Basic sciences

Research on the molecular, biochemical, anatomical, and physiological mechanisms in veterinary and laboratory species, using in vitro, in vivo, and in silico methods, within an integrated and translational framework.

The basic sciences include veterinary anatomy and physiology, as well as molecular biology and clinical biochemistry.

Research activities cover a wide range of topics in veterinary and laboratory species, spanning from the study of the enteric and central nervous systems, to reproductive physiology and biotechnology, molecular studies of physiology and cellular stress aimed at identifying new biomarkers, the assessment of animal behavior and welfare, and the development of integrative methods within translational medicine.

People

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Ilgar Abdullayev

PhD Student

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Pier Attilio Accorsi

Associate Professor

keywords: Training program, Welfare, Hormones, Human-animal relationship, Immune system
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Maria Laura Bacci

Full Professor

keywords: Translational medicine, Reproductive physiology, Reproductive biotechnologies, Swine species, Transgenic animals,
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Vito Antonio Baldassarro

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

keywords: Neural Stem Cells, Transcriptomic and bioinformatic analysis, In vitro models of diseases, Advanced microscopy and
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Chiara Bernardini

Associate Professor

keywords: Primary Cell Culture, Traslational Medicine, Endothelial cells, Vascular stem cells, Epithelial Cells
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Cristiano Bombardi

Associate Professor

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Diego Bucci

Associate Professor

keywords: physiology of reproduction, spermatozoa, swine, cryopreservation, sperm metabolism, antioxidants, oocytes
keywords: Animal Production; Food Safety
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Roberto Chiocchetti

Associate Professor

keywords: Digestive system, Immunohistochemistry, Endocannabinoid system, Nervous system
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Antonia Cugliari

PhD Student

keywords: mitochondria bioenergetic, cell metabolism
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Thomas Dalmonte

Research fellow

keywords: Biostatistic, Data analysis, Meta-analysis, Omics data
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Marco De Nardi

Associate Professor

keywords: Veterinary epidemiology, Epidemiological study design, Animal health surveillance system, Statistics, GIS and Spatial
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Sofia Dindo

PhD Student

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Arcangelo Gentile

Full Professor

keywords: Genetic diseases in cattle, Ruminal acidosis in calves, Malformative condition in calves, Neonatal diarrhea in calves,
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Luciana Giardino

Full Professor

keywords: traslational medicine, stem cells, animal models of neurodegenerative diseases, rare diseases, rigenerative medicine,
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Nadia Govoni

Assistant professor

keywords: reproductive physiology, stress and animal welfare, steroid and protein hormones, domestic animal, wild animal and
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Annamaria Grandis

Associate Professor

keywords: veterinary regional anatomy, anatomical casts, history of veterinary medicine, veterinary applied anatomy,
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Ilaria Guarniero

Assistant professor

keywords: genetic differentiation, fish stock identification, genetic variability, host-parasite genetic corelations, parentage
keywords: DNA-methylation, Epigenetic control of transcription, neural system, endocrin system, translational medicine,
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Eleonora Iacono

Associate Professor

keywords: in vitro embryo production, cat, dog, bovine, cryopreservation, mesenchymal stem cells, equine, fertility
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Gloria Isani

Associate Professor

keywords: Animals of veterinary interest, urine proteome, antioxidant enzymes, trace elements, plasma proteome, metallothionein,
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Luca Lorenzini

Associate Professor

Daniela Massaro

Research fellow

Teaching tutor

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Maurizio Mazzoni

Associate Professor

keywords: α-gustducin, DiI neuronal tracer, enteric nervous system, immunohistochemistry, autonomic nervous system, α-transducin,
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Barbara Merlo

Associate Professor

keywords: assisted reproduction, cryopreservation, mesenchymal stem cells
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Gloria Metti

PhD Student

keywords: Histology; Immunohistochemistry; reproductive system; digestive system
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Luisa Vera Muscatello

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

keywords: Veterinary Pathology; cytogenetics; canine and feline tumors; liver pathology.
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Eleonora Nannoni

Associate Professor

keywords: animal welfare, food quality, certified food chains, ethics in animal production
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Salvatore Nesci

Associate Professor

keywords: Biochemistry, Bioenergetics, ATP synthase, Mitochondria, Cellular metabolism, Mitochondrial permeability transition pore
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José Manuel Ortiz Rodríguez

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

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Albamaria Parmeggiani

Associate Professor

keywords: metabolic hormone, gonadal development, nutrition reproduction and stress, endocrine disruptors, intestinal ontogenesis
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Cecilia Rudelli

Research fellow

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Luca Sardi

Associate Professor

keywords: Rearing technique, Environmental impact, Meat quality, Welfare
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Giuseppe Sarli

Full Professor

keywords: 3D culture, dog, tumours, microenvironment, lymphocytes, macrophages
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Marcella Spinaci

Associate Professor

keywords: in vitro maturation, oocytes, spermatozoa, in vitro fertilization, polyphenols, pesticides
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Perla Tedesco

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

keywords: parasitology, aquatic animals, scanning electron microscopy, in vitro tests, parasitic diseases
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Ilaria Troisio

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

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Fabiana Trombetti

Assistant professor

keywords: F1FO-ATPase, lipids, Na-dependent ATPase
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Niccolò Ian Vannetti

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

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Domenico Ventrella

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Physiology of Reproduction, Translational Medicine, Animal Models
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Anna Zaghini

Full Professor

keywords: tissue and serum kinetics, endocrine disruptors, veterinary drugs, mycotoxins, feed and food safety, antibiotic

Lorenzo Zanella

PhD Student

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Augusta Zannoni

Associate Professor

keywords: inflammation, cell physiology, transgenic animals, reproductive biotechnologies, in vitro and in vivo models