Visiting scientists
A.A. 2025/2026
Valeria Lallai, University of California, Irvine, USA
"Experimental Models of Animal Behavior"
Referente: Laura Dazzi, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 1 mese
Alberto Cagigi, International Vaccine Institute (IVI) – Europe Regional Office, Stoccolma, Svezia
"Vaccinology in a Changing World"
Referente: Enzo Tramontano, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 6 giorni
Maria João Correia Pinto Carvalho de Matos, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spagna
"Drug discovery: from small molecules to targeted therapies"
Referente: Giovanna Lucia Delogu, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Koen Raemdonck, Ghent University, Belgio
"The promise and challenges of RNA therapeutics: from lab to classroom and back"
Referente: Michele Schlich, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 6 giorni
Sharon De-Nise Bryant, University of Vienna, Austria
"Advanced Pharmacophore Modeling and Virtual Screening in Drug Discovery"
Referente: Simona Distinto, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 6 giorni
A.A. 2023/2024
Benjamin Berkhout, University of Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
"Molecular Virology"
Referente: Enzo Tramontano, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 1 mese
Valeria Lallai, University of California, Irvine, USA
"Experimental models of Animal Behavior"
Referente: Laura Dazzi, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 1 mese
Katherine Lyon Radtke, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), USA
"Discovery, design and synthesis of flexible nucleoside 'fleximers' inhibitors to overcome drug resistance"
Referente: Elias Maccioni, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Mordehai Spiegel, University of Haifa, Israele
"Integrated Multi Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) applied to Sardinian Wetlands"
Referente: Piero Addis, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Reuben Stewart Harris, University of Texas Health San Antonio, USA
"Targeting viral proteins for drug candidates identification"
Referente: Angela Corona, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Wolfgang Peter Kurt Schröder, Umeå University, Svezia
"Photoprotection of photosystem II (PSII) and its relevance in the photosynthetic process"
Referente: Domenica Farci, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Stefano Pagliara, University of Exeter, Regno Unito
"Development of lipidomic profiling for tackling antimicrobial resistance"
Referente: Pierluigi Caboni, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 8 giorni
Daniele de Sanctis, ESRF - The European Synchrotron, Francia
"The Oxygen Evolving Complex kinetics of PSII from land plants"
Referente: Dario Piano, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Sergio Enrique Moya Morant, CIC biomaGUNE, Spagna
"Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine and their fate after administration"
Referente: Sergio Murgia, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 1 mese
Chris Meier, University of Hamburg, Germania
"Nucleoside and nucleotide pro-drugs Chemistry"
Referente: Rita Meledu, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 6 giorni
Manfred Hermann Ayasse, Ulm University, Germania
"Species isolation and isolation barriers in Ophrys orchids"
Referente: Pierluigi Cortis, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 6 giorni
A.A. 2022/2023
Carlos Gerardo Dotti, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spagna
"Molecular mechanisms of DNA-repair and gene expression in redox signalling and cell oxidative stress"
Referente: Marcelo Fabian Feiguin, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Maria Esther Esteban Torne, University of Barcelona, Spagna
"Application of genomic data for the understanding of human evolutionary history"
Referente: Carla Maria Calò, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 6 giorni
Philip Mark Gribbon, Fraunhofer ITMP, Germania
"Targeting viral proteins for drug candidates identification implementing High-throughput screening"
Referente: Angela Corona, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Zlatko Janeba, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Repubblica Ceca
"Synthetic strategies for inhibitors of enzymes involved in viral/parasitic metabolism and their prodrugs"
Referente: Graziella Tocco, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 6 giorni
Thierry Langer, University of Vienna, Austria
"Application of computational methods in drug discovery and development"
Referente: Simona Distinto, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 6 giorni
Anna Soler Membrives, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spagna
"Assessing the health status of fishery resources: from scientific research to co-management"
Referente: Alessandro Cau, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Benjamin Berkhout, Amsterdam University, Paesi Bassi
"Molecular Virology"
Referente: Enzo Tramontano, Tipologia visita: Long-A, Durata: 1 mese
A.A. 2019/2020
Analiza Mónica Lopes de Almeida Silva, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Portogallo
"BIA International. Reference values of bioimpedance variables for body composition analysis"
Referente: Elisabetta Marini, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 7 gg
Maria Mercedes Correa Sanz, University Jaume I, Spagna
"Alcohol, Caffeine and their combined use: experimental insights in translational perspective"
Referente: Elio Acquas, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 gg
A.A. 2018/2019
Stuart Le Grice, National Cancer Institute, USA
"Innovative methods in antiviral drugs discovery"
Referente: Enzo Tramontano, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 1 mese
A.A. 2017/2018
Christie Dawn Fowler, University of California, Irvine, USA
"Role of MHb-IPN pathway in nicotine addiction"
Referente: Laura Dazzi, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 1 mese
A.A. 2016/2017
Johannes Wolfgang Kirchmair, University of Hamburg, Germania
"Computational approaches to boost academic drug discovery"
Referente: Simona Distinto, Elias Maccioni, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 1 mese
Graziano Pinna, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
"Drug discovery and treatments of neuropsychiatric disorders"
Referente: Alessandra Concas, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 1 mese
Riccardo Brambilla, Cardiff University, Regno Unito
"Intracellular Signalling Mechanisms in Cognitive and Movement Disorders"
Referente: Elio Acquas, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 2 mesi
A.A. 2014/2015
Maria João Correia Pinto Carvalho de Matos, University of Porto, Portogallo
"Neurodegenerative diseases: therapeutic alternatives inspired on the coumarin scaffold"
Referente: Giovanna Delogu, Benedetta Era, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Daniele De Sanctis, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Francia
"PSII-LHCII supercomplexes isolation and threedimensional crystallization"
Referente: Dario Piano, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Nir Eynon, Victoria University, Australia
"Genetics and sport performance"
Referente: Carla Maria Calò, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Pascal Adrien Marcel André Gerbaux, University of Mons, Belgio
"Mass spectrometry: Fundamentals, analysis and development of new methods"
Referente: Michela Begala, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Katell Odile Guizien, CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Francia
"Connectivity of gorgonian populations, implications in marine protected areas design"
Referente: Angelo Cau, Anna Maria Deiana, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Michel Joseph G Luhmer, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgio
"Characterization of bilayer liposomal structure and interactions with loaded drugs by NMR analyses"
Referente: Maria Cristina Cardia, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 2 mesi
A.A. 2012/2013
Frédéric Roland Auguste Medail, Aix-Marseille Université, Francia
"Plant phylogeography and conservation biogeography in the Mediterranean region"
Referente: Gianluigi Bacchetta, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
John Dominic Salamone, University of Connecticut, USA
"Neuromodulatory interactions in the activational component of motivated behaviors"
Referente: Elio Acquas, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Mordehai Shpigel, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd., Israele
"Ecological approach for a sustainable echinoculture in Sardinia"
Referente: Piero Addis, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
A.A. 2011/2012
Alicia Quirós Castellanos, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spagna
"Statistical analysis of anthropometric data with Bayesian methods"
Referente: Elisabetta Marini, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Ricardo Anibal Guichón, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina
"Bridges and Transitions: The paleoanthropology in Argentina"
Referente: Elisabetta Marini, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 10 giorni
Stuart Le Grice, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, USA
"Biochemistry of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase"
Referente: Enzo Tramontano, Tipologia visita: Long, Durata: 3 mesi
Laurent Varesi, Université de Corse, Francia
"Epidemiogenetics and infectious disease"
Referente: Carla Maria Calò, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 15 gg
A.A. 2010/2011
Pedro Moral, University of Barcelona, Spagna
"Genome-Wide High Density SNPs analysis in Mediterranean populations"
Referente: Carla Maria Calò, Tipologia visita: Short, Durata: 11 giorni
Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell’ambiente