FIORENTINI SIMONA

CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, SSD 06/A3

EDUCATION
July 20, 1990: B.Sc., Biological Sciences (110/110 cum laude), University of Pisa

January 22, 1997: Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Brescia

November 15, 1999: Specialist in Microbiology (50/50 cum laude), University of Brescia

SCIENTIFIC CAREER
1994-1995: Guest researcher, "Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology" (Dr. RC Gallo), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

1996-2001: Technician VII level , Chair of Microbiology, University of Brescia

2001-2006: Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology (MED07), Faculty of Medicine, University of Brescia

2006 -: Associate Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology (MED07), Faculty of Medicine, University of Brescia

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
1993 -: 57 published papers; Total Impact Factor: 235.2
2008 -: 21 published papers; Total Impact Factor: 107.5

2002 -: PI of grants funded by University of Brescia (Local research projects ex 60%
2003 -: 8 participation in research projects funded by the Italian Institute of Health and the Italian Ministry of Health (National Research Program on AIDS)
2005 – PI of PRIN projects (2005 and 2007 PI of the local unit; 2009 Coordinator)

RESEARCH INTEREST:
Molecular Immunology: antibodies engineering

Immunopathogenesis of AIDS: characterization of lymphocyte subpopulations in HIV/AIDS patients; pathogenic role of the HIV matrix protein p17

Vaccinology: development of experimental models for assessment of p17 immunogenicity

Biology of Microorganisms: study on the alterations induced by viruses (HHV6, HHV8, CMV, HMPV) in relevant cellular models.
Molecular epidemiology of respiratory viruses