1982 M.D., University of Milan, Italy 1988 Ph.D., Microbiology and Virology, University of Brescia, Italy
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1983-1985 Visiting Fellow at the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health., Bethesda, MD (USA) 1985-1986 Internship, Institute of Microbiology, University of Brescia
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1986-1992 Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Brescia 1992- 2001 Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Brescia 2001-present Full Professor of Microbiology, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia
2000- present Coordinator of the Residency School in Microbiology and Virology at the University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy 2011-present Coordinator of the Ph.D. School in Microbiology and Virology at the University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Grant support:
- ISS, National AIDS research programs (continuously granted from 1999) - Fondazione cassa di Risparmio di Perugia - IRCCS Zooprofilattico, BS - IRCCS Burlo Garofalo TS - Health Ministry - Italian Ministry for University and Research, PRIN projects
Publications:
- 125 papers published on peer-reviewed journals (total Impact Factor = 469). - 2008-2013: 26 published papers, total I.F. =135,7
Research areas:
- Tumour biology and immunology - Antiviral agents: mostly studies on IFN-gamma structure/function. - Biology of viruses: mostly interaction herpesviruses/endothelial cells - AIDS immunopathogenesis: lymphocyte subset anomalies; cytokine-like properties of HIV p17 - Vaccine development: p17-based therapeutic anti-AIDS vaccine
