Chiara Falcicchia, PhD student
University of Ferrara
Department of Medical Sciences
Section of Pharmacology
via Fossato di Mortara 17-19
44121 Ferrara, Italy
Telephone (+39) 0532 455859
e-mail: chiara.falcicchia@unife.it
Personal data:
Marital status: –
Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: June 18, 1985
Place of birth: Italy
Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: June 18, 1985
Place of birth: Italy
Education:
Doctorate in Pharmacology and Molecular oncology, March 2015, University of Ferrara, Italy- Dept. of. Medical Sciences. Title of the Thesis: “BDNF delivery strategies in an experimental model of temporal lobe epilepsy”.
M.Sc – 2010, University of Ferrara, Italy – Medical and Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology. Title of the Thesis: “Compromissione del sistema inibitorio GABAergico corticale in un modello della patologia di Unverrich – Lundborg
B.Sc – 2007, University of Ferrara, Italy – Medical Biotechnology in Medical Biotechnology 110/110 cum laude. Title of the Thesis: “Valutazione di STAT3 e STAT5 nel carcinoma mammario infiltrante mediante Tissue Microarray”
Professional Background:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow. University of Ferrara, Italy- Dept. of Clinical and experimental medicine, Section of Pharmacology – Prof.Simonato Michele (2015 to date)”.
ESR – Marie Curie Fellow, January – August 2014, DeNsGene, Providence RI – USA
ESR – Marie Curie Fellow, December 2012 – July 2013, Bioviron, Lyon – France
Intern. University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Dept. of Clinical and experimental medicine, Section of
Pharmacology – Prof.Simonato Michele – Immunohistochemistry, immunocitochemistry, primary neuronal and astrocytes cell culture , MABs cell culture, PCR, DNA extraction from mouse tail, surgery on mouse and rat, model of epilepsy in vivo on rat and mouse, maintaining and increasing of colonies.
Intern. University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Dept. of Clinical and experimental medicine, Section of
Pharmacology – Prof.Simonato Michele – Immunohistochemistry, immunocitochemistry, primary neuronal and astrocytes cell culture , MABs cell culture, PCR, DNA extraction from mouse tail, surgery on mouse and rat, model of epilepsy in vivo on rat and mouse, maintaining and increasing of colonies.
Scientific activity:
Papers:
- LOSS OF CORTICAL GABA TERMINALS IN UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG DISEASE.
Neurobiol Dis. 2012 Aug;47(2):216-24. Epub 2012 Apr 17. Buzzi A, Chikhladze M, Falcicchia C, Paradiso B, Lanza G, Soukupova M, Marti M, Morari M, Franceschetti S, Simonato M. - IMPAIRMENT OF GABA RELEASE IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS AT THE TIME OF FIRST SPONTANEOUS SEIZURE IN THE PILOCARPINE MODEL OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY.
Exp Neurol. 2014 Apr 21 pii: S0014-4886(14)00116-2. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.04.014. Soukupová M, Binaschi A, Falcicchia C, Zucchini S, Roncon P, Palma E, Magri E, Grandi E, Simonato M. - INCREASED EXTRACELLULAR LEVELS OF GLUTAMATE IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS OF CHRONICALLY EPILEPTIC RATS. MEETINGS. Neuroscience 2015 Jun 11, 301:246-253. Soukupová M, Binaschi A, Falcicchia C, Palma E, Roncon P, Zucchini S, Simonato M.
- MicroRNA PROFILES IN HIPPOCAMPAL GRANULE CELLS AND PLASMA OF RATS WITH PILOCARPINE INDUCED EPILEPSY COMPARISON WITH HUMAN EPILEPTIC SAMPLES. Scientific Report 2015 Sep 18, 5:141-43. Roncon P, Soukupova M, Binaschi A, Falcicchia C, Zucchini S, Ferracin M, Langley SR, Petretto E, Johnson MR, Marucci G, Rubboli G, Simonato M.
- SILENCING STATUS EPILEPTICUS INDUCED BDNF EXPRESSION WITH HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1 BASED AMPLICON VECTORS. PloS One 2016 Mar 8, 11. Falcicchia C, Trempat P, Binaschi A, Roncon P, Soukupova M, Berthomme H, Simonato M.