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Laureata in Chimica e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze. Dottorato in Farmacologia e Tossicologia presso la stessa Università.
Attualmente è professore associato presso il Dipartimento di NEUROFARBA, Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Da molti anni studio le relazioni fra cancerogenesi, stili di vita (alimentazione e abitudine al fumo) ed esposizione occupazionale a fattori di rischio. In particolare, analizzo la modulazione dell'espressione di geni e di miRNA da parte di tossici, farmaci, prodotti di origine naturale e della dieta, in modelli sperimentali o su popolazioni umane. Un’ ulteriore mia linea di ricerca è lo studio dei fattori di rischio e l’identificazione di bersagli molecolari per il controllo delle malattie infiammatorie intestinali croniche, in pazienti affetti da malattia di Crohn e in modelli di infiammazione in vitro dove valuto l’attività antinfiammatoria di molecole o estratti di origine naturale.
Ho partecipato a numerosi progetti europei (POLYBIND sui polifenoli; ESCOOD, sui metodi di valutazione del danno ossidativo; SYNCAN, sulla chemioprevenzione dei tumori del colon con pre e probiotici; FLAVO, sugli alimenti ricchi di polifenoli) e fatto parte del Network of Excellence europeo NuGO (European Nutrigenomics Organisation).
Ho pubblicato 135 lavori su giornali scientifici internazionali (IF totale=607.8 medio IF=5 h index Scopus= 40).
Scopus ID 6603792823
ORCID 0000-0003-1232-8778
ISI WEB of Science ID N-4926-2016
Legenda
Graduated at the University of Florence in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies. PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the same University.
She is currently Associate Professor in Pharmacology at the University of Florence, Department of NEUROFARBA.
Graduate in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies, University of Florence, Italy
1996-1997 Visiting Fellow at the laboratory directed by Dr. Bharati Bapat, Dept. of Molecular Pathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
1997 PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Italy
1998-2001 Postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy
2002-2003 Research Fellow at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy
2004-2007 RTD at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence
2006 Visiting Fellow at the laboratory directed by Dr. Chris T.A. Evelo, BiGCaT Bioinformatics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
2007-2019 Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Florence, Italy
2020 to present Associate Professor at the School of Human Health Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
My main research interest is the relationships among carcinogenesis, lifestyles (diet and smoking habits) and occupational exposure to risk factors. Specifically, I analyze the epigenetics modulation of toxicants, drugs, natural products, and dietary factors on human populations (exposed workers, cancer or IBD patients, preterm infants, etc.) and on cellular models.
I was involved in several European projects (POLYBIND on polyphenols; ESCOOD, on methods for assessing oxidative damage; SYNCAN, on chemoprevention of colon cancer with pre and probiotics; FLAVO, on polyphenol-rich foods) and been a member of the European Network of Excellence NuGO (European Nutrigenomics Organization). My latest EU project is in the frame of the THE - Tuscany Health Ecosystem project, Spoke 2-Preventive and Predictive Medicine-Diet and prevention of colon cancer, the role of microbiota in determining the risk of cancer associated with dietary habits. 2022-2025
I published 136 papers in international scientific journals, Scopus index=40.
