Members' Directory

Biography: PhD 1999 Heidelberg University (and EMBL), Germany. Tucker group.
Postdoc Bijvoet Centre, Utrecht, NL (1999-2001) Gros group.
Postdoc EMBL-Heidelberg (2001-2003) Leonard group.
Postdoc EMBL-Heidelberg (2003-2004) Kafatos group.

Biography: I was born in Naples 22th/6/1966.
I obtained a diploma in Biology in 1990 and completed my PhD in 1996.
I worked as Postdoc at the Medical School of "Magna Grecia" and "Federico II" Universities.

Biography: PhD studies in Madrid (Spain), Universidad Complutense, in Chemistry, specialty Biochemistry.
April 1994 - August 1995 / C. Sander's Biocomputing group at EMBL Heidelberg.
August 1995 - May 1996 / A. Valencia's Protein Design Group at the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología in Madrid.
May 1996 - September 1996 / C. Sander's Biocomputing group at EMBL Heidelberg.
September 1996 - July 1998 / C. Sander's Biocomputing group at European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
July 1998 - May 2003 / P. Bork's Biocomputing group at EMBL Heidelberg.
May 2003 - present / Scientist. Head of the Bioinformatics Group at the Ottawa Health Research Institute.
Sept 2006 - present / Scientist. Group leader at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin.

Biography: - Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, USA, 1969 - 1973
- CERN GENEVA, Switzerland, 1973 - 1978
- EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, 1979 - 2005
- EPFL (ETH Lausanne), Switzerland, 2005 -

Biography: 2013-Present Directeur de Recherche, DR1 CNRS, IGBMC/ Strasbourg
2003-2012 Team Leader, EMBL, Heidelberg (Germany)
1994 Directeur de Recherche, DR2 , CNRS, Paris
1984 State Doctorat at Université of Paris VI, Natural Sciences
1980 Researcher position in CNRS (permanent position)
1979-80 Université of Paris VI Doctorat de 3ème cycle, Biology

Biography: PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTHDAY: Napoli (Italy) - November 19, 1957
CITIZENSHIP: Italian

EDUCATION
Degree in Biology. University "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
PhD in Cellular Biology, University of Pavia, Italy.

POSITIONS HELD
- From June 2002. Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
- January 1996 - May 2002. Research Associate. Dept. of Public Health – Parasitology Unit, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Prof. M. Coluzzi group. (From July 1999 to June 2000 at EMBL).
- 1990 -1995. IMBB- and EU-Postdoctoral fellow. Insect Molecular Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (Heraklion, Crete, Greece). Supervisor: Prof. C. Savakis.
- 1989 -1990. CNR fellow. CNR Institute of Cybernetics, Arco Felice (Naples, Italy). Dr. L. De Petrocellis laboratory.
- 1986 -1989. Post-degree training. Department of Genetics, General and Molecular Biology (DGBM), University "Federico II", Naples, Italy. Prof. Laura Fucci laboratory.

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
Molecular biology studies on the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae with special emphasis on the salivary glands, transgenesis and host-parasite interactions. Transposable elements.

Biography: 2001/2002 Diploma thesis "Develepment of the Cerebral Cortex", Prof. Peter Gruss
2002 Diploma at the University of Göttingen
2002-2006 Ph.D. at the MPI International Research School "Structure and Function of Biological Membranes" in Frankfurt working on "Glycine Transporter 2 in the Nervous System"
2006-present Postdoctoral Fellow at the Children's Hospital in Boston, USA working on "functional aspects of the glutamate transporter GLT1"

Biography: 1994-1998 : PhD Thesis at the Grenoble University in the Laboratory of Structural Electron Microscopy - Director : Dr R. H. Wade - Study of Microtubule/Kinesins Complexes
1998-2001 : Post-Doc at EMBL in the Group of Drs A. Hyman and E. Karsenti - Study of Microtubule Dynamics and Structure -