Università degli studi di Brescia
Last Update: February 21, 2023
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
Alessandro Barbon
Elona Ndoj
Luca La Via (Technician)
Research Themes
- Study of RNA Biology in the central nervous system
- Study of the molecular and cellular bases of stress and stress related disorders
Keywords: RNA biology, RNA editing, RNA trafficking, miRNAs, stress, Major Depression.
Research Group 2
Giuseppina De Petro
Alessandro Salvi
Ilaria Grossi
Carmine Antonio Donofrio
Iulia Andreea Pelisenco
Research Themes
- Epigenetics, mechanisms of gene expression regulation mediated by microRNAs, DNA methylation
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Biology of the cellular and extracellular forms of the non coding telomeric-repeat containing RNAs, TERRA.
Keywords: miR23b, miR193a, miR34a, TERRA, DNA methylome variations, HCC, glioblastoma, Parkinson’s disease.
Research Group 3
Chiara Magri
Research Themes
- Study of the molecular, biological and cellular bases of complex neuropsychiatric disorders.
Keywords: genomics, transcriptomics, bioinformatics, schizophrenia, major depression.
Research Group 4
Alessandro Salvi
Iulia Andreea Pelisenco
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 5
Nicoletta Zoppi
Marco Ritelli
Marina Colombi
Nicola Chiarelli
Jelena Skripac (Technician)
Valeria Bertini (Technician)
Research Themes
- Identification of molecular pathways and cellular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of connective tissue disorders. Study of extracellular matrix remodeling and turn-over in fibroblasts and myofibroblasts derived from patients affected by hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Identification of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) associated to fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition
Keywords: Extracellular matrix, Integrin, signal transduction, Omics, connective tissue disorders, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition
Research Group 6
Sergio Ferraboli
Research Themes
- Methodologies for molecular analyses of diseases associated to nucleotides expansions.
Keywords: PCR, C9ORF72, mutations.
Research Group 8
Giovanna Piovani
Rosalba Monica Ferraro
Research Themes
Chromosome study in stem cells of human origin. In vitro disease model with iPSCs from rare genetic syndromes, including Cri du Chat syndrome. Studies on genes deleted in chromosome 5p arm. Functional biological studies on MSCs of different origin and MSCs induced by iPScells. Genotoxicity studies, micronucleus assay.
Keywords: chromosome, iPSC cells, MSC, 5p genes, Cri du chat syndrome, genotoxicity tests, micronucleus assay.
Research Group 9
Isabella Russo
Alice Filippini
Giulia Carini
Veronica Mutti
Research Themes
- The biology and pathobiology of Parkinson’s disease-related LRRK2 in glia.
Keywords: LRRK2, Parkinson’s disease, glia, astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes.
Research Group 10
Marco Schiavone
Research Themes
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Generation of in vivo models of myopathies and neuromuscular diseases to study molecular mechanisms involved in disease pathogenesis.
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Identification of druggable targets for muscular dystrophy.
Keywords:
zebrafish, myofibrillar myopathy, muscular dystrophy, dystrophin, transcriptomics, mitochondria, mitochondrial therapy, drug screening, signalling pathways, calcium signalling, ER-stress, mitochondrial swelling, collagen VI, extracellular matrix, cytoskeleton, apoptosis, necroptosis.
Teaching
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