Subject: Biochemistry and Molecular biology
mail: catani@uniroma2.it
office: 0672596465
MARIA VALERIA CATANI
BIRTH: Urbania (PU), 4 May 1965
ADDRESS: University of Rome Tor Vergata, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine & Surgery, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39.06.72596465
Fax: +39.06.72596465
PRESENT POSITION
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
EDUCATION
1989 M.D. in Biology, University of Rome La Sapienza.
1993-1995 Ph.D. in Biology and Physiopathology of Epithelia, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
1998 Specialization in Microbiology and Virology, University of Rome La Sapienza.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1999-2000 I.D.I. Research Assistant c/o University of Rome Tor Vergata.
2001-2006 Research Fellow in Biochemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
2006-till now Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Her interests embrace the mechanisms of action of differentiation and cell death, especially focused on the redox regulation of gene expression. More recently, she has focused on the signalling cascades activated by bioactive lipids, during (i) endothelium/leukocyte cross-talk and (ii) megakaryocyte differentiation, platelet generation, and platelet activation.
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
She has published 58 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to 8 book chapters and 1 book of Biochemistry.