Università degli Studi dell’Aquila
Last Update: July 11, 2025
University Professors in Experimental Biology (BIOS-10/A)
PROFESSOR
POSITION
AIBG
Sandra Cecconi
PO
AIBG Member
Simona Delle Monache
PA
AIBG Member
Stefano Falone
PA
AIBG Member
Carla Tatone
PO
AIBG Member
Roberto Iorio
RTI
AIBG Member
Giovanna Di Emidio
PA
AIBG Member
Valeria Cordone
RTT
AIBG Member
Fellows in Experimental Biology (BIO/13)
FELLOW
POSITION
AIBG
Sabrina Petricca
A
AIBG member
Loreto Lancia
D
–
Teresa Vergara
D
AIBG member
Giovanni Casoli
D
–
Martina Placidi
A
AIBG member
Fanny Pulcini
A
–
Kimberly Ferrante
D
AIBG member
Antonio Matrone
D
–
A (Assegnista di Ricerca / Post-Doctoral Fellow)
D (Dottorando / PhD Student)
B (Borsista / Fellow)
T (Tutor)
Research
Research Group 1
Carla Tatone
Stefano Falone
Giovanna Di Emidio
Valeria Cordone
Martina Placidi
Teresa Vergara
Giovanni Casoli
Kimberly Ferrante
Research Themes
- Cellular adaptations to endogenous or exogenous stressors through antioxidant and antiglycative responses involving reactive oxygen species (ROS) and methylglyoxal (MG)-related pathways.
- Redox- and glycation-responsive molecular mechanisms underlying pathophysiological processes (aging, dismetabolism, neurodegenerations etc.).
- Cellular mechanisms underlying female gonadal response to oxidative and dicarbonyl stress in aging, dismetabolisms and antitumor therapies.
- Role of sirtuins and NAD+ in gametes.
- Cellular, metabolic and molecular mechanisms underlying drug resistance and reprogramming in cancer.
Keywords: reactive oxygen species (ROS), methylglyoxal (MG), hormesis, cellular adaptations, sirtuins, NAD, aging, reproduction, metabolism, oxidative stress, glycative stress, dicarbonyl stress, oocyte, drug resistance, cancer cell reprogramming.
Research Group 2
Sandra Cecconi
Research Themes
- Identification of regulative pathways involved in mammalian oocyte development.
Keywords: oocyte, meiosis, signal transduction, cell cycle regulation.
Research Group 3
Simona Delle Monache
Fanny Pulcini
Loreto Lancia
Research Themes
- Physiopathology of angiogenesis: molecular mechanisms involved in physio-pathological angiogenesis; use of classical endothelial in vitro and in vivo models and developing of new models.
- Stem cell biology: isolation, differentiation of adult stem cells and development of 3D models.
Keywords: angiogenesis, endothelial cells, stem cells, dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs), organoids.
Research Group 4
Roberto Iorio
Sabrina Petricca
Antonio Matrone
Research Themes
- Mitochondrial functionality and bioenergetic metabolism in response to stressful conditions in different cellular models.
- Role of intercellular mitochondrial transfer via extracellular vesicles and tunnelling nanotubes in driving cellular metabolic and energetic remodelling under both physiological and stress conditions.
Keywords: Mitochondrial function; bioenergetic metabolism; intercellular mitochondrial transfer; mitochondrial extracellular vesicles (EVs); tunnelling nanotubes (TNTs).
Teaching
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