NEWS

• Francesco Squarciotta joist joined the BMB@UniVR group as a Research Fellow to work on a project related with the effect of poisonous heavy metals on calcium sensor proteins involved in phototransduction. Welcome Francesco!

• Carmen Longo, our PhD student at the  BMB@UniVR group, has been awarded the prestigious Fondo Gianesini award to spend one year at UCL, at the Institute of Ophtlamologyn in the group headed by Prof. Mike Ceetham. Congratulations Carmen!!!

• Prof. Karl-Wilhelm Koch, form the University of Oldenburg in Germany is visiting the  BMB@UniVR group  for a month, starting June 2023.  Scientific and teaching collaborations will be the subject of his stay. We look forward to your visit, Karl!!!

• Rieke Wellpott, a M.Sc. student from the University of Oldenburg in Germany is visiting the  BMB@UniVR group  starting April 2023, to work on the characterization of human recoverin. Welcome Rieke!!!

• João Paulo De Camargo, a PhD student in Molecular Human Genetics from the Universidade Federal Do Paraná in Brazil is visiting the  BMB@UniVR group  starting October 2022, to work on the characterization of a novel GCAP1 variant associated with a newly identified retinal disease.  Welcome João!!!

• Starting in March 2022, Carmen Longo joined the  BMB@UniVR group to work on the project funded by Velux Stiftung. Carmen brings new expertise to the group, with her background in pharmaceutical chemistry. Welcome Carmen!!!

• The BMB@UniVR group is participating in the 6th CAGI project - an international challenge for  the Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation! Read more here. 

• The BMB@UniVR group received funding from the VELUX STIFTUNG for an exciting multidisciplinary project aimed at testing liposomes in novel therapeutic strategies for inherited retinal diseases. More here.

• Prof. Dell'Orco has been interviewed in the Young Researcher View initiative of the European Vision Research Portal.