Email: annamaria.cimini@univaq.it

ABOUT

Associate professor of Comparative anatomy and cytology and Internal Tutor of  ESR11 : Food habits, life style, genetic background in tumour initiation and progression of reproductive system.

EDUCATION and ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• 2013-Present Associate Member, Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (INFN), L’Aquila, Italy.

• 2012-Present Adjunct Associate Professor Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.

• 2006-Present Associate Professor of Cellular Biology, University of L'Aquila.

• 1994-95 Post-doc at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC, USA.
  

• 1979-85 Laurea in Biological Sciences (110/110), University of L’Aquila, Italy. 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

The main scientific interests are:

1. Study of the roles of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) in neural cells, both normal and transformed, on cell proliferation, death and differentiation.
2. Cancer metabolism in human gliomas.
3. Neural stem cells: differentiation pathways
4. Tumor stem cells: biomolecular characterization.
5. Targeted therapy for Alzheimer disease.
6. Nutraceutic compounds for neurodegenerative diseases prevention.
7. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) in health and disease.
8. Signal transduction pathways in neuroblastoma: implication for therapy.
9. Biomaterials for neuronal differentiation.