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CURRICULUM VITAE PAOLO PINTON


Date and place of birth: Padova (Italy), October 28th, 1972 Nationality: Italian

Affiliation and official address: Dept. of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 70 c/o CUBO, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
Telephone: +39-0532455802 (office) +39-0532455806-08 (lab)
e-mail: paolo.pinton@unife.it

 

EDUCATION
1996: Biological Sciences Degree summa cum laude (University of Padova)
1998: National Board (University of Padova)
2002: Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathology (University of Padova)


CAREER/EMPLOYMENT
2002-2007: Post Doc (University of Ferrara)
2007-2010: Assistant Professor of General Pathology (University of Ferrara)
2011-2015: Associate Professor of General Pathology (University of Ferrara)
2015-present: Full Professor of General Pathology (University of Ferrara)


RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

1997: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Biomedical Imaging Group, Worcerster, USA (Prof. FS Fay)
2001: University of Bristol Department of Biochemistry, Bristol, U.K (Prof. GA Rutter)
2006: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA (Prof. PP Pandolfi)
2006-2014: President of Aequotech (spin off of the Ferrara University)
2007: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston USA (Prof. PP Pandolfi)
2008-present: Director of the interdepartmental centre of Ferrara University for the study of diabetes
2009-2010: Director of the BioPharmaNet Laboratory
2009: New York University, New York, USA (Prof. M. Pagano)
2010–present: Member of the Scientific Board of the Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Italy
2013: University of Hawaii Cancer Center, USA  (Prof. M. Carbone)
2013-2015: Vice Director of the Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara
2016-present: Member of Commission for Technology Transfer, University of Ferrara
2017-present: Member of the Scientific Board of the Core laboratory for preclinical research (LARP), University of Ferrara
2020-present: Vice Director of the Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1999-present: Member of the Italian Society Molecular Biology (SIBBM)
1999-present: Member of the Italian Society of Cell Biology and Differentiation (ABCD)
2004-2009: Member of the executive board of ABCD
2004-2009: Member of the executive board of FISV (The association of Italian Life Sciences research societies)
2010-present: Member of the Italian Society of General Pathology (SIP)
2016-present: Member of Faculty F1000
2017-present: President of the Italian Society of Cell Biology and Differentiation (ABCD)
2018-present: Member of the Academia Europaea, The Academy of Europe
2019-present: Member of the Academy of Sciences, Institute of Bologna
2020-present: Member of the  Biostructures and Biosystems National Institute INBB


TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2002-2006: Adjective Professor at the Ferrara University in different courses of Pathology
2007-present: General Pathology, University of Ferrara. Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
2008-2016: Member of Ph.D. program board in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies, University of Ferrara, Italy
2013-present: Member of Ph.D. program board in Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy
2016-present: Director Ph.D. program in Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy

 

GRANTS
2006-2009: Co-Investigator ASI (Italian Space Agency)
2007-2009: Co-Investigator NIH/NIA
2007-2009: Principal Investigator UMDF (United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation)
2007-2010: Principal Investigator AIRC (Italian Association for Cancer Research)
2008-2010: Principal Investigator Emilia-Romagna Regional grant for Biotechnology
2009-2011: Principal Investigator FISM (Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation)
2009-2012: Principal Investigator Telethon
2010-2012: National coordinator PRIN (COFIN) 2008 (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research)
2010-2012: Principal Investigator FFC (Italian Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation)
2010-2013: Principal Investigator AIRC (Italian Association for Cancer Research)
2010-2013: Principal Investigator young researchers grant of the Italian Ministry of Health
2011-2013: Principal Investigator FFC (Italian Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation)
2011-2014: Principal Investigator Telethon
2012-2015: Principal Investigator FIRB - ACCORDI DI PROGRAMMA 2011 (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research)
2012-2015: National Coordinator FIRB - PROGRAMMA "FUTURO IN RICERCA" (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research)
2012-2016: Principal Investigator Research programs Emilia-Romagna Region-University 2010-2012
2013-2016: Principal Investigator AIRC (Italian Association for Cancer Research)
2014-2016: Principal Investigator FFC (Italian Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation)
2014-2017: Principal Investigator PRIN (COFIN) 2017 (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research)
2014-2017: Principal Investigator grant "Ricerca Finalizzata" of the Italian Ministry of Health
2015-2019: Principal Investigator Telethon
2016-2019: Principal Investigator AIRC (Italian Association for Cancer Research)
2019-2022: National coordinator PRIN (COFIN) 2017 (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research)
2020-2025: Principal Investigator AIRC (Italian Association for Cancer Research)


AWARDS
1999: winner of the ”young investigator” annual award of the Italian Society Molecular Biology (SIBBM)
2001: EMBO Fellowship
2001: winner of the ”PhD thesis” annual prize of the Italian Society Cell Biology (ABCD)
2003: winner of “Start Cup Padova: The idea became enterprise”
2019: International Ferrari Soave Prize for cell biology

 

PATENTS
2005: “Method for the detection of intracellular parameters with luminescent protein probes for the screening of molecules cable of altering said parameters” (International publication number WO 2005/093429)
2006: “Chimeric proteins for the measurement of ATP concentrations in the pericellular space and relative screening method” (International publication number WO 2006/126231)
2018: “1,3,8-Triazaspiro derivatives and their use in therapy” (International publication number PCT/IB2019/055962)

 

TEXTBOOK

2018: Patologia Generale ed. Idelson-Gnocchi Cover download

 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

2011-present:  Member of the Editorial Board: Oncotarget,  “Autophagy and Cell Death” – Section
2014-present: Specialty Chief Editor Frontiers in Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Frontiers in Oncology
2017-present: Editor Cell Death and Disease
2019-present: Editor Cells

 

PUBLICATIONS (at August 2021)
341 papers in refereed journals, 6 book chapters, more than 100 meeting abstracts (Total IF >2700; h-index: 80; Citations >25000, from Scopus)


Researcher unique identifiers: ORCID: 0000-0001-7108-6508;  ScopusID: 7003366639;  ResearcherID: J-8025-2012

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