Research Strategies and Methodologies Applied to Disease Study and Control

The main objectives of the course are: to provide students with information on the main traditional and advanced biomolecular techniques to be used in the parasitological field; to provide students with concepts related to the transformation, use and management of transgenic mice.
In details, the course provides students with concepts related to the qualitative and quantitative PCR to be applied in molecular parasitology. The practical lessons will allow students to work in a molecular biology laboratory. In addition, the course provides students with concepts related to the transformation of primary cell or cell lines and to the generation and management of genetically modified mice.

At the end of the course, students acquire a solid knowledge for experimental planning of the application of molecular diagnostic tools in the field of parasitology. Students will also acquire the critical capacity to comment the obtained results and to resolve any technical problems arising from the molecular analyzes carried out.
At the end of the course, the student acquires a solid knowledge of experimental planning with genetically modified murine and cell models. This knowledge finds applications to the use experimental animals in particular to the management of animal facilities, in vivo and in vitro experimental planning, writing projects for in vivo experimentation approval.