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Andrea Corsinotti
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Doctoral Program in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
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birth date: 22.06.1981
nationality: Italian
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office(s):
AI3351
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 31776
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BIOGRAPHY
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Research activities:
Since May 2008 and continuing:
NCCR doctoral school thesis internship in the Laboratory of Virology and Genetics of Prof. Didier Trono at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, studying the KRAB/KAP1-mediated transcriptional regulation.
May 2008 - Jul 2008: NCCR rotation in the lab of Prof. Didier Trono at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Feb 2008 - May 2008: NCCR rotation in the lab of Prof. Frank J. Rauscher III at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Pathology in Philadelphia, USA.
Oct 2007 - Jan 2008: NCCR rotation in the lab of Dr. Dirk Schübeler at the Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI) in Basel, Switzerland.
Since Oct 2007 and continuing:
PhD student position in the NCCR Frontiers in Genetics Program.
Since Jan 2007 to Sept 2007:
Stage in the Laboratory of Virology and Genetics of Prof. Didier Trono at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, studying the role of chromatin remodellers in neuron biology.
Since Nov 2006 to Jan 2007:
Stage in the laboratory of Prof. Gian Paolo Dotto at the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, establishing an assay for the control of epidermal stem cell population by decreasing Notch signaling activity.
Since June 2005 to Sept 2005:
Pre-doc researcher position in the Research Hematology Laboratory of Dr. Punam Malik, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California, doing research involving gene therapy vectors and studying the role of a chromatin insulator element within lentiviral vectors.
Since Oct 2004 to Oct 2006:
Thesis internship in the Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy Laboratory of Prof. Fulvio Mavilio, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Dep. of Biomedical Sciences, developing lentiviral vectors for the conditional and constitutive overexpression of transcription factors involved in the differentiation of epithelial stem cells, working on the project: “The role of the transcription factor C/EBPδ in the transcriptional regulation of ΔNp63”.
Since Oct 2003 to Sept 2004:
Thesis internship in the Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy Laboratory of Prof. Fulvio Mavilio, at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Dep. of Biomedical Sciences, working on the project: “Cloning and characterization of the promoter and enhancer regions of the human p63 gene”.
Education:
October 2006: Master of Science Degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Medical Biotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, 110/110 Magna cum Laude.
September 2004: Bachelor Degree (Laurea) in Medical Biotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, 110/110 Magna cum Laude with Full Honours.
July 2000: High School Diploma, Modena, Italy, Grade: 94/100.
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Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry:
Cloning; PCR; RT-PCR; extraction of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins; Western Blotting; chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP); development and production of lentiviral vectors.
Cell Biology:
Purification of hematopoietic stem cells; establishment of primary cultures of human and murine kearinocytes; establishment of primary cultures of human and murine dermal fibroblast; establishment of primary cultures of mouse embryonic fibroblasts; establishment of primary cultures of mouse satellite cells; primary culture of human keratinocytes on mytomycin-treated NIH 3T3 feeder layer; culture, transfection and transduction of primary cells and cell lines; immunocytochemical analysis; cytofluorimetric analysis.
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