Education:
Ph.D, in Microbiology and Genetics,University of Pisa
Specialist in Applied Genetics, University of Pisa
Academic Appointments:
2022- : Full Professor, Department of Biology, Genetics, University of Pisa.
2007-2022: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Genetics, University of Pisa.
2006-2007: Researcher, Department of Biology, Genetics, University of Pisa.
2003-2006: Contract Professor Rientro dei Cervelli, (Ministry of Research and University),
Department of Biology, University of Pisa.
Other appointments and honors:
2002-2003: Research Assistant, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon- France. IASLC-
CRFA (International Association of the Study of Lung Cancer - Cancer Research Foundation of
America) fellowship.
2000-2002: STA (Special Training Award) IARC, Lyon, Fance
1998-2000: Visiting scientist, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Recent and current grant supports:
2022-2026 AIRC (Associazione Itliana Ricerca sul Cancro)"Mesothelin and beyond: novel biomarkers and therapeutic tools in the fight of malignant pleural mesothelioma".
PI:F.Gemignani 01/01/22-31/12/26
2013-2015 ITT (Tuscan Tumor Institute)"Detection of novel genetic loci involved in the carcinogenesis of
differentiated thyroid carcinoma(DTC), following a genome-wide association study (GWAS)".
PI:F.Gemignani 07/05/13-06/05/15
2010-2012 PRIN (Research Projects for National Interest) Genetic susceptibility to non-medullary
thyroid carcinoma and benign nodular thyroid disease.
PI:F.Gemignani 23/09/10-22/09/12
2006-2008 R03 CA115062 (Small Grant Program, NIH, USA) Micro-array-based genotyping for studying
susceptibility to mesothelioma PI:S.Landi, Co-Investigator: F.Gemignani
2003-2006 MIUR Rientro dei Cervelli (Ministry of Research and University), "Development of microarray-
based genotyping of polymorphisms associated to myeloma and to the efficacy and adverse
effects of related chemotherapy" University of Pisa.
PI:F.Gemignani 01/10/03-30/09/06
Patents:
Patent n. TO2007A000148 del 28/02/2007 Dispositivo Microarray e procedimento per la rilevazione e identificazione di patogeni fungini (University of Pisa).
Academic teaching activities:
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