Sapienza – Università di Roma
Last Update: September 26, 2019
University Professors in Experimental Biology (BIO/13)
PROFESSOR
POSITION
AIBG
Brunella Caronti – Dipartimento di neurologia e Psichiatria
RTI
Ilaria Laudadio – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
RTD-A
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
Laura Braccini – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
A
Eleonora Colantoni – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
A
Valeria Noce – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
A
Alessandra Di Giamberardino – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Sabrina Garbo – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Elisa Lorefice – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Micaela Lucarelli – Dipartimento di Psicologia
D
Rachele Marino – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Alessandro Rava – Dipartimento di Psicologia
D
Veronica Riccioni – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Giovanna Sabarese – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Michela Terri – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
A (Assegnista di Ricerca / Post-Doctoral Fellow)
D (Dottorando / PhD Student)
B (Borsista / Fellow)
T (Tutor)
Research
Research Group 1
Laura Amicone
Cecilia Battistelli
Carla Cicchini
Sabrina Garbo
Alessandra Marchetti
Valeria Noce
Veronica Riccioni
Giovanna Sabarese
Raffaele Strippoli
Michela Terri
Marco Tripodi
Research Themes
- Molecular mechanisms controlling epithelial cell fate
Keywords: EMT, Snail, HNF4alpha, exosome, ncRNA.
Research Group 2
Laura Braccini
Claudia Carissimi
Valerio Fulci
Elisa Lorefice
Research Themes
- Role of noncoding RNAs and AGO proteins in the regulation of telomerase; Epitranscriptomic modifications of microRNAs; Role of small RNAs in DNA Double strand break repair.
Keywords: AGO2; AGO1; RNAi; microRNA; TERC; epitranscriptomics.
Research Group 3
Dario Benelli
Paola Londei
Research Themes
- Mechanisms of translational control of gene expression.
Keywords: ribosomes, translational initiation factors, reconstituted in vitro translation systems.
Research Group 4
Caterina Catalanotto
Carlo Cogoni
Rachele Marino
Research Themes
- Mechanisms of post-transcriptional control of gene expression.
Keywords: RNA inteference, Gene silencing, microRNA, Argonaute, Epigenetics.
Research Group 5
Alessandra Di Giamberardino
Carmine Mancone
Research Themes
- Structural and functional analysis of extracellular matrix alterations in chronic and tumor pathologies (i.e.: Cholangiocarcinoma, Non anastomotic biliary strictures).
Keywords: Proteomics, Extracellular matrix.
Research Group 6
Roberto Carnevale
Research Themes
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms related to the atherosclerotic process; oxidative stress and cardiovascular diseases.
Keywords: Oxidative stress, Platelets, NADPH oxidase, nutrition.
Research Group 7
Eleonora Colantoni
Ilaria Laudadio
Laura Stronati
Research Themes
- Immunopathogenesis of chronic inflammatory disorders; Gut microbiota and host immunity interactions; Novel strategies for the cure of chronic inflammatory disorders.
Research Group 8
Lucia Stefanini
Research Themes
- Molecular mechanisms of platelet (hyper)activation in metabolic, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
Keywords: platelets, vascular integrity, thromboinflammation, cardiovascular disease.
Research Group 9
Rossella Maione
Research Themes
- Epigenetic control of gene expression in muscle cells.
Keywords: skeletal muscle differentiation; chromatin dynamics; MyoD; cell cycle inhibitors.
Research Group 10
Arturo Bevilacqua
Sonia Canterini
Maria Teresa Fiorenza
Micaela Lucarelli
Alessandro Rava
Within the field of mammalian reproduction and embryology:
- molecular and cellular regulation of cell proliferation and death in mouse preimplantation embryos;
- cellular and functional aspects of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) in women and in murine models
Within the field of neurobiology:
- molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling the differentiation and functional maturation of neurons and glial cells;
- neurobiology of learning and memory in the mouse;
- effects of lipid dyshomeostasis on signaling mechanisms of the early post-natal/adult brain using mouse models;
- pathogenic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental/neurodegenerative diseases using mouse models of Niemann-Pick C, autism and Alzheimer diseases;
- genetics of cognitive functions, psychic disorders, transsexualism, psychoses in humans.
Keywords: mouse preimplantation embryos, blastomere proliferation, AKT, myo-inositol; D-chiro-inositol, PCOS, granule neurons, Sonic Hedgehog, TGF-beta, fear conditioning, hippocampus, cell adhesion factors, cholesterol/gangliosides, PREP1, taurine, dopamine receptors, 5-HTT, COMT, BDNF, obsessive-compulsive disorder, perfectionism, procrastination, gender dysphoria, bipolar disorder, telomeres, telomerase activity.
Teaching
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