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  1. Nanobiotechnology Methods
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Insegnamento Course full name
Nanobiotechnology Methods
Course ID number
2324-2-F0901D057
Course summary SYLLABUS

Course Syllabus

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Obiettivi

Il corso si propone di fornire allo studente i principi generali che permettono di comprendere quali informazioni possono essere ottenute mediante le principali tecniche di caratterizzazione di nanobiomateriali.

Contenuti sintetici

Conoscere i principi di funzionamento delle piu’ importanti tecniche e dei piu’ diffusi strumenti di analisi biofisica utilizzati per lo studio delle caratteristiche di nanoparticelle e nanomateriali di interesse biomedico.

Programma esteso

1) Introduzione alle tecniche ottiche • Spettri di assorbimento ed emissione • Spettrofotometro e coefficiente di assorbimento • Attivita’ ottica (Optical Rotatory Dispersion, ORD) • Dicroismo circolare (CD) e Birifrangenza ottica

2) Tecniche di Fluorescenza • Fluorescenza di aminoacidi, acidi nucleici e altre biomolecole • Fluorescenza risolta in spettro e risolta in tempo • Spettrofluorimetro • Fluorofori in microscopia. • Polarizzazione e anisotropia di fluorescenza.

3) Tecniche di microscopia ottica • Tecniche avanzate di imaging • Microscopio a contrasto di fase • Microscopio a fluorescenza • Microscopio polarizzatore • DIC (Differential Interference Contrast)

4) Tecniche avanzate di microscopia quantitativa • Microscopia confocale • FRET (Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer) • FCS (Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy) • TIRF (Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence) • FRAP (Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching)

5) Tecniche di microscopia non ottica • AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) • Microscopio elettronico: SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), TEM (Trasmission Electron Microscopy)

6) Tecniche di nanomanipolazione • Magnetic Tweezers (MT) e Optical Tweezers (OT)

7) Light Scattering • Static Light Scattering (SLS) • Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) • Z-potential

8) Altre tecniche di analisi rilevanti per le nanobiotecnologie • Spettroscopia Raman • SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy) • SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance) • ITC (Isothermal Tritration Calorimetry) e DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) • FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)

Prerequisiti

Conoscenze di base di chimica, biochimica e biologia molecolare

Modalità didattica

Lezioni frontali e esercitazioni.

Materiale didattico

Materiale e riferimenti bibliografici forniti dal docente.

N. R. Zaccai, I. N. Serdyuk, J. Zaccai, “Methods in Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, Function for Biology and Medicine”; Editor: Cambridge University Press; ISBN-13: 978-1107056374

Periodo di erogazione dell'insegnamento

Primo semestre

Modalità di verifica del profitto e valutazione

Esame orale: approfondimento su articolo scientifico preventivamente fornito allo studente qualche settimana prima dell’esame.

Esame scritto (on line): Domande a risposta multipla a carattere generale sugli argomenti svolti a lezione.

Orario di ricevimento

Su appuntamento telefonico (02 6448 8209) o via mail ().

Sustainable Development Goals

SALUTE E BENESSERE
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Aims

The course aims to provide the students with the knowledge on the general principles enabling to understand which kind of information can be achieved by using the most important techniques for nanobiomaterials characterization.

Contents

To learn the working principles of the most important analytical techniques and of the most relevant instrumentations used for the characterization of nanoparticles and nanomaterial of biomedical interest.

Detailed program

1) Introduction to optical techniques • Spectra of absorption and emission • Spectrophotometer and the absorption coefficient • Optical Activity (Optical Rotatory Dispersion, ORD) • Circular dichroism (CD) and optical birefringence

2) Fluorescence techniques • Fluorescence of amino acids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules • Resolved fluorescence spectrum and time-resolved • Spectrofluorimeter • Fluorophores microscopy. • Polarization and Anisotropy of fluorescence.

3) Optical microscopy techniques • Advanced Imaging Techniques • Phase contrast microscope • Fluorescence microscope • Polarizing Microscope • DIC (Differential Interference Contrast)

4) Advanced quantitative microscopy techniques • Confocal Microscopy • FRET (Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer) • FCS (Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy) • TIRF (Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence) • FRAP (Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching)

5) Non optical microscopy techniques • AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) • Electron Microscope: SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy)

6) Nanomanipulation techniques • Magnetic Tweezers (MT) and Optical Tweezers (OT)

7) Light Scattering (LS) • Static Light Scattering (SLS) • Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) • Z-potential

8) Other relevant analysis techniques for the nanobiotechnology • Raman Spectroscopy • SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy) • SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance) • ITC (Isothermal Calorimetry Tritration) and DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) • FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology

Teaching form

Lectures and exercises.

Textbook and teaching resource

Material and bibliographic references supplied by the professor.

N. R. Zaccai, I. N. Serdyuk, J. Zaccai, “Methods in Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, Function for Biology and Medicine”; Editore: Cambridge University Press; ISBN-13: 978-1107056374

Semester

First semester

Assessment method

Oral examination: discussion about a scientific paper previously provided to the student some weeks before the date of the exam.

Written exam (on line): General multiple choice questions about the topics afforded during the lessons.

Office hours

By telephone appointment (02 6448 8209) or by email (francesco.mantegazza@unimib.it).

Sustainable Development Goals

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Key information

Field of research
NN
ECTS
6
Term
First semester
Activity type
Optional
Course Length (Hours)
48
Degree Course Type
2-year Master Degreee
Language
English

Staff

    Teacher

  • Francesco Mantegazza
    Francesco Mantegazza
  • DS
    Domenico Salerno

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Enrolment methods

Manual enrolments
Self enrolment (Student)

Sustainable Development Goals

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