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Degree in Medical Biotechnology - University of Bologna

ADVANCED HUMAN GENETICS (I.C.)
Module of  CLASSICAL AND NEXT-GENERATION GENOMICS - A.Y. 2025/2026
Teacher: Pierluigi Strippoli

Teaching Material 2025/2026 in Virtuale

Paper vs. Pixels

1. Human Genomics

2.
Bibliographic Databases

3. Nucleic Acid Extraction
 

4. Nucleic Acid Hybridization - Concept of Probe Specificity - Southern Blot - Northern Blot - Microarray

5.
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - Primer design [Example Article] - PCR discovery, PCR plateau - data, PCR Review

6. Genetic Libraries - RNA Vaccine

7. Nucleic Acid Sequencing and Sequence Analysis

8. System Biology - The case of trisomy 21: a model for integrated research

FILMOGRAPHY

Ron Howard (Director). Apollo 13. With Tom Hanks, Ed Harris. USA, 1995.
    ["Houston, we have a problem". A true story. The positive hypothesis when dealing with a problem].
 George Miller (Director). Lorenzo's Oil. With Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon. USA, 1992.
    [The true story of two parents of a child with adrenoleukodystrophy - X-linked disease - who discover a diet therapy].
Tom Vaughan (Director). Extraordinary Measures. With Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser. USA, 2010.
    [The story, inspired by reality, of the discovery of a cure for Pompe disease (Glycogenosis Type II)].

Andrew Niccol (Director). Gattaca. With Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman. USA, 1997.
    ["There is no gene for the human spirit"].

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Laboratory
Lab 1 - Data Banks
Lab 2 - Gene Structure - Lab Exercise
Lab 3 -
PCR Primer - Example Article (MTHFR) - Example Article [COVID-19] - In-Silico PCR
Lab 4 - Data Analysis
- Statistical Analysis software JMP Student Edition for Macintosh and Windows - University of Bologna is licensed
Lab 5 - Documentary

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