LOCATION: Via Pastore 3, first floor, room 1.19 and from room 1.26 to 1.30

RESEARCH TOPICS:
-Toxicity and carcinogenicity of Mineral fibres on advanced in vitro Models
-Extraction, characterization and evaluation of bioactive compounds from natural sources (plants, fungi, marine organisms)
-Purification and characterization of marine  biopolymers 
-Study of the mechanisms of biomineralization in Porifera
-Cell cultures of marine invertebrates

RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS: Prof. Marina Pozzolini, Prof. Marco Giovine, Prof. Sonia Scarfì

LINK TO RESEARCH LINES, PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS:
link to Giovine publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=it&view_op=search_authors&mauth…
link to Pozzolini publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Po…
link to ScarfÏ publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=it&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Scarf%C3%AC+Sonia&btnG=

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT:
-Cell culture lab full equipment (laminar hoods, incubators, optical inverted microscope, fridge, freezer, microplate reader)
-Biochemical analyses lab full equipment (centrifuge, protein gel electrophoresis apparatus, 2-D electrophoresis apparatus, wester blotting system, spectrophotometer, chemical and biohazard hoods, pHmeter, microwave heater, centrifugal concentrator, deionized water production, precision balances)  
-Molecular analyses lab full equipment (qPCR, thermal cycler, DNA and RNA gel electrophoresis, tissue lyser, UV image analyser)
-Invertebrate lab aquarium and stereomicroscope
-MOGM culture and manipulation lab (laminar hood, icubators, sonicator, thermal block, stove, autoclave)

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Numerous Bachelor and Master degree lab experimental theses for students on the University of Genova (Biology and Biotechnology) on topics related to the research activities of the lab
Experimental theses of PhD students from the STET and Sea Science PhD Schools of the University of Genova