The PhD in Personalized Medicine and Innovative Therapies has seen significant participation, with 54 students enrolled in the last 3 years. This figure underlines the attractiveness and relevance of the program in the biomedical research landscape. Doctoral students, coming from diverse scientific backgrounds, develop innovative research projects in the key areas of the course. Theses range from basic research to translational medicine, reflecting the interdisciplinary approach of the program. Many projects are conducted in collaboration with local and international partner institutions. Doctoral students are encouraged to publish in high-impact journals and present their results at international conferences, contributing to the advancement of personalized medicine and innovative therapies.
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MIRIAM TOFFOLI
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PAOLA RISPOLI
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CARLOTTA BIDOLI
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FRANCESCO RICCITELLI
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BENEDETTA GUAGNINI
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DANIELE AMMETI
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AURORA SANTIN
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BEATRICE SPEDICATI
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MARIA CRISTINA GRIMALDI
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MATTEO BRAMUZZO
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GIUSEPPE MOLINARIO
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GIUSEPPE GIOVANNI NARDONE
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ILARIA ZICCARDI
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SERGIO GHIRARDO
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FRANCESCO PILUSO
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HARRY STEVENS
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MADDALENA ROSSI
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CATERINA ZANUS
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OSCAR MAZZEI
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SOFIA SINDICI FORGIARINI
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SILVIA CAMARDA
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CECILIA DEL VECCHIO
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MARIA IRSHAD
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ALBERTO BUDILLON
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ELENA MARIA NARDACCHIONE
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ALESSIA CIAFFONI
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ELENA SPINELLI
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MARIANNA DI ROSA
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FRANCESCO BALDO
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LORENZO MIO
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NICOLETTA CARMELA GIULIA BARTOLONI
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GIANLUCA TAMARO
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MARIA PEROTTO
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MIRIAM MARTINI
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ILARIA LUCIANA CARLOTTA DEL GIUDICE
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MATTEO MARIA RICCIO
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MONICA CONCATO
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MARIA CHIANESE
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GIULIA PIZZOLEO
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BARBARA DI STEFANO
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FEDERICA FRATESTEFANO
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BIANCA ZUMBO
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NICOLE PARMESAN
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LARA EMILY ROSSO
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BEATRIX BANKA
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LUCA MESSINEO
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MARIA SOLE SCALIA
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GIULIA BELTRAME VRIZ
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ELENA CASTELPIETRA
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ELISA PACCAGNELLA
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MATTEO ZOTTI
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NAZANIN TATAEI SARSHAR
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BEATRICE RAVAGLIA
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GIULIA BENEDETTA SIDOTI
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RAFFAELE SABOT
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EMANUELE CHIARA
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FRANCESCA PERI
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ELISONA SHYTI
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PALAQUE SAIKUMAR
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PAOLA CONFALONIERI
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KARIN HOFMANN
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MARTA GIGLI
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BARBARA FOGAR
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ANDREA ANDOLINA
Non-pharmacological treatment of ODD using drama techniques to improve self control.
Supervisor:
ALESSANDRO VENTURA
ALDO SKABAR
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ANNA MORGAN
Identification of New Hereditary Hearing Loss Genes Using High-Throughput Sequencing Technologies.
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
PAOLO GASPARINI
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MASSIMO DI GRAZIA
PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES, QUALITY OF LIFE AND SEXUAL FUNCTIONING IN A GROUP OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH A BLADDER EXSTROPHY EPISPADIAS COMPLEX
Supervisor:
ALESSANDRO VENTURA
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MASSIMILIANO COCCA
Whole Genome Sequencing of Italian Isolate Populations to identify rare and characteristic variants and to generate a reference panel for imputation.
Supervisor:
PAOLO GASPARINI
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CLAUDIA LOGANES
Microbiota and immune defect in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease: development of models for possible corrective not immuno-suppressive approaches
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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GABRIELLA ZITO
Efficiency and safeness improvement and cost containment strategy in Assisted Reproduction Technique (ART)
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE RICCI
CRISTINA POZZOBON
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GIUSEPPINA CAMPISCIANO
Microbiota & infertility: microorganisms and immune factors in the idiopathic infertility
Supervisor:
MANOLA COMAR
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EMANUELLE PESSA VALENTE
Quality of Maternal and Neonatal Health Care: Assessment and Improvement in Six Maternity Hospitals in Pernambuco, Brazil
Supervisor:
GIORGIO TAMBURLINI
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EUGENIA DI BARBORA
ADHD and academic achievement: risk brokers and protective factors
Supervisor:
CINZIA SCHERIANI
ALDO SKABAR
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FRANCESCA VEZZINI
Policy options for improving the performance of community health workers (CHWs) in maternal and child health in Brazil: analysis of barriers and facilitators to CHW national programme and evaluation of a community-based trial in Recife
Supervisor:
GIORGIO TAMBURLINI
ALESSANDRO VENTURA
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CATERINA MARIA BARBIERI
IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC VARIANTS REGULATING FEMALE FERTILITY
Supervisor:
DANIELA TONIOLO
PAOLO GASPARINI
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ANNALISA MILAN
Antimicrobial peptides Bac7(1-35) and BMAP-27 activity against Gram-negative microorganisms
Supervisor:
LUCILLA DOLZANI
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LEILA LO BELLO
UTERINE ARTERIES AND UMBILICAL VEIN VOLUME BLOOD FLOW IN IUGR FETUSES
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE RICCI
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FRANCESCO TECILAZICH
Role of Patrolling Monocytes in Diabetic Retinopathy in an animal model of Type 1 Diabetes
Supervisor:
MARA LORENZI
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ALESSIA DI SILVESTRE
Identification of new molecular targets for personalized therapy in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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ALESSANDRA TESSER
FUNCTIONAL PROFILING IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND CORRELATION WITH MONOGENIC INTERFERONOPATHIES
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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ILARIA FANTASIA
Congenital heart defects and placental dysfunction
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE RICCI
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SAMUELE NAVIGLIO
PEDIATRIC-ONSET INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: FROM PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TO NEW STRATEGIES FOR THERAPY CHOICE AND MONITORING
Supervisor:
ALESSANDRO VENTURA
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FRANCESCA TODARO
Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC): Genotype heterogeneity, pathogenesis and development of therapeutic options
Supervisor:
RAFFAELE BADOLATO
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HUMPHREY WANZIRA
Supportive Supervision as an approach to improve the quality of care for children with acute malnutrition in Arua district, Uganda: Baseline systematic assessment, Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Supervisor:
MARZIA LAZZERINI
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DIEGO VOZZI
Analysis through next generation sequencing of hereditary hering loss patients in order to find new genomic alterations never reported before.
Supervisor:
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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SARA LEGA
DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO MONOGENIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE WITH NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES.
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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MARINELLA PINELLI
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: genetic and functional approaches in the NGS era
Supervisor:
RAFFAELE BADOLATO
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TANIA GIANGREGORIO
High throughput sequencing analysis for the molecular diagnosis of Inherited Thrombocytopenias
Supervisor:
ANNA SAVOIA
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LUISA ZUPIN
Photobiomodulation Therapy: in vivo and in vitro Models for Applications in Pediatric Oncology
Supervisor:
SERGIO CROVELLA
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LORENZA MATARAZZO
“MULTICENTER STUDY FOR THE GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF HEREDITARY CHOLESTASIS”
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE MAGGIORE
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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ALESSIA PIN
VEO-IBD AS MODELS FOR PATHOGENIC STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRECISION THERAPIES
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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ELENA GENOVA
Induced pluripotent stem cells as an innovative model for therapy personalization of inflammatory bowel disease.
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
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MARCO BRUMAT
HIGH-THROUGHPUT DATA ANALYSIS OF HEARING PHENOTYPES ON 9000 SUBJECTS FROM TEN COHORTS AND IN 200.000 INDIVIDUALS FROM UK BIOBANK
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
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ELISA BENELLI
Clinical and molecular characterization and effect of anti IgE treatment of patients with life-threating food allergy unresponsive to specific oral immunotherapy.
Supervisor:
EGIDIO BARBI
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MARIA PINA CONCAS
STUDY OF FOOD LIKINGS: GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC INFLUENCES AND RELATIONSHIP WITH HEALTH
Supervisor:
PAOLO GASPARINI
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GUGLIELMO STABILE
Proteomic research in uterine malignant and benign tumor
Supervisor:
GIUSEPPE RICCI
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NICOLE PAPA
Characterization of ETV6-Related Thrombocytopenia (ETV6-RT): a new form of thrombocytopenia associated with a risk of developing hematologic neoplasms
Supervisor:
MICHELA FALESCHINI
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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MICHELE RIZZO
Analysis of vaginal microbiota after Male-To-Female gender reassignment surgery
Supervisor:
CARLO TROMBETTA
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GIORGIA FONTANA
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF NEW GENETIC VARIANTS IDENTIFIED IN GENES OF INHERITED THROMBOCYTOPENIA
Supervisor:
ANNA SAVOIA
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OKSANA MONTECCHINI
PRECISION THERAPY FOR PEDIATRIC BCR-ABL-LIKE ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: DEVELOP,ENT OF AN IN VITRO SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL MONITORING
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
GABRIELE STOCCO
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DEBORA CURCI
BIOSENSOR DEVELOPMENT AND GENOMIC ANALYSIS FOR THE STUDY OF THE INFLIXIMAB RESPONSE IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS.
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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LETIZIA PUGNETTI
IDENTIFICATION OF MOLECULAR MARKERS OF DISEASE AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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SISSY BASSANI
Identification and functional characterization of new candidate genes and variants associated with Hereditary Hearing Loss and Presbycusis
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
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DAVIDE SELVESTREL
DNA methyltion as epigenetic biomarker for the personalization of therapy in pediatric patients
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
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ROSSELLA GRATTON
Hidradenitis suppurativa: identification of the main cellular and molecular pathways involved in immune and cutaneous cell biology.
Supervisor:
SERGIO CROVELLA
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CAROLINA CASON
NEW GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME AND RESISTOME IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HOSPITAL
Supervisor:
MANOLA COMAR
ROBERTO LUZZATI
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BARTOLOMEA GAITA
THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ORIGIN’S SITE AND THE PATHOGENETIC ROLE OF ANTI- EPIDERMAL TRANSGLUTAMINASE 3 ANTIBODIES IN DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS
Supervisor:
TARCISIO NOT
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GIULIA ZUDEH
PACSIN2 as a modulator of autophagy and thiopurine sensitivity: in vitro evaluations in lymphoid and intestinal cells
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
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SARA BOZZER
Preclinical development of targeted-nanoparticles for the treatment of pediatric B-cell malignancies Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Burkitt Lymphoma
Supervisor:
PAOLO MACOR
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FEDERICA ANASTASIA
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND WITNESSED VIOLENCE BY A PEDIATRIC OBSERVATORY
Supervisor:
CLAUDIO GERMANI
EGIDIO BARBI
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MARTINA FRANZIN
Role of microbiota composition in mediating the effects of thiopurines in pediatric patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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VALENTINA BOZ
Clinical, immunological, genetic and transcriptome characterization of Immune Dysregulations
Supervisor:
ALBERTO TOMMASINI
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ANTONIO DE LUCA
CORRELATION BETWEEN TISSUE ABNORMALITIES AND MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION INDICES IN ARRHYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: A MULTIMODALITY IMAGING STUDY.
Supervisor:
MARCO MERLO
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SARA PATRIZI
Multi-omics approaches to complex diseases in children
Supervisor:
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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GIORGIO COZZI
Pharmacogenetic, pharmacokinetic and epigenetic profiles in children who experience vomiting or recovery agitation during sedation with ketamine
Supervisor:
EGIDIO BARBI
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MARIO MARDIROSSIAN
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED SCAFFOLDS WITH ANTIMICROBIAL FEATURES FOR TISSUE REGENERATION
Supervisor:
GIANLUCA TURCO
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LAURA BRUNELLI
A co-design approach for the development of a mHealth solution to support the first 1000 days of life
Supervisor:
TAMARA STAMPALIJA
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ILARIA PERSICO
DEALING WITH THE MAIN CHALLENGES OF FANCONI ANEMIA MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
Supervisor:
JORDI SURRALLÉS
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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MARTINA GRUPPUSO
Innovative approaches for polysaccharide electrospinning in the preparation of nanostructured membranes for the treatment of non-healing wounds
Supervisor:
GIANLUCA TURCO
ELEONORA MARSICH
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NUNZIA ZANOTTA
Characterization of chorionic villus microbiome in the first trimester and of the amniotic fluid microbiome in the second trimester of pregnancy: relationship with the vaginal, rectal and oral maternal microbiome.
Supervisor:
MANOLA COMAR
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MICHELE GNECH
FUNCTIONAL AND COSMETIC OUTCOMES AND THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT IN ADULT PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT AN URETHROPLASTY FOR HYPOSPADIAS REPAIR IN THE PAEDIATRIC AGE. PRELIMINARY DATA.
Supervisor:
EGIDIO BARBI
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STEFANIA BRAIDOTTI
Precision therapy for kinase-mediated autoimmune diseases: development of an in vitro system for diagnosis and clinical monitoring.
Supervisor:
GABRIELE STOCCO
RAFFAELLA FRANCA
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ALESSIA NORBEDO
Extracellular Vesicles (EVs): new biomarkers of response to immunosuppressive drugs in pediatirch patients
Supervisor:
MARIANNA LUCAFÒ
GABRIELE STOCCO
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LUCIA ROBERTA RUSSO
TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD AFTER DONOR CONCEPTION
Supervisor:
ANNA MARIA TALLANDINI
GIUSEPPE RICCI
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FRANCESCA MARIA SOLE VERONESI
Development and characterisation of nano-reinforced materials for dental applications
Supervisor:
ROBERTO DI LENARDA
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CHIARA MOLTRASIO
- Omic approaches to unravel Hidradenitis Suppurativa etio-pathogenesis
Supervisor:
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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SOFIA PAGARIN
Development of analytical protocols for the study of thiopurine pharmacokinetics in biological matrices by surface-enhanced raman scattering spectroscopy
Supervisor:
GIULIANA DECORTI
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CHIARA PIZZOLITTO
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 3D STRUCTURES AND HYDROGELS BASED ON NATURAL AND MODIFIED POLYSACCHARIDES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Supervisor:
IVAN DONATI
GIANLUCA TURCO
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ANDREA LANZA
Isolation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against ICOSL
Supervisor:
DANIELE SBLATTERO
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PAOLA TESOLIN
Phenotypic high throughput screening highlights promising molecules for the treatment of SLC7A8 dependent age-related hearing loss
Supervisor:
GIORGIA GIROTTO
PAOLO GASPARINI
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LUCIA POZZAN
Valutazione tridimensionale dell'inserimento guidato di miniviti palatali con tecnica Cad-Cam
Supervisor:
LUCA CONTARDO
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ANTONELLA MUZZO
Inflammatory bowel disease patient-derived organoids for personalized medicine
Supervisor:
MARIANNA LUCAFÒ
GABRIELE STOCCO
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LUIGI MUSCIACCHIO
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTROSPUN POLYMERIC MEMBRANES WITH ANTIBACTERIAL FOR URETERAL REGENERATION
Supervisor:
GIANLUCA TURCO
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MARTINA VIDMAR
A Novel Role for ACE2-TMEM16 Complexes in SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Supervisor:
MANOLA COMAR
MAURO GIACCA
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JENNY BUA
EPINICU (Empowering Parents of newborns in the NICU). A Multicountry Project to identify sustainable models of interventions in different settings: findings from Italy and 3 scoping reviews.
Supervisor:
MARZIA LAZZERINI
LAURA TRAVAN
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NOUR BALASAN
DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOMIZED TESTS FOR THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF RELAPSES OF GYNECOLOGICAL TUMORS USING LIQUID BIOPSY
Supervisor:
ADAMO PIO D'ADAMO
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VALENTINA LUPPIERI
SHEDDING LIGHT ON BRUXISM: THE FIRST ITALIAN GENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY (GWAS) IN A DEEPLY CHARACTERIZED COHORT OF ISOLATED POPULATIONS
Supervisor:
MILENA CADENARO
GIORGIA GIROTTO
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ANDREA MAGNOLATO
Precision Medicine and Target Therapy on Rare Diseases: the case of Neurofibromatosis type 1. Clinical data and transcriptome analysis
Supervisor:
EGIDIO BARBI
IRENE BRUNO