Members of the research group:
- Prof. Robert Vignali
- Prof. Massimiliano Andreazzoli
- Prof. Giuseppina Barsacchi
- Prof. Luciana Dente
- Dr Federico Cremisi
- Lei Lan, PhD
- Martina Giannaccini, PhD student
- Simone Macrì, Fellow
- Sara Mariotti, Fellow
- Molecular embryology: misexpression and knockdown assays by microinjections/lipofection of mRNA and/or morpholino in developing Xenopus embryos; immunostaining and in situ hybridization
- Cell culture and molecular biology techniques: transfection and gene expression analysis (cell transfection, RT-PCR, immunostaining and fluorescence analysis, confocal microscopy)
- Cooperation 1:
Prof William Harris, Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, U.K. - Cooperation 2:
Dr Jochen Wittbrodt, EMBL, Heidelberg - Cooperation 3:
Dr Simona Casarosa, Centre for Integrative Biology, Università di Trento, Italy - Cooperation 4:
Prof Rongqiao He, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing - Cooperation 5:
Dr Vania Broccoli, DIBIT, HS Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Contact
University of Pisa
Administration:
Dipartimento di Biologia
via Luca Ghini 5
56126 Pisa
Laboratoy:
Via G. Carducci 13
56010 GHEZZANO (PISA)
Italy
Phone: 0039-050-2211497
Fax: 0039-050-2211495
Email:
rvignali[at]biologia.unipi.it
Website:
www.unipi.it
Current Research Projects
- Project 1:
How to drive embryonic stem cells toward a retinal fate: role of eye specific transcription factors - Project 2:
Molecular mechanisms of action of homeobox transcription factors in retinal development and cell commitment - Project 3:
Role of micro RNA in retinal cell commitment - Project 4:
Cell cycle dependent regulation of cell polarity and homeobox factors in the retina - Project 5:
Multipotency of retinal stem cells: role of RX1 transcription factor and its target genes
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