Università degli studi di Brescia
Last Update: September 17, 2019
University Professors in Experimental Biology (BIO/13)
PROFESSOR
POSITION
AIBG
PO (Professore Ordinario / Full professor)
PA (Professore Associato / Associate Professor)
RTI (Ricercatore a Tempo Indeterminato / Assistant Professor)
RTD-A (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato – Junior / Fixed-term Junior Assistant Professor)
RTD-B (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato – Senior / Fixed-term Senior Assistant Professor)
Fellows in Experimental Biology (BIO/13)
FELLOW
POSITION
AIBG
A (Assegnista di Ricerca / Post-Doctoral Fellow)
D (Dottorando / PhD Student)
B (Borsista / Fellow)
T (Tutor)
Research
Research Group 1
Giuseppina De Petro
Alessandro Salvi
Ilaria Grossi
Michele Manganelli
Research Themes
- Epigenetics, mechanisms of gene expression regulation mediated by microRNAs, DNA methylation
Keywords: miR23b, miR193a, miR34a, DNA methylome variations, HCC, Parkinson’s disease.
Research Group 2
Alessandro Barbon
Giulia Carini
Jessica Mingardi
Luca La Via (Technician)
Research Themes
- Study of co- and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in the central nervous system: role of RNA editing, RNA trafficking and miRNAs
Keywords: RNA biology, RNA editing, RNA trafficking, miRNAs.
Research Group 3
Chiara Magri
Rita Gardella
Research Themes
- Study of the molecular, biological and cellular bases of complex neuropsychiatric disorders.
Keywords: genomics, transcriptomics, bioinformatics, schizophrenia, major depression.
Research Group 4
Nicoletta Zoppi
Marina Colombi
Nicola Chiarelli
Silvia Binetti (Technician)
Research Themes
- Identification of molecular pathways and cellular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of connective tissue disorders.
Keywords: Extracellular matrix, Integrins, Signal transduction, Connective tissue disorders, Omics.
Research Group 5
Sergio Ferraboli
Rita Gardella
Research Themes
- Methodologies for molecular analyses of diseases associated to nucleotides expansions.
Keywords: PCR, C9ORF72, mutations.
Research Group 6
Rita Gardella
Sergio Ferraboli
Research Themes
- Study of genetic factors involved in the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia.
Keywords: schizophrenia, association studies, common and rare variants, NGS, mutations.
Research Group 7
Giovanna Piovani
Giuseppina De Petro
Kallafalla Alì Kallafalla Siddig
Giulia Savio
Research Themes
- Chromosome study in stem cells of human and animal origin; characterization of hTERT gene expression. In vitro disease model with iPSCs from rare genetic syndromes, including Cri du Chat syndrome. Functional biological studies on MSCs of different origin and MSCs induced by iPS cells.
Keywords: chromosome, iPSC cells, MSC, hTERT gene, Cri du chat syndrome.
Research Group 8
Alessandro Salvi
Michele Manganelli
Ilaria Grossi
Giuseppina De Petro
Research Themes
- Epigenetics and mechanism of gene expression regulation mediated by lncRNAs and microRNAs in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Keywords: long non-coding RNA, miRNA, molecular oncology, epigenetics, DNA methylation, HCC.
Research Group 9
Isabella Russo
Alice Filippini
Research Themes
- Exploring new roles of Parkinson’s disease-related LRRK2 in glial cells.
Keywords: LRRK2, Parkinson’s disease, glia.
Teaching
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