Cosima Tatiana
Professor
Department of Life Sciences
University of Siena
Italy
Biography
Cosima T Baldari obtained her degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Rome in 1976. She did a postdoctoral fellowship at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. She joined the University of Rome in 1981 as staff scientist, returning to EMBL as visiting scientist in 1983. In 1986 she moved to the University of Siena, where she set up her research group and pursued her academic career first as Associate Professor and since 2000 as Full Professor. She is Chair of the Department of Life Sciences and member of the Academic Senate. She is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), AcademiaNet and the Scienticif Advisory Board of Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain)
Research Interest
Research interest is focused on the functional dissection of signal transduction pathways in lymphocyte activation and apoptosis and dysregulation of these processes un lymphoproliferative, autoimmune, immunodeficiency and pathogen-related diseases.