Thanks to an interdisciplinary training strategy, graduates in Applied and Experimental Biology can provide scientifically and professionally comprehensive answers to a wide range of biological problems through the use of modern laboratory techniques and methods of analysing and interpreting results. The course comprises three curricula: biosanitary, foods and nutrition, forensic, with training courses geared towards the specific fields of activity.

The course provides a solid theoretical and practical preparation, the latter achieved through advanced teaching labs, characterised by the active participation of students in exercises based on real cases and problems. Seminar activities, held both by course lecturers and by Italian and foreign scholars and professionals, managers and laboratory directors, are planned to deepen and broaden the topics studied, both applicable to the world of research and to that of the profession.

Graduates are able to work in basic research laboratories as well as in the health, food and forensic sectors, possessing in-depth knowledge of instrumental methodology, analytical instruments and data acquisition, analysis and interpretation techniques. For example: pharmaceutical industry research activities, food safety laboratory activities, expert activities for toxicological assessments and biological tissue identification.

An integrated view of biological processes: from cells to organisms, through the tools of experimental research, for the improvement of health and society.

The BSc in Applied and Experimental Biology will provide you with a high degree of mastery of the scientific method of investigation, making you capable of working with broad autonomy and taking responsibility for projects and structures. Through significant experimental activity in the laboratory, you will have the opportunity to acquire the cultural tools and critical analysis skills necessary not only for carrying out research activities but also for the application of knowledge in the various contexts of life and society in which we live.

In particular, the training you will receive will enable you to work, with specific skills, in activities of promotion, development and management of scientific innovation in the fields of biomedical disciplines, industry, public and private healthcare, at scientific research organisations and foundations, also in accordance with current regulations.

Three curricula to choose from

The Bachelor's degree course in Applied and Experimental Biology offers three curricula: Biosanitary, Foods and Nutrition and Forensic.

The "Biosanitary" curriculum provides for the acquisition of advanced scientific knowledge of the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the main human diseases as well as the application of the main diagnostic methodologies, aimed at developing a critical view of science that also enables the design and development of research projects. This is achieved through characterising activities in the fields of anatomy, physiology, medical biotechnology, human genetics, physiopathology and laboratory medicine.

In the first year you will study:

• Statistics
• Human anatomy
• Molecular Microbiology
• Biotechnology and Molecular Genetics: Biomedical Biotechnology and Human Molecular Genetics
• Cell and Developmental Biology
• Human Physiology
• Special Pharmacology

In the second year you will cover the following subjects:

• Hygiene
• Laboratory Medicine: clinical biochemistry and clinical pathology
• Pathology and Pathophysiology

The "Food and Nutrition" curriculum provides for the acquisition of advanced scientific training in the cellular, molecular, and biochemistry of food, the mechanisms of nutrition, and the prevention of related diseases. This training is obtained through characterising activities in the fields of nutrition, biomolecular, biomedical, in the fields of applied biology in the areas of food toxicology and food science and technology.

In the first year you will study:

• Statistics
• Food Chemistry
• Molecular Microbiology
• Biochemistry of Nutrition
• Human Physiology and Nutrition
• Food Biotechnology
• Food Toxicology
• Nutrition Hygiene

In the second year you will cover the following subjects:

• Instrumental analysis
• Food Hygiene and Safety
• Pathology and Pathophysiology
• Food Safety Management Systems
• Food Analysis and Legislation

The Forensic curriculum provides for the acquisition of advanced skills in the field of human, animal and plant biology, focused on application in forensic contexts such as violent crimes against humans and animals, fraud, illegal species trade and crimes against natural heritage and the environment. In particular, human biology skills will be obtained through characterising activities in the areas of genetics, anatomy, anthropology, toxicology and histology, and environmental skills through microbiology, botany, mycology and zoology.

In the first year you will study:

• Statistics
• Human anatomy
• Molecular Microbiology
• Forensic Anthropology
• Forensic Genetics
• Human Physiology
• Toxicology
• Forensic Cytology and Histology

In the second year you will cover the following subjects:

• Instrumental analysis
• Forensic Epidemiology
• Forensic Pathology
• Botany and Forensic Mycology
• Entomology and Forensic Zooology

The course takes place mainly at:

Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences - DISTAV
Corso Europa 26
16132 Genoa
www.distav.unige.it

Some lessons and/or workshops take place at:

Department of Physics - DIFI
Via Dodecaneso 33
16146 Genova
www.difi.unige.it

Department of Health Sciences - DISSAL
Via Pastore 1
16132 Genova
www.dissal.unige.it

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