The course has the following main objectives:
• Acquire the basic knowledge of biophysics and nanosciences useful for understanding biological phenomena and applying innovative approaches to their study.
• Acquire the theoretical and experimental bases of some advanced spectroscopic and nanoscopic techniques, present at the Center for Biophysics and Nanosciences, aimed at studying the structural, dynamic and interaction properties of biological systems. Particular attention will be paid to techniques and problems related to the detection of biological and biomedical markers of diagnostic interest.
• Improve the skills necessary to carry out the experimental activity in an aware and critical way. To this end, individual exercises will be carried out by the students on biological systems of interest, making use of the biophysical-nanotechnological techniques learned in the theoretical part. The procedures followed, the data analysis and the results obtained will be discussed in order to stimulate the capacity for synthesis and criticism.
• Develop communication skills through the presentation of a recent scientific work, freely chosen, of biological interest and making use of a technique among those presented during the course.