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Maria Gabriella Maurizii

Assistant professor

Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Academic discipline: BIO/06 Comparative Anatomy and Cytology

Curriculum vitae

Maria Gabriella Maurizii obtained the degree in Biological Sciences in 1985  at the University of Siena.  From 1987 to 2001 she  worked as a Research Assistant at the Department of Biology of the University of Bologna. Since 2001 she is Researcher at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bologna where she teachs  "Development Biology".  The research activity has been  mainly focused   on the organization and characterization of some cytoskeleton components (cytokeratins and tubulins) during the differentiation of ovarian follicle of Podarcis sicula. The studies on cytokeratins characterization and organization have been extended to the differentiating epidermis of reptiles and  the studies on  microtubules organization in vertebrates have been extended to the differentiating gonads and embryos of some mitiles. Recently, she  is interested to study  the characterization and localization of Vasa and PL10 proteins during the early oogenesys of the lizard Podarcis sicula; these proteins are involved in the differentation of germinal cells. She is author or coauthor of several papers published on international refereed journals.