Università degli studi di Siena 1240
Last Update: October 7, 2019
University Professor of Applied Biology (BIO/13)
PROFESSOR
POSITION
AIBG
Alice Luddi – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo
RTD-B
AIBG Member
Laura Governini – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo
RTD-A
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 Applied Biology (BIO/13)
FELLOW
POSITION
AIBG
Francesca Paola Luongo – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo
D
Alesandro Haxhiu – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo
D
Daria Noto – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo
D
Roberta Corsaro – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e dello Sviluppo
D
A (Assegnista di Ricerca / Post-Doctoral Fellow)
D (Dottorando / PhD Student)
B (Borsista / Fellow)
T (Tutor)
Research
Research Group 1
Paola Piomboni
Alice Luddi
Laura Governini
Francesca Paola Luongo
Bianca Semplici
Research Themes
- Exosomal profile of the receptive human endometrium for guiding a successful embryo implantation.
- Identification and monitoring of the functional status of the endometrium through a diagnostic platform on liquid biopsy based on the analysis of circulating extracellular vesicles.
- Expression of genes involved in embryo implantation in stromal and epithelial cells from human endometrium.
- Expression of endometrial genes and their regulation in fertile and infertile women.
- Taste Receptors and Signal Transduction: their role in male and female fertility
Keywords: exosomes; endometrial receptivity; 3D endometrial cell culture; taste receptors; spermatozoa; cumulus cells; granulosa cells.
Research Group 2
Giulia Collodel
Elena Moretti
Daria Noto
Research Themes
- Morphological studies of human and animal sperm. The spermatozoon as a cell model to test the effect of natural antioxidant compounds and compounds endowed of potential toxicity.
- Orexigenic and anorexigenic peptides in human semen. Study of sperm lipid and isoprostanes as marker of semen quality in humans and rabbit model.
Keywords: spermatozoa, isoprostanes, antioxidant compounds, ghrelin, obestatin.
Teaching
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