Personal Information

Fields of Interest and Expertise

Morphological and Immunological Methodologies.

Analysis of Protein Expression in Animal Tissues.

Teaching

Human Anatomy, School of Medicine (University of Cagliari)

TEM Methodologies in Biomedicine, School of Medicine (University of Cagliari)

Curriculum Vitae

1992: Degree in Biological Science, University of Cagliari.

1992: Research Fellow, Microcitemico Hospital Laboratories, University of Cagliari.

1995: Research fellow, Experimental Microbiology Department, University of Cagliari.

1996: Research Fellow, Experimental Biology Department, University of Cagliari.

1999: Research Fellow, Electron Microscopy Facility, Department of Cell Biology, Connecticut University, USA.

2001: PhD in Morphological Science, University of Cagliari.

2002: Assistant Professor of Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Cagliari.

• Cagliari

• Interactions between bovine serum albumin and mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized with biopolymers. Chemical Engineering Journal (2018)
• Mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized with hyaluronic acid. Effect of the biopolymer chain length on cell internalization. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2018)
• Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Functionalized with Hyaluronic Acid and Chitosan Biopolymers. Effect of Functionalization on Cell Internalization. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2016)
• Release of small hydrophilic molecules from polyelectrolyte capsules: Effect of the wall thickness. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2015)
• Thymosin beta 4 may translocate from the cytoplasm in to the nucleus in HepG2 cells following serum starvation. An ultrastructural study. PLoS ONE (2015)