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
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
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
Biotecnologie Cellulari – 3 cfu (36 ore)
Corso di Laurea a Ciclo Unico in Medicina e Chirurgia (LM-41)
Biologia Cellulare – 7 cfu (56 ore)
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Biotecnologie (L-2)
Cellular Biotechnologies – 8 cfu (64 ore)
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biotecnologie Mediche e Nanobiotecnologie (LM-9)
Fondamenti di Biologia Cellulare – 6 cfu (54 ore)
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Biomedica (L-9)
Biologia Cellulare Avanzata -6 cfu (48 ore)
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biologia Sperimentale e Applicata -curriculum Cellulare e Molecolare (LM-6)
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Scienze Motorie e dello Sport (L-22)
Tecnologie Ricombinanti -9 CFU (74)
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biologia Sperimentale ed Applicata (LM-6)
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biologia Sperimentale ed Applicata – curriculum Nutrizione (LM-6)
Biologia Cellulare – 4 cfu (49.5 ore)
Corso di Laurea a Ciclo unico in Medicina e Chirurgia (LM-41)
Biologia Cellulare – 1 cfu (10 ore)
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Biotecnologie (L-2)
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Infermieristica (L/SNT1), Fisioterapia (L/SNT2) e Tecniche della Prevenzione nell’Ambiente e nei Luoghi di Lavoro (L/SNT4), Sede Taranto – Ospedale Santissima Annunziata
Biologia Applicata – 1 cfu (12 ore)
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Infermieristica (L/SNT1), Sede Taranto – Marina Militare
Biologia Applicata – 1 cfu (12 ore)
Corso di Laurea Triennale in Infermieristica (L/SNT1), Sede Lecce – Ospedale V. Fazzi
Cellular Biotechnologies – 1 cfu (10 ore)
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biotecnologie Mediche e Nanobiotecnologie (LM-9)
Biologia Generale e Cellulare– 2 cfu (24 ore)
Corso di Laurea in Inferieristica (L/SNT1)
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