Universitą degli studi di Pavia
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Grazia Savini
grazia.savini01@ateneopv.it
Date of birth 28 May 1988 | Nationality Italian
WORK EXPERIENCE
September 2013 – Present Research intern
Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics of Insects of Medical and Agricultural interest (headed by Professor Giuliano Gasperi and Professor Anna Rodolfa Malacrida), Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
November 2011 – July 2013 Research intern
Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics (headed by Professor Elena Raimondi), Institute of Genetics and Microbiology (IGM), University of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
August 2010 – October 2010 Laboratory Technician Assistant
San Liberatore Hospital, Atri (Italy)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
November 2011 – July 2013 Master's degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics (English course)
University of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
Final evaluation: 110/110 cum laude
Graduation date: 26th July, 2013
Thesis: High resolution analysis of the physical organisation of centromeric satellite DNA families in the horse genome and of the interaction with the CENP-A and CENP-B proteins.
Supervisor: Professor Elena Raimondi
October 2007 – July 2011 Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences
University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila (Italy)
Final evaluation: 108/110
Graduation date: 27 July, 2011
Thesis: Pathological susceptibility and fetal epigenetics.
Supervisor: Professor Adriano Angelucci
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s) Italian
Other language(s) English - Preliminary English Test (PET) B1
Job-related skills
Cell culture; metaphase spreads, stretched chromosomes and chromatin fibres preparations; extraction of genomic DNA; molecular combing of DNA; plasmid DNA purification; FISH (Fluorescence in situ hybridisation) analysis; immuno-FISH; DNA agarose gel electrophoresis analysis.
Computer skills
Very good command of Office suite (in particular Word and Power Point). Good command of various Bioinformatics software tools.
Research Project
Identification of molecular and transgenic tools for the development of sex-specific markers in the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus
My research activity focuses on the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus. The tiger mosquito is an extremely invasive species and the identification of molecular tools for the development of sexing methods for enhancing the Sterile Insect Technique is required.
To this aim, I’m focusing on the cytogenetic characterisation of the mitotic and polytene chromosome complement of Ae. Albopictus and on the characterisation of the sex determining chromosomes through the identification of male/female-linked sequences. Additionally, the project aims at the identification of early expressed genes and at the assessment of their sex-specific expression profiles during the developmental process.
Publications
Congress Abstracts and Presentations
Belloni E, Piras F, Mazzagatti A, Badiale C, Meinardi B, Castro A, Savini G, Cerutti F, Bensi M, Nergadze S, Raimondi E and Giulotto E. "Analysis of the physical organisation and of the CENP binding ability of horse centromeric satellite DNA families"; 2013. AGI congress (Italian Geneticists Association), Cortona (Italy).
Raimondi E, Belloni E, Piras F, Mazzagatti A, Badiale C, Meinardi B, Castro A, Savini G, Bensi M, Nergadze S, Giulotto E. "Physical organisation and CENP binding ability of horse centromeric satellite DNA families"; 2013. 19th International Chromosome Conference, Bologna (Italy).
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Grazia Savini
grazia.savini01@ateneopv.it
Date of birth 28 May 1988 | Nationality Italian
WORK EXPERIENCE
September 2013 – Present Research intern
Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics of Insects of Medical and Agricultural interest (headed by Professor Giuliano Gasperi and Professor Anna Rodolfa Malacrida), Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
November 2011 – July 2013 Research intern
Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics (headed by Professor Elena Raimondi), Institute of Genetics and Microbiology (IGM), University of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
August 2010 – October 2010 Laboratory Technician Assistant
San Liberatore Hospital, Atri (Italy)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
November 2011 – July 2013 Master's degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics (English course)
University of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
Final evaluation: 110/110 cum laude
Graduation date: 26th July, 2013
Thesis: High resolution analysis of the physical organisation of centromeric satellite DNA families in the horse genome and of the interaction with the CENP-A and CENP-B proteins.
Supervisor: Professor Elena Raimondi
October 2007 – July 2011 Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences
University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila (Italy)
Final evaluation: 108/110
Graduation date: 27 July, 2011
Thesis: Pathological susceptibility and fetal epigenetics.
Supervisor: Professor Adriano Angelucci
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s) Italian
Other language(s) English - Preliminary English Test (PET) B1
Job-related skills
Cell culture; metaphase spreads, stretched chromosomes and chromatin fibres preparations; extraction of genomic DNA; molecular combing of DNA; plasmid DNA purification; FISH (Fluorescence in situ hybridisation) analysis; immuno-FISH; DNA agarose gel electrophoresis analysis.
Computer skills
Very good command of Office suite (in particular Word and Power Point). Good command of various Bioinformatics software tools.
Research Project
Identification of molecular and transgenic tools for the development of sex-specific markers in the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus
My research activity focuses on the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus. The tiger mosquito is an extremely invasive species and the identification of molecular tools for the development of sexing methods for enhancing the Sterile Insect Technique is required.
To this aim, I’m focusing on the cytogenetic characterisation of the mitotic and polytene chromosome complement of Ae. Albopictus and on the characterisation of the sex determining chromosomes through the identification of male/female-linked sequences. Additionally, the project aims at the identification of early expressed genes and at the assessment of their sex-specific expression profiles during the developmental process.
Publications
Congress Abstracts and Presentations
Belloni E, Piras F, Mazzagatti A, Badiale C, Meinardi B, Castro A, Savini G, Cerutti F, Bensi M, Nergadze S, Raimondi E and Giulotto E. "Analysis of the physical organisation and of the CENP binding ability of horse centromeric satellite DNA families"; 2013. AGI congress (Italian Geneticists Association), Cortona (Italy).
Raimondi E, Belloni E, Piras F, Mazzagatti A, Badiale C, Meinardi B, Castro A, Savini G, Bensi M, Nergadze S, Giulotto E. "Physical organisation and CENP binding ability of horse centromeric satellite DNA families"; 2013. 19th International Chromosome Conference, Bologna (Italy).
