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Research Team

Research Team
Nunzia Bernardini

Full Professor, MD – (Coord. Histology group)

Scientific Society Membership:

Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology
Italian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology

Training and Education:

Medicine and Surgery at University of Pisa; Specialization in Clinical Pharmacology at University of Pisa

Skills:

immunohistochemistry, histology, imaging, pharmacology

Matteo Fornai

Associate Professor, PhD – (Coord. IBS, IBD and Drug-induced Enteropathy Research)

Scientific Society Membership:

Italian Society of Neuro-Gastro-Enterology and Motility (SINGEM)
Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF)

Training and Education:

Pharmacy at University of Pisa; PhD in Experimental Pharmacology at University of Parma; Specialization in Clinical Pharmacology at University of Pisa; training at University of Amsterdam

Skills:

in vivo experiments, animal models, preclinical and clinical pharmacology

Luca Antonioli

Associate Professor, PhD – (Coord. Obesity and Inflammaging and Neuro-immunity Research)

Scientific Society Membership:

Italian Society of Pharmacology
Italian Purine Club

Training and Education:

Pharmacy at University of Pisa; PhD in Clinical Pathophysiology at University of Pisa; Specialization in Clinical Pharmacology at University of Pisa; Immunology training at University of Newark

Skills:

in vivo experiments, cell culture, molecular biology, animal models, preclinical and clinical pharmacology and immunology

Carolina Pellegrini

Associate Professor, PhD – (Coord. Microbiota and Gut-brain axis Research)

Scientific Society Membership:

Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology
Italian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology
Italian Society of Pharmacology

Training and Education:

Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at University of Pisa; PhD in Experimental Pharmacology at University of Parma; Specialization in Clinical Pharmacology at University of Pisa; Immunology training at University of Manchester

Skills:

in vivo experiments, cell culture, molecular biology, histochemistry, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence,  animal models, preclinical and clinical pharmacology and immunology

D’Antongiovanni Vanessa

Research contract, PhD

Scientific Society Membership:

Italian Purine Club
Italian Society of Pharmacology

Training and Education:

Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at University of Pisa, PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Siena, Molecular Biology training at University College of London (UCL).

Skills:

biochemistry and molecular biology, cell culture (monolayer and 3D), co-culture, in vivo experiments, mouse models, immunohistochemistry, cell signaling pathway analysis, pharmacology

Laura Benvenuti

Post-doctoral Fellow

Scientific Society Membership:

Italian Purine Club
Italian Society of Pharmacology
Italian Society of Nutraceuticals

Training and Education:

Pharmacy at University of Pisa; PhD in Clinical Physiopatology at University of Pisa

Skills:

Behavioural experiments, preclinical in vivo and ex vivo experiments, functional contractility studies, molecular biology, cell culture

Chiara Ippolito

Technician of scientific area, PhD

Scientific Society Membership:

Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology
Italian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology

Training and Education:

Pharmacy at University of Pisa; PhD in Medical Phisiopathology and Pharmacology at University of Pisa; Specialization in Pharmacology at University of Pisa

Skills:

histochemistry, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence; optical and confocal microscopy

Cristina Segnani

Technician of scientific area, PhD

Scientific Society Membership:

Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology

Training and Education:

Biology at University of Pisa; PhD in Normal and pathological morphology and function of cells and tissues at University of Pisa

Skills:

histochemistry, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, optical and confocal microscopy

Clelia Di Salvo

MSc – (Resident in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology)

Scientific Society Membership:

Italian Society of Pharmacology

Training and Education:

Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Residency in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (current on going)

Skills:

molecular analysis, ELISA, Western Blotting, culturing cells, in vivo pharmacology

Clarissa Pierucci

Student research fellow 

Scientific Society Membership:

Training and Education:

Pharmacy at University of Pisa

Skills:

istochemistry, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence; optical and confocal microscopy; Western Blot; in vivo experiments, mouse models