Gruppo guidato da Ferdinando Di Cunto
Born in Naples on 29.01.1993 – Italian
Education and training
2019-current: PhD student in “Biomolecular Sciences”, Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies of the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli.
2019-current: Research Fellow. Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, in collaboration with Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy.
2018-2019: Research Fellow. Department of Biomolecular and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Milan in collaboration with Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy.
2015-2017: Master degree in Biology, 110 cum laude/110, University of Naples Federico II.
2011-2015: Bachelor degree in Biology, 104/110, University of Naples Federico II.
2006-2011: High School degree, Liceo sociopsicopedagogico “P.Villari”, Napoli.
Research interests
I am currently investigating about the effect of space radiation on the central nervous system. I am interested in the study of the effect of cosmic rays on nervous system in different genetic backgrounds, using C.elegansas a model organism.
Publications List
Roberta Iachetta, Alfredo Ambrosone, Alexander Klimovich, Jörg Wittlieb, Giada Onorato, Alessia Candeo, Cosimo D’Andrea, Daniela Intartaglia, Nunzia Scotti, Martina Blasio, Angela Tino, Andrea Bassi, Claudia Tortiglione (2018). Dynamic of β−cateninexpression in transgenicHydra. The International Journal of DevelopmentalBiology. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.180092ct.
Maria Moros, Anna Lewinska, Giada Onorato, Maria Rosa Antognazza, Mattia Zangoli, Martina Blasio, Guglielmo Lanzani, Angela Tino, MaciejWnuk, Claudia Tortiglione (2018). Light triggered modulation of cell antioxidant defense by polymer semiconducting nanoparticles in a model organism.MRS Communications. doi: 10.1557/mrc.2018.104
Giulia Veronesi, Maria Moros, Hiram Castillo-Michel, Lucia Mattera, Giada Onorato, K. David Wegner, Wai Li Ling, Peter Reiss, Claudia Tortiglione (2019). Revisiting InP quantum dot fate in vivo by dissecting biodistribution and speciation in a model organism with X-ray micro-spectroscopy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b15433.