MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

The lines of research include the study of:

  • Molecular mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of protection by successive insults (preconditioning) in nerve cells.
  • Identification and function of long non-coding RNA activated by neurotrophins.
  • Effect of xenobiotics on the reproductive fitness of marine organisms and human health and identification of novel natural molecules with antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer activities.
  • Function of relaxings in embryonic development of vertebrates.
  • Regulation of tissue-specific gene expression in vertebrates and invertebrates.
  • Regulation of gene expression in genetic and acquired diseases of the mammalian skin.
  • Role of the homeostasis in the development of pancreatic progenitor cells and in human disease.

The major international collaborations are with: Helmholtz Zentrum, Institute for stem cell research (Munich); British Columbia, University of Victoria; Harvard Medical School; Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne (Lausanne); Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Goethe University of Frankfurt; Kartov Institute of Physical Chemistry, e Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow.

Partecipants

  • FUCCI LAURA (Full Professor)
  • MISSERO CATERINA (Full Professor)
  • ANIELLO FRANCESCO (Associate Professor)
  • FALCO GEPPINO (Associate Professor)
  • ANTONINI DARIO (Researcher)
  • DEL GAUDIO ROSANNA (Researcher)
  • DI GIAIMO ROSSELLA (Researcher)
  • DONIZETTI ALDO (Researcher)
  • PISCOPO MARINA (Researcher)