PhD Student	E-mail	Supervisor	Supervisor E-mail	Project title
		XVIII
MAGINI Diletta	diletta88[at]inwind.it	Sylvie Bertholet	sylvie.bertholet[at]novartis.com	"Characterization of correlates of protection associated with nucleic acid-based vaccines"
		Emanuele Montomoli (UniSI)
RAPELLI Stefania	stefania.rapelli[at]gmail.com	Salvatore Oliviero	salvatore.oliviero[at]unisi.it	"Identification and functional characterization of novel lincRNAs in mES cells differentiation"
ANDREUCCI Elena	elena.andreucci[at]hotmail.it	Lucia Magnelli	lucia.magnelli[at]unifi.it	"Ruolo delle isoforme dell'FGF 2 nella transizione epitelio-mesenchima (EMT ) in cellule
				di melanoma"
GALGANO Donatella	dony.088[at]gmail.com	Cosima Baldari	cosima.baldari[at]unisi.it	"Ruolo del Sistema di trasporto intraflagellare nel traffico intracellulare di membrana in cellule T"
BALDINI Eva	baldinieva[at]gmail.com	Lorenza Trabalzini	lorenza.trabalzini[at]unisi.it	"Molecular mechanisms underlying the physiopathological role of KRIT1, a protein involved in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations"
CAVALLINI Lorenza	lorecava[at]hotmail.it	Paola Chiarugi	paola.chiarugi[at]unifi.it	"miRNAs different expression in prostate healthy prostate fibroblasts and cancer associated fibroblasts"
CORTI Denise	denisecorti87[at]gmail.com	Paolo Paoli	paolo.paoli[at]unifi.it	"Alterazioni del metabolismo che influenzano la crescita cellulare"
LAPAZIO Lucia	lucialapazio[at]gmail.com	Marco Soriani and Cosima BALDARI	marco.soriani[at]novartis.com	"Unraveling the cellular pathways activated during the uptake and processing of self-amplifying mRNA (SAM) by host cells"
D'ANTONGIOVANNI Vanessa	vanexdanton[at]virgilio.it	Maria Rosa Mazzoni	mariarm[at]farm.unipi.it	"Role of seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptors activated by protease (PARs) in proliferation and invasion of human mesothelioma"
BAZZANI Lorenzo	lbazzani[at]libero.it	Marina Ziche	marina.ziche[at]unisi.it	"Interplay between angiogenesis and inflammation in neoplastic progression"
BRUNO Gennaro	gennaro.bruno[at]stud.unifi.it	Paola Bruni	paola.bruni[at]unifi.it	"Azione biologica e meccanismo molecolare d'azione di sfingolipidi bioattivi nel muscolo scheletrico"
ROCCHICCIOLI Marco	marco.roc[at]hotmail.it	Antonella Del Corso	adelcorso[at]biologia.unipi.it	"Ruolo della via di transulfurazione nell'omeostasi del glutatione"
DONZELLI Riccardo	donzellir[at]hotmail.com	Riccardo Zucchi	riccardo.zucchi[at]med.unipi.it	"Dosaggio di Tironamine e loro derivati nei sistemi biologici"
VITIELLO Marianna	mariannavitiello[at]live.it	Laura Poliseno	laura.poliseno[at]gmail.com	Individuation and characterization of microRNAs secreted in exosomes and involved in drug resistance in metastatic melanoma.
		Maria Rosa Mazzoni
ABATE Francesca	francesca.abate85[at]gmail.com	Cosima Baldari	cosima.baldari[at]unisi.it	"Structural studies of SpyCEP: a virulence factor and candidate antigen against Group A Streptoccocus"
SAPONARO Chiara	chiara.saponaro[at]gmail.com	Dott.ssa Amalia Gastaldelli - IFC-CNR Pisa	amalia[at]ifc.cnr.it	"Impact of environmental pollution on human health"
		Riccardo Zucchi (UniPI)
		XVII
Lorenzo DEPAU	depau3@student.unisi.it
Danny INCARNATO	black.nemesis@gmail.com	Salvatore Oliviero	salvatore.oliviero@unisi.it	Identification and characterization of LincRNA in Embryonic Stem Cells.
Marua PREVATO	prevato.marua@gmail.com	Emanuele Montomoli and Alessandra Bonci	emanuele.montomoli@unisi.it	Development of serological tolls to evaluate anti-NA immunity in current and new influenza vaccines
			alessandra.bonci@novartis.com
Marta BACCONI	marta_bacconi@alice.it	Giuliano Bensi and Emanuele Montomoli	giuliano.bensi@novartis.com	Real-time live imaging to study in vivo expression profiles of Gram-positive vaccine candidates.
Cristina BRUNO	cristina.bruno85@virgilio.it	Dr. Barbara BAUDNER and Cosima BALDARI	barbara.baudner@novartis.com	Development and optimization of complex multivalent vaccine formulations through the evaluation of novel adjuvants to improve immune responses
Sandra LAZZARO	sandralazzaro@libero.it	Cecilia Buonsati and Cosima T. Baldari	cecilia.buonsanti@novartis.com	Immunological mechanism of action of RNA vaccines
Cristina MERAKU	christina.merakou@gmail.com	Unnikrishnan Meera and Emanuele Montomoli	meera.unnikrishnan@novartis.com	Investigation of the biological role of surface proteins in Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis
		XVI
Edoardo MORANDI	dodomorandi@hotmail.it	Neri Niccolai	neri.niccolai@unisi.it	Development of new algorithms and software for the analysis of time evolution of protein structures and transient pocket discovery
Antonella DE ROSA	aderosa@sienabiotech.it	Luisa Bracci	luisa.bracci@unisi.it	New pathways/ targets identification  for more efficient protocols treatment  in lung cancer
Andrea CASTAGNETTI	andrea.castagnetti82@gmail.com	Domenico Maione and Salvatore OLIVIERO	domenico.maione@novartis.com	Horizontal gene transfer in Gram-positive bacteria
Serafina GUASTAGNUOLO	serafina.guadagnuolo@gmail.com	Isabel Delany and Salvatore Oliviero	Isabel.Delany@novartis.com	Engeneering a prototype Neisseira meningitidis strain for the production of native Outer Membrane Vesicles that are broadly protective
Matteo ROSSI	matteo.rossi@ittumori.it	Mario Chiariello and Salvatore Oliviero	mario.chiariello@ittumori.it	Physiological roles of ERK8 MAP kinase and its involvement in tumorigenesis
Zaneta Joanna SZKARLAT	zaneta.szkarlat@gmail.com	Salvatore Oliviero	salvatore.oliviero@unisi.it	Functional interaction between Myc andf PIm1 in cell transformation
Riccardo BARRILE	riccardo.barrile@gmail.com	Cosima Baldari and Maria Beatrice Arico	cosima.baldari@unisi.it beatrice.arico@novartis.com	Identification of novel virulence factors involved in meningococcal pathogenesis and characterization of the molecular mechanisms induced during host-pathogen interaction
		XV
Agnese Faleri	agnese.faleri@libero.it	Nathalie Norais	nathalie.norais@novartis.com	Epitope mapping and protein/protein interactions in vaccinology
Assunta Gagliardi	axunta11@yahoo.it	Luca Bini	luca.bini@unisi.it	Towards the identification of molecular basis of Osteogenesis imperfecta, one of the most common bone displasia, and its characterization as a systemic disorder
Alberto Grandi	alberto.grandi@externautics.com	Cosima Tatiana Baldari	cosima.baldari@unisi.it	Caracterization of novel protein markers for tumor diagnosis and therapy
Sara Sbragi	sarasbragi@hotmail.it	Emanuele Montomoli	emanuele.montomoli@unisi.it	Standardization of biomolecular assays for influenza seroepidemiology and vaccines clinical trials