Sapienza – Università di Roma
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University Professors in Experimental Biology (BIO/13)
PROFESSOR
POSITION
AIBG
Gian Maria Fimia – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
PO
Brunella Caronti – Dipartimento di Neuroscienze Umane
RTI
Ilaria Laudadio – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
RTD-A
Piergiorgio La Rosa – Dipartimento di Psicologia
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
Sabrina Garbo – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
A
Francesca Maiorca – Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale e di precisione
A
Luca Occhigrossi – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
A
Silvia Perna– Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
A
Michela Terri – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
A
Veronica Consalvi – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Ludovica Lombardi – Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale e di Precisione
D
Francesco Marocco – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Davide Pallucci – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Noemi Scafa – Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare
D
Luca Quattrocchi – Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche
D
Ramona Marrapodi – Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale e di Precisione
B
Annamaria Sabetta – Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale e di Precisione
B
Micaela Lucarelli – Dipartimento di Psicologia
D
Alessandro Rava – Dipartimento di Psicologia
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
Giulio Bontempi
Carla Cicchini
Veronica Consalvi
Sabrina Garbo
Alessandra Marchetti
Francesco Marocco
Raffaele Strippoli
Michela Terri
Marco Tripodi
Research Themes
- Molecular mechanisms controlling epithelial cell fate
Keywords: EMT, Snail, HNF4alpha, exosome, ncRNA.
Research Group
Research Themes
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Role of autophagy in the regulation of cell proliferation, survival and tumor microenvironment during carcinogenesis.
- Role of autophagy in the regulation of viral and bacterial infection and related pathogenesis.
Keywords: autophagy, cell cycle control, neoangiogenesis, apoptosis;
xenophagy, viral and bacterial infection, host-pathogen interaction, innate immune response
Research Group
Caterina Catalanotto
Carlo Cogoni
Dario Benelli
Research Themes
- Mechanisms of post-transcriptional control of gene expression
- The Impact of Ribosomes on Gene Expression Regulation
Keywords: RNA interference, Gene silencing, microRNA, Argonaute, Epigenetics,
specialized ribosomes, ribosome biogenesis factors, translational regulation
Research Group
Alessandra Di Giamberardino
Carmine Mancone
Research Themes
- Role of the tumor microenvironment (TME) proteins in the invasive and metastatic
phenotype of cholangiocarcinoma cells and definition of the mechanisms of action - Role of TME proteins in the remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and in the
regulation of vascular and lymphatic angiogenesis in cholangiocarcinoma.
Keywords: Cholangiocarcinoma, Tumor microenvironment, Invasiveness, Lymphangiogenesis, Angiogenesis
Research Group
Laura Stronati
Ilaria Laudadio
Claudia Carissimi
Noemi Scafa
Silvia Perna
Research Themes
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molecular basis of chronic inflammatory disorders of the gastro-intestinal tract
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biomarkers of inflammation
Keywords: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Inflammation, Fibrosis, Microbiota, Organoids
Research Group
Lucia Stefanini
Francesca Maiorca
Annamaria Sabetta
Ramona Marrapodi
Ludovica Lombardi
Davide Pallucci
Research Themes
- The Immunothrombosis laboratory studies the signaling mechanisms underlying the crosstalk between platelets and immunity in sterile and infectious inflammatory conditions
Keywords: platelets, vascular integrity, thromboinflammation, cardiovascular disease.
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 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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