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FANTI LAURA

Associate professor
Department of Biology and biotechnology
University La Sapienza
Italy

Professor Genetics
Biography

1988 - Degree in Biological Sciences "summa cum laude" at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" 1992-doctorate in biology of Human Reproduction and animal. University of Bari 1992-2001-researcher at the University of Bari 1995 Member of the Association of Italian Genetics (AGI) 1998 Member of the Italian Federation of Life Sciences (FISV) 2001 Researcher at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" 2005 Associate Professor of Genetics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza"

Research Intrest

1) structure and function of pericentromeric and telomeric heterochromatin 2) genetical and functional interaction between euchromatin and heterochromatin 3) epigenetic control of gene expression 4) genomic organization and regulation of transposable elements

List of Publications
Messina G, Damia E, Fanti L, Atterrato MT, Celauro E, Mariotti FR, Accardo MC, Walther M, Vernì F, Picchioni D, Moschetti R. Yeti, an essential Drosophila melanogaster gene, encodes a protein required for chromatin organization. J Cell Sci. 2014 Jun 1;127(11):2577-88.
Berloco M, Palumbo G, Piacentini L, Pimpinelli S, Fanti L. Position effect variegation and viability are both sensitive to dosage of constitutive heterochromatin in Drosophila. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2014 Sep 1;4(9):1709-16.
Piacentini L, Fanti L, Specchia V, Bozzetti MP, Berloco M, Palumbo G, Pimpinelli S. Transposons, environmental changes, and heritable induced phenotypic variability. Chromosoma. 2014 Aug 1;123(4):345-54.
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