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
Sinforosa Gagliardi
A
Giulia Girolimetti
A
Silvia Caterina Resta
D
Victoria Stefania Del Fiore
D
Paola Cordella
B
A (Assegnista di Ricerca / Post-Doctoral Fellow)
D (Dottorando / PhD Student)
B (Borsista / Fellow)
T (Tutor)
Research
Research Group 1
Cecilia Bucci
Roberta Romano
Silvia Caterina Resta
Victoria Stefania Del Fiore
Paola Cordella
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
Flora Guerra
Cecilia Bucci
Sinforosa Gagliardi
Giulia Girolimetti
Research Themes
- Role of RAB proteins in extracellular vesicle secretion;
- Mitochondria and lysosomes cross-talk in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases;
- Mitochondrial derived vesicle secretion in chemoresistance and in neurodegeneration;
- Mitochondrial biogenesis in cancer and neurodegeneration
Keywords: Mitochondria, Lysosome, RAB proteins, Extracellular vesicles, Mitochondrial Derived Vesicles, Cancer, Neurodegenerative diseases
Research Group 3
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
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