Rosario Gulino
Rosario Gulino, PhD
Married, two children.
Present position:
2022-today – Associate professor of Physiology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania (Italy).
Past positions:
2015-2021 – Assistant professor of Physiology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania (Italy).
2012-2015 – Researcher at IOM Ricerca srl, Viagrande, Catania (Italy).
2012-2015 – Head of Animal Facility at IOM Ricerca srl, Viagrande, Catania (Italy).
2006-2011 – Post-doc fellow at Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Catania (Italy).
2005-2006 – Post-doc fellow at Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan (Italy).
2001-2005 – PhD student in Neuroscience at the Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Catania (Italy).
Education:
2005 – PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Catania (Italy).
1999 – Degree in Biology at Faculty of Sciences, University of Catania (Italy).
Teaching activity:
2015-today – Human Physiology, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catania (Italy).
2016-today – Integrative Physiology, School of Biology, University of Catania (Italy).
2015-2017 – Anatomy and Physiology, School of Logopedics, University of Catania (Italy).
Scientific leadership (ongoing research grants):
- PRIN2015, grant no. 2015MJBEM2_006, entitled: "Exploring the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal muscle degenerative and inflammatory diseases: Drp1-related pathways as possible targets of novel therapeutic approaches” (Principal Investigator).
- “Piano della ricerca 2016-2018 – Linea di intervento 2” entitled: “Identification of cancer driver genes for novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies” (Principal Investigator).
- AriSLA 2022 pilot grant - SHHield: Targeting smoothened to promote neuroprotection in ALS (Principal investigator)