TEACHING 

This curriculum aims to provide skills on how food and nutrition modulate the microbiota and impact on the prevention and development of chronic non-communicable diseases. Ph.D. students will acquire the skills for the study of the microbiota, the characterization and formulation of new foods, prebiotics and probiotics, also to favor spin-offs aimed at medical and biological sciences.

This curriculum aims to outline the role of markers and pro-aging factors to slow down and/or combat degenerative diseases that lead to the decline of the biological activity of the individual. Ph.D. students will acquire the skills for the study of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that determine the longevity and healthy aging, by seeking new therapeutic targets and new solutions.

Precision Medicine is Personalized and Targeted Medicine, which takes into account individual differences in genetics, microbiome, lifestyle, environment, etc. It is based on the identification of the specific characteristics of the individual, made possible by the wide variety of physiological parameters that can be detected thanks to advanced technologies, for the identification of the most suitable treatments, particularly for the treatment of diseases that today are still difficult to treat, of which the identification of the target marker to be hit with the drug is not always known.

With this objective, the Precision Medicine curriculum will try to implement the training of figures who will participate in the development of novel therapeutic targets and new personalized therapeutic solutions.