2017: Associate professor in Veterinary Anatomy at the Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
September 2012: LLP/Erasmus Staff Training Mobility, Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berna, Switzerland.
June 2011: LLP/Erasmus Staff Training Mobility, Centre for Structural Biology, University of Aarhur, Aarhus, Denmark.
2005 - 2017: research assistant at the Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
2004: Research fellowship of Human Frontiers Science Program, Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Section of General Pathology, University of Ferrara, Italy.
1999 - 2003: Research fellowship, Department of Experimental Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy.
1998: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Experimental Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy.
1997: Research Fellow for young researchers Fondazione Anna Villa Rusconi (winner of national examination, www.fondazione-rusconi.it/elenco-borsisti/), Department of Experimental Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy.
1996: PhD in Experimental pathology, University of Bologna, Italy.
1991: degree in Biological Sciences, University of Padova, Italy.

Awards
ITWIIN National Prize (Italian section of the EUROPEAN WOMEN INVENTORS, INNOVATORS NETWORK) 2018 edition: Innovation, Invention, Creativity award for the Exceptionally Creative Woman category.

"Paper of the Week" manuscript Bianchini et al. J Biol Chem. 2014 (last author and corresponding author), 289:33073-33082, selected by the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Reason for the award: Our editorial board members and associate editors have determined your paper is in the top 2 percent of manuscripts they will review in a year in significance and overall importance.

Patents as inventor
European patent EP2925317 (Granted and nationalised in the following countries: Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Sweden, Ireland and Italy) and US patent US9987256B2 (Granted), entitled "CFTR corrector for the treatment of genetic disorders affecting striated muscle", owned by the University of Padua.Priority: 12/3/2012.

Research projects eligible for funding
Prin 2022 PNRR
Title: MiMiC Model Muscle Construct: a 3D organoid mimickingnative skeletal muscle as a tool for testing the efficacy of new pharmacological therapeutic molecules. Duration 24 months . Role: Principal-Investigator.

Prin 2022
Title: Bovine neuromuscular diseases as a model for translational researches. Duration 24 months, start 09/2023. Role: Associated-Investigator.

AFM/TELETHON France, Research grant, Reference; 23765.
Title: Use of small molecules to corREct defective SERCA Proteins cAusIng BRody disease. Duration 12 months, start 08/2021. Role: Principal-Investigator.

Programme Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), University of Padua (PoC@Unipd)
Title: Recovering misfolded proteins of rare diseases from known molecules (RIMEdIO)
Duration 18 months, start 02/2021. Role: Co-Investigator.

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