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ABOUT US

The Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotecnology was formed on the first of June 2003, through the fusion of the pre-existing Departments of General Physiology and Biochemistry and of Genetics and Biology of Microorganisms. 
The reason behind the creation of this new structure was an awareness of the need for interdisciplinary and complementary approaches to contribute to our understanding of complex biological phenomena and to drive the production of socially valuable technologies. The new department will facilitate such collaborative initiatives by increasing communication between workers with expertise in various methodologies and fields of research.
Important areas of research in the new department range from the analysis of genome sequences (genomics), to the determination of the levels of expression and post-translational modifications of the whole protein complement of cells (proteomics) and the study of protein protein interactions and their role in the regulation of metabolism and cellular communication. 
The Department of Biomolecolar Sciences and Biotecnology will allow us to develop positive synergies between theoretical and methodological approaches which were already present, but somewhat isolated in the previous organizational structures. In this way research in the new department will be able to exceed the limits of narrow disciplinary borders.
The New Department of Biomolecolar Sciences and Biotecnologies includes university professors and researchers in numerous biological disciplines such as: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology of Fermentation, Physiology, Genetics, Histology, Microbiology and Pathology. It therefore accommodates the plurality of competences that are needed to plan new scientific and didactic development strategies within the University and the instigation of innovative programs of strategic importance and international competitiveness.