GIANLUCA AMADEI
Title: Ricercatore a tempo determinato in tenure-track
SSD: BIO/06 - Comparative Anatomy and Citology
Address: VIA U. BASSI, 58/B - PADOVA
Phone:
E-mail: gianluca.amadei@unipd.it
SARA BALCON
Title: Assegnista
SSD: -
Address: VIA U. BASSI, 58/B - PADOVA
Phone:
E-mail: sara.balcon.1@studenti.unipd.it
Curriculum
EDUCATION
Sept. 2010 – Sept. 2016
PhD in Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Canada. Supervisor: Dr. Freda Miller
Sept 2006 – May 2010
Honour Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Bio-Molecular Science Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies, Department of Anthropology, Lakehead University, Canada.
CURRENT POSITION
22.12.23 – present
Ricercatore a tempo determinato in tenure-track (RTT), Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
01.06.22 – 21.12.23
Assegnista di Ricerca/Grant holder, Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
20.09.16 – 31.05.22
Post-doctoral Fellow in the Zernicka-Goetz laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Feb.2025 - June 2025
Lecturer in Histology, Embryology and Differentiation (4 CFU), Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (undergraduate course)
Apr.2025 - May 2025
Lecturer in Molecular Biology of Development (1 CFU), Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (post graduate course)
Apr.2024 - May 2024
Lecturer in Molecular Biology of Development (1 CFU), Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (post graduate course)
19.12.2023
Guest Lecturer – Topic: Establishment of embryo models using stem cells, University of Padua, Italy.
21.7.2023- 11.08.2023
Course instructor at the QBio Summer Research Course Synthetic Morphogenesis University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Apr.2023 - May 2023
Lecturer in Molecular Biology of Development (1 CFU), Department of Biology, University of Padua, Italy
8.11.2022
Guest Lecturer – Topic: Establishment of embryo models using stem cells, University of Padua, Italy.
STUDENT AND POSTDOC SUPERVISION
March.2025 – July 2025
Supervision of predoctoral trainee Sara Canil, Molecular Biology of Development, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
March.2025 – present
Supervision of Master student Marta Egano, Molecular Biology of Development, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Nov.2024 – present
Supervision of Master student Filippo Pasquato, Industrial Biotechnologies Program, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Nov.2024 – present
Supervision of Master student Sara Balcon, Industrial Biotechnologies Program, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Nov.2024 – present
Supervision of Master student Chiara Mazzali, Molecular and Cell Biology Program, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Nov.2023 – present
Supervision of Master student Susana De Juambelz-Urías, Molecular Biology Program, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. She successfully passed her viva on March 21st, 2025 and is now continuing her work in my laboratory as a predoctoral trainee.
Mar.2023 - Sept.2024
Supervision of Master student Caterina Dalrio, Medical Biotechnologies Program, Universityof Padova, Padova, Italy. She successfully passed her viva on Sept.25th, 2024.
Feb. 2023 - Jan. 2025
Supervision of Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Shikha Chandel, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
