Molecular Microbiology

Provide molecular tools for a comprehensive knowledge of veterinary microbiology and tools for understanding the utility of laboratory rodents as spontaneous or genetically modified disease models.

A) Theoretical learning
Gain knowledge on:
- Molecular mechanisms of interaction between micrrorganisms (bacteria and viruses) and the animal host.
-Major methods to study virulence factors and strategies of antibiotic resistance and host immune system evasion.
Spontaneous, induced and genetically modified animal models and of their most common experimental applications, of the laboratory animal environment, health monitoring and strain phenotyping.
B) Practical learning
Know how to plan and perform an experiment of gene expression (from biopsy to quantification of a selected molecule).
Know how to use bioinformatic tools to interpret results of genomics and proteomic experiments.
Knowledge of histomorphology of tissue lesions of major relevant diseases in laboratory animals (major focuns on dogs, mice and rats).