Letizia Mattii

LETIZIA MATTII- CURRICULUM VITAE

Education and training:
-Degree in Biological Sciences (summa cum laude), University of Pisa
-Qualification to the fulfillment of the profession
-PhD in “Enzymology and metabolism”(4years), School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa

Work experience:
-Associate professor of Histology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine of the University of Pisa, from 2020
-Assistant professor of Histology, Department of the Clinical and Experimental Medicine of the University of Pisa, from 1998.
-Lecturer in Histology, Medicine and surgery, University of Pisa (Degree courses in Medicine and Surgery, Audioprosthetic and Audiometric techniques, Biomedical laboratory techniques, Dietetics, Dental Hygiene, Medical Radiology techniques-medical imaging and radiotherapy, Environment and workplace prevention techniques, Neurophisiopathology techniques, Sport and physical education, Nursing)

-SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL REVIEWER: Cytoterapy, Materials Science and Engineering C, Macromolecular Bioscience, Acta Biomaterialia, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, PlosOne, Medical Science Monitor, Pharmaceuticals, Nutrients, Molecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biomolecules, Antioxidants.
-GRANT REVIEWER: proposal AUB Research Grants-American University of Beirut, PRIN-Research Projects of National Relevance


Dr. Mattii has been
-Member of the 05 Area Scientific Committee, University of Pisa
-Member of the Research and Development Scientific Committee of Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa and of Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa

Technical skills and competences:
Good and specific knowledge in organization and management of laboratory activities as cell cultures, molecular biology assays (Western, Northern, Southern blotting, in situ hybridization and comet test), light-, confocal- and electron-microscopic immunohistochemistry.

Principal investigator or co-investigator in the following scientific topics that represent pursued researches:
-multidrug resistance of tumour blood cells
-tissue engineering: morpho-functional characterization of fibroblasts and human mesenchymal stem cells cultured on biological or synthetic scaffolds
-action and expression of growth factors and signal transduction molecules involved in kidney development and pathology
-growth factors and signal transduction molecules involvement on the proliferation/differentiation and cytoskeleton reorganization of normal and tumour hematological cells and in normal and pathological colon
tissues.
-immunohistochemical and molecular expression of factors involved in the heart disease and regeneration.

Membership of Scientific Societies:
-Member of Nutrafood Center - University of Pisa (2014-present)
-Member of the College of Histology and Embryology Lecturers (2009-present)
-Member of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology (1998-present)
-Member of the Italian Society of Hematology (1991-1998)


Dr. Mattii is author/coauthor of 168 publications (83 in extenso on international peer-reviewed journals)