Education
1979: Specialization in General Pathology (70/70).
1975: MS Degree with honours in Biology, University of Rome (110/110 cum aude)
Current Positions
Since 1994: Full Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Rome.
Since 2018: Senior Researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT).
Academic career and research experience
2018-present: Collaborator as Senior Researcher with the Italian Institute of Technology
1994-present: Full Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Rome
1993: Visiting Professor at the University of Boulder, Colorado (USA)
1986-1994: Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Rome
1986: Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Health of Bethesda (USA)
1980-1986: Staff scientist at the Center for Nucleic Acid Research, CNR, Rome, Italy
1985: Visiting Scientist at the University of Zurich (CH)
1978-1980: Research fellow at the Centro Acidi Nucleici of C.N.R., Rome
1979: EMBO fellow at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg (D)
1977-78: Post-doctoral fellow - Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Zurich (CH)
Academic assignments
2016-2018: Director of the School for Advanced Studies of Sapienza, University of Rome
2007- 2018: Director of the Master Degree in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Sapienza University
1994-2016: Director of the PhD Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Sapienza University
2011-2016: Deputy Director of the School of Advanced Studies of Sapienza
2013-2016: Member of the PhD Committee of Sapienza University
2011-2014: President of the Evaluation Committee of the Faculty of Sciences, Sapienza University
2009-2012: Member of the Committee for the Innovation of Research and Technology, Sapienza University
2005-2016: Rappresentative of Sapienza University at the “Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie”.
2007- 2015: Member of the Technical and Scientific Committee of the Consorzio Sapienza Innovazione of the University La Sapienza and of the Italian Federation for Life Sciences.
Non academic engagements
2018-present: Member of the “Management Committee” of the Human Technopole.
2018-present: Member of the Advisory Committee dell'Armenise-Harvard Foundation.
2017-present: Member of the Board of the “Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, Leonardo da Vinci",
Milan.
2015- present: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the “Enciclopedia Treccani”.
2012-2018: Review panel member of the Rita Levi-Montalcini “Program on Young Researchers” of the Ministry of Research and University (MIUR).
2016-2018: Member of the National Committee for abilitation of Full and Associate Professors in Molecular Biology
2016: ERC - Review panel member for ERC, LS3 Consolidator Grants (CoG)
2011-2014: Member of the Review panel member of the membership committee of EMBO
2010-2013: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the “Committee of Experts for the Research Policy” (CEPR), consultant of the of the Italian Ministry of University and Research
2009-2012: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Pezcoller Foundation
2005-2008: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Armenise-Harvard Foundation
2000-2003: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the “Fondazione Chiara D'Onofrio”
Evaluator for: EU, ESF, AERES, Welcome Trust, EMBO, HFSP, Armenise-Harvard Foundation, AFM and several international scientific institutions.
Memberships, honors and awards
- In 2013 was awarded of an ERC-Advanced Grant
- In 2010 was awarded the "Sapienza Ricerca Award".
- In 2008 was invited to give the “Lectio magistralis” for the inauguration of the academic year at Sapienza, University of Rome
- In 2003 and 2006 was awarded two Prizes by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
- Member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and of the "Academia Europaea"
- Member of Italian Society for Biophysics and Molecular Biology
- Member of the “Accademia Medica” of Rome
Research projects coordinated:
- European Union – Horizon 2020:
2016 -Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions -ITN, “circRTrain”
- European Union - VII Research Framework:
i) ERC-Advanced Grant - Muncodd
ii) People-MSCA- ITN, RNATRAIN Project
iii) RIGHT, Integrated Project
iv) SIROCCO, Integrated Project
- European Science Foundation (ESF)
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
- French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM-Téléthon)
- MIUR (PRIN, FIRB)
- Fondazione Telethon
- ARISLA
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Sul Cancro (AIRC)
- Istituto Pasteur, Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti
- Parent Project ONLUS
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologie (IIT) –SEED projects