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I am a biomedical researcher, passionate in studying the role of lipids in biomembranes. I am currently employed at the Department of Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) as assistant professor. Carrying out my research over the last ten years, I have exploited a variety of lipidomics tools to elucidated lipid structures and membrane lipid composition.
I acquired most of my knowledge and technical skills at the University Bari, Italy, where I carried out my Master’s Degree in Natural Sciences and PhD dissertation research.
During my PhD studies I have deciphered the lipid composition of a number of microorganisms, mainly focusing on the effect of osmotic stressors on the lipidome of extremely halophilic microorganisms.
Thereafter, in the frame of a variety of research projects I have extracted, separated and analyzed lipid profiles of bacteria, viruses, mitochondria, blood cells, olfactory epithelium, intestinal and muscle cells, sperms and isolated proteins, acquiring an extensive and diversified experience in the biology and analysis of lipid molecular species. In particular, I have set up multiple protocols for general lipid extraction and separation, as well as specific methods for selected lipid classes including riglycerides, fatty acids, Lipid A, polar and neutral lipids from the total lipid extracts. I master membrane isolation and lipid extraction and I consider myself an expert in the field of lipid analysis by thin layer chromatography (TLC) and MALDI-TOF MS. I have also some experience in ESI-MS, NMR and liposome preparation.
As part of my research activities, in 2017 I had the opportunity to work in the Averhoff lab (University of Frankfurt, Germany) where I have set up methods for lipid extraction from the pathogenic bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii and isolated the inner and the outer bacterial membranes to study the sidedness and distribution of cardiolipin, a typical bacterial and mitochondrial lipid essential for cellular respiration.
I am currently working in the Corcelli lab where I am studying the multifaceted functional roles of lipids in cell physiology as applied to: alteration of cholesterol sulfate/Seminolipid ratio in semen lipid profile of men with oligoasthenozoospermia; the possible role of CL and MLCL in lipid A remodeling. I am also coordinating the analytical activities of a 2020 Telethon project entitled “Oxidative lipidomics in Barth Syndrome”.
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