ORCID: 0000-0002-8708-6454
Research ID: K-1678-2014
h-index: 44, cit. 5436 (Scopus, May 2021)
Professional Activity and Positions Held
1.10.2006-present Full Professor of Molecular
biology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology University of
Bologna, Bologna, Italy
28.06.08-20.09.08 Visiting Professor, Laboratory
of Molecular pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, NIH,
Bethesda, MD, USA.
1.11.1998-30.9.2006 Associate Professor of
Molecular biology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy,
University of Bologna, Italy
1997-1998 Adjunct Professor, University of Pauda,
School of Pharmacy, Padua, Italy.
1998 Chief, Molecular Pharmacology Unit,
Department of Experimental oncology, National Cancer Institute,
Milan, Italy
1990-1997 Senior investigator, Experimental
oncology B, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy.
06/1988-06/1990 Guest Researcher, Laboratory of
Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
02/1986-11/1990 Associate Researcher,
Experimental oncology B, National Cancer Institute, Milan,
Italy.
01/1983-01/1986 Fellow, Experimental oncology B,
National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy.
Academic Roles
2015 -present, Chairman of PhD program in Cellular and molecular biology
2015 - present, member, Executive Board, Department of Pharmacy and
Biotechnology
2013 - present, member, Council of the School of Pharmacy,
Biotechnology and Sport sciences
2010 - present Chair, Biotechnology Degree
Program (“Classe L-2”)
2011 - 2014 Representative of Bologna University,
Management Board, CIB (“Consorzio Italiano delle
Biotecnologie”)
2011 – 2014 Member, University Research Panel, CUN
Area “05”
2010 - 2013 Board Member, Interdepartimental
Center for Biotechnology Research
01/2012 – 10/2012 Vice-Director, Department of
Biochemistry.
2008-2010 Member, Executive Board (“Giunta”),
Department of Biochemistry
2006-2008 Member, Committee for “Didattica” of
Pharmacy Faculty
2002-2006 Tutor, Collegio Superiore, Bologna
University
2001-2004 President, Auto-evaluation Committee of
the Biotechnology Degree Program, under the CRUI “CampusOne”
Program
Education
07/1982
Laurea in Biological sciences, final score summa cum laude,
University of Perugia, Perugia.
Final thesis on “Synthesis of phospholipids in the membrane
prepared from rat brains”, Department of Biological Chemistry (G
Porcellati, L Binaglia), School of Medicine.
Professional Board and Examination
1985 National Exam for the Profession of
Biologist, University of Milan.
1988 National Board of Biologists.
Main Externally-Funded Research Grants
2015 Three-year grant from the Associazione
Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Milan, Italy
2010 Three-year grant from the Associazione
Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Milan, Italy
2007 Three-year grant from the Associazione
Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Milan, Italy
2005 National coordinator of a two-year grant
(DNA topoisomerase I and development of new inhibitors) from The
Ministry of University and Scientific Research under the PRIN
program, Rome, Italy.
2003 National coordinator of a two-year grant
(Functions and structure of DNA topoisomerase I) from The Ministry
of University and Scientific Research under the PRIN program, Rome,
Italy.
2001 National coordinator of a two-year grant
(DNA topoisomerase I) from The Ministry of University and
Scientific Research under the PRIN program, Rome, Italy.
2001 Three-year grant from the Associazione
Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Milan, Italy.
1999 Unit PI of a two-year grant (Chromatin
dynamics and gene expression) from The Ministry of University and
Scientific Research under the PRIN program, Rome, Italy.
1999 One-year contract with Menarini Ricerche
Sud, Pomezia (Roma) for a screen program for new DNA topoisomerase
I inibitors.
1999 One-year grant from CNR, Rome.
1998 Three-year grant from the Associazione
Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Milan, Italy (PI).
1998 Two-year grant from European Commission,
INTAS program, Brussels, Belgium.
1995 Three-year grant from the Associazione
Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Milan, Italy (PI).
1994 One-year grant from the Associazione
Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Milan, Italy (PI).
1994 Two-year research grant under the European
Union BIOMED I Programme, Brussels, Belgium.
1992 Five-year grant under the program “Clinical
Applications of the Cancer Research” of CNR, Rome, Italy
(PI).
Research Contracts and Collaborations with Industry
2015-2016 Menarini Ricerche Sud, Pomezia, Italy
1990-1994 Boehringer-Ingelman Mannheim, Monza,
Italy
1999-2000 Menarini Ricerche Sud, Pomezia,
Italy
Evaluator of Research Grant Applications
Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus
Sardegna Ricerche Polaris, Italy
National Science Foundation, USA
Human Frontier Science Program
Health Research Council, New Zealand
Dutch Cancer Society, The Netherlands
Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica, Italy
Cancer Research UK, United Kingdom
Invited Speaker (main invitation only) at International and
National Meetings
2013 23rd Wilhelm Bernhard Workshop on the Cell
Nucleus, 19-24 August, Debrecen, Hungary
2010 BIT's First Annual International Conference
of Medichem-2010, Beijing, May 18-20, 2010
2008 1° Congresso Nazionale Biotecnologie
Medicina e Salute, Rimini, 14-15 Marzo 2008.
2007 EMBO Workshop on DNA Supercoiling and
Topoisomerases, June 17-22, Fréjus, France
2005 DNA topology in the global regulation of
genome functions: basic studies and clinical applications, June
1-4, Bertinoro, Italy.
2001 8th International Congress of Chemotherapy,
September 5-9, Gdansk, Poland.
2000 The 2nd FISV Conference, September
30th-October 4th. Riva del Garda, Italy.
1999 American Chemical Society Annual Meeting,
March 21-25, Anaheim, USA.
1999 The 10th Conference on DNA topoisomerases in
therapy. October 6-8, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1999 International Symposium on Drug Regulation
of Gene Expression, August 31 – September 4, Bressanone,
Italy.
1997 The 8th Conference on DNA Topoisomerases in
Therapy. October 15-17, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1997 EORTC-PAMM Group Winter Meeting, January
15-18, Munster, Germany.
1996 American Chemical Society Annual Meeting,
March 24-26, New Orleans, USA.
1995 The 6th Conference on DNA topoisomerases in
therapy. October 1-4, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Chairman)
1995 1st European Congress of Pharmacology, June
16-19, Milan, Italy.
1995 19th International Congress of Chemotherapy,
July 16-21, Montreal, Canada.
1994 8th NCI-EORTC Symposium on New Drugs in
Cancer Therapy, March 15-18, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1992 7th International Congress on Senology, May
3-7, Rhodes, Greece.
1990 The 23rd Jerusalem Symposium on Molecular
Basis of Specificity in Nucleic Acid-Drug Interactions, May 14-17,
Jerusalem, Israel.
Meeting Organization
2012 Congresso Nazionale Biotecnologie CNBXI.
June 27-29, 2012, Varese (Italy).
2005 DNA topology in the global regulation of
genome functions: basic studies and clinical applications, June
1-4, Bertinoro (Italy).
1999 The 10th Conference on DNA Topoisomerases in
Therapy. October 6-8, Amsterdam.
1997 The 8th Conference on DNA Topoisomerases in
Therapy. October 15-17, Amsterdam.
1995 The 6th Conference on DNA Topoisomerases in
Therapy. October 1-4, Amsterdam.
Editorial Board Member
1995 Member, Current Pharmaceutical Design,
Bentham Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2000 Current Pharmaceutical Design, Guest
Editor
2000 Member, Current Medicinal Chemistry -
Anti-cancer Agents, Bentham Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
Referee for Several Research Journals.
Scientific Society
1994 Società Italiana di Biofisica e Biologia
Molecolare - FISV
1991 EORTC - Pharmacology and Molecular
Mechanisms Group
1989 American Association for Cancer
Research
1985 Società Italiana di Cancerologia -
EACR
Chair, PhD Program in Cellular and Molecular
Biology
(see website:
http://www.fabit.unibo.it/it/attivita-didattica/dottorato-in-biologia-cellulare-e-molecolare)
