Grazyna E Ptak
Professor
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Institute of Genetics
Italy
Biography
Grazyna Ptak was born in Poland at Zabrze on 22.09.1070. University studies; 1994; Graduate in Science Animals at the University of Agriculture, Krakow; 2000, PhD in Biology, at Jagiellonica University, Krakow; Doctoral Post Offices: 2000, 2004 Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK; 2001 - Animal Husbandry Institute, Sardinia; 2002, University of Teramo; 2005- to today: researcher at the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo. Research lines: experimental and molecular embryology, reproduction biotechnology. Teaching Activity: 2005 - Teaching Assistant for Colleges of Stem Cells and Experimental Embryology at the Biotechnology Degree Course. Experimental dissertation lecturer of 8 students / doctoral students. organization of conferences and seminars at international level; member of the editorial board of the international magazine: Reprod Biol Endocrinol; ad hoc reviewer: Biol. Reprod .; Theriogenology; Reproduction; Reprod Fertil Dev, Reprod Biol Endocrinol, Medical Science Monitor. Coordinator of the following projects: 2004 and 2006 British Council / CRUI; 2007-2010 United State Department of Agriculture (USDA), grant 5203-18428; 2007 MIUR / PRIN; 2008-2011 EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL, IDEAS Program, grant n.210103. Attending the following national research projects: MIUR / FIRB 2002-2005 RBNE01HPMX, MIUR / PRIN 2002, 2005; and international: European Science Foundation (ESF), ERAS-CT-2003-980409. Participant in the following internationalization programs: Royal Society, UK 1998 - Interlink MIUR 2006-2008, EU Cost Program "Gemini" 2008-2012;
Research Interest
Biomedical sciences, environmental technology
Publications
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Ptak GE, Toschi P, Fidanza A, Czernik M, Zacchini F, Modlinski JA, Loi P. Autophagy and apoptosis: parent-of-origin genome-dependent mechanisms of cellular self-destruction. Open biology. 2014 Jun 1;4(6):140027.