Research Interest: Mechanisms of cell signaling pathway of cell death Cancer Biology Mechanisms of anti-cancer effect of cancer chemopreventive agents

Dr Toma is senior research officer at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and holds a conjoint lecturer position at School of Medical science (University of New South Wales). He obtained his PhD in human genetics at the University of Bologna (Italy) and carried out research projects in the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (University of Oxford, UK) and in the genetics of psychiatric and Mendelian diseases at the University of Barcelona (Spain).  Dr Toma has extensive experience in association studies, linkage studies, copy number variant (CNV) analyses and whole exome/genome sequencing. He has identified novel candidate genes for autism spectrum disorder and bipolar disorder, and suggested new genetic mechanisms.

Research Interest: Genetics of psychiatric diseases

Number of Publications: 31

Research Interest: Analysis of genomic data including next-generation sequencing, microarrays data etc.; development of algorithms for discovery of predictive biomarkers for cancer such as gene mutation signatures and gene expression signatures; systems and computational biology for elucidating the nature of oncogenesis; inference of molecular interaction networks relevant to specific disease; inference of cancer genomic evolution based on gene mutation information; identification of synthetic lethal genes for cancer therapy.

Research Interest: Forensic Odontology; Forensic Anthropology; Dental malpratice litigation

Research Interest: Experienced in Molecular Biologic, Cellular Biologic, and Immunologic Techniques; Expert at Flow Cytometry, ELISA, Real-Time PCR, and Luciferase Reporter Gene Assay.

Current Research is focused on the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Role of B-Cell-Activating Factor (BAFF) in Autoimmune Disorders

Research Interest: Head and Neck Cancer Objetivos:Epidemiology and Head and Neck pathology. Biomarkers of prognostic in Head and Neck tumors

Research Interest: Mechanism(s) of neurotransmitter and hormone synthesis, secretion and action, and the associated cellular regulatory pathways and their modulation by pharmacological agents. I am also interested in the effects of pharmacological and dietary modulation (medical foods, herbs, behavioural techniques etc) of metabolic, cellular, organ and systemic levels. I am especially interested in the age-related diseases, such as cancer, neurodegeneration. Expertise in the prevention of CNS/PNS damage in conditions related to metabolic syndrome (diabetes), stroke, ischemia, hypoxia and diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Research Interest: Gene expression, gene therapy, cell biology, neurodegenerative disease, male and female infertility.

Research Interest: Molecular Biology and Toxicology; Mainly on Liver Toxicity and Testis of Cadmium, he has Made a Great Contribution to Understand the Mechanisms and to Potentially Prevent these Diseases for Cadmium

Research Interest: Processos carcinogênicos e progressão de lesão. Invasão e metastáse. Processos patológicos envolvendo Papilomavirus humano (HPV) Estudos envolvendo análises citológicas e histopatológicos.

Research Interest: Ectodermal Dysplasia, hypodontia, rare diseases, genetic diseases, hyperdontia, oral manifestations, Cleidocranial Dysplasia, Amelogenesis Imperfecta, Dentinogenesis Imperfecta, X linked reticulated pigmentary disorder, Turner Syndrome, Williams-Beuren syndrome, Alagille Syndrome, Neurofibromatosis, Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, Allgrove Syndrome, delopmental biology

Research Interest: Diabetes and its Complications, Osteoporosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Neuropathy; Mathematical Modelling for Human Complex Disease; Policy and Clinical Decision Analysis in Medical Science; Stochastic Process Analysis and Bayesian Analysis for Clinical Medicine; Mathematical Methodology Development for Clinical Science; Gene Mapping and Identification of Human Complex Disease; Data Analysis for Results of Experiment

Research Interest: Epigenetics in glioma, especially methylation patterns, Stem cell research in glioma

Research Interest: Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology, (tubular discarders in particular).

Graduated in Biological Sciences at the University of Catania, CNR scholarship holder, specialized in "Experimental Medicine", technical officer in charge of the Cellular Physiology laboratory of the Department of Physiological Sciences, Researcher and Assistant Professor for the disciplinary sector BIO/09 Physiology, she is currently Associate Professor of Physiology at the Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences of the University of Catania. She holds the national scientific qualification as Full Professor for the scientific disciplinary sector BIO/09 Physiology.

She has carried out teaching activities for the degree courses in Natural Sciences (five-year), Biological Sciences (five-year), Ecological Sciences and Environmental Education (level I) and Environmental Sciences (level II). She currently teaches General and Environmental Physiology (9 C.F.U.) for the Degree Course in Environmental and Natural Sciences (1st level), Ecophysiological Adaptations to the Environment for the Degree Course in Environmental Biology, Physiology for the Degree Courses in Nursing, Radiology and Radiotherapy Technicians, and Environmental Safety Technicians, and Biophysics Physiology I Channel A and Channel C (8 C.F.U.) for the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery (five-year).

She has held lessons for the second level University Masters "Monitoring and assessment of environmental, mutagenic, carcinogenic and teratogenic risk" and "Monitoring of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and environmental risk", at the theoretical-practical training and professional development course organized in Catania by the National Order of Biologists, at the specialized training course "New figures of advanced technology specialists for the identification and analysis of biomarkers in the oncology sector" entrusted by the Company Medical Sciences s.r.l. within the Industrial Research and Training Project PON01_02418 and for the National Research Council (CNR) - Institute of Neurological Sciences UOS of Catania within the training project connected to the Project "DNA on Disk: Diagnostic platform and kits for human health in the oncology, neurological and infectious diseases and poverty-related diseases" - CTN01_00177_817708, financed by the resources of the program National Operational "Research & Competitiveness (PON "R&C") PON01_0248.

Research Interest: Environmental Physiology,Cell cultures; Cell models; Cell physiology; Signal transduction; Gene expression; Proteomics; Mesenchymal stem cell biology and differentiation ; Krabbe disease, e