Università di Ferrara
Last update: September 15, 2020
University Professors in Experimental Biology (BIO/13)
PROFESSOR
POSITION
AIBG
Rosadele Cicchetti – Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Medicina Traslazionale
RTI
AIBG Member
Maria Giulia Farace – Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione
Prof. Onorario
Honorary Professor
AIBG Member
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
Emanuele Bruni – Dipartimento di Biologia
A
–
Giulia Cencelli – Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione
A
–
Giulia Leggeri – Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale
A
–
Giorgia Pedini – Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione
A
–
Eleonora Rosina – Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione
A
–
Sofian Alwardat – Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione
D
–
Francesco Capradossi – Dipartimento di Biologia
D
–
Carla Proserpio – Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione
D
–
Deborah Cardinali – Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione
B
–
Loredana Frassinelli – Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione
B
–
A (Assegnista di Ricerca / Post-Doctoral Fellow)
D (Dottorando / PhD Student)
B (Borsista / Fellow)
T (Tutor)
Research
Research Group 1
Claudia Bagni
Giulia Cencelli
Giorgia Pedini
Eleonora Rosina
Maria Giulia Farace
Research Themes
- Cellular and molecular bases of intellectual disability and tumor progressionin the context of Fragile X Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Keywords: Fragile X Syndrome, Autism, intellectual disability, FMRP, cancer, mRNA metabolism.
Research Group 2
Silvia Anna Ciafrè
Silvia Galardi
Carla Proserpio
Deborah Cardinali
Research Themes
- Glioblastoma tumor biology with particular interest on the role of non-coding RNAs as possible therapeutic targets for glioblastoma
Keywords: glioblastoma; tumor microenvironment; microRNA, lncRNA; post-transcriptional regulation, RNA metabolism.
Research Group 3
Alessandro Michienzi
Loredana Frassinelli
Sofian Alwardat
Research Themes
- Role of ADAR1 and ADAR2 deaminases in HIV-1 replication and in the LINE-1 retrotransposition process. Characterization of molecular alterations in Aicardi Goutières Syndrome (AGS) caused by mutations in the ADAR1 gene.
Keywords: ADAR enzymes, RNA editing, HIV-1, post-transcriptional regulation.
Research Group 4
Lina Ghibelli
Emanuele Bruni
Francesco Capradossi
Research Themes
- Intra- and intercellular mechanisms of apoptosis induction in tumor cells by radio-chemotherapy agents; role of nanomaterials in drug delivery, radiosensitization and radioprotection.
Keywords: apoptosis, nanomaterials, cancer, pharmacodelivery, reprogramming.
Research Group 5
Cesare Gargioli
Stefano Testa
Ersilia Fornetti
Research Themes
- New approaches for human skeletal muscle tissue engineering and 3D modelling employing 3D printing and microfabrication (Organ on Chip) technologies.
Keywords: Skeletal muscle, Tissue engineering, Microfluidic chip, iPS Cells.
Research Group 6
Rosadele Cicchetti
Research Themes
- Functional genomics of human genes in physiological and pathological conditions. Molecular, cellular and zebrafish model approaches.
Keywords: Gene expression, Functional genomics, Zebrafish, Myogenesis.
Teaching
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