Life Sciences

Di seguito i Dipartimenti del Politecnico di Torino che possiedono competenze nei sotto settori di Scienze della vita.

Molecules of Life: Biological Mechanisms, Structures and Functions

Integrative Biology: from Genes and Genomes to Systems

Cellular, Developmental and Regenerative Biology

Physiology in Health, Disease and Ageing

Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System

Immunity, Infection and Immunotherapy

Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases

Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution

Biotechnology and Biosystems Engineering

Molecules of Life: Biological Mechanisms, Structures and Functions

Macromolecular complexes including interactions involving nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates

Biochemistry

DNA and RNA biology

Protein biology

Lipid biology

Glycobiology

Structural biology

Chemical biology

Integrative Biology: from Genes and Genomes to Systems

Genetics

Epigenetics

Proteomics

Metabolomics

Glycomics/Lipidomics

Bioinformatics and computational biology

Biostatistics

Systems biology

Genetic diseases

Cellular, Developmental and Regenerative Biology

Cell cycle, cell division and growth

Cell senescence, cell death, autophagy, cell ageing

Cell behaviour, including control of cell shape, cell migration

Cell junctions, cell adhesion, the extracellular matrix, cell communication

Cell signalling and signal transduction, exosome biology

Organelle biology and trafficking

Mechanobiology of cells, tissues and organs

Cell differentiation, formation of tissues and organs

Evolution of developmental strategies

Organoids

Physiology in Health, Disease and Ageing

Physiology of ageing

Endocrinology

Non-hormonal mechanisms of inter-organ and tissue communication

Microbiome and host physiology

Nutrition and exercise physiology

Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System

Glial cells and neuronal-glial communication

Neural stem cells

Sensory systems, sensation and perception, including pain

Neural basis of cognition

Ageing of the nervous system

Neurological and neurodegenerative disorders

Nervous system injuries and trauma, stroke

Immunity, Infection and Immunotherapy

Innovative immunological tools and approaches, including therapies

Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases

Medical imaging for prevention, diagnosis and monitoring of diseases

Medical technologies and tools (including genetic tools and biomarkers) for prevention, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of diseases

Nanomedicine

Applied gene, cell and immune therapies

Effectiveness of interventions, including resistance to therapies

Public health and epidemiology

Preventative and prognostic medicine

Environmental health, occupational medicine

Health care, including care for the ageing population

Digital medicine, e-medicine, medical applications of artificial intelligence

Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution

Ecosystem and community ecology, macroecology

Biodiversity

Population biology, population dynamics, population genetics

Macroevolution and paleobiology

Ecology and evolution of species interactions

Marine biology and ecology

Biotechnology and Biosystems Engineering

Bioengineering for synthetic and chemical biology

Applied genetics, gene editing and transgenic organisms

Bioengineering of cells, tissues, organs and organisms

Microbial biotechnology and bioengineering

Food biotechnology and bioengineering

Marine biotechnology and bioengineering

Environmental biotechnology and bioengineering

Applied plant sciences, plant breeding, agroecology and soil biology

Plant pathology and pest resistance