VernÌ Fiammetta
Researcher
Department of Biology and biotechnology
University La Sapienza
Italy
Biography
1995-1988 Thesis of Experimental Degree at the Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, "Sapienza" University of Rome (Former Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology) 1988 Degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" ( 110/110 and praise) 1989 4 month scholarship at Cornell University (Ithaca NY) in the laboratory led by prof. ML. Goldberg 1991-1994 Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", held at the Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin (laboratory led by Prof. M.Gatti) 1993 Scholarship of the Pasteur Institute Foundation Cenci Bolognetti 1994 Postdoctoral scholarship funded by "Telethon 1993" bandit at the Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin. 1995 - present Researcher at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" at the Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin.
Research Interest
Genetics, Chromosome Structure and Segregation DNA repair Cell Division
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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Marzio A, Merigliano C, Gatti M, Vernì F. Sugar and chromosome stability: clastogenic effects of sugars in vitamin B6-deficient cells. PLoS genetics. 2014 Mar 20;10(3):e1004199.
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Cipressa F, Romano S, Centonze S, Zur Lage PI, Vernì F, Dimitri P, Gatti M, Cenci G. Effete, a Drosophila chromatin-associated ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that affects telomeric and heterochromatic position effect variegation. Genetics. 2013 Sep 1;195(1):147-58.
