Piacentini Lucia Primary Tabs
Researcher
Department of Biology and biotechnology
University La Sapienza
Italy
Biography
-1999 Laurea cum laude, University of Rome. Research topic: Position Effect Variegation (PEV) in Drosophila: cytological analysis of Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) encoded by Su(var)2-5 gene. -2004 PhD in Genetics and molecular Biology, University of Rome. Research topic: Genetic and functional analysis of HP1 in Drosophila euchromatin. -2005 Member of Italian Association of Genetics (AGI) and member of Italian Federation of Life Science (FISV) -2006 School on applied Genetics, University of Rome. Research topic: HP1 and transcriptional activation in Drosophila melanogaster: identification of euchromatic target genes. -2007 to present Researcher, Department of Genetics and molecular Biology, University of Rome
Research Interest
Gnetics and molecular biology
Publications
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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.
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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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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.
