Research Areas & Labs
Research Areas & Labs

Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Hematopoietic cell&gene therapy
Area Coordinator
Prof. Alessandra Biffi
Labs
Advanced Diagnostics and Target Discovery in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Prof. Barbara Buldini | Co-Principal Investigator
Prof. Martina Pigazzi | Co-Principal Investigator
Prof. Alessandra Biffi | Co-Principal Investigator
Areas
Advanced Flow Cytometry Application in Childhood Acute Leukemia
Prof. Barbara Buldini | Principal Investigator
Transcriptomics and Functional Genomics in JMML and B ALL
Dr. Silvia Bresolin | Principal Investigator
Phosphoproteomics for ALL diagnostics and research
Dr. Valentina Serafin | Junior Principal Investigator
Advanced Diagnostics and Target Discovery in Rare Pediatric Solid Tumors
Prof. Gianni Bisogno | Principal Investigator
Biology of CNS Pediatric Tumors
Dr. Luca Persano | Principal Investigator
Experimental Pharmacology
Prof. Giampietro Viola | Principal Investigator
Subarea - High-Throughput Drug Screening for Precision Oncology
Dr. Elena Mariotto | Junior Principal Investigator
Molecular Diagnostic of Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
Prof. Lara Mussolin | Principal Investigator
Research and discovery in Hematopoietic Cell&Gene Therapy
Prof. Alessandra Biffi | Principal Investigator
Subarea - Gene therapy for hemoglobinopathies and neurometabolic diseases caused by β-Galactosidase deficiency
Dr. Valentina Poletti | Junior Principal Investigator
Target discovery and biology of acute myeloid leukemia
Prof. Martina Pigazzi | Principal Investigator
Target discovery and biology of Neuroblastoma
Dr. Sanja Aveic | Principal Investigator

Genetics and Rare Diseases
Area Coordinator
Prof. Leonardo Salviati
Labs
Clinical Genetics and Epidemiology
Prof. Leonardo Salviati | Principal Investigator
Mitochondrial DNA maintenance disorders
Dr. Mara Doimo | Junior Principal Investigator
Model organisms and rare diseases
Prof. Eva Trevisson | Principal Investigator
Diagnosis and Therapy of Lysosomal Disorders
Dr. Rosella Tomanin | Principal Investigator
Immunopathology and Molecular Biology of kidney
Dr. Elisa Benetti | Principal Investigator
Neurodevelopmental Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Prof. Alessandra Murgia | Principal Investigator

Immunology and Neuroimmunology
Area Coordinator
Prof. Emanuele Cozzi
Labs
Immunity, Inflammation & Angiogenesis
Prof. Marcella Canton | Co-Principal Investigator
Prof. Barbara Molon | Co-Principal Investigator
Immune-Mediated Nervous System Disease study group
Prof. Stefano Sartori | Principal Investigator
Neuronal circuits in developmental disorders
Dr. Manuela Allegra |Junior Principal Investigator
Transplant Immunology
Prof. Emanuele Cozzi | Principal Investigator

Experimental Cardiology
Area Coordinators
Prof. Giovanni Di Salvo
Prof. Gino Gerosa
Labs
Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine (CARE-MED)
Prof. Gino Gerosa | Principal Investigator
Dr. Anna Maria Tolomeo | Junior Principal Investigator
Subarea - Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers and Tools for Personalised Medicine (EXO-MED)
Dr. Anna Maria Tolomeo | Junior Principal Investigator
Pediatric Cardiomyopathies
Prof. Giovanni Di Salvo | Principal Investigator

Medical Biotechnology
Area Coordinator
Prof. Marco Agostini
Labs
Biomedical Applications of Multiscale Engineering Technologies (BIAMET)
Prof. Elisa Cimetta | Principal Investigator
NanoInspired Biomedicine
Prof. Marco Agostini | Principal Investigator

Predictive Medicine
Area Coordinator
Prof. Eugenio Baraldi
Labs
Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics
Prof. Eugenio Baraldi | Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Giuseppe Giordano | Co-Principal Investigator
Pediatric Critical Care (PCare)
Prof. Paola Cogo | Principal Investigator

Regenerative Medicine
Area Coordinator
Prof. Maurizio Muraca
Labs
Neuromuscular Engineering
Dr. Anna Urciuolo | Junior Principal Investigator
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Prof. Michela Pozzobon | Principal Investigator
Tissue Engineering
Dr. Martina Piccoli | Principal Investigator