Research Interest: Endocrinology, Molecular Cell Biology, Medical Genetic, Biochemistry, Genomic, Bioinformatics, Drug Discovery

Research Interest: Clinical research is in caveolin-1 (and related candidate gene) single nucleotide polymorphism in kidney disease, transplantation, patient related morbidity as well as basic science research of caveolin-1, its knockout, pericytes in models of renal fibrosis and methods to reintroduce caveolin-1 using viromimetic vectors. Other research interests include cytomegalovirus risk, allograft outcome prediction, medications effects in transplantation.

Research Interest: Molecular markers Genome, Evolutionary and Population, Genetics, Microbial Genetics

Research Interest: Pediatrics, endocrinology, short stature, puberty, obesity, genetics

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

Research Interest: Neuropathology, molecular pathology of tumors, general  and pediatric pathology

Research Interest: Genomics Application in Auditory Disease; Novel Deafness Gene and Mutations Identification; Next Generation Sequencing

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

Research Interest: Identification of the Gene Responsible for Hereditary Deafness and Onycodystrophy Syndrome and Functional Study on the Gene

Research Interest: Genetics

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