Experimental biological evaluation of therapeutics and diagnostics

Code 536EE
Credits 3

Learning outcomes

The course aims to deepen the experimental knowledge useful for the experimental design and development of research protocols, for the investigation of new therapeutic candidates and their biological mechanisms (Training objective 1). Furthermore, the alternative methods of developing the experimental protocols for the evaluation of biological/molecular diagnostics will be proposed (Training Objective 2). Finally, in order to deepen the knowledge on the use of databases, useful for the experimental protocol design, some practical activities will be carried out on bibliographic sources and literature databases (Training objective 3). To this end, the experimental strategies will be addressed according to the biological target of drug candidates, including the approaches involving emerging techniques; practical experiences in the laboratory are also provided.