Overview

Key facts

The MSc programme in Genetics and Molecular Biology at Sapienza University of Rome aims at providing students with: 

• an in-depth knowledge of the unicellular and multicellular organisms that may be used as models to study basic mechanisms of gene expression or cell development, differentiation and transformation;  
• the acquisition of genetic concepts and methodologies, with special regard to those used in the genetic dissection of complex processes and to study human populations;  
• an in-depth knowledge of the molecular bases of the main processes involved in the regulation of nucleic acid and protein structure and function:  
• the knowledge of basic methodologies to study and manipulate biological macromolecules;  
• the ability to investigate and develop basic methodologies which may be usefully applied to biomedical and biotechnological research;  
• the acquisition of genetic-molecular skills for the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases;  
• the skills suitable to identify the biological processes grounding the physiopathology of organs and systems, with special regard to human beings.