Research groups
This is the list of the group leaders working in the research centers affiliated with SEMM.
Use the filter below to find the group leader of your interest:
| Surname Name | Research center/University | Research Project | 
|---|---|---|
| Abrignani Sergio More Info | National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) | Identification of minimally invasive biomarkers to monitor chronic disease progression and to assess efficacy and safety of new therapies and vaccines | 
| Albanese Manuel | National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) | |
| Alcalay Myriam More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Functional Genomics | 
| Amati  Bruno More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Oncogenes, Chromatin and Cell Cycle Control | 
| Auricchio  Alberto More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Gene Therapy of Severe Inherited Photoreceptor Diseases | 
| Bachi  Angela | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Functional Proteomics | 
| Ballabio Andrea More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Modulating Cellular Clearance to treat human disease | 
| Banfi Sandro More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | The Role of Noncoding RNAs in Eye Function and Disease and the study of the molecular basis of eye inherited disorders | 
| Bardelli Alberto | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Genomics of Cancer and Targeted Therapies | 
| Bardelli Alberto | University of Turin | |
| Berni Canani Roberto More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Immunonutrition: Innovative Strategies against Food-Induced Diseases and Obesity | 
| Bertolini Francesco More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Tumor microenvironment, angiogenesis, and checkpoint inhibition | 
| Bienko Magda More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Rewiring the human karyotype to reveal principles governing 3D genome architecture | 
| Biffo Stefano More Info | National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) | Translational control of gene expression in normal human cells and in pathological conditions | 
| Bodega Beatrice More Info | National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) | Human Genome Biology in health and disease | 
| Bonaldi Tiziana More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Nuclear proteomics to investigate multi-layered gene expression regulation | 
| Branzei Dana More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | DNA repair | 
| Brunetti Nicola More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Hepatocyte Gene Therapy | 
| Buffa Francesca | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Artificial Intelligence & Systems Biology | 
| Cacchiarelli Davide More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Genomic Medicine | 
| Calviello Lorenzo | Human Technopole (HT) | Post-transcriptional gene regulation | 
| Capasso Mario More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Translational Genomics of Neuroblastoma | 
| Carninci Piero | Human Technopole (HT) | Regulation of chromatin activity by interactome with non-coding RNA classes | 
| Casañal Ana | Human Technopole (HT) | Molecular Mechanisms of mRNA Modifying Machines | 
| Casola Stefano More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Genetics of B Cells and Lymphomas | 
| Castaldo Giuseppe More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Clinical Molecular Biology | 
| Cavallaro Ugo More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Isolation and characterization of recombinant antibodies against breast cancer stem cells | 
| Cereda Matteo More Info | Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine | Cancer Genomics and Bioinformatics | 
| Chiariotti Lorenzo More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Epigenetics and Epigenomics Applied to Human Genetics and in Molecular Oncology of Neurodevelopmental Diseases and Cancer | 
| Chiocca Susanna More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Viruses and Cancer | 
| Ciliberto  Andrea More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Quantitative Biology of Cell Division | 
| Condorelli Gianluigi More Info | Humanitas University | Epigenetics of the aging cardiovascular system | 
| Cortese Mirko More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Molecular Determinants of Viral Pathogenesis | 
| Coscia Francesca More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Structural and functional characterisation of thyroid proteins involved in cancer, autoimmunity and hormone synthesis defects | 
| Cosentino Lagomarsino Marco | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | |
| Costanzo Vincenzo | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | DNA metabolism | 
| d'Adda di Fagagna Fabrizio More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | DNA damage Response | 
| Davila-Velderrain Jose More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Deciphering patterns of genetic convergence disrupting human brain development via integrative single-cell multi-omics | 
| De Francesco Raffaele More Info | National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) | Identification of strategies for the eradication of chronic viral infections | 
| De Lorenzo Claudia More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Novel Human Antibodies: Selection, Engineering and Therapeutic Applications | 
| De Maria Ruggero More Info | Catholic University of the Sacred Heart | |
| De Matteis Antonella More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Mendelian Disorders of Membrane Trafficking | 
| Derenzini Enrico More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Translational Hematology | 
| Di Bernardo Diego More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Systems Biology | 
| Di Fiore Pier Paolo More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Molecular Carcinogenesis and Stem Cell Biology | 
| Di Malta Chiara More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Lysosomal Signaling and Metabolism | 
| Di Mitri Diletta | Humanitas University | |
| Di Nicolantonio Federica | University of Turin | |
| Doksani Ylli More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Replication Stress Response | 
| Domínguez Conde Cecilia More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Dissecting immune developmental trajectories with single-cell genomics | 
| Erdmann Philipp Sebastian More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Modelling bacterial and viral infections in organoids using cryo-electron tomography | 
| Ferrari  Francesco More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Computational genomics | 
| Foiani Marco More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Genome integrity | 
| Fraldi  Alessandro More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Neurodegenerative mechanisms and therapy of lysosomal diseases | 
| Franco  Brunella More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Cilia and Human Diseases: Insights from the OFD Type I Syndrome | 
| Galietta Luis More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Pharmacological modulation of ion transport to treat the basic defect in cystic fibrosis and other genetic diseases | 
| Gambardella Gennaro More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Computational Biology for Precision Medicine | 
| Gandini Sara More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Molecular and Pharmaco-Epidemiology | 
| Gauthier Nils More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Mechano-Oncology | 
| Geginat Jens More Info | National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) | Regulatory and helper T-cell subsets in immune-mediated diseases and cancer | 
| Giustacchini Alice More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Deciphering the paediatric Leukaemia stem cells – Immune crosstalk: from mechanisms to therapy | 
| Glastonbury Craig More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Understanding the genetics of complex disease by computational phenotyping using machine learning” | 
| Grieco Domenico More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Molecular mechanisms controlling mitosis and genome stability | 
| Grumati Paolo More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy and Membranes Dynamics | 
| Harschnitz Oliver More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Viral and autoimmune diseases in human nervous system | 
| Indrieri Alessia More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Mitochondrial Medicine | 
| Iolascon Achille More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Pediatric Hematology and Oncology | 
| Iorio Francesco More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Cancer pharmacogenomics and therapeutic target discovery | 
| Jereczek Barbara More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Radiotherapy | 
| Jug Florian More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Quantitative bioimage computation | 
| Kalebic Nereo More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Neocortex development and pathogenesis | 
| Kovatcheva Marta | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | |
| Lanfrancone  Luisa More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Target Identification and Validation | 
| Lanzuolo Chiara More Info | National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) | Role of nuclear architecture in cell identity | 
| Legnini Ivano More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Gene regulation and RNA metabolism | 
| Leuzzi Giuseppe | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | |
| Longo Valter More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Longevity and Cancer | 
| Manfrini Nicola | National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) | |
| Mapelli Marina More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Molecular basis of asymmetric cell division | 
| Marra Antonio | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | |
| Marsoni Silvia More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Precision Oncology | 
| Mastroberardino Pier Giorgio More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Genome instability and metabolism reprogramming in aging | 
| Mazzarella Luca More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | New Drugs and Early Drug Development for Innovative Therapies | 
| Medina Diego More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Lysosomal calcium signalling and autophagy | 
| Minucci Saverio More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Chromatin Alterations in Tumorigenesis | 
| Missero Caterina More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Hereditary and Acquired Skin Pathologies | 
| Napolitano Gennaro More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Nutrient Signaling and Metabolic Diseases | 
| Natoli Gioacchino More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Transcriptional Control in Inflammation and Cancer | 
| Nezi Luigi More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Microbiome & Cancer | 
| Nicassio Francesco More Info | Center for Genomic Science of IIT | Noncoding Genome in Disease and Development | 
| Nicosia Alfredo More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Development of Genetic Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases and Cancer | 
| Nigro Vincenzo More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Novel mechanisms of disease in undiagnosed myopathic patients | 
| Pagani Massimiliano More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Molecular Oncology and Immunology | 
| Parenti Giancarlo More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Pharmacological Chaperone Therapy for the Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Disorders | 
| Pasini Diego More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Epigenetic mechanisms in stem cell differentiation and oncogenesis | 
| Pastore Lucio More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Adenoviral Vectors for Gene Therapy of Inherited Disorders | 
| Pece Salvatore More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Hormone-Related Cancers and Stem Cell Pathobiology | 
| Pelicci Pier Giuseppe More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Molecular mechanisms of cancer and aging | 
| Pelicci Giuliana More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Biology of glioblastomas and brain metastases and potential therapeutic targets | 
| Pelizzola Mattia More Info | Center for Genomic Science of IIT | Epigenomics and transcriptional regulation | 
| Pesole Graziano More Info | University of Bari | |
| Petralia Giuseppe | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | |
| Piccolo Pasquale More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Hepatocyte-directed gene therapy for inherited disorders with liver fibrosis | 
| Pigino Gaia More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Structural and functional studies of cilia and interflagellar transport by 3D cryo-EM | 
| Pinheiro Fernanda More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Predicting antibiotic resistance evolution | 
| Polishchuk Roman More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Sorting and Biogenesis in health and disease | 
| Polo Simona More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Ubiquitin and Signal Transduction | 
| Pravettoni Gabriella More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Psycho-oncology | 
| Rescigno Maria More Info | Humanitas University | |
| Ruoppolo  Margherita More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Differential and functional proteomics in molecular medicine | 
| Salvatore  Francesco More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Molecular Medicine in Hereditary and Acquired Gene-based Diseases | 
| Sanchini Virginia | University of Milan | |
| Santaguida Stefano More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Genome Integrity | 
| Scaffidi Paola More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Cancer Epigenetics | 
| Scarpa Edoardo | National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) | |
| Schaefer Martin More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Computational Cancer Biology | 
| Scita Giorgio More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Mechanisms of Tumor Cell Migration | 
| Segata Nicola More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Computational Metagenomics | 
| Segata Nicola More Info | University of Trento | |
| Settembre  Carmine More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Identification of molecular targets for the treatment of skeletal phenotype in Lysosomal Storage Disorders | 
| Sigismund Sara More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Endocytosis, Signalling and Cancer | 
| Soranzo Nicole More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Cardiometabolic risk in an Italian population | 
| Soskic Blagoje More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Molecular and genetic control of T cell - B cell interaction and antibody production | 
| Sottoriva Andrea More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Computational Methods for Single-Cell Cancer Evolution | 
| Staiano Leopoldo More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Molecular Mechanisms of Inherited Kidney Diseases | 
| Guido Stefano More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Bioengineering at the Micro-Scale | 
| Taverna Elena More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Studying the role of intracellular traffic in brain development using cell biology and robotics | 
| Testa Giuseppe More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Molecular basis of human neuropsychiatric and neurological diseases | 
| Testa Giuseppe More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Stem cell epigenetics | 
| Trapani Ivana More Info | Telethon Institute for Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) | Gene Therapy for Retinal Diseases | 
| Tripodo Claudio | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | |
| Usiello  Alessandro More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Functional Characterization of D-Aspartate in the Brain. | 
| Vannini Alessandro More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | Integrative structural biology of the genome | 
| Vernieri Claudio More Info | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Metabolic Reprogramming in Solid Tumors | 
| Visintin Rosella More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | Chromosome Segregation | 
| Vitale Ilio More Info | Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine | Genomic Instability and Tumor Immunity | 
| Zambrano Nicola More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Functional profiling of proteomes and phosphoproteomes in human cancer | 
| Zerial Marino More Info | Human Technopole (HT) | |
| Zhan Yinxiu More Info | European Institute of Oncology (IEO) | |
| Zippo Alessio | University of Trento | |
| Zitti Beatrice | IFOM ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | |
| Zollo Massimo More Info | Center for Genetic Engineering (CEINGE) | Translational discovering to fight cancer metastasis |