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)