Experimental and Translational Medicine - 2020-2021 | Università degli studi dell'Insubria

Description of the course

The Ph.D course in Experimental and Translational Medicine aims at applying an interdisciplinary approach to human health to allow a valuable transfer of the most recent developments in basic sciences to the clinical practice. The main goal of the course is to overcome the compartmentalization often encountered between basic and medical sciences as a consequence of the obviously different experimental approaches used and to enable the Ph.D. student to acquire multiple technical skills, learn a scientific interdisciplinary approach (including cellular biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, physiology and neurosciences) and successfully export these knowledges to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a panorama of clinical pathologies. Indeed, although Translational Medicine is experimental by nature, it must be developed keeping in mind its potential impact on the improvement of human health.
The Ph.D. student will be asked to carry on an experimental study using specific and innovative technological tools, to adequately interpret the results of the study and to learn several aspects of the clinical research approaches in order to develop his/her own skill in evaluating the applicability of new technologies to clinical research.
More specifically, the targets of the Ph.D course are to provide the student with the know-how:

to fully develop the chosen research project and to master the experimental procedures needed to solve potential experimental difficulties
to adequately interpret and discuss the obtained results, to write scientific reports and to present the data to the scientific community at national and international meetings
to be able to experience a period (6-18 months) of research in a highly qualified foreign research institution
to prepare the final thesis and to present and discuss it with a Commission of experts at national and international level
The Ph.D. in Experimental and Translational Medicine will be qualified for the Academic and Health Care community, for private and public research Institutions and for biotechnological industries

Frequency and teaching program

Training activity

During the three-year course, the training activity will develop through: a) the progressive acquisition of the experimental and analytical skills inherent in the research project carried out in the research group and with the guidance of the proposing Tutor of the project, b) initiatives aimed at developing linguistic, informatic and programming skills and the management of research programs. In particular, the training activity will consist of the following courses/seminars.
Courses with compulsory attendance: "English in scientific communication" course held by University Professors within the Doctoral School. Acquisition of the B2 level of knowledge of the English language and related certification, "Basics of Statistics" course held by University Professors within the Doctoral School, course "Bioinformatics bases" held by University Professors within the Doctoral School, "Safety in the laboratory" course held by University Professors within the Doctoral School, OPBA (Animal Welfare Organization) Day Insubria
Recommended/optional courses (upon Tutor’s indication): course "International Biomedical Research System" held by University Professors within the Doctoral School, "Innovation camp for Insubria PhD students - A deep dive into innovation and execution". Higher education and acceleration path specifically designed for the enhancement of academic research.(https://www.uninsubria.it/sites/default/files/Documenti_Ricerca/InnovationCamp.pdf), course "Research ethics and intellectual property", course "Preparation of a scientific publication", Giovanna Tosi Day - Recent acquisitions in Oncology and infectious diseases, course (6-8 hours) on oncolytic viruses as a new horizon in the fight against cancer (Dr. Antonio Marchini, Cancer Institute of Heidelberg), course (6-8 hours) on the use of electronic paramagnetic resonance in the field of membrane proteins, metalloproteins and respiratory pigments (Prof. Fraser MacMillan, East Anglia University), seminar on nucleoside transporters (Prof. Marçal Pastor Anglada, University of Barcelona), "Brain Day" seminar cycle within the "Brain Week"

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Experimental and Translational Medicine - 2020-2021

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