To give a general idea of various aspects where organic chemistry is connected with biology. In particular: functioning of proteins, use of them in organic synthesis and interaction of proteins with potential drugs.
Traditional lessons in the classroom (32 hours). The attendance is not compulsory but, for statistical means, it wil be anyway monitored.
Protein: secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure Enzymes: kynetics, catalysis mechanism, examples, classification . Principle of drug discovery. Enzyme inhibitors, receptors, ion channels. Glycochemistry. Applications in the fields of antiviral, antitumor drugs, antibiotics, antiinflammatory drugs, anti-asthma drugs, drugs for cardiovascular diseases and so on.
Ricevimento: Luca Banfi is always present in the department from 8.30 to 13.00 and from 15.00 to 18.30. However, due to the many lessons and exams he is involved in and to the institutional meetings, it is impossible to establish in advance a time interval where he will be surely not engaged. Therefore students are pleased to take an appointment in advance by E-mail. They will be received in few days.
LUCA BANFI (President)
ANDREA BASSO (President)
RENATA RIVA
From february, 20, 2017 (according to the timetable that will be reported on http://www.chimica.unige.it/it/didattica/orari_CTC).
BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
The exam will be oral. Only the subjects treated during the lessons (as reported in the slides deposited in aulaweb) will be object of the exam. Students must register to the exam at least 48 hours in advance on https://servizionline.unige.it/studenti/esami/prenotazione
The oral exam is always carried out by two teachers with at least 5 years of experience and will last at least 30 minutes. In this way, the commission is definitely able to verify with high accuracy if the student has reached or not the learning outcomes.
During the oral exam the student must demonstrate to have reached the learning outcomes, both orally and (most importantly) writing formulas, chemical equations, mechanisms.
When the commission will judge that the learning oucomes have not been reached, the students willbe invited to repeat the exam in one of the subsequent dates.
The exam must be preceded by:
