{"id":440,"date":"2021-07-26T23:49:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T23:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/?page_id=440"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:02:03","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/index.php\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"440\" class=\"elementor elementor-440\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fd9a8f3 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"2fd9a8f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-502c2db8\" data-id=\"502c2db8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e45d44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e45d44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3acceb0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3acceb0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e686955\" data-id=\"e686955\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b383c58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b383c58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ac89b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ac89b7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca7df00\" data-id=\"ca7df00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b8cb52 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b8cb52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MirNat is working closely with academic institutions to \u00a0design academic courses in\u00a0<strong>Nutraceutical Sciences.<br \/><\/strong>The course aims to bring the students to evaluate the contribution and the perspectives of biotechnology in the formulation of ingredients\/foods with potential functional effects.<\/p><ul><li>provide <strong>basic knowledge<\/strong> on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">digestion<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">absorption<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">metabolism<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">activity<\/span> of different macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins), micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and bioactive compounds (carotenoids, glucosinolates, polyphenols);<\/li><li><strong>familiarise<\/strong> with the scientific evidence about the role of diet and dietary components in the modulation of risk factors associated with chronic diseases (e.g cardiovascular diseases)<\/li><li><strong>understand<\/strong> the concept of functional foods and their role in the human health and well-being.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-009bf38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"009bf38\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3503a0\" data-id=\"c3503a0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a8c3a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"9a8c3a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"next-generation-scientists\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d1f3f0 elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"3d1f3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;underline&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;next generation&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Shaping<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">next generation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">scientists<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-720412f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"720412f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc20cee\" data-id=\"bc20cee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc23a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7cc23a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-214d81c elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"214d81c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of Mir-Nat Global Health are all active scientists involved in microRNA and gene regulation researches in <strong>Cameroon<\/strong>, <strong>Chad<\/strong>, <strong>Italy<\/strong>, <strong>Ukraine<\/strong>. The educational approaches is evident by the presence of several PhD and post-PhD students as full member of Mir-Nat Global Health.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c0bb9f elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c0bb9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Education and training of students has always been a priority. In the context of a <strong>8 years<\/strong>\u00a0long partnership with the <a href=\"http:\/\/uniroma2.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Rome Tor Vergata<\/a>, MirNat supervised the training of Bachelor, Master and PhD students. Here we list some of the most interesting and challenging projects:<\/p><ul><li><p>Bachelors in Biological Sciences (2014-2015) \/\/ microRNAs-mediated, anti-cancer activity of <em>M. oleifera\u00a0<\/em>leaves extract<\/p><\/li><li><p>Bachelors in Biological Sciences (2020-2021) \/\/\u00a0Quantification of anti-inflammatory microRNAs in COVID-19 patients for the development of new therapeutic approaches.<\/p><\/li><li><p>PhD in Immunology, Molecular medicine and Applied biotechnologies (2020-2021) \/\/ Traditional medicine innovation: identification of microRNAs in <em>Moringa oleifera<\/em> undifferentiated cells and effects on breast cancer development <em>in vitro<\/em> and <em>in vivo<\/em><\/p><\/li><li><p>PhD in Immunology, Molecular medicine and Applied biotechnologies (2020-2021) \/\/ Potential Therapeutic Approaches of microRNAs for COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities<\/p><\/li><li>Qualitative and quantitative analysis of miRNAs extracted from a leguminous plant (<i>Medicago sativa<\/i>) with beneficial effects on hypertension and metabolic disorders.<\/li><li>Preliminary study of miRNAs extracted from a Mediterranean plant (<i>Olea europaea) <\/i>with anti-inflammatory properties.<\/li><li>Expression analysis of plant miRNA168a using oligonucleotides with LNA technology (Locked Nucleic Acids)<\/li><li>MiRNA based therapeutics: current state in preclinical or clinical trials and in miRNA business for biopharmaceuticals companies<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a09a28b elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a09a28b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We created an important partnership with the\u00a0<strong>University of Edinburgh\u00a0<\/strong>(led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/cancer-centre\/research\/hupp-group\">Prof. Ted Hupp<\/a>) in the context of the\u00a0<strong>Doctorate Training Programme\u00a0<\/strong>in <strong>Precision Medicine<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>supported by the Medical Research Council. MirNat Global Health is also collaborating with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ccui.cm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evangelical University of Camerun<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionrecover.org\/en\/hospital-bon-samaritain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Le Bon Samaritain&#8221; University Hospital<\/a> in N\u2019Djamena, Ciad.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education MirNat is working closely with academic institutions to \u00a0design academic courses in\u00a0Nutraceutical Sciences.The course aims to bring the students to evaluate the contribution and the<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-440","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440\/revisions\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mir-nat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}