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Battaglia Simone's CV

Personal Information

Name Simone
Surname Battaglia
Address Via Arnaldo da Brescia, 4. 15045 Sale (AL) (Italy)
E-mail s86.battaglia@tiscali.it
University e-mail simone.battaglia01@universitadipavia.it
Nationality Italian
Home town Tortona (AL), Italy
Date of birth September 29, 1986


Education

09/2000 - 07/2005

High school.
Scientific “Diploma”. Final grade 80/100.
Istitute "G. Marconi" (Scientific and technology high school). Tortona (AL), Italy.

10/2005 - 10/2008

Bachelor degree in Biological Science, Curriculum “Biomolecular Sciences”. University of Pavia, Italy.

Laboratory of Functional and Structural Biochemistry of Proteins (Principal investigator: Prof. P. Iadarola), Department of Biochemistry "A. Castellani". Pavia, Italy.

Thesis Title: “Determination of elastolytic enzyme activity in patients affected by cystic fibrosis, with micellar-electrokinetic-chromatographic technique (MECK)”.
Final grade after thesis dissertation: 101/110.

10/2008 - 10/2010

Master degree in Experimental and Applied Biology. Curriculum “Biomolecular and Genetics Sciences”. University of Pavia.

Laboratory of Molecular Human Genetics (Principal investigators: Prof.ssa G. Camerino and Dott.ssa O. Radi), Department of Ereditary and Human Pathology – Section of Biology and Medical Genetics. Pavia, Italy.

Activity: characterization of mutations of genes that regulates human sex’s determination and development of gonads by using PCR and RT-PCR techniques.
Laboratory of General Microbiology (Principal investigator: Prof.ssa E. De Rossi), Department of Genetics and Microbiology "A. Buzzati-Traverso". Pavia, Italy.

Thesis Title: Use of a flexible cassette method (suicide plasmid technique) to inactivate the M. smegmatis mmpL3 gene.
Final grade after thesis dissertation: 110/110 cum laude.

10/2010 - 12/2010

Esame di Stato for Biologist. University of Pavia, Italy.

11/2011 - present

PhD in Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology.
“Camillo Golgi” Doctoral School in Life Science, University of Pavia, Italy

Scientific supervisor: Prof.ssa E. De Rossi.
Laboratory of General Microbiology, Department of Genetics and Microbiology "A. Buzzati-Traverso". Pavia, Italy.


Working experience

01/2011 – 06/2011

Research fellowship
Biocrystallography Unit. Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases (Principal investigators: Dr. M. Degano e Dott.ssa C. Minici). DIBIT2 - Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milano.

Laboratory activity: functional and structural studies of the Adenosine Kinase enzyme (AK) from Trypanosoma brucei brucei, a possible target for anti-tripanosomial drugs.

11/2011 - present

Research fellowship - PhD in Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Borsa di studio nell’ambito Dottorato di ricerca in Genetica, Biologia Molecolare e Cellulare.
Laboratory of General Microbiology (Principal investigator: Prof.ssa E. De Rossi), Department of Genetics and Microbiology "A. Buzzati - Traverso". Pavia, Italy.

Laboratory activity: Characterization of the cellular target of new antitubercular compounds.


Languages

Italian
English
Technical skills

Basic techniques of Microbiology, Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Protein expression, purification and crystallization, gel filtration chromatography, ionic exchange chromatography, enzymatic activity studies, β-galactosidase assay, HPLC, capillary electrophoresis, protein electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel, SDS-PAGE, FPLC, analitical ultracentifuge, (DLS) Dynamic light scattering, circolar dicroism.
Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium smegmatis e M. bovis BCG strains manipulation, molecular cloning, plasmids preparation and purification, electrophoresis in agarose gel, PCR, RT-PCR, site-directed mutagenesis, spectrophotometric techniques, MIC in solid and liquid medium.


Computer skills

Good knowledge of Windows (XP / Vista) and Linux operating system.
Very good knowledge of Office programs (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Publisher).
Knowledge of graphic application (Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop)
Good ability to use bibliography research programs (NCBI-Pubmed, Medline).
Good ability to use bioinformatics instruments (BLAST, LALIGN, Chromas, Primer3, EXPASY proteomics server) and NCBI tools.

 
 
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