Università degli studi di Genova
Last Update: October 8, 2019
University Professors in Experimental Biology (BIO/13)
PROFESSOR
POSITION
AIBG
Lorenza Pastorino – Dip. di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche (DiMI)
Professore a contratto
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
Virginia Andreotti
A
Matilde Calderoni
D
Simonetta Carluccio
D
Ambra Costa
D
Bruna Dalmasso
D
Cansu Gorgun
D
Elisabetta Palamà
D
Roberta Pece
D
Francesca Puglisi
D
Irene Vanni
D
Patrizia Garbati
C
Irena Maric
C
A (Assegnista di Ricerca / Post-Doctoral Fellow)
D (Dottorando / PhD Student)
B (Borsista / Fellow)
T (Tutor)
Research
Research Group 1
Rodolfo Quarto
Research Themes
- Stem Cells
- Regenerative Medicine
- Cell-biomaterials interaction
Keywords: Stem cells, regenerative medicine, biomaterials, bioreactors, tissue engineering.
Research Group 2
Research Themes
- Mechanisms underlying growth and tumor progression.
- Role of genetic modifications in tumor evolution for the identification of new therapeutic and preventive targets.
- Susceptibility to cancer: molecular basis and genotype-phenotype correlation. Identification and structural and functional characterization of hereditary cancer susceptibility genes . Functional analysis of genomic variants
Keywords: Mechanisms of tumorigenesis, susceptibility to hereditary cancer syndromes, genotype-phenotype correlation, functional analysis of genomic variants.
Research Group 3
Research Themes
- Identification of novel molecules for high risk neuroblastoma therapy.
Keywords: neuroblastoma, non-coding RNA, cancer, molecular cell biology.
Research Group 4
Research Themes
- Role of the bone marrow microenvironment, of its different cell types and of their interactions, particularly relating to pathological conditions such as in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- Mesenchymal stromal cells and their interactions with biomaterials
Keywords: hepatocyte growth factor, mesenchymal stem cell, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, biomaterials, tissue engineering.
Research Group 5
Sveva Bollini
Ambra Costa
Patrizia Garbati
Research Themes
- Characterization of Human Fetal and Perinatal Stem Cell Secretome, including Extracellular Vesicles
- Re-Activation of Endogenous Mechanisms of Cardiac Repair after Ischemic Injury and Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity
- Cardiac Rejuvenation via Resident Cardiomyocyte Proliferation,
Keywords: Fetal stem cells, Paracrine effect, Myocardial Renewal, Cardiac Repair, Extracellular Vesicles.
Research Group 6
Sara Tavella
Irena Maric
Roberta Pece
Research Themes
- 3D models of cell culture
- LCN2 overexpression in integrated physiology
- Gravity and skeletal tissues
- ADAM 10 inhibitors
Keywords: animal models , 3D models of cell cultures, , microgravity, bone tissue.
Research Group 7
Chiara Gentili
Palamà Elisabetta
Carluccio Simonetta
Research Themes
- Cellule staminali
- Medicina Rigenerativa
- Ingegneria dei tessuti: modelli 3D printing e bioreattori
- Caratterizzazione secretoma cellule staminali mesenchimali
Keywords: stem cells, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, mesenchymal stem cell, secretome.
Research Group 8
Research Themes
- Mechanisms of gene regulation and predisposition to rare hereditary cancer syndromes
- Identification and structural and functional characterization of hereditary cancer susceptibility genes (melanoma and pancreatic cancer )
- Hereditary basis of novel familial cancer clustering
- Mechanisms of tumor metastasis
Keywords: susceptibility to rare cancer prone syndromes, melanoma susceptibility, molecular genetics of novel familial cancer clustering , metastatic cancer.
Research Group 9
Roberta Tasso
Cansu Gorgun
Research Themes
- Analysis of the paracrine activity of adipose tissue derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
- Analysis and characterization of Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) isolated from cellular supernatants and biological fluids
- Identification and characterization of circulating EVs derived from cancer patients plasma
Keywords: Adult stem cells, Paracrine activity, Extracellular Vesicles, Regenerative medicine.
Research Group 10
Research Themes
- Molecular basis of tumorigenesis of soldi tumors
- Identification and structural and functional characterization of hereditary cancer susceptibility genes (melanoma and nevoid basal cell carcinoma)
- Somatic and germline correlation in cancer biology evolution
Keywords: tumorigenesis of solid tumors, nevoid basal cell carcinoma and melanoma susceptibility, somatic and germline correlation in cancer biology evolution.
Teaching
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