Person
PIOVANI GIOVANNA
Course Catalogue:
Academic degrees
1981: High School Diploma
1987: Degree in Biological Science,University of Parma
1988: Enabling the profession of biologist and professional certification
1991: Specialization in Human Cytogenetic (Inst. General Biology and Medical Genetics, University of Pavia).
1995: Course qualification for technical quality assurance (UNI EN ISO 9000) at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bologna
2003: Winner a competition for a position of Ricercatore Universitario in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Brescia
Academic and Professional training
1984-87 Student visitor at the Institute of Pathology, University of Parma
1987-90 Biologist fellow at the Department of Medical Genetics, 'University of Parma
1989-91 Biologist visitor at the Department of Human Cytogenetics, University of Pavia
1990 Biologist visitor at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology A of 'National Cancer Institute of Milan-Biologist visitor at the Laboratory of Clinical Cytogenetics Mangiagalli Milan
1990-96 Biologist researcher and Cytogenetics Laboratory Manager; at the Section of Hematology, University of Parma;
1997- 2000 Biologist visitor at the Biology and Genetic Section, University of Brescia
2000-01 Parasubordination contract for research activities (research grant) at Biology and Genetic Section, University of Brescia
2001-05 Employee at the University of Brescia, Biology and Genetics Section as a Technical EP/EP1
2005 at today Researcher disciplinary 05F1 at Biology and Genetic Section at the University of Brescia
2011 Lecturer and tutor in PhD school.
Teaching activities
Courses of General Biology, Cytogenetics Cell Biology, Cell Culture, DNA Technology, Functional Genomics in Courses for Degrees in medical professionals at the University of Brescia, 2005-2017
Research/professional experience
The principal research points, are the following:
- cell cultures for genomic and genetic study;
- cell culture of mesenchymal cells, amniotic fluid cells
-Studies on induced pluripotent cells
-chromosome structure;
-studies on karyotype/phenotype correlation in constitutional and acquired cytogenetic abnormalities
-studies on defining the molecular causes of chromosome rearrangements with molecular cytogenetics(FISH)
-studies on the chromosome variability in hematological neoplastic diseases and hemopoietic stem cells
-DNA profiling
-studies with the SNP-array technology;
-studies of gene expression (RT-PCR)