PhD in Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology

 

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Peggy Carla Raffaella MARCONI, PhD


EDUCATION

1985-1990 University of Bologna, Italy; BS, Biological Sciences 110/110 full marks cum laude

1990-1994 University of Ferrara, Italy; Ph.D student, Biothecnologies

1993-1994 University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D fellow, Virology and Molecular Biology

1994 Doctoral Degree Ph.D

 

CAREER/EMPLOYMENT

1987-1990   B.S. Training in Clinical Immunology. University of Bologna, Italy

1990-1993   Ph.D Student. University of Ferrara, Italy. Research activity. Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by tat transdominant negative mutants using retroviral-vector

1993-1994 PhD Fellow. University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. Pittsburgh Pa (USA). Research activity. Development of replication-defective Herpes simplex virus vectors (HSV-1)

1994-1998 Research Associate. University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. Pittsburgh Pa (USA). Research activity. Development of replication-defective Herpes simplex virus vectors (HSV-1) for gene transfer in vivo and their application in animal models

1998-2000   Staff Scientist, Project Leader, HSR- TIGET, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Research activity. Molecular analysis of behavior and neurological diseases by gene transfer into neurons with Herpes simplex vector.

2000-october 2014 University Researcher (Assistant Professor). University of Ferrara. Research activity. Use of HSV-1 vectors for gene transfer in vivo. Gene therapy approaches. Teaching duties on Microbiology and Viral Gene Therapy

2014- present Professor Associate. University of Ferrara. Research activity on gene terapy, vaccines and basic research on HSV and neurodegeneration. Teaching duties on Microbiology. Applied Microbiology and Viral Gene Therapy

 

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