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Name and Surname: Mauro Piacentini
Qualification: Full Professor
Scientific Sector: Cell Biology
Contact: [email protected]
Biography:
Education
Date
1976
Degree
Institution
Subject
degree cum laude. University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy Cell Biology
Appointments/Affiliations
Dates
Title
2013-present
Board of Directors
2013-present
President
2005-present
Board of Directors
2000-present
Full Professor
1998-present
Basic Research Director
2004-2012
President
1994-2007
2004-2007
2004-2007
2002-2005
1994-2002
1998-2000
1994-1997
1984-1986
1984-1998
19781977-1984
Board of Directors
Program Coordinator
Board of Directors
President
Vice President
Associate Professor
Consultant
Postdoctoral Fellow
Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Organization
City, Country
University of Rome "Tor Vergata",
Italy
National Abilitation Committee
Italy
European Cell Death Organization
Europe
University of Rome "Tor Vergata",
Italy
National Institute for Infectious
Diseases
Italy
Biotechnology Programme
University of Rome "Tor Vergata",
Italy
International Cell Death Society
USA
Marie-Curie European Community
Belgium
SpaXen Italia Srl
USA
European Cell Death Organization
Europe
European Cell Death Organization
Europe
Tuscia University
Italy
LXR Biotechnology Inc
Italy
NIDR, NIH
USA
University of Rome "Tor Vergata",
Italy
Dept of Pathology, Karolinska
Sweden
University of Rome "La Sapienza",
Italy
Honors/Awards
Date
Name
2013
Carrer Award
2010
Gordon Conference
2007
JSPS award
2007
2007
"Descartes Award"
Keynote speaker
2006
2005
Member of Expert Group
Keynote speaker
1999-2005 Italian Representant
Memberships
Date
Organization
2012
Accademia Medica Romana
Description
ICDS
Elected Chair
Japanese Society for the
Promotion of Science
European Commission
7th International Meeting of the
Slovenian Biochemical Society
Ministery of Health
International Immunology
and Reumathology Meeting
EU Cost Action 844
USA
USA
Japan
Europe
Slovenia
Italy
Taiwan
Belgium
Position
Member
2010
2008
2007
1993-present
2000-2005
1994-present
Cell Death Disease (Nature Publishing Group)
Deputy Editor
BioMedicine Research International
Editor
Methods in Enzymology
Guest Editor
Cell Death Differentiation (Nature Publishing Group)
Founder and Editor
European Science Foudation "Transglutaminase and Protein
Crosslinking Programme"
Board Member
European Cell Death Organization
Founding Member
Research Grants:
International Agencies:
Prof Piacentini has received 9 grants from the Europen Commission for a total of about 3 Millions Euro:
National and International agencies:
Since 1988 Prof. Piacentini has obtained numerous research grants from the following national agencies for
a total of 3.5 millions Euro:
Journal reviewer for: Autophagy, Plos One, Carcinogenesis, Brain Research, Cancer Research, Cancer Cell,
Cell Death and Differentiation, Experimental Cell Reseach, European Journal of Cell Biology, FASEB journal,
FEBS Letter, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of
Immunology, Journal of Neurochemistry, Journal of Physiology, International Immunology, International
Journal of Cancer, Oncogene, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neuroscience, Nature.
Grant reviewer for: Aids Fonds (The Netherlands), Ministry of Education and Science (Russia),
National Science Foundation (NSF, USA), Medical Research Council" (MCR; U.K.), International Human
Frontier Science Program (HFS; France), Wellcome Trust (U.K.), Science Foundation Ireland (Irlanda),
Agence Nationel Recherche (France), Swiss Science Foundation (Svizzera), FWO (Belgio), Associazione
Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC), Alzheimer's Research Trust (UK), Italian Ministery of Health, Italian
Ministery of University and Research.
Editorial comments
on Prof. Piacentini's pubblications Editorials have been published in: Journal of National Cancer Institute
September 2004; Cell Death and Differentiation Vol. 11 (2004): S33-S36); Nature Cell Biology, July 2007;
Nature Business Exchange, September 2011.
Pubblications
Mauro Piacentini is author of more than 250 papers with a total number of citations above 16,000 according
to Scopus and a total impact above 1,600. H-index of 62. According to Scopus and Google Scholar he is the
most cited scientist in the field of Transglutaminases.
Title of teaching module: Cellular and Developmental Biology
Description of teaching module (teaching program):
The Cell and Developmental Biology course is designed to introduce the pharmacy
students to understand how interactions among molecules, macromolecules, and
macromolecular machines give rise to living cells. The course focuses on the regulation of
specialized cells function, and how complex interactions between cells guide normal
development, including the creation and maintenance of tissues and organs during early
developmental stages. The course also includes basic cell and molecular biology aspects to
understand the treatment of human disease as well as new biotechnology applications
.
CELL BIOLOGY
-History of Cell Biology
-Chemical Foundations, the cellular building blocks: Protein, Lipid, Sugars and Nucleic acid
Structure and Function
-Techniques in Cell Biology
-Biomembrane Structure
-Transmembrane Transport of Ions and Small Molecules
-The Cytoskeleton and the Cell Organization and Movement: Microtubules, Intermediate
Filaments and Microfilaments. Vesicular Traffic, Secretion, and Endocytosis
-The nucleus: Genes, Genomics, and Chromosome; Transcriptional Control of Gene
Expression
-The endoplasmic reticulum: the ribosomes and the protein synthesis
-The mitochondria: Introduction to bioenergetics
-The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle
INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN REPRODUCTION
-The anatomy of human male and female reproductive systems
-The spermatozoa differentiation
-The oocyte differentiation
-The menstrual cycle regulation
-Fertilization
-Early stages of development including the implantation and placenta formation