Barbara Barboni

CURRENT POSITION

Full professor in Veterinary Physiology

Department: 

Faculty of Bioscience and Agro-Food and Environmental Technology

University of Teramo | UNITE

Italy

Email: bbarboni@unite.it

ABOUT

Currently she is a full professor in Veterinary Physiology. She is also a teaching coordinator of the University course in "Biotechnology of reproduction" and of the PhD course in "Biotechnology of reproduction". Project Coordinator of Repeat Project.

EDUCATION and ACADEMIC CAREER

• 1999: Full professor in Veterinary Physiology (V30B) University of Teramo, Italy.

• 1998: Associate Professor in Veterinary Physiology (V30B) University of Teramo, Italy .

• 1993: PhD student in "Domestical animal neuroendocrinology" 

             Thesis title "LH transduction mechanisms in the control of oocyte maturation"

• 1990: Doctor in Veterinary Medicine cum laude University of Bologna

            Thesis title: "Developmental competence of pig oocytes matured and fertilized in vitro".

• 1986-1990: Practice within the unit of Veterinary Physiology of the University of Bologna.

   

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Research areas of interest

•  Endocrine control of follicle development.

•  Ovarian follicle angiogenesis and neurogenesis.

•  Gonadotropins transduction mechanisms in follicular cells and oocyte.

•  Hormonal, molecular and epigenetic control of oocyte growth and maturation.

•  Sperm cell capacitation controlling mechanisms.

•  Molecular basis of sperm-egg recognition.

•  Isolation, characterization, in vitro expansion and pre-clinical application of amniotic derived stem cells in regenerative veterinary medicine.

PUBLICATIONS

She published more than 350 manuscripts of which 87 peer reviewed on the service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and 178 on Google scholar. Click here to see more.