Knowledge of the human microbiota and its distribution in various anatomical locations
Learning microbiota characterization techniques
Notions of human pathologies associated with microbiota dysbiosis
Prerequisites
Anyone
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons
Further information
Anyone
Type of Assessment
Oral Test
Course program
1) Introduction to the microbiota and concept of holobiont
2) Characterization and functional analysis of the microbiota
3) Evolution of the microbiota-immunity axis
4) The role of the microbiota in immune dysregulations
5) Intestinal microbiota and related pathologies
6) Airway microbiota and related disorders
7) Microbiota and Mycobiota of the genital tract
8) Nutrition-Microbiota relationship
9) Therapeutic manipulation of the microbiota
10) Pharmacomicrobiomics: from drug metabolism to immunotherapy
11) Oncomicrobiome and tumor immunosurveillance
12) Gut-brain axis: the role of the microbiota in neurological disorders