Overview

Within the Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies MA programme from University of Pavia during the first year the students acquire skills and knowledge on the fundamentals of biotechnology, particularly on the following topics:

• stem cells and their use in various research fields

• the genetic basis of pathological conditions

• proteins engineering and RNA technologies, as well as their dynamic interaction (system biology)

• biotechnological applications in biochemical/biomolecular diagnostics and in the development of biological markers

• the biochemical and physiological aspects of human cells, tissues, and organisms

• the basis of human pathological processes of infectious, metabolic, cancer, and degenerative diseases.

• The Biomedical track focuses on the pathogenetic mechanisms of human diseases, non-pharmaceutical (vaccines, biological drugs, gene and cell therapies), and pharmaceutical therapies.

• The Pharmaceutical track focuses on biotechnologies applied to the design, research and development, and analysis of innovative biotechnological drugs.

Career opportunities:

The degree program will allow graduates to resarch, analize and produce biotechnologies in the following fields: - biochemical, genetic and anatomo-functional of human cells, tissues and organisms; - engineered proteins and RNA technology for the development of applications in the biomedical field; - stem cells and their use in various fields of research and therapy; - diagnostic, molecular and genetic applied to the biomedical field; - human cellular and molecular pathological processes of an infectious, metabolic, degenerative and tumor type; - design, production, analysis and formulation of innovative drugs and biopharmaceuticals - analysis, processes and quality controls applied to biopharmaceuticals; - nanotechnologies in the biopharmaceutical field and their applications in industry and research; - business, management and marketing activities related to biotechnological products and patents.

Graduates of this master’s degree course can be hired in: - Universities, public and private research institutes; - Hospital laboratories; - Pharmaceutical industries; - Research and development laboratories and industrial production departments; - Biotechnological service centers; - Biotechnological companies.