GABRIELLA MARGHERITA MAZZOTTA
Title: Professore associato
SSD: BIO/18 - Genetics
Address: VIA U. BASSI, 58/B - PADOVA
Phone: 0498276210
E-mail: gabriella.mazzotta@unipd.it
Teaching in current academic year
Course | Degree |
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GENETICS 2 | |
GENETICS | |
GENETICS | Biotechnology |
GENETICS | Cognitive psychology and psychobiology |
BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS | Evolutionary biology |
BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS | Molecular Biology |
Curriculum
PERSONAL INFORMATION Nationality: Italian Researcher unique identifier (ORCID): orcid.org/0000-0001-5461-6837 URL for web site: http://www.sleeprhythm.org E-mail: gabriella.mazzotta@unipd.it PRESENT POSITION 2019: Associate Professor in Genetics, SSD BIO/18 EDUCATION 29 January 2002 University of Ferrara (ITALY) PhD in Genetics. Thesis: “Photoreception and circadian clock in Diptera”. 13 March 1996 University of Padova (ITALY) Degree in Biological Science. Graduation 107/110. Thesis: “Characterization of the gene for a new hypothetic globin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” RESEARCH ACTIVITY 2005-2019: Assistant professor in Genetics, SSD BIO/18, University of Padova, Department of Biology September 2003-December 2004 University of Padova, Department of Biology Post-doc. Project: “Identification of new factors involved in the regulation of CRY, the circadian blue-light photoreceptor in Drosophila melanogaster”. April 2002-August 2003 University of Padova, Department of Biology Post-doc. Project: “Identification and functional analysis of new components of circadian clock in Drosophila and Neurospora, by cDNA microarray and dsRNA Interference”. RESEARCH ACTIVITY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES March-August 2015 Ceske Budejovice (CZ) 3 months of Research Activity in the Laboratory of Molecular Chronobiology, Institute of Entomology, University of Ceske Budejovice, in collaboration with Dr David Dolezel in the European Project MODBIOLIN July-December 2006 Groningen (NL) Research Activity in Department of Chronobiology, University of Groningen, in collaboration with Prof. Martha Merrow. February 2000/April 2001 Leicester (UK) Research activity in Department of Biology, University of Leicester, (PhD student). September 1993/July 1994 Orsay (France) ERASMUS stage at the Université Paris XI. TEACHING ACTIVITY A.Y. 2021-2022 University of Padova, Faculty of Science Teaching part of the course: “BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS” for the Master Degree in Molecular Biology. From A.Y. 2019-2020 University of Padova, Faculty of Science Teaching: “GENETICS II” for the Degree in Molecular Biology. A.Y. 2011-2012, A.Y. 2012-2013 University of Padova, Faculty of Science Teaching: “Genetics” for the Degree in Molecular Biology. A.Y. 2005-2006 A.Y. 2006-2007 A.Y. 2007-2008 A.Y. 2008-2009 A.Y. 2009-2010 University of Padova, Faculty of Science Teaching: “Model Organisms in Biology” for the Degree in Molecular Biology. SKILLS Molecular Biology Techniques: DNA, RNA extraction and analysis, cloning, genomic and cDNA library construction and screening. Biochemistry Techniques: protein expression in E. coli and yeast, protein purification, protein extraction, co-immunoprecipitation and western blot analysis. Drosophila melanogaster genetics. Entrainment and behavioural analysis. Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetics: knock-out mutants generation and analysis. Computing: Use of Microsoft package (Word, Excel, Power point, Corel draw), Sequence analysis (Alignments, Phylogenesis), Behaviour analyses. FOREIGN LANGUAGES English and French (spoken and written).
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