamente modificati3
Second semester
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Optional
Biobanking 8 48 English VET/09 VET/10
- Unit: Cryobiology for fertility preservation3
- Unit: Homograft and organ banking 3
- Unit: Scaffold banking2
Biotechnological Diagnostic Tools Into the Clinical Medicine of Dog 8 48 English BIO/12 VET/01 VET/08
- Unit: Biochemical markers in disease diagnostic2
- Unit: Diagnostic workup in the clinical practice3
- Unit: Morphological and molecular markers of disease3
Biotechnologies for Innovation and Sustainability of Animal Health and Production 8 48 English AGR/18 VET/06 VET/07
- Unit: Biotechnological tools for parasite challenge in the changing environment2
- Unit: Biotechnology applied to innovative therapy3
- Unit: Upgrading feed sustainability through biotechnologies3
Biotechnologies to Understand and Fight Aging 8 48 English BIO/10 VET/01 VET/03
- Age-related pathology2
- Female Reproductive Aging in Mammals4
- Signaling pathways and epigenetic regulations of cell senescence2
Comparative immunopatology 8 48 English VET/03 VET/05
- Unit: Animal models for immunopathology research3
- Unit: Immunopathology3
- Unitdidattica Diagnostic strategies in immunopathology research2
Environmental stress and food chain: molecular approaches 8 48 English AGR/19 BIO/10 VET/04 VET/06
- Unit: Authenticity and quality issues in animal food products2
- Unit: Environmental proteomics2
- Unit: HR MS toward environmental risks2
- Unit: Host-parasite dynamics in a changing environment2
Extracellular Vesicles and Reproductive Mechanisms: the Rabbit as an Animal Model 8 48 English VET/01 VET/02 VET/10
- morphological and molecular responses2
- role of extracellular vesicles3
- the rabbit as an animal model for studying reproductive processes3
From 3d-Culture and 3d-Printing to Organoids 8 48 English AGR/18 VET/01 VET/09
- Unit: 3 D approach to cell culture3
- Unit: 3 D bioprinting and practicals2
- Unit: Cell interaction and organoids3
Imaging Techniques in Bio-Medical Research 8 48 English BIO/10 VET/01
- Unit: Image analysis of cells and tissue4
- Unit: MALDI imaging2
- Unit: Molecular imaging2
Molecular Pathology and Parasitology 8 48 English VET/03 VET/06
- Unit: Animal models and parasitic diseases2
- Unit: Molecular oncology3
- Unit: Pathophysilogy3
Nanomaterials: Applications and Effects 8 48 English VET/02 VET/05 VET/07
- Unit: Nanomaterials in tissue engineering2
- Unit: Nanomicrobiology: apllications to biomedicine3
- Unit: Nanotoxicology: effects of nonomaterials and nanoparticles3
Nutrition and Biodiversity in Gut Microbiota/health 8 48 English AGR/18 VET/05
- Ex vivo and co-culture models of the gut3
- Gut microbiota, host immunity, and host welfare2
- Nutrition, Gut health and gut microbiota in animal model3
Vaccinology 8 48 English AGR/18 VET/05
- Unit: Innovative vaccine development and production3
- Unit: Plant-based prduction of oral vaccines2
- Unit: Practical aspects of vaccinology3
Conclusive activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Final Examination 21 0 Italian
Study plan rules
- In the II year, integrated courses will be activated courses (eight credits) aimed to offer students the opportunity to further deepen preparation in specific areas of Biotechnological Veterinary Sciences and can be chosen by the students. The acquisition of the eight CFU is subject to passing the related tests by the students, with the vote of thirty.
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Biobanking 8 48 English Second semester VET/09 VET/10
Biotechnological Diagnostic Tools Into the Clinical Medicine of Dog 8 48 English Second semester BIO/12 VET/01 VET/08
Biotechnologies for Innovation and Sustainability of Animal Health and Production 8 48 English Second semester AGR/18 VET/06 VET/07
Biotechnologies to Understand and Fight Aging 8 48 English Second semester BIO/10 VET/01 VET/03
Comparative immunopatology 8 48 English Second semester VET/03 VET/05
Environmental stress and food chain: molecular approaches 8 48 English Second semester AGR/19 BIO/10 VET/04 VET/06
Extracellular Vesicles and Reproductive Mechanisms: the Rabbit as an Animal Model 8 48 English Second semester VET/01 VET/02 VET/10
From 3d-Culture and 3d-Printing to Organoids 8 48 English Second semester AGR/18 VET/01 VET/09
Imaging Techniques in Bio-Medical Research 8 48 English Second semester BIO/10 VET/01
Molecular Pathology and Parasitology 8 48 English Second semester VET/03 VET/06
Nanomaterials: Applications and Effects 8 48 English Second semester VET/02 VET/05 VET/07
Nutrition and Biodiversity in Gut Microbiota/health 8 48 English Second semester AGR/18 VET/05
Vaccinology 8 48 English Second semester AGR/18 VET/05
Study plan rules
- MANDATORY ACTIVITIES COMMON TO ALL CURRICULA.

The student has to obtein 4 cfu as indicated below:
- n. 2 cfu for further training activities related to stage, orientation
- n. 2 cfu for further languages skills
Courses or activities Max ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
English Proficiency B2 (2 ECTS) 2 0 Italian Open sessions
Course location
Via dell'Università, 6 - Lodi
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