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Diana Fiorentini

Assistant professor

Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology

Academic discipline: BIO/10 Biochemistry

Curriculum vitae

1957            Born in Bologna

1985            Degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies, University of Bologna, cum laude

1990            Ph.D in Biochemistry, University of Bologna

1992-1994  Post-doctoral researcher, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of  Bologna

1995            Researcher, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bologna

2001-2010  Teacher of “Biochemistry” – 1st Level Degree Course, Herbal Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bologna

2003-2010  Teacher of "Structure and metabolism of nucleic acids", a part of the “Biochemistry” course, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bologna

2007-2009  Teacher of “Biochemistry and Biochemistry of nutrition” – 1st Level Degree Course, Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bologna

2011-12, 2012-13 Teacher of "Biochemistry", Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bologna

2013-14 until now: Teacher of Modulo I, a part of “Biochemistry and Biochemistry of nutrition” – 1st Level Degree Course, Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna; Teacher of Modulo 2, a part of "General and Molecular Biochemistry", Single cycle degree/Combined Bachelor and Master, Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna

Member of Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 

She participated in local and national research projects

Main research topics: Reactive Oxygen Species, antioxidants in model and living systems. Reactive Oxygen Species as intracellular signals, modulation of glucose transport activity, cell signalling, aquaporins, NAD(P)H oxidase.

Until now (July, 2023) she authored 67 papers and 98 abstracts to National and International Meetings.