Silvia Marracci

INFORMAZIONI PERSONALI

Nome MARRACCI SILVIA
Indirizzo UNIVERSITA’ DI PISA, DIPARTIMENTO DI BIOLOGIA, UNITA’ BIOLOGIA CELLULARE
S.S.12 ABETONE E BRENNERO, 4 - 56127 PISA
Telefono +39 050 2211481
Fax +39 050 2211495
E-mail silvia.marracci@unipi.it

Nazionalità Italiana
MADRELINGUA Italiano
ALTRE LINGUE Inglese, Francese

Data di nascita 20 LUGLIO 1965


Education

Nov 2000 – Dec 2001 Università di Pisa
2000-2001 Research Grant funded by PRIN (Research programs of outstanding national interest), “Role of serin/treonin fosfatasi-1 in the modulation of signal transduction of Growth Factor Receptors” at the Department of Experimental Pathology, Medical Biotechnologies, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology
Pisa, Italy
Oct 1998 – Oct 2000 Università di Pisa
Post-Doctoral fellowship in Biology, “Isolation and Characterizations of genes involved in development of nervous system of Xenopus”.
Pisa, Italy
Oct 1996 – Oct 2000 Università di Pisa
Graduate school in Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, "Isolation of three cDNAs coding for three calpastatin isoforms co-expressed in nothocord of Xenopus laevis embryos”. Graduated with honours (110/110 cum laude).
Pisa, Italy
Oct 1992 – Oct 1995 Università di Pisa
Ph.D. fellowship of "Molecular Biology and Biophisics of the Cell and Development", "Isolation and gene expression of a serotonergic receptor in Xenopus laevis"
Pisa, Italy
Jan 1992 – Sep 1992 Università di Pisa
Grant funded by Boehringer Ingelheim, "Distribution of 5-HT1A receptor mRNA in various regions of the human brain and in resting lymphocytes".
Pisa, Italy
May 1991 Area di Ricerche CNR Bari
, EMBNET Course of Bioinformatics “Access and use of the Italian EMBnet node” organized by CNR and European Molecular Biology Network (EMBnet).
Bari, Italy
Jan 1989 – Feb 1991 Università di Pisa
Graduated with honours (110/110 cum laude) in Biology, “Study of a family of long, repeated and interspersed sequences in Hydromantes genome (Amphibia, Urodela)", Department of Phisiology and Biochemistry, University of Pisa, Italy


Research Experience
Jan 2016:

Inventori: Batistoni Renata, Bianucci Anna Maria, Ferrari Alessio, Lubinu Giuseppe, Madau Pierluigi, Marracci Silvia, Natali Marco, Puricelli Guido. Titolo: Combination anticancer endowed with antitumor activity, comprising alkaloids of Chelidonium majus. Domanda di brevetto internazionale n. PCT/IB2016/050460. Data di deposito 29-01-2016.

Inventori: Batistoni Renata, Bianucci Anna Maria, Ferrari Alessio, Marracci Silvia, Natali Marco, Puricelli Guido. Titolo: Combinazione dotata di attività antitumorale comprendente alcaloidi di Chelidonium majus. Domanda di brevetto italiano n. GE2015A000010. Data di deposito: 29/01/2015.


Jan 2014 – present Study of effects of natural alkaloids in different human tumor cell lines
University of Pisa, Department of Biology, Department of Pharmacy, Pisa, Italy

Sept 2013– present Study of genes involved in stem cell maintenance and regeneration process by using the flatworm planarian as a model system.
University of Pisa, Department of Biology, Pisa, Italy

Oct 2008 – Sept 2014 Study of genes involved in determining cell polarity by using in vitro and in vivo methods.
Università di Pisa, Department of Biology, Pisa, Italy

Dec 2001 – present Study of genomic organization and gametogenesis of european green frogs by molecular approach.
Università di Pisa, Department of Biology, Pisa, Italy

Nov 2000 – Dec 2001 Analysis of Serin-Phosphatase-1 role in modulation of signal transduction of growth factors receptors.
Università di Pisa, Department of Biology, Pisa, Italy

Jan 1996 – present Isolation and characterization of genes involved in nervous system development of Xenopus.
Università di Pisa, Department of Biology, Pisa, Italy

Oct 1992 – Oct 1995 Expression gene analysis of serotonergic receptors in different regions of human brain and lymphocytes. Study of serotoni