Understanding tumor chaos with single-cell analysis

academic year 2023/24

Academic Coordinators: Barbara Frossi, Silvia Tonon

Professors involved: Barbara Frossi, Silvia Tonon

Period: First semester

Duration: 28 hours

Program:

  • Theoretical part: understanding the heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment and the role of immune system cells; the state of the art on colorectal and ovarian cancer; description of the available methodologies for studying the tumor microenvironment; future perspectives in the field of personalized medicine.

  • Practical part: use of flow cytometry to analyze the immune tumor infiltrate from biopsies.

Modules:

  1. Silvia Tonon, 14 h;
  2. Barbara Frossi, 4 h;
  3. TBA external prof. , 10 h.