Università del Salento
Last Update: September 25, 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
Marco Mitruccio
D
Sinforosa Gagliardi
B
Silvia Resta
B
Roberta Romano
B
AIBG Member
A (Assegnista di Ricerca / Post-Doctoral Fellow)
D (Dottorando / PhD Student)
B (Borsista / Fellow)
T (Tutor)
Research
Research Group 1
Cecilia Bucci
Flora Guerra
Roberta Romano
Marco Mitruccio
Silvia Resta
Research Themes
- Role of RAB proteins in the endocytic pathway
- Molecular basis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2B disease, a peripheral neuropathy caused by mutations of the RAB7 gene
- Molecular mechanisms underlying genetic and acquired diseases (cancer, infectious diseases, neurodegenerative diseases) due to alterations of vesicular trafficking
Keywords: Endocytosis, Autophagy, Lysosome, RAB proteins, Intermediate Filaments, Extracellular vesicles, Cancer, Neurodegenerative diseases.
Research Group 2
Patrizia Rampino
Research Themes
- Genetic and molecular basis of stress response in plants.
- Production of recombinant proteins in heterologous prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems.
- Molecular traceability in the food chain: detection of food contaminants or quality-related alleles, identification of pathogens in food matrices, genetic characterization of yeast strains.
Keywords: Stress-related genes, recombinant technologies, food quality.
Teaching
Biologia Cellulare – 8 cfu
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Biotecnologie (L-2)
Cellular Biotechnologies – 9 cfu
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biotecnologie Mediche e Nanobiotecnologie (LM-9)
Biologia Cellulare – 5 cfu
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Biomedica (L-9)
Biologia Umana – 8 cfu
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Scienze Motorie e dello Sport (L22)
Tecnologie Ricombinanti – 6 cfu
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Scienze Biologiche (L-13)
Biologia Applicata – 1 cfu
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Infermieristica (L/SNT1), Sede Taranto – Ospedale Santissima Annunziata
Metodi Molecolari per l’Analisi e la Produzione di Alimenti – 6 cfu
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biologia – Curriculum Nutrizione Umana (LM-6)
Biologia Applicata – 1 cfu
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Infermieristica (L/SNT1), Sede Taranto – Marina Militare
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