ERC Advanced Grants
I finanziamenti ERC Advanced Grants sono progettati per consentire a ricercatori di alto livello di portare avanti i loro progetti scientifici all'avanguardia in Europa.
HORIZON EUROPE (HE)
A novel and empowered TARGETed gene addition approach at a relevant microglia locus for the treatment of inherited NeuroMetabolic Diseases
Reprogramming of somatic cells into organOids: patient-centred neurodevelopmental disease modelling from nascent induced pluripotency
X-ray-induced fluidization: a non-equilibrium pathway to reach glasses at the extremes of their stability range
Charting the token of time yap/taz transcriptional regulators at the roots of aging
CONNECTING VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS TOTRANSCRIPTIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL REGULATION
HORIZON 2020
De novo generation of somatic stem cells: regulation and mechanisms of cell plasticity (2015-2020)
FP7 - Seventh Framework Programme
ERC Grantee: Rosario Rizzuto
Department: Biomedical Sciences
Total Contribution: Euro 2.432.400,00
Project Duration in months: 60
Start Date: 01/04/2012
End Date: 01/04/2017
Rosario Rizzuto is Full Professor of General Pathology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
He completed his Medical degree (1986) and his PhD in Biology and molecular pathology (1991) at the University of Padova. After two years as research associate at the University of Padova (1991-1992), he became Professor at the University of Ferrara (1992-2008) and then came back to University of Padova as Full Professor in 2008.
His research activity focuses on the study of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU), the Ca2+ uptake pathway of mitochondria identified in 2011 by his research group. This research has been supported by grants from different national programs and foundations (e.g., Telethon) as well as from the ERC, which funded the Advanced grant MitoCALCIUM (2012-2017). He has also been awarded several national and international prizes, including the Chiara D’Onofrio prize, the Biotec Award, the Theodor Bucher medal, and in 2014 the Antonio Feltrinelli prize by the Accademia dei Lincei. He published 238 papers in peer-reviewed journals (ISI Web of Science: total citations >20.000, h-index 81), 14 book chapters and over 200 meeting abstracts.
ERC Grantee: Antonella Viola
Department: Biomedical Sciences
Total Contribution: Euro 2.350.342, 00
Project Duration in months: 72
Start Date: 01/04/2013
End Date: 01/04/2019
Antonella Viola is Full Professor of General Pathology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
She obtained her Master degree in Biology (1991) and her PhD in Evolutionary Biology (1995) at the University of Padova. She worked as researcher at the Basel Institute for Immunology in Switzerland (1995-1999) and as EMBO fellow at EMBL Monterotondo (1999-2000). She was then Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Padova (2002-2007) and at the University of Milan (2007-2014), and back to Padova in 2014 as Associate Professor, and in 2015 as Full Professor. She is an EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) member.
Her research interests include T cell and macrophage activation, tumor immunology and mesenchymal stem cells. She received funding from several national and international institutions (e.g., Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Research, E-rare, US Department of Defence) and foundations (e.g., Telethon, AIRC). In 2012 she won an ERC Advanced grant for the project STePS (2013-2018), which analyses the molecular interactions leading to the orchestration of phagocytic synapses for phagocytosis and activation, two events crucial for immune responses to pathogens as well as for inflammation. She also collaborates as partner in the EU project MERLIN that looks at developing stem cell-based therapies for liver disease.