Education

Courses

Prof. Davide Sassera

Biomedical parasitology (6 CFU) Laurea Magistralis in Experimental and Applied Biology (course held in Italian)

Parasitology and symbiotic associations (6 CFU) Laurea Magistralis in Experimental and Applied Biology (course held in Italian)

Bioinformatics (6 CFU) Laurea Magistralis in Molecular Biology and Genetics (course held in English)

 

Dr. Michele Castelli

Genomics and evolution in emerging infectious diseases (6 CFU) in Molecular and Digital Biology (course held in English)

 

Internships

Bachelor and Master students can carry out internships focusing on a variety of approaches and topics. The two main fields of interest of the laboratory are (1) bacterial symbiosis and (2) genomic epidemiology.

You can find available thesis projects on this page.

If you’re interested in bioinformatics but haven’t had the chance to take a course, below you’ll find resources to help you get started with the basics:

  • Linux Journey. Linux is the main operative system (OS) we use in the lab. We recommend completing the Grasshopper path (at least theoretically) to familiarize yourself with the system.
  • Introduction to the command line. Theoretical and practical [only first module, free access].

Once you’ve grasped the basics, you can try a few beginner coding exercises on Exercism focusing on Bash and Python, the most commonly used programming languages in bioinformatics:

Finally, you can apply your coding skills to biological problems (using the language you’re most comfortable with):