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Monica MURATORI

Ruolo attuale:: Ricercatore Legge 240/10 a tempo determinato
SSD:: MEDS-26/D - Scienze tecniche mediche e chirurgiche avanzate
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche 'Mario Serio'

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CAMPI D’INTERESSE

Ricerca di nuovi marker e trattamenti in vivo ed in vitro dell’infertilità maschile. Studio dello stress ossidativo, della frammentazione del DNA spermatico e dello stato di condensazione nucleare negli spermatozoi umani. Citofluorimetria andrologica.

FORMAZIONE

31/03/2017. Abilitazione scientifica nazionale (sc 06/N1)

16/07/1997. Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Endocrinologiche e Metaboliche

05/12/1988. Laurea in Scienze Biologiche (110 /110 + lode + menzione accademica)

POSIZIONI NELLA RICERCA

01/02/2018-oggi Ricercatore a t.d. - t.pieno (art. 24 c.3-a L. 240/10)

2013-2017. Assegnista di ricerca (art.22, L.240/2010)

2005- 2013 Ricercatore a tempo determinato (art.1, legge 230/2005)

2000-2004 Assegnista di ricerca (art.51, L. 449/97)

1999-2000 Borsista post-dottorato (art.4, L.398/89)

1997-1998. Borsista (Menarini Ricerche)

1993-1996. Dottorando di Ricerca in Scienze Endocrinologiche e Metaboliche

1990-1992. Borsista (Ciba Geigy)

1989-1990. Tirocinio per abilitazione alla professione di biologo.

PUBBLICAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE

Autore di of 87 pubblicazioni con IF. Numero di citazioni: 3426; numero medio di citazioni per articolo: 39,38: H-index: 34 (Scopus, Dicembre 2023 su 87 pubblicazioni). 14 capitoli su libri nazionali e internazionali. Co.editore di: Genetic damage in human spermatozoa (Springer 2014,2019)

5 PUBBLICAZIONI RECENTI:

Costanza Calamai , Oumaima Ammar, Viktoria Rosta, Ginevra Farnetani, Salvatore Zimmitti, Lisa Giovannelli, Linda Vignozzi, Csilla Krausz,and Monica Muratori. Testicular and Haematological Cancer Induce Very High Levels of Sperm Oxidative Stress. Antioxidants, 2023 May 24;12(6):1145.
Dabizzi S, Calamai C, Degl'Innocenti S, Boni L, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Baldi E, Muratori M. Tip-microVapour Fast Freezing: A novel easy method for cryopreserving severe oligozoospermic samples. Andrology. 2023 Sep 14.
Calamai C, Ammar O, Marchiani S, Degl'Innocenti S, Fino M, Righi L, Dabizzi S, Maggi M, Baldi E, Vignozzi L, Muratori M. Decrease of air pollution during lockdown in Tuscany (Italy): An effect on sperm DNA fragmentation? Environ Mol Mutagen. 2023 Mar;64(3):148-158.
Arciero V, Ammar O, Maggi M, Vignozzi L, Muratori M, Dabizzi S. Vapour fast freezing with low semen volumes can highly improve motility and viability or DNA quality of cryopreserved human spermatozoa. Andrology. 2022 Sep;10(6):1123-1133.
Riley L, Ammar O, Mello T, Giovannelli L, Vignozzi L, Muratori M. Novel methods to detect ROS in viable spermatozoa of native semen samples. Reprod Toxicol. 2021 Dec;106:51-60.

ATTIVITA’ DIDATTICA

Laurea magistrale in Scienze delle professioni sanitarie della prevenzione. Insegnamento: Approfondimenti nell’area della ricerca I

Laurea Triennale in Tecniche della Prevenzione nell'Ambiente e nei Luoghi di Lavoro. Insegnamento: Scienze della prevenzione applicate all’ambiente. Modulo: Scienze tecniche e mediche applicate

Laurea magistrale in Biotecnologie mediche e Farmaceutiche in Biotecnologie. Insegnamento: Tecniche di laboratorio in Spermatologia

Laurea magistrale in Scienze delle professioni sanitarie tecniche diagnostiche. Insegnamento: Metodologia della ricerca. Modulo: Scienze tecniche mediche applicate

Laurea magistrale in Scienze delle professioni sanitarie della prevenzione. Insegnamento: Metodologia della ricerca. Modulo: Scienze tecniche mediche applicate

Laurea Triennale in Assistenza Sanitaria. Insegnamento: Scienze dell’alimentazione. Modulo educazione alimentare.

Scuola di Specializzazione in Malattie Infettive e Tropicali

Scuola di Specializzazione in Endocrinologia e Malattie del Metabolismo

Master di II livello in “Master di Biologia e Tecnologie della riproduzione”

Master di II livello in “Andrologia e Medicina della sessualità”, Università di Firenze, tenendo la lezione: “Metodiche per la valutazione della frammentazione del DNA degli spermatozoi e il loro significato clinico”

ATTIVITA’ DI SUPPORTO ALLA DIDATTICA

Dal 2020-21, membro docente della commissione paritetica per il corso di Laurea in scienze delle professioni sanitarie tecniche diagnostiche

ATTIVITA’ EDITORIALE

2021-oggi. Associate Editor of Andrology

2017-2020 Associate Editor of Human Reproduction

2017-oggi Membro dell’Editorial Board of European Medical Journal

2016-oggi Membro dell’Editorial Board of Andrology

Referee per riviste scientifiche internazionali:

Human Reproduction, Andrology, Biology of Reproduction, Reproduction, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Asian Journal of Andrology, Human Fertility, Andrologia, The Scientific World Journal, BioMed Research International, International Journal of Fertility and Sterility, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Scientific Reports.

Partecipazione come INVITED SPEAKER a congressi nazionali e internazionali

Partecipazione a PROGETTI DI RICERCA NAZIONALI

TRASFERIMENTO TECNOLOGICO

Nuova tecnica citofluorimentrica per la determinazione della frammentazione del DNA spermatico utilizzata nella clinica diagnostica per il paziente infertile (SOD: Andrologia, Endocrinologia e Incongruenza di genere, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Firenze) a partire dal 2011 (codice prestazione: 6947).

SOCIETA’ SCIENTIFICHE

Luglio 2000 Iscrizione al GIC (Gruppo Italiano di Citometria)

Maggio 2009 Iscrizione alla SIAMS (Società di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità)

Aprile 2020 Iscrizione ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embriology

Monica MURATORI

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Farnetani, Ginevra; Vannucci, Matteo; Fino, Maria Grazia; Cioppi, Francesca; Rosta, Viktoria; Palma, Manuela; Tamburrino, Lara; Vinci, Serena; Casamonti, Elena; Degl’Innocenti, Selene; Spinelli, Matilde; Abrardo, Chiara; Marchiani, Sara; Lotti, Francesco; Muratori, Monica; Riera-Escamilla, Antoni; Krausz, Csilla (2024). Severe sperm DNA fragmentation may persist for up to 3 years after cytotoxic therapy in patients affected by Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. HUMAN REPRODUCTION, vol. 39, pp. 496-503, ISSN:0268-1161 DOI

Costanza Calamai, Oumaima Ammar, Monica Muratori (2024). La Citofluorimetria e gli spermatozoi, cellule sempre “in flow”. LETTERE GIC, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2280-8663

Calamai C.; Chelli E.; Ammar O.; Tanturli M.; Vignozzi L.; Muratori M. (2024). Reliable Detection of Excessive Sperm Ros Production in Subfertile Patients: How Many Men with Oxidative Stress?. ANTIOXIDANTS, vol. 13, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2076-3921 DOI

Dabizzi, Sara; Calamai, Costanza; Degl'Innocenti, Selene; Boni, Luca; Vignozzi, Linda; Maggi, Mario; Baldi, Elisabetta; Muratori, Monica (2024). Tip‐microVapour Fast Freezing: A novel easy method for cryopreserving severe oligozoospermic samples. ANDROLOGY, vol. 12, pp. 862-869, ISSN:2047-2919 DOI

Conti D.; Calamai C.; Muratori M. (2024). Sperm DNA Fragmentation in Male Infertility: Tests, Mechanisms, Meaning and Sperm Population to Be Tested. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, vol. 13, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2077-0383 DOI

Farnetani G.; Fino M.G.; Cioppi F.; Riera-Escamilla A.; Tamburrino L.; Vannucci M.; Rosta V.; Vinci S.; Casamonti E.; Turki L.; Degl'Innocenti S.; Spinelli M.; Marchiani S.; Lotti F.; Muratori M.; Krausz C. (2023). Long-term effect of cytotoxic treatments on sperm DNA fragmentation in patients affected by testicular germ cell tumor. ANDROLOGY, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2047-2927 DOI

Costanza Calamai, Oumaima Ammar, Sara Marchiani, Selene Degl'Innocenti, Marisa Fino, Lorenzo Righi, Sara Dabizzi, Mario Maggi, Elisabetta Baldi , Linda Vignozzi, Monica Muratori (2023). Decrease of air pollution during lockdown in Tuscany (Italy): An effect on sperm DNA fragmentation?. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS, vol. 64, pp. 148-158, ISSN:0893-6692 DOI

Calamai, Costanza; Ammar, Oumaima; Rosta, Viktoria; Farnetani, Ginevra; Zimmitti, Salvatore; Giovannelli, Lisa; Vignozzi, Linda; Krausz, Csilla; Muratori, Monica (2023). Testicular and Haematological Cancer Induce Very High Levels of Sperm Oxidative Stress. ANTIOXIDANTS, vol. 12, pp. 1145-1145, ISSN:2076-3921 DOI

Arciero, Valentina; Ammar, Oumaima; Maggi, Mario; Vignozzi, Linda; Muratori, Monica; Dabizzi, Sara (2022). Vapour fast freezing with low semen volumes can highly improve motility and viability or DNA quality of cryopreserved human spermatozoa. ANDROLOGY, vol. 10, pp. 1123-1133, ISSN:2047-2919 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Björndahl, Lars; Barratt, Christopher L R; Mortimer, David; Agarwal, Ashok; Aitken, Robert J; Alvarez, Juan G; Aneck-Hahn, Natalie; Arver, Stefan; Baldi, Elisabetta; Bassas, Lluís; Boitrelle, Florence; Bornman, Riana; Carrell, Douglas T; Castilla, José A; Cerezo Parra, Gerardo; Check, Jerome H; Cuasnicu, Patricia S; Darney, Sally Perreault; de Jager, Christiaan; De Jonge, Christopher J; Drevet, Joël R; Drobnis, Erma Z; Du Plessis, Stefan S; Eisenberg, Michael L; Esteves, Sandro C; Evgeni, Evangelini A; Ferlin, Alberto; Garrido, Nicolas; Giwercman, Aleksander; Goovaerts, Ilse G F; Haugen, Trine B; Henkel, Ralf; Henningsohn, Lars; Hofmann, Marie-Claude; Hotaling, James M; Jedrzejczak, Piotr; Jouannet, Pierre; Jørgensen, Niels; Kirkman Brown, Jackson C; Krausz, Csilla; Kurpisz, Maciej; Kvist, Ulrik; Lamb, Dolores J; Levine, Hagai; Loveland, Kate L; McLachlan, Robert I; Mahran, Ali; Maree, Liana; Martins da Silva, Sarah; Mbizvo, Michael T; Meinhardt, Andreas; Menkveld, Roelof; Mortimer, Sharon T; Moskovtsev, Sergey; Muller, Charles H; Munuce, Maria José; Muratori, Monica; Niederberger, Craig; O'Flaherty, Cristian; Oliva, Rafael; Ombelet, Willem; Pacey, Allan A; Palladino, Michael A; Ramasamy, Ranjith; Ramos, Liliana; Rives, Nathalie; Roldan, Eduardo Rs; Rothmann, Susan; Sakkas, Denny; Salonia, Andrea; Sánchez-Pozo, Maria Cristina; Sapiro, Rosanna; Schlatt, Stefan; Schlegel, Peter N; Schuppe, Hans-Christian; Shah, Rupin; Skakkebæk, Niels E; Teerds, Katja; Toskin, Igor; Tournaye, Herman; Turek, Paul J; van der Horst, Gerhard; Vazquez-Levin, Monica; Wang, Christina; Wetzels, Alex; Zeginiadou, Theodosia; Zini, Armand (2022). Standards in semen examination: publishing reproducible and reliable data based on high-quality methodology. HUMAN REPRODUCTION, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0268-1161 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Riley L.; Ammar O.; Mello T.; Giovannelli L.; Vignozzi L.; Muratori M. (2021). Novel methods to detect ROS in viable spermatozoa of native semen samples. REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY, vol. 106, pp. 51-60, ISSN:0890-6238 DOI

Elisabetta Baldi , Lara Tamburrino, Monica Muratori, Selene Degl'Innocenti, Sara Marchiani (2020). Adverse effects of in vitro manipulation of spermatozoa. ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE, vol. in press, pp. 1-8, ISSN:0378-4320 DOI

Ammar O.; Mehdi M.; Muratori M. (2020). Teratozoospermia: Its association with sperm DNA defects, apoptotic alterations, and oxidative stress. ANDROLOGY, vol. 8, pp. 1095-1106, ISSN:2047-2919 DOI

Muratori M, Pellegrino G, Mangone G, Azzari C, Lotti F, Tarozzi N, Boni L, Borini A, Maggi M, Baldi E (2020). DNA Fragmentation in Viable and Non-Viable Spermatozoa Discriminates Fertile and Subfertile Subjects with Similar Accuracy. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, vol. 9, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2077-0383 DOI

Tamburrino L, Marchiani S, Muratori M, Luconi M, Baldi E. (2020). Progesterone, spermatozoa and reproduction: An updated review. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 516, pp. 110952-110961, ISSN:0303-7207 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Baldi, Elisabetta, Muratori, Monica (2019). Genetic Damage in Human Spermatozoa, Second Edition. Springer, ISBN:978-3-030-21663-4 DOI

Muratori M, Tarozzi N, Carpentiero F, Danti S, Perrone FM, Cambi M, Casini A, Azzari C, Boni L, Maggi M, Borini A, Baldi E (2019). Sperm selection with density gradient centrifugation and swim up: effect on DNA fragmentation in viable spermatozoa. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 9 (1), pp. 1-12, ISSN:2045-2322, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP: DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Marchiani S, Tamburrino L, Farnetani G, Muratori M, Vignozzi L, Baldi E. (2019). Acute effects on human sperm exposed in vitro to cadmium chloride and diisoutyl-phthalate. REPRODUCTION, vol. 158, pp. 281-290, ISSN:1470-1626 DOI

Muratori M.; De Geyter C. (2019). Chromatin condensation, fragmentation of DNA and differences in the epigenetic signature of infertile men. BAILLIERE'S BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH. CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, vol. 33, pp. 117-126, ISSN:1521-690X DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Muratori, Monica; Marchiani, Sara; Tamburrino, Lara; Baldi, Elisabetta (2019). Sperm DNA Fragmentation: Mechanisms of Origin. In: Muratori M, Marchiani S, Tamburrino L, Baldi E.. Genetic Damage in Human Spermatozoa, pp. 75-85-85 Baldi E. Muratori M., ISBN:978-3-030-21663-4. DOI

Muratori, M.; Baldi, E. (2019). Male Oxidative Stress Infertility (MOSI): Proposed Terminology and Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Idiopathic Male Infertility. THE WORLD JOURNAL OF MEN'S HEALTH, pp. 1-17, ISSN:2287-4208 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Kumar, K.*; Lewis, S.; Vinci, S.; Riera-Escamilla, A.; Fino, M.-G.; Tamburrino, L.; Muratori, M.; Larsen, P.; Krausz, C. (2018). Evaluation of sperm DNA quality in men presenting with testicular cancer and lymphoma using alkaline and neutral Comet assays. ANDROLOGY, vol. 6, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2047-2919 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Samavat, J; Cantini, G; Lotti, F; Di Franco, A; Tamburrino, L; Degl'Innocenti, S; Maseroli, E; Filimberti, E; Facchiano, E; Lucchese, M; Muratori, M; Forti, G; Baldi, E; Maggi, M; Luconi, M. (2018). Massive Weight Loss Obtained by Bariatric Surgery Affects Semen Quality in Morbid Male Obesity: a Preliminary Prospective Double-Armed Study.. OBESITY SURGERY, vol. 28, pp. 69-76, ISSN:0960-8923 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Muratori, M.; Baldi, E. (2018). Effects of FSH on Sperm DNA Fragmentation: Review of Clinical Studies and Possible Mechanisms of Action. FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 9, pp. 734-745, ISSN:1664-2392 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Lotti, Francesco; Tamburrino, Lara; Marchiani, Sara; Maseroli, Elisa; Vitale, P.; Forti, Gianni; Muratori, Monica; Maggi, Mario; Baldi, Elisabetta (2017). DNA FRAGMENTATION IN TWO CYTOMETRIC SPERM POPULATIONS: RELATIONSHIP WITH CLINICAL AND ULTRASOUND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MALE GENITAL TRACT. ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 9, pp. 272-279, ISSN:1008-682X DOI

Tamburrino, L; Cambi, M; Marchiani, S.; Manigrosso, I.; Degl'Innocenti, S; Forti, G; Maggi, M; Baldi, E; Muratori, M. (2017). Sperm DNA fragmentation in cryopreserved samples from subjects with different cancers. REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT, vol. 29, pp. 637-645, ISSN:1031-3613 DOI

Muratori, Monica*; Baldi, Elisabetta (2017). Some relevant points on sperm DNA fragmentation tests. TRANSLATIONAL ANDROLOGY AND UROLOGY, vol. 6, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2223-4683 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Sofia C. Ribeiro, Monica Muratori, Maria De Geyter, Christian De Geyter (2017). TUNEL Labeling with BrdUTP/anti-BrdUTP greatly underestimates the level of sperm DNA fragmentation in semen evaluation.. PLOS ONE, vol. 12, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1932-6203

Marchiani, Sara; Tamburrino, Lara; Muratori, Monica; Baldi, Elisabetta (2016). New insights in sperm biology: How benchside results in the search for molecular markers may help understand male infertility. WORLD JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, vol. 5, pp. 26-36, ISSN:2220-6132

da Ros, Martina; Iorio, Anna Lisa; Consolante, Dario; Cardile, Francesco; Muratori, Monica; Fantappiè, Ornella; Lucchesi, Maurizio; Guidi, Milena; Pisano, Claudio; Sardi, Iacopo (2016). Morphine modulates doxorubicin uptake and improves efficacy of chemotherapy in an intracranial xenograft model of human glioblastoma. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH, vol. 6, pp. 639-648, ISSN:2156-6976

Simoni, Manuela; Santi, Daniele; Negri, Luciano; Hoffmann, Ivan; Muratori, Monica; Baldi, Elisabetta; Cambi, Marta; Marcou, Marios; Greither, Thomas; Baraldi, Enrica; Tagliavini, Simonetta; Carra, Daniela; Lombardo, Francesco; Gandini, Loredana; Pallotti, Francesco; Krausz, Csilla; Rastrelli, Giulia; Ferlin, Alberto; Menegazzo, Massimo; Pignatti, Elisa; Linari, Francesca; Marino, Marco; Benaglia, Renzo; Levi-Setti, Paolo E.; Behre, Hermann M. (2016). Treatment with human, recombinant FSH improves sperm DNA fragmentation in idiopathic infertile men depending on the FSH receptor polymorphism p.N680S: A pharmacogenetic study. HUMAN REPRODUCTION, vol. 31, pp. 1960-1969, ISSN:0268-1161 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Benvenuti, S; Deledda, C; Luciani, P; Giuliani, C; Fibbi, B; Muratori, M; Peri, A (2016). Neuronal distress induced by low extracellular sodium in vitro is partially reverted by the return to normal sodium. JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION, pp. 177-184, ISSN:1720-8386 DOI

Muratori, M; Tarozzi, N; Cambi, M; Boni, L; Iorio, Al; Passaro, C; Luppino, B; Nadalini, M; Marchiani, S; Tamburrino, L; Forti, G; Maggi, M; Baldi, E; Borini, A. (2016). Variation of DNA Fragmentation Levels During Density Gradient Sperm Selection for Assisted Reproduction Techniques: A Possible New Male Predictive Parameter of Pregnancy?. MEDICINE, vol. 95, pp. 1-9, ISSN:0025-7974 DOI

Chianese, C; Fino, M G; Riera Escamilla, A; López Rodrigo, O; Vinci, S; Guarducci, E; Daguin, F; Muratori, M; Tamburrino, L; Lo Giacco, D; Ars, E; Bassas, L; Costa, M; Pisatauro, V; Noci, I; Coccia, E; Provenzano, A; Ruiz-Castañé, E; Giglio, S; Piomboni, P; Krausz, C (2015). Comprehensive investigation in patients affected by sperm macrocephaly and globozoospermia. ANDROLOGY, vol. 3, pp. 203-212, ISSN:2047-2927 DOI

Muratori, M; Marchiani, S; Tamburrino, L; Cambi, M; Lotti, F; Natali, I; Filimberti, E; Noci, I; Forti, G; Maggi, M; Baldi, E. (2015). DNA fragmentation in brighter sperm predicts male fertility independently from age and semen parameters. FERTILITY AND STERILITY, vol. 104, pp. 582-590, ISSN:0015-0282 DOI

Muratori, Monica; Tamburrino, Lara; Marchiani, Sara; Cambi, Marta; Olivito, Biagio; Azzari, Chiara; Forti, Gianni; Baldi, Elisabetta (2015). Investigation on the Origin of Sperm DNA Fragmentation: Role of Apoptosis, Immaturity and Oxidative Stress. MOLECULAR MEDICINE, vol. 21, pp. 109-122, ISSN:1076-1551 DOI

Tamburrino, L; Marchiani, S; Vicini, E; Muciaccia, B; Cambi, M; Pellegrini, S; Forti, G; Muratori, M; Baldi, E. (2015). Quantification of CatSper1 expression in human spermatozoa and relation to functional parameters.. HUMAN REPRODUCTION, vol. 30, pp. 1532-1544, ISSN:0268-1161 DOI

Marchiani S; Tamburrino L; Olivito B; Betti L; Azzari C; Forti G; Baldi E; Muratori M. (2014). Characterization and sorting of flow cytometric populations in human semen.. ANDROLOGY, vol. 2, pp. 394-401, ISSN:2047-2919 DOI

Baldi E; Muratori M (2014). Genetic damage in human spermatozoa. Springer, ISBN:978-1-4614-7783-9 DOI

Tamburrino L; Marchiani S; Minetti F; Forti G; Muratori M; Baldi E. (2014). The CatSper calcium channel in human sperm: relation with motility and involvement in progesterone-induced acrosome reaction.. HUMAN REPRODUCTION, vol. 29, pp. 418-428, ISSN:0268-1161

Marchiani S; Tamburrino L; Ricci B; Nosi D; Cambi M; Piomboni P; Belmonte G;Forti G; Muratori M; Baldi E. (2014). SUMO1 in human sperm: new targets, role in motility and morphology and relationship with DNA damage.. REPRODUCTION, vol. 148, pp. 453-467, ISSN:1470-1626 DOI

Bottai, G.; Mancina, R.; Muratori, M.; Di Gennaro, P.; Lotti, T. (2013). 17b-estradiol protects human skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes against oxidative damage. JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY, vol. 27, pp. 1236-1243, ISSN:1468-3083 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

M Cambi; L Tamburrino; S Marchiani; B Olivito; C Azzari; G Forti; E Baldi; M Muratori. (2013). Development of a specific method to evaluate 8-hydroxy, 2-deoxyguanosine in sperm nuclei: relationship with semen quality in a cohort of 94 subjects.. REPRODUCTION, vol. 145, pp. 227-235, ISSN:1470-1626 DOI

Muratori M; Forti G; Baldi E. (2013). Presence of M540 bodies in human semen: techniques to detect them require attention. FERTILITY AND STERILITY, vol. 100, pp. e13-e13, ISSN:0015-0282 DOI

Ilaria Natali; Monica Muratori; Valentina Sarli; Mario Vannuccini; Sonia Cipriani; Laura Niccoli; Claudia Giachini; (2013). Scoring human sperm morphology using Testsimplets and Diff-Quik slides. FERTILITY AND STERILITY, vol. 99, pp. 1227-1232, ISSN:0015-0282 DOI

Tamburrino L; Marchiani S; Montoya M; Elia Marino F; Natali I; Cambi M; Forti G; Baldi E; Muratori M. (2012). Mechanisms and clinical correlates of sperm DNA damage. ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 14, pp. 24-31, ISSN:1008-682X

Meamar M.; Zribi N.; Cambi M.; Tamburrino L.; Marchiani S.; Filimberti E.; Fino MG.; Biggeri A.; Menezo Y.; Forti G.; Baldi E.; Muratori M. (2012). Sperm DNA fragmentation induced by cryopreservation: new insights and effect of a natural extract from Opuntia Ficus Indica. FERTILITY AND STERILITY, vol. 98, pp. 326-333, ISSN:0015-0282

Lotti F; Tamburrino L; Marchiani S; Muratori M; Corona G; Fino MG; Degl'innocenti S; Forti G; Maggi M; Baldi E. (2012). Semen apoptotic M540 body levels correlate with testis abnormalities: a study in a cohort of infertile subjects.. HUMAN REPRODUCTION, vol. ..., pp. 1-10, ISSN:0268-1161 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Marchiani S; Tamburrino L; Muratori M; Bonaccorsi L; Forti G; Baldi E (2012). Role of androgens and androgen receptor in prostate cancer: genomic and non-genomic actions. In: Castoria G and Migliaccio A. Advanced in rapid sex-steroid actions, pp. 165-177 Springer. DOI

S. Marchiani; L. Tamburrino; M. Muratori; E. Baldi (2012). Fisiologia del gamete maschile. In: Lenzi A. Guida allo studio dell'andrologia, pp. 59-67 Società Editrice Universo.

Marchiani S; Muratori M; Baldi E (2012). Ubiquitinizzazione e sumoilazione degli spermatozoi. In: Gandini L, Lenzi A. Biotecnologie della riproduzione umana, pp. 348-357 Carocci Faber Editore.

M. Muratori; L. Tamburrino; V. Tocci; A. Costantino; S.Marchiani;C. Giachini; I. Laface; C. Krausz; MC. Meriggiola; G.Forti; E. Baldi (2012). Response to "Flow Cytometry TUNEL Standardization for Assaying Sperm DNA Fragmentation". JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 33, pp. 2-2, ISSN:0196-3635 DOI

M. Muratori; G. Forti; E. Baldi (2011). M540 bodies interfere with TUNEL analyses in human semen samples. HUMAN REPRODUCTION, vol. 26, pp. 729-729, ISSN:0268-1161

S. Marchiani; L. Tamburrino; L. Giuliano; D. Nosi; V. Sarli; L. Gandini; P. Piomboni ; G. Belmonte; G. Forti; E. Baldi; M. Muratori (2011). SUMO1-YLATION OF HUMAN SPERMATOZOA AND ITS RELATION WITH SEMEN QUALITY. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 34, pp. 581-593, ISSN:0105-6263

M. Muratori; S. Marchiani; L. Tamburrino; G. Forti; M. Luconi; E. Baldi (2011). Markers of human sperm functions in the icsi era. FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE, vol. 16, pp. 1344-1363, ISSN:1093-4715 DOI

E. Baldi; M. Muratori; S.Marchiani; L. Tamburrino; C. Fallet (2010). Fragmentation and/or decondensation of spermatic DNA: which consequences?. JOURNAL DE GYNECOLOGIE OBSTETRIQUE ET BIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION, vol. 39, pp. 14-16, ISSN:0368-2315

M. Muratori ; L. Tamburrino ; V. Tocci ; A. Costantino ; S. Marchiani ; C. Giachini ; I. Laface ; C. Krausz ; M.C. Meriggiola ; G. Forti ; E. Baldi (2010). Small variations in crucial steps of TUNEL assay coupled to flow cytometry greatly affect measures of sperm DNA fragmentation. JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 31, pp. 336-345, ISSN:0196-3635

E. Baldi ; M. Muratori ; S. Marchiani ; L. Tamburrino ; (2010). [Fragmentation and/or decondensation of spermatic DNA: which consequences?]. In: Selective ART today, Parigi, ottobre 2009, Masson, vol. 39, pp. 14-16.

M. Muratori; L. Tamburrino; S. Marchiani; C. Guido; G. Forti; E. Baldi (2010). Critical aspects of detection of sperm DNA fragmentation by Tunel/Flow Cytometry. SYSTEMS BIOLOGY IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE, vol. 56, pp. 277-285, ISSN:1939-6368

Baldi E; Luconi M; Muratori M; Marchiani S; Tamburrino L; Forti G (2009). Nongenomic activation of spermatozoa by steroid hormones: facts and fictions.. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 308, pp. 39-46, ISSN:0303-7207 DOI

Muratori M; Luconi M; Marchiani S; Forti G; Baldi E (2009). Molecular markers of human sperm functions. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 32, pp. 25-45, ISSN:0105-6263 DOI

M.Muratori; S.Marchiani; L.Tamburrino;V.Tocci V;P.Failli; G.Forti; E.Baldi. (2008). Nuclear staining identifies two populations of human sperm with different DNA fragmentation extent and relationship with semen parameters.. HUMAN REPRODUCTION, vol. 23, pp. 1035-1043, ISSN:0268-1161

Muratori M; Forti G; Baldi E. (2008). Comparing flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy for analyzing human sperm DNA fragmentation by TUNEL labeling.. CYTOMETRY. PART A, vol. 73, pp. 785-787, ISSN:1552-4922

M. Muratori; S. Marchiani; L. Criscuoli; B. Fuzzi; L. Tamburrino; S. Dabizzi; C. Pucci; P. Evangelisti; G. Forti; I. Noci; E. Baldi (2007). Biological meaning of ubiquitination and DNA fragmentation in human spermatozoa. In: International Symposium: Steroid Hormone Receptor Superfamily and Molecular Signaling, Society of Reproduction and Fertility supplement, vol. 63, pp. 153-158.

Marchiani S; Tamburrino L; Maoggi A; Vannelli GB; Forti G; Baldi E; Muratori M (2007). Characterization of M540 Bodies in human semen: evidence that they are apoptotic bodies. MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION, vol. 13, pp. 621-631, ISSN:1360-9947

L. BONACCORSI ;D. NOSI ; M. MURATORI ; L. FORMIGLI ;G. FORTI ; E. BALDI (2007). Altered endocytosis of epidermal growth factor receptor in androgen receptor positive prostate cancer cell lines.. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 38, pp. 51-66, ISSN:0952-5041, Pubblicata da: SOC ENDOCRINOLOGY, 22 APEX COURT, WOODLANDS, BRADLEY STOKE, BRISTOL, ENGLAND, BS32 4JT primo editore: Journal of Endocrinology Limited:17 18 Courtyard Woodlands, Bristol BS12 4NQ United Kingdom:011 44 117 9616046, EMAIL: sxa15@psu.edu, INTERNET: http://www.psu.edu, Fax: 011 44 117 9616071:

S. Marchiani; L. Tamburrino; G. Forti ; E. Baldi; M. Muratori (2007). M540 bodies and their impact on flow cytometric analysis of human spermatozoa. In: 10th International Symposium on Spermatology Madrid, xxx, vol. 65, pp. 509-514.

Bonaccorsi L; Muratori M; Marchiani S; Forti G; Baldi E (2006). The androgen receptor and prostate cancer invasion. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 246, pp. 157-162, ISSN:0303-7207

CELLAI I; BENVENUTI S; LUCIANI P; GALLI A; CENI E; SIMI L; BAGLIONI S; MURATORI M; OTTANELLI B; M. SERIO; THIELE CJ; PERI A (2006). Antineoplastic effects of rosiglitazone and PPARgamma transactivation in neuroblastoma cells. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER, vol. 95, pp. 879-888, ISSN:0007-0920, Editore attuale:NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON, ENGLAND, N1 9XW Harcourt Publishers Limited:Foots Cray High Street, Sidcup Kent DA14 5HP United Kingdom:011 44 20 83085700, EMAIL: journals@harcourt.com, INTERNET: http://www.harcourt-international.com, Fax: 011 44 20 83085876:

S. MARCHIANI; L. BONACCORSI; P. FERRUZZI; C. CRESCIOLI; M. MURATORI; L. ADORINI; G. FORTI; M. MAGGI; E. BALDI (2006). The vitamin D analogue BXL-628 inhibits growth factor-stimulated proliferation and invasion of DU145 prostate cancer cells.. JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, vol. 132, pp. 408-416, ISSN:0171-5216 DOI

L. BONACCORSI; S. MARCHIANI; P. FERRUZZI; M. MURATORI; C. CRESCIOLI; G. FORTI; M. MAGGI; E. BALDI (2006). Non-genomic effects of the androgen receptor and vitamin D agonist are involved in suppressing invasive phenotype of prostate cancer cells. STEROIDS, vol. 71(4), pp. 304-309, ISSN:0039-128X

Muratori M; Marchiani S; Maggi M; Forti G; Baldi E (2006). Origin and biological significance of DNA fragmentation in human spermatozoa.. FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE, vol. 11, pp. 1491-1499, ISSN:1093-9946

Muratori M; Marchiani S; Forti G; Baldi E (2005). Sperm ubiquitination positively correlates to normal morphology in human semen. HUMAN REPRODUCTION, vol. 20, pp. 1035-1043, ISSN:0268-1161

L. BONACCORSI ;M. MURATORI ;V. CARLONI ; S. MARCHIANI ; L. FORMIGLI; G. FORTI ; E. BALDI. (2004). The androgen receptor associates with the epidermal growth factor receptor in androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cells... STEROIDS, vol. 38, pp. 549-552, ISSN:0039-128X

L. BONACCORSI ;V. CARLONI ;M. MURATORI ; L. FORMIGLI; S. ZECCHI ; G. FORTI ; E. BALDI. (2004). EGF receptor (EGFR) signaling promoting invasion is disrupted in androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cells by an interaction between EGFR and androgen receptor (AR).. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER, vol. 112, pp. 78-86, ISSN:0020-7136

Bonaccorsi L; Marchiani S; Muratori M; Carloni V; Forti G; Baldi E (2004). Signaling mechanisms that mediate invasion in prostate cancer cells. ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, vol. 1028, pp. 283-288, ISSN:0077-8923

Bonaccorsi L; Marchiani S; Muratori M; Forti G; Baldi E (2004). Gefitinib ('IRESSA', ZD1839) inhibits EGF-induced invasion in prostate cancer cells by suppressing PI3 K/AKT activation. JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, vol. 130, pp. 604-614, ISSN:0171-5216

M. MURATORI; I. PORAZZI; M. LUCONI; S. MARCHIANI; G. FORTI; E. BALDI. (2004). ANNEXIN V BINDING AND MEROCYANINE STAINING FAIL TO DETECT HUMAN SPERM CAPACITATION.. JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 25, pp. 797-810, ISSN:0196-3635

CRESCIOLI C.; FERRUZZI P.; CAPORALI A.; MANCINA R.; COMERCI A.; MURATORI M.; SCALTRITI M.; G. VANNELLI; SMIROLDO S.; MARIANI R.; VILLARI D.; BETTUZZI S.; SERIO M.; ADORINI L.; MAGGI M. (2003). Inhibition of spontaneous and androgen-induced prostate growth by a nonhypercalcemic calcitriol analog.. ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 144, pp. 3046-3057, ISSN:0013-7227

L. BONACCORSI ; M. MURATORI ; V. CARLONI ;S. ZECCHI-ORLANDINI ; L. FORMIGLI; G. FORTI ; E. BALDI (2003). Androgen receptor and prostate cancer invasion.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 26, pp. 21-25, ISSN:0105-6263, Blackwell Science Limited:PO Box 88, Oxford OX2 0NE United Kingdom:011 44 1865 776868, 011 44 1865 206038, EMAIL: journals.cs@blacksci.co.uk, INTERNET: http://www.blackwell-science.com, Fax: 011 44 1865 721205:

MURATORI M.; LIPPI A.; MANCINA R.; IAFRATE E.M.; CIRILLO R.; LOPEZ G.; BIGIONI M.; M. MAGGI; CRISCUOLI M.; MAGGI C.A. (2003). Pharmacological profile of MEN 11066, a novel potent and selective aromatase inhibitor. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 84, pp. 503-512, ISSN:0960-0760

CRESCIOLI C.; MAGGI M.; G. VANNELLI; FERRUZZI P.; GRANCHI S.; MANCINA R.; MURATORI M.; FORTI G.; SERIO M.; LUCONI M. (2003). Expression of functional estrogen receptors in human fetal male external genitalia. THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM, vol. 88, pp. 1815-1824, ISSN:0021-972X DOI

A. PERI; L. BONACCORSI; F. CIOPPI; M. MURATORI; M. LUCONI; S. GRANCHI; M. MAGGI; E. BALDI (2003). THE EFFECTS OF AN AUTOCRINE LOOP MEDIATED BY PLATELET-ACTIVATING FACTOR (PAF) IN HEC-1A CELLS ARE REVERTED BY UTEROGLOBIN.. HUMAN CELL, vol. 16, pp. 95-99, ISSN:0914-7470

M Muratori; M Maggi; S Spinelli; E Filimberti; G Forti; E Baldi (2003). Spontaneous DNA fragmentation in swim-up selected human spermatozoa during long term incubation.. JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 24, pp. 253-262, ISSN:0196-3635

BONACCORSI L; CARLONI V; MURATORI M; SALVADORI A; GIANNINI A; CARINI M; SERIO M; G. FORTI; BALDI E. (2000). Androgen receptor expression in prostate carcinoma cells suppresses alpha6beta4 integrin-mediated invasive phenotype.. ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 141, pp. 3172-3182, ISSN:0013-7227

Bonaccorsi L;Carloni V;Muratori M;Salvadori A;Giannini A;Carini M;Serio M;Forti G;Baldi E (2000). Androgen receptor expression in prostate carcinoma cells suppresses alpha6beta4 integrin-mediated invasive phenotype.. ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 141, pp. 3172-3182, ISSN:0013-7227

MURATORI M; PIOMBONI P; E. BALDI; FILIMBERTI E; PECCHIOLI P; MORETTI E; GAMBERA L; BACCETTI B; BIAGIOTTI R; FORTI G; MAGGI M (2000). Functional and ultrastructural features of DNA-fragmented human sperm.. JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 21, pp. 903-912, ISSN:0196-3635, Allen Press Incorporated:PO Box 1897:Lawrence, KS 66044:(800)627-0629, (785)843-1221, EMAIL: orders@allenpress.com, INTERNET: http://www.allenpress.com, Fax: (785)843-1274:

Palma C; Criscuoli M; Lippi A; Muratori M; Mauro S; Maggi CA (2000). Effect of the aromatase inhibitor, MEN 11066, on growth of two different MCF-7 sublines.. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, vol. 409, pp. 93-101, ISSN:0014-2999

Peri A; Bonaccorsi L; Muratori M; Luconi M; Baldi E; Granchi S; Pesciullesi A;Mini E; Cioppi F; Forti G; Serio M; Miele L; Maggi M (2000). Uteroglobin reverts the transformed phenotype in the endometrial adenocarcinoma cell line HEC-1A by disrupting the metabolic pathways generating platelet-activating factor. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER, vol. 88, pp. 525-534, ISSN:0020-7136 DOI

E. BALDI; M. LUCONI; L. BONACCORSI; M. MURATORI; G. FORTI (2000). Intracellular events and signaling pathways involved in sperm acquisition of fertilizing capacity and acrosome reaction.. FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE, vol. 5, pp. 110-123, ISSN:1093-9946 DOI

M. LUCONI; M. MURATORI; M. MAGGI; P. PECCHIOLI; A. PERI; M. MANCINI; E. FILIMBERTI.; G. FORTI; E.BALDI (2000). UTEROGLOBIN AND TRANSGLUTAMINASE MODULATE HUMAN SPERM FUNCTIONS.. JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, vol. 21, pp. 676-688, ISSN:0196-3635 DOI

E. BALDI; M. LUCONI; M. MURATORI; G. FORTI (2000). A novel functional estrogen receptor on human sperm membrane interferes with progesterone effects.. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 161, pp. 31-35, ISSN:0303-7207 DOI

G. FORTI; E. BALDI; M. LUCONI; M. MURATORI; M. MAGGI; M. MANCINI (1999). REGOLAZIONE DELLA CAPACITÀ FERTILIZZANTE DELLO SPERMATOZOO.. In: G. FORTI, E. BALDI, M. LUCONI, M. MURATORI, M. MAGGI, M. MANCINI. LA RIPRODUZIONE MASCHILE: FISIOPATOLOGIA E CLINICA, pp. 95-101, ITALIA: C. FORESTA E C. SCANDELLARI, CLCUP.

M. LUCONI; M. MURATORI; G. FORTI; E. BALDI (1999). Identification and characterization of a novel functional estrogen receptor on human sperm membrane that interferes with progesterone effects... THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM, vol. 84, pp. 1670-1678, ISSN:0021-972X DOI

M. Muratori; I. Nicoletti; G.B. Vannelli; M. Luconi; E. Macorsini; M. Serio; G. Forti; M. Maggi. (1997). Genistein induces a G2/M block and apoptosis in human uterine adenocarcinoma cell lines.. ENDOCRINE-RELATED CANCER, vol. 4, pp. 203-218, ISSN:1351-0088

Bonaccorsi L; Luconi M; Maggi M; Muratori M; Forti G; Serio M; Baldi E (1997). Protein tyrosine kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase and protein kinase C are involved in the mitogenic signaling of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in HEC-1A.. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH, vol. 1355, pp. 155-166, ISSN:0167-4889

L. Bonaccorsi; M. Luconi; M. Maggi; M. Muratori; G. Forti; M. Serio; E. Baldi (1997). Protein tyrosine kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase and protein kinase C are involved in the mitogenic signaling of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in HEC-1A cells.. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA, vol. 1355, pp. 155-166, ISSN:0006-3002 DOI

Baldi E; Bonaccoris L; Finetti G; Luconi M; Muratori M; Susini T; Forti G; Serio M; Maggi M (1994). Platelet-activating factor in human endometrium. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 49, pp. 359-363, ISSN:0960-0760 DOI

M Maggi; L Bonaccorsi; G Finetti; V Carloni; M Muratori; G Laffi; M Serio; E Baldi. (1994). Platelet-activating factor mediates an autocrine proliferative loop in the endometrial adenocarcinoma cell line HEC-1A.. CANCER RESEARCH, vol. 54, pp. 4777-4784, ISSN:0008-5472

S. Bianchi; S. Fabiani; M. Muratori; A. Arnold; K. Sakaguchi; T. Miki; M. L. Brandi (1994). Calcium modulates the cyclin D1 expression in a rat parathyroid cell line.. BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 204, pp. 691-700, ISSN:0006-291X

E. Baldi; L. Bonaccorsi; G. Finetti; M. Luconi; M. Muratori; T. Susini; G. Forti; M. Serio; M. Maggi (1994). Platelet-activating factor in human endometrium.. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 49, pp. 359-363, ISSN:0960-0760 DOI

Danza G; Muratori M; Guarna A; Occhiato EG; Sadri R; Serio M (1993). Pharmacokinetics of 4-hydroxyandrostenedione in man after intramuscular injection of different formulations and the effect of this drug on plasma aromatizable androgens and 17beta-estradiol concentrations.. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 46, pp. 373-379, ISSN:0960-0760

R.Bossio; S.Marcaccini; M.Muratori; R.Pepino; G.Valle (1990). Studies on Alkyl Isocyanoacetates and Related Compounds. Synthesis of 6-Arylthio-8-ethoxycarbonyl-4-ethoxycarbonylmethylaminoimidazo[5,1-b][1,3,5]thiadiazine-2-thiones. HETEROCYCLES, vol. 31, pp. 611-615, ISSN:0385-5414

Monica MURATORI

Curriculum

Main achievement during carrier:

2018-today Researcher Position at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence

2005-2018 Research Assistant Andrology Unit of the University of Florence directed by Prof. G. Forti and then Prof. Mario Maggi.

1997-2004: Post PhD grant. Andrology Unit of the University of Florence directed by Prof. G. Forti.

1993-1996: PhD in Endocrinology at the Andrology Unit of the University of Florence directed by Prof. G. Forti.

1990-1992: post-doctoral fellowship in the Institute of Clinical Physiopathology, Endocrinology Unit of the University of Florence directed by Prof. M. Serio.

1988-1990: post-doctoral fellowship in the Institute of Genetics of the University of Florence directed by Prof. M. Polsinelli.

December 1988: Graduated in Biological Science in the University of Florence on December 5 1988, with 110/110 cum laude. Special mention for the study CV.

Main recent fields of research:

Levels of sperm DNA fragmentation, oxidative stress and nuclear condensation in spermatozoa from infertile and fertile men and in cancer patients

Effects of plant extract on sperm functions

Set up of flow cytometric techniques to reveal oxidative stress and nuclear condensation in viable spermatozoa using native semen samples

Comparison between the four main techniques to reveal sperm DNA fragmentation: TUNEL; COMET; SCSA and SCD test.

Iatrogenic DNA damage in sperm: Effect of sperm cryopreservation and sperm preparation procedures for ARTs.

Scientific Publications. Author of 87 publications with IF. Number of citations: 3426; average citations/article: 39,38: H-index: 34 (Scopus, December 2023 on 87 publications). 14 chapters in national and international books. Co-Editor of the book: Genetic damage in human spermatozoa (Springer 2014,2019)

Invited speaker in many national and international congresses.

Teaching:

First Cycle Degrees:

- Health Assistance, Nutrition Sciences: Alimentary Education

- Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques, Prevention Science Applied to the Environment: Technical and medical applied science

Second Cycle Degree:

- Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology – Laboratory Techniques in Spermatology

- Health Professions – Diagnostic Techniques, Research Metodology: Applied Technical Medical Sciences

- Health Professions -. Prevention, Research Metodology: Applied Technical Medical Sciences

Postgraduated schools:

- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases

- Infectious and tropical diseases

Master Courses:

- Biology and Technologies of Reproduction

- Andrology, Sexual and Reproductive Medicine

Support for teaching:

Teacher member (Health Professions – Diagnostic Techniques) of the committee for monitoring teaching quality

Editorial work:

2021-today. Associate Editor of Andrology

2017-2020 Associate Editor of Human Reproduction

2017-today Member of the Editorial Board of European Medical Journal

2016-today Member of the Editorial Board of Andrology

Referee for many journals (Human Reproduction, Andrology, Biology of Reproduction, Reproduction, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Asian Journal of Andrology, Human Fertility, Andrologia, The Scientific World Journal, BioMed Research International, International Journal of Fertility and Sterility, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Scientific Reports).

Translational Research: Use of the novel flow cytometric technique for sperm DNA Fragmentation detection in clinical service for male infertility diagnosis (Andrology, Womens' Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Firenze) since 2011 (service code: 6947).

Membership:

GIC (Gruppo Italiano di Citometria)

SIAMS (Società di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità)

ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embriology