Laboratories 2025/2026 - Cellular and Molecular Biology

Please find below the list of the Supervisors (with a link to their CV) and their PhD Projects proposed for the academic year 2025/2026 for the curriculum in Cellular and Molecular Biology.

The list includes the project based fellowships and below the free projects among which the candidates, who passed the first evaluation phase, must express their preference as indicated in the Call for Applications.

3 PROJECT-BASED FELLOWSHIPS:

Project-based fellowship CMB1: FRANCO IRENE

Unit: Somatic mutation mechanisms

CMB1: Lifestyle factors influencing somatic mutation in the kidneys

Project-based fellowship CMB2: DAVIDE MAZZA

Unit: Imaging of Gene Regulation

CMB2: The dynamic landscape of p53 interactions and their role in cancer cell fate determination

Project-based fellowship CMB3: BOLETTA ALESSANDRA

Unit: Cystic Kidney Disorders

CMB3: Refining the molecular mechanism of glutamine sensing by primary cilia

BONANOMI DARIO

Unit: Molecular Neurobiology

Endothelial-Mesenchymal Interactions in Nerve Regeneration and Cancer

GABELLINI DAVIDE

Unit: Gene Expression Regulation

Understanding and treating muscle inflammation in FSHD muscular dystrophy

MANUNTA PAOLO

Unit: Genomics of Renal Diseases and Hypertension IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan

A Translational Multidisciplinary Approach leading to Molecular Biomarkers of Sodium-Sensitive Hypertension

MAZZA DAVIDE

Unit: Imaging of Gene Regulation

Single molecule analysis and targeting of oncosupressive dynamical switches

MEZZAPELLE ROSANNA

Unit: Chromatin Dynamics

Unraveling cell interactions in the mesothelioma microenvironment to improve antitumor responses elicited by HMGB1 inhibition

MILAN ENRICO

Unit: Age Related Diseases Laboratory

Dissecting TENT5-dependent Modulation of Protein Secretion

MUSCO GIOVANNA

Unit: Biomolecular NMR

Rational design of drug-like peptides blocking aberrant DUX4 in FSHD

NAI ANTONELLA

Unit: Regulation of Iron Metabolism Unit

Identification of new strategies for in vivo targeting of erythroid Tfr2 in β-thalassemia

RAMPOLDI LUCA

Unit: Molecular Genetics of Renal Disorders

Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis in Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease due to renin mutations

SALOME' MARA

Unit: Gene expression Regulation (GER)

Targeted strategies for DUX4-r leukemia

SILVESTRI LAURA

Unit: Regulation of Iron Metabolism - Genetics and Cell Biology division

Targeting the Hepatic BMP-SMAD Pathway in Leptin Receptor Deficiency (LEPRD): A New Strategy for Treating Severe Pediatric Obesity

VAGO RICCARDO

Unit: Extracellular Vesicles and Toxins (URI)

Analysis of extracellular vesicle-carried factors leading to bladder cancer progression

VENEREAU EMILIE

Unit: Tissue Regeneration & Homeostasis Unit

Preclinical Evaluation of a Designer HMGB1 as a Drug Candidate for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

ZAMBRANO SAMUEL

Unit: Chromatin Dynamics

Role of NF-kB signaling dynamics in the interaction between macrophages and tumor cells in malignant mesothelioma