Elisabetta Ferraro

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name and surname: Elisabetta FERRARO
Date and Place of birth: 1st March 1971, Locri (RC, Italy)
Professional address: Unit of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Pisa. S.S. 12 Abetone e Brennero, 4,56127, Pisa, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Telephone: +39 050 2211491
e-mail: elisabetta.ferraro@unipi.it

CURRENT POSITION
-Associate Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology (05/B2, BIO/06), Department of Biology, University of Pisa


WORK EXPERIENCE
2021- Present Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pisa
2019-2021 Assistant Professor /RTDB- Department of Biology, University of Pisa
2018-2019 Research activity at the “Hospital Maggiore della Carità” UPO, Novara
2013 –2018 Group Leader at the IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome
2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow at the IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome
2004-2011 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dulbecco Telethon Institute-CERC Santa Lucia, Rome


EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2004 Ph.D. in “Cellular and Molecular Biology”. University “Tor Vergata”, Rome
1998-2001 Visiting scientist in Biology, CALTECH, Pasadena, USA
1998 Internship (Lab Prof F. Amaldi, Dep of Biology, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome
1998 Master Degree in Biology (110/110 cum laude). University “Tor Vergata”, Rome
1991 High school degree (60/60). Liceo Scientifico Statale Zaleuco, Locri (RC)


INSTITUTIONAL ROLES
2020-today Member of the Academic Board for the PhD Course in Biology, University of Pisa
2019-today Member of the Permanent Degree Panel for the Master Degrees, Department of biology, University of Pisa

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-Editor for the journals “Diagnostics”, “Brain Sciences” and “Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity”
- Reviewer for international journals (JCSM, International Journal of Cardiology, PLOS ONE, ARS, Ox Med Cell Long, Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, Cell Death and Diff, International Journal of Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology International, Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiology, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, AACE Journals, BBA-Molecular Cell Research…)


FUNDING
2021 AFM-Telethon Grant. PI
2020 Progetti di Ricerca di Ateneo Pisa-2020-37. PI
2018 Duchenne Parent Project Grant. PI
2017 AriSLA Grant- UO head
2015 CARIPLO Grant – Collaborator
2012 Ricerca Finalizzata (Italian Ministry of Health-RF2010) Grant. PI


RESEARCH INTERESTS
Metabolism reprogramming and microglia modulation in neuro-muscular disorders and aging.

BIBLIOMETRIC PARAMETERS
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9596-4624
- 48 peer-reviewed full papers
- H-Index: 23 (Scopus)