University of Siena
Department of Medical Biotechnologies
Department of Medical Biotechnologies
PhD Programme in
Genetics, Oncology and Clinical Medicine
Research projects
ACTIVE RESEARCH GRANTS
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Coordinator: Alessandra Renieri
Source: HEDIMED
Title: Human exposomic determinants of immune mediated diseases
Date and cost of project: COST for our UNIT 75,000EUR
PI: Elena Bargagli
Source: MIUR, EU joint programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research
Title: Humanized high-throughput co-culture system for motor neuron diseases
Date and cost of project: 2020, 1.079,915EUR (149,450EUR to Silvo Conticello Unit)
PI: Eran Perlson (Tel Aviv University)
Source: AtomWise Academic Awards
Title: Identification of APOBEC inhibitors
Date and cost of project: 2020, 5,000EUR
PI: Silvo Conticello
Source: Telethon
Title: Costruzione di una biobanca per lo studio delle malattie genetiche
Date and cost of project: 30,000EUR
PI Alessandra Renieri
Source: Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT)
Title: Identification of genetic bases of individual predisposition to lung cancer in non-smokers
Date and cost of project: 118,000EUR
PI Alessandra Renieri
Source: Associazione Italiana Ricerca Cancro (AIRC)
Title: Metabolic characterization and targeting of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia stem cells resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Date and cost of project: 280,000EUR
PI Alessandra Renieri
Source: Comunità europea (H2020)
Title: Diagnosis and Management Of febrile illness using RNA Personalised Medicine Signature Diagnosis
Date and cost of project: 2020-2025, 400,000EUR
PI Rolando Cimaz
Source: HORIZON 2020 Comunità Economica Europea
Title: Studio dei marcatori di asma branchiale nell’adulto con approccio combinato (studio esosomi e proteomica degli esosomi)
Date and cost of project: 2020-2025
PI Elena Bargagli
Source: Regione Toscana
Title: Development of personalized diagnosis and innovative therapies for resistant CLL Development of personalized diagnosis and innovative therapies for resistant CLL
Date and cost of project: 2020-2023 euro 790,000EUR
PI: Maria De Angioletti
Capo fila progetto: Cosima Baldari
Source: Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC)
Title:Metabolic characterization and targeting of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia stem cells resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Date and cost of project: 2020-2024, 415,000EUR/5years
PI: Persio Dello Sbarba
Source: Regione Toscana- Programma per la Ricerca in Materia di Salute 2018
Title: The achievable cure in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: unravelling CD26+ leukemia stem cell features to enable safe tyrosine kinase inhibitor discontinuation - stemCMLcure
Date and cost of project: 2020-2022, 80,000EUR
Responsabile scientifico generale del progetto: prof. Monica Bocchia
PI Persio Dello Sbarba
Source: Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC), IG grant
Title: Role of Hedgehog signaling in melanoma immune response
Data and cost of project: 2020-2024, 430,100EUR
PI: Barbara Stecca
Source: Bando Salute 2018
Title: Pre-clinical development and characterization of GLI-selective therapeutics for treatment of basal cell carcinoma and melanoma
Data and cost of project: 2020-2022, 400,000EUR
PI: Barbara Stecca
Source: Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), New York - USA
Title: The TOUCH trial - To reduce the use of chemotherapy in patients with ER positive and HER2 positive breast cancer
Date and cost of project: 01/10/2019-30/09/2020, 250,000USD
PI: Angelo Di Leo
Source: Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC)
Title: Dissecting the role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5 in cellular senescence and drug resistance in melanoma
Date and cost of project: 2019-2024, 446,000 Euro
PI: Elisabetta Rovida
Source: Ente cassa risparmio Firenze
Title: Sequenziamento a nanopori di terza generazione – Oxford Nanopore per la Diagnosi Prenatale
Date and cost of project: 2019‐2020, 20,000EUR
PI: Alessandro Maria Vannucchi, Bartalucci
Source: Regione Toscana
Title: Proton pump inhibitoRs in an elderly pOpulation and increaseD torsadES de pointTes risk (PRODEST)”
Date and cost of project: 2019-2021, 155,000EUR
PI: Pier Leopoldo Capecchi
Source: Ministero della Salute-Finalizzata
Title: CALR: Exploiting Calreticulin mutations a model for personalized medicine in MPN
Date and cost of project: 2019‐2022, 494,700EUR
PI: Alessandro Maria Vaannucchi
Source: Ministero della salute-Finalizzata
Title: MASTO: Strategie di medicina personalizzata nella mastocitosi sistemica
Date and cost of project: 2019‐2022, 330,000EUR
PI: Alessandro Maria Vannucchi, Paola Guglielmelli, Pieri
Source: Ministero della salute-PRIN 2017
Title: Myeloid Neoplasms: an integrated clinical, molecular and therapeutic approach
Date and cost of project: 29/08/2019‐29/08/2022 221,953EUR
PI: Alessandro Maria Vannucchi
Source: Heidelberg university
Title: e‐MPN: European Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Network
Date and cost of project: 2019‐2023, 100,000EUR
PI: Subcontractor- Alessandro Maria Vannucchi
Source: SevenBridges Genomics
Title: Analysis of Retroelement insertions in cancer genomes
Date and cost of project: 7/2019, €10000
PI: Silvo Conticello
Source: Regione Toscana Bando Ricerca Salute 2018
Title: The achievable cure in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: unravelling CD26+ leukemia stem cell features to enable safe tyrosine kinase inhibitor discontinuation (stemCMLcure)
Date and cost of project: 2018-2021, 280,000EUR
PI Alessandra Renieri
Source: Associazione italiana per la ricerca sul cancro (AIRC )
Title: MYNERVA: Actionable targets in clonal progression and systemic spreading of myeloid neoplasms
Date and cost of project: 01/07/2018‐30/06/2025 2.100,000EUR
PI: Alessandro Maria Vannucchi
Source: Associazione italiana per la ricerca sul cancro (AIRC )
Title: ACCELERATOR: Early detection and intervention: Understanding the mechanisms of transformation and resistance of incurable haematological malignancies
Date and cost of project: 01/12/2018‐30/11/2023 70,000EUR/year
PI: Alessandro Maria Vannucchi
Source: ITT GRANT 2013
Title: Mutations of calreticulin in Philadelphia‐chromosome negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms:understanding mechanisms and clinical correlates”
Date and cost of project: 2017‐2020 192,000EUR
PI: Alessandro Maria Vannucchi
Source:Miur PRIN 2017-2020
Title: Flogosi sistemica e rischio aritmico: ruolo della Interleuchina-6 nel rimodellamento elettrico atriale reversibile attraverso variazioni nella espressione delle Connessine
Date and cost of project: 2017-2020, 100,182EUR
PI: Pier Leopoldo Capecchi
Source: Italian Ministry of Health
Title: The oncogenic potential of the AID/APOBECs: involvement in tissue transformation and oncogenesis - new tools to better model cancer
Date and cost of project: 7/2016, €382,008
PI: Silvo Conticello
PATENTS AWARDED
Renieri A, Conticello S, Pinto AM, Meloni I, Daga S, Donati F, Croci S, Lopergolo D. “CRISPR-Cas system for gene therapy” (Patent application N° 102018000020230) for the use of CRISPR/Cas9 technology in rare genetic diseases. December 19, 2018.
Renieri A, Conticello S, Donati F, Niccheri F, Mari F, Papa FT, Lorenzetti FC. “Sistema CRISPR-Cas per l’editing genomico” (Patent application N° 102018000009431) for the employment of CRISPR/Cpf1 technology for specific delivery of suicide gene in cancer cells mutated in TP53. October 15, 2018.
Antonio Giordano, “Peptide inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase activity and uses thereof” U.S. Patent No. 7,470,670
Antonio Giordano “Human cyclin-dependent kinase-like proteins and methods of using the same.” U.S. Patent No. 6,822,080 Issued: 11/23/2004
Alessandra Renieri e Ilaria Meloni "Diagnostic and therapeutic tools for X-linked mental retardation syndrome " International application No PCT/IT03/00134) issued March 2003 (se also research activity on Mental Retardation)
Antonio Giordano “A Method of Inhibiting Cancer Cell Growth Using a Vector Expressing pRb2/P130.” U.S. Patent No. 6,663,856 Issued: 12/16/2003
Antonio Giordano “Methods of Inhibiting Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Preventing Restenosis with a Vector Expressing Rb2/P130.” U.S. Patent No. 6,596,698 Issued: 07/22/2003
Antonio Giordano "pRb2/p130 Peptide Inhibitors of cdk2 Kinase activity" U.S. Patent No. 6,297,357 issued on October 2 2001.
Antonio Giordano "Determination of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27 levels as a prognostic factor in cancer patients." U.S. Patent No. 6,180,333 issued on January 30, 2001.
Antonio Giordano, “Human Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-like Proteins and Methods of Using the Same,” U.S. Patent No. 6,162,612, issued on December 19, 2000.
Antonio Giordano and A. Baldi, “Human Retinoblastoma-Related (pRb2/p130) Genomic DNA and Methods of Detecting Mutations Therein. US. Patent Patent No. 5,807,681, issued on Sep. 15, 1998.
Antonio Giordano, “Human Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-like Proteins and Methods of Using the Same,” U.S. Patent No. 5,674,748, issued on October 7, 1997.
Antonio Giordano, ”Tumor Suppressor Protein pRB2, related gene products, and DNA encoding therefor” U.S. Patent No. 5,532,340, issued July 2, 1996.
Antonio Giordano, ”Tumor Suppressor Protein pRB2, related gene products, and DNA encoding therefor” U.S. Patent No. 5,457,049, issued October 10, 1995.
EXPIRED RESEARCH GRANTS
Source: Ministero della Salute
Title: “Identification of common biological pathways in Rett patients mutated in MECP2, CDKL5 and FOXG1”
Date and cost of entire project: 2012-2016 Euro 248.440,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: Telethon
Title: “Cell lines and DNA bank of Rett syndrome, X-linked mental retardation and other genetic diseases”
inside the general project: "Telethon Network of Genetic Biobanks"
Date and cost of entire project: 2013-2017 Euro 37.000,00 per year
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: Associazione Italiana per la ricerca sul Cancro
Title: "Melanoma cell therapy: endothelial progenitor cells as shuttles of anticancer agents"
Date and cost of entire project: 2013-2016 Euro 255.000
PI: Mario Del Rosso
Source: Italian Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation
Title: "GSH inhalation therapies in CF : how useful, how safe? Set-up of a CF murine model for monitoring of inflammation in vivo and assessment of convenient alternatives"
Date and cost of entire project: 2014-2016 Euro 56000
PI: Alessandro Corti
Source: Ministero della Salute
Title: "The oncogenic potential of the AID/APOBECs: involvement in tissue transformation and oncogenesis - new tools to better model cancer"
Date and cost of entire project: 2014-2017 Euro 341.387,16 (Euro 183.228,14 for the PI)
PI: Laura Poliseno
Source: Provincia Autonoma di Trento
Title: "Studio clinico e genetico di pazienti con malformazioni vascolari ad eredità mendeliane - 2. Clonaggio e studio funzionale di nuove mutazioni di FOXC2 - 3. dentificazione di nuovi geni-malattia attraverso l'intero esoma di famiglie con malformazioni vascolari ad eredità mendeliane - 4. Studio di mutazioni somatiche in campioni bioptici di malformazioni vascolari ad eredità mendeliane"
Date and cost of entire project: 2015-2016 Euro 700.000
PI: Matteo Bertelli
Source: University of Pisa
Title: "Nuovi fattori patogenetici e marker diagnostici di progressione dell’Artrite reumatoide"
Date and cost of entire project: 2015-2016 Euro 35.000
PI: Alfonso Pompella
Source: Istituto Toscano Tumorit
Title: "Peripheral arterial occlusive disease in chronic myeloid leukemia patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors: role for a drug induced pro-atherothrombotic status"
Date and cost of entire project: 2015-2017 Euro 93.000
PI: Monica Bocchia
Source: Associazione Italiana per la Riceca sul Cancro
Title: "Prospective study of tyrosine kinase inhibitors induced pro-atherothrombotic status in chronic myeloid leukemia patients"
Date and cost of entire project: 2015-2017 Euro 153.000
PI: Monica Bocchia
Source: Istituto Toscano Tumori
Title: "Role of ERK5 in the selection of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia cells in hypoxia in the design of strategies to suppress Minimal Residual Disease"
Date and cost of entire project: 2015-2018 Euro 209.000
PI: Persio Dello Sbarba
Source: Istituto Toscano Tumori
Title: "Acidity in tumor environment: Molecular bases to interfere with malignant progression and cancer stem cells"
Date and cost of entire project: 2015-2018 Euro 172.000
PI: Lido Calorini
Source: Novartis
Title: "preclinical study for optimizing cml stem cells detection by flow-cytometry"
Date and cost of entire project: 2016 Euro 22.000
PI: Monica Bocchia
Source: ECRF
Title: "Valutazione preclinica di nuovi antagonisti RGD e di inibitori delle metalloproteasi ad attività gelatinasica mediante analisi microPET/SPECT/CT"
Date and cost of entire project: 2016-2017 Euro 25.000
PI: Lido Calorini
Source: Regione Toscana, Bando Istituto Toscano Tumori
Title: "Mutations of calreticulin in myeloproliferative neopalsms: understanding mechanisms and clinical correlated"
Date and cost of entire project: 2016-2019 Euro 190.000
PI: Alessandro Maria Vannucchi
Source: Associazione Italiana per la ricerca sul Cancro, 5 per Mille
Title: "An integrated platform for clinical and molecular studies in myeloproliferative neoplasms"
Date and cost of entire project: 2016-2017 Euro 1.000.000
PI: Alessandro Maria Vannucchi
Source: Associazione Italiana per la ricerca sul Cancro
Title: "APOBEC1 in cancer development: a dual path to cancer"
Date and cost of entire project: 2016-2018 Euro 320.000
PI: Silvestro Conticello
Source: Associazione Italiana per la ricerca sul Cancro
Title: "miR-204 inhibition and attenuated Listeria monocytogenes: development of a novel therapeutic strategy against melanoma"
Date and cost of entire project: 2016-2018 Euro 221.000
PI: Laura Poliseno
Source: Ministero della Salute
Title: "The oncogenic potential of the AID/APOBECs: involvement in tissue transformation and oncogenesis - new tools to better model cancer"
Date and cost of entire project: 2016-2019 Euro 382.008 (Euro 305.619 for the PI)
PI: Silvestro Conticello
Source: Milheim Foundation For Cancer Research
Title: "The Adenovirus E1A Transforming region associate in vitro with two novel cellular factors"
Date and cost of entire project: 1993-1994 $ 15,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: W. W. Smith Charitable Trust
Title: "Characterization and Identification of Novel Tumor Suppressor Genes"
Date and cost of entire project: 1993-1995 $ 184,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: Telethon
Title: "Molecular Genetics of Alport syndrome"
Date and cost of entire project: 1994-1996 Lire 85.000.000
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: NIH RO1
Title: "p130/Rb2 a Novel Target for the Ad5 E1A Oncoproteins"
Date and cost of entire project: 19941997 $ 447,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: The Council for Tobacco Research
Title: "The Role of pRb2 in Cell Proliferation"
Date and cost of entire project: 1995-1998 $ 150,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: Sbarro Institute for Cancer research and Molecular Medicine
Title: "Cancer and Cell Cycle"
Date and cost of entire project: 1995-1999 $ 600,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: Istituto Farmacoterapico Italiano (IFI)
Title: "Molecular cloning of the Tumor Liberated Protein (TLP)"
Date and cost of entire project: 1996-1997 $ 64,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: Telethon
Title: "Cloning and characterization of the genes responsible for a new X-linked contiguous gene syndrome including Alport phenotype, mental retardation and elliptocytosis"
Date and cost of entire project: 1996-1998 Lire 148.000.000
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: The Council for Tobacco Research
Title: "The Role of pRb2 in Cell Proliferation"
Date and cost of entire project: 1998-1999 $ 35,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: Associazione Emma ed Ernesto Rulfo per la Genetica Medica
Title: "Progressi verso la identificazione della base genetica della sindrome di Rett"
Date and cost of entire project: 1999-2001 Lire 30.000.000; anno 2003 Euro 13.000.
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: MURST cofin
Title: "Corrispondenza tra genotipo e fenotipo nell'eredità del glaucoma primario ad angolo aperto".
Date and cost of entire project: 1999-2001 Lire 154.000.000
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: Telethon
Title: "Molecular basis of AMME contiguous gene syndrome (A=Alport phenotype, M=mental retardation, M=midface hypoplasia and E=elliptocytosis) and single gene / phenotype correlation"
Date and cost of entire project: 2000-2003 Lire 306.000.000
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: PAR Università di Siena
Title: "Uso delle sequenze della Celera Genomics nell'era post-genomica e esempio di applicazione alle malattie neuropsichiatriche: Autismo e Complesso della Sindrome di Rett"
Date and cost of entire project: 2001 Lire 35.000.000
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: SOI
Premio ricerca scientifica SOI 2002
Date and cost of entire project: 2002 Euro 20.000,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: National Cancer Institute NIH R21 CA94802-01
Title: "Functional Interaction between HIV-1 products and cell cycle proteins"
Date and cost of entire project: 2002-2004 $ 100,000 20% effort
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: PAR Università di Siena
Title: "Ruolo dei geni FACL4 e LAMA2 nella patogenesi della Sindrome di Rett e di disordini correlati"
Date and cost of entire project: 2002 Euro 24.000,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: NIH RO1 CA094804-02
Title: "Human Neurotropic JC Virus and CNS Diseases"
Date and cost of entire project: 2002-2006 $ 222,500
P.I.: K. Khalili Co P.I.: A. Giordano, 10% effort
Source: PA Dept of Health
Title: “Cancer Biomolecular Markers Research “
Date and cost of entire project: 2007- 2009 $ 2,000,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: Ministero della Salute
Title: “Genomic structural variation studies in mentally retarded and normal individuals in Italy”.
Date and cost of entire project: 2008- 2010 Euro 90.200,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: PA Dept of Labor & Industry:
Title: “Workforce Development Grant”
Date and cost of entire project: 2009 $ 200,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: Commonwealth of PA
Title: “Redevelopment Assistance Capital Project”
Date and cost of entire project: 2009 $ 1,500,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: Department of Defense
Title: “Cancer Biomolecular Markers Research”
Date and cost of entire project: 2009-2010 $ 1,000,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: A.I.R. (Associazione Italiana Rett)
Title: “Produzione di cellule neuronali da fibroblasti riprogrammati di pazienti con Sindrome di Rett: una tecnologia innovative per testare strategie terapeutiche”.
Date and cost of entire project: 2009-2010 Euro 50.000,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: PA Dept of Health
Title: “Identification of Cancer Stem Cells – a Powerful Weapon to Fight Cancer”
Date and cost of entire project: 2009-2010 $ 500,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: PA Dept of Health:
Title: “Cancer Biomolecular Markers Research “
Date and cost of entire project: 2009- 2010 $ 2,000,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: PA Dept of Labor and Industry:
Title: "Workforce Development Grant-Training Program”
Date and cost of entire project: 2010 $ 300,000
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: PA Dept of Community and Economic Development
Title: “Lung Cancer Biotechnology Research and Training Project
Date and cost of entire project: 2008-2012 $ 1.4M
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: Comune di Milano
Title: "Prolife: danni alla salute da inquinamento ambientale"
Date and cost of entire project: 2007-2010 Euro 300.000,00
PI: Francesco Cetta
Source: Ministero della Salute
Title: “Classificazione clinico-molecolare di pazienti con sindrome di Rett e ruolo di leptina e adiponectina nel fenotipo somatico”
Date and cost of entire project: 2010-2012 Euro 34.900,00
PI: Francesca Mari
Source: Commonwealth of PA
Title: “Redevelopment Assistance Capital Project”
Date and cost of entire project: 2010-2012 $ 3,000.000
(Included in State budget-pending formal award)
PI: Antonio Giordano
Source: IRSF (International Rett syndrome Foundation)
Title: “International Rett syndrome database”
Date and cost of entire project: 2010-2011 $ 5.000,00”
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: Regione Toscana
Title: “Percorso diagnostico-assistenziale per pazienti affetti dalla sindrome di Rett”
Date and cost of entire project: 2010-2011 Euro 10.000,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: Regione Toscana
Title: “Percorso diagnostico-terapeutico per pazienti affetti da Sindrome di Alport e nefropatie correlate”
Date and cost of entire project: 2010-2011 Euro 10.000,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: Regione Toscana
Title: “Ottimizzazione del percorso diagnostico-assistenziale per pazienti affetti da malattie genetiche rare”
Date and cost of entire project: 2010-2011 Euro 10.000,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: Telethon
Title: “Congenital Rett syndrome: cellular and mouse models for the study of FOXG1 impact on forebrain neurogenesis.”
Date and cost of entire project: 2009- 2014 Euro 293.100,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: Ministero della Salute
Title: “Induced pluripotent stem cells as in vitro models for the study of Rett syndrome pathogenesis and identification of therapeutic targets”
Date and cost of entire project: 2011-2014 Euro 164.120,00
PI: Alessandra Renieri
Source: AIRETT
Title: "Analisi dei geni HLA per individuare la suscettibilità genetica ai vaccini come componente della sindrome di Rett"
Date and cost of entire project: 2012-2014 Euro 25.000,00
Suorce: Telethon
Title: "Molecular bases and in vitro modeling of CDKL5 dependent infantile neurological disorders"
Date and cost of entire project: 2011-2014 Euro 108.400,00