Name: Romana Fato
Date of birth: 15/08/1955
Nationality: Italian
CONTACT ADDRESS:
1) Department of Biohemistry “G.Moruzzi”
Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna. Italy
Phone: +39-0512091243
Emails:
Romana.fato@unibo.it
EDUCATION
1. Pharmaceutical Chemistry degree (Chimica e Tecnologie
Farmaceutiche) on 28 / 02 /1980, summa cum laude, Faculty of
Pharmacy University of Bologna
2. PhD in Cell Biology and Physiology on 12 / 10 / 1988
EXPERIENCES
• 1989-1991 contract researcher: Consorzio Italiano Tecnologie
Farmaci Invecchiamento (CITFI)
• 1 / 04 / 1991 - 30 / 10 / 2000 Technician position in the
Department of Biochemistry “G.Moruzzi” University of Bologna
• Since 1 / 11 / 2000 Associated Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of Bologna
RESEARCH AREAS
Bioenergetics:
Mitochondrial respiratory chain activity and oxidative stress
:
The research work mainly concerns the structural and functional
organization of the respiratory chain, in particular the role of
the coenzyme Q pool and its membrane diffusion in electron
transfer, the steady-state kinetics of complex I with emphasis on
the specificity of the quinone acceptors. Recently it was also
investigated the redox state of mitochondrial Complex I redox
centers to characterize the production of oxygen radicals by the
respiratory chain and their role in pathological
alterations.
