Profile:
Manager in the research, development and diagnosis laboratories of public and private bodies.
Functions:
Upon passing the national qualification exam and enrolling in the professional register of Biologists, graduates may carry out the regulated profession of the biologist.
The Degree Course in Neuroscience trains experts in Neuroscience and Neurobiology, whose training shall be completed with postgraduate education.
Graduates of this Course, who complete their postgraduate training in PhD, Graduate School and Master courses, may access to all managerial professions (consistently with the admission calls of individual bodies) in the research and development branches of public and private Hospitals, in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry, in companies and innovative start-up companies aiming at the creation of new neurological drugs, as well as of new bioengineering technologies for the management, diagnostics and innovative care of the central and peripheral nervous system diseases.
Graduates in Neuroscience can autonomously carry out basic and applied research activities in the biochemical, molecular biological, genomic, biomedical, microbiological, and biotechnological fields with wide autonomy. Graduates of the class can also take on managerial roles with full responsibility for projects, premises, and staff.
Graduates in Neuroscience plan and manage experimental laboratory protocols in the fields of molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry and genetics of both animal and plant organisms.
In this context, they:
- design and produce cellular and animal models for understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying diseases.
- lead and coordinate professional and project activities in the sectors of industry, healthcare and public administration with respect, in particular, to biological, genetic molecular, immunochemical and microbiological analysis laboratories.
- draw up requests for financing from public and private institutions.
- summarize the results in scientific publications.
- can manage or contribute to the management of molecular and cellular biology laboratories.
Neuroscience graduates also organize scientific dissemination and technology transfer activities, and in particular:
- they are communicators, addressing the public to spread scientific culture and the perception of the importance of neuroscience in human activities.
- they are able to carry out promotion and development of scientific and technological innovation in the same areas.
- they participate in the promotion and development of technological and scientific innovation.
SKILLS
To carry out their functions, 2nd cycle graduates in Neuroscience acquire:
- Knowledge of physiology, pharmacology and pathology with respect, in particular, to the nervous system and to the degenerative diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system.
-Knowledge of the main research methodologies used in the field of Neuroscience, at cell, organ and system level.
They will therefore possess the skills needed to carry out basic research and clinical experimentation activities, to use the latest generation of instruments for the study of the nervous system as a whole and of its cells, to coordinate a research group or a research laboratory. They will have acquired adequate skills to write and propose national and international research projects also in English, and the ability to relate to foreign institutions and agencies in the field of basic and applied research.
Professional opportunities:
Public and private research agencies, public and private hospitals.
PROFILE:
Manager of the research and development branches in the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industry
Functions:
Graduates in Neuroscience may have managerial positions in the production of biotechnological drugs, in the quality control, development and application of diagnostic tests, in the production of engineered vectors and systems to produce drugs; in the screening of biotechnological drugs and products; in technical-scientific information, industrial marketing, data gathering for the preparation of health or patent regulations for the production of biotechnological products for Neuroscience, creation of biotechnological systems for pharmacological-toxicological studies in the field of neuroscience, biotechnological and chemical analyses and experiments, clinical monitoring of neurological drugs.
Skills:
The knowledge acquired during the course, about the drugs and pharmaceutical products used for the treatment of the diseases of central and peripheral nervous system, as well as the knowledge about the organisation and strategies of a biotechnological company, acquired through the internship at accredited companies, will enable graduates in Neuroscience to develop new molecules or new therapies - not necessarily of chemical nature - for the treatment of central and peripheral nervous system diseases.
Professional opportunities:
Chemical, pharmaceutical, Biotechnological companies, innovative Start-Up companies aiming at the production of new neurological drugs or for the treatment of the diseases of central and peripheral nervous system, including neurodegenerative diseases and the diseases stemming from enzyme accumulation and deficiencies.
Functions:
Graduates in Neuroscience in the field of research may participate, with their competences, to the production of personalised or standard neuro-prostheses for the treatment of neurological pathologies, to the screening of biotechnological products and drugs, to technical-scientific information, industrial marketing, data gathering for the preparation of health or patent regulations for the production of biotechnological products for Neuroscience, to the creation of technological systems for studies related to the Human-machine interface in the field of Neuroscience.
Skills
The knowledge acquired through tutored internships and workshops with companies and dissemination consortia for business creation will enable graduates in Neuroscience to actively participate in the creation and management of a technological company for the development of new bio-medical prototypes for the management of diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system (neuro-prostheses or medical devices).
Professional opportunities:
Private research agencies, companies and innovative start-up companies aiming at the production of prototypes and software for the treatment of central and peripheral nervous system diseases, neuro-prostheses and Human-machine interface devices.
PROFILE:
Manager in service centres, public and private agencies for the design and development of databases and new methodologies for the analysis of biological data.
Functions:
Graduates in Neuroscience may have a key role in public and private bodies in the design of biomedical research and in the development in the chemical, pharmaceutical and bio-engineering sectors through bio-bank analysis and biological data analysis.
Skills:
Students will acquire adequate computer skills, with enough space for the study of information processing in Neuroscience, Human-machine interfaces (HMI), including the Brain Computer Interface (BCI), key topics in the sector. Rehabilitation Engineering, of strategic importance for a modern computational approach to Neuroscience, will also be addressed. These skills will allow graduates in Neuroscience to participate in the development and construction of genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomics databases, as well as in the development of new methods for querying and analysing biological databases and in the analysis of data extracted from biological databases.
Professional opportunities:
Public and private research and development bodies for bioinformatics applications, chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnological industries, public and private service centres for biotechnologies applied to neuroscience, small businesses and start-ups dedicated to big data analysis and development of software and apps for the management of central and peripheral nervous system diseases.