Personal Information Name: Martello Graziano ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5520-085X Education 03/2009 – PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology of Development – Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnology, University of Padua 03/2005 – Five-year Degree in Medical Biotechnology, 110/110 cum laude – University of Padua Academic Positions 03/2024 – present: Full Professor of Molecular Biology – Department of Biology – University of Padua 10/2021 – 02/2024: Associate Professor of Molecular Biology – Department of Biology – University of Padua 08/2017 – 09/2021: Associate Professor in Histology and Embryology – Department of Molecular Medicine – University of Padua 03/2014 – 12/2019: DTI Telethon Scientist 03/2014 – 07/2017: Fixed-term Researcher in Molecular Biology 04/2010 – 02/2014: Research Associate at the WT-MRC Stem Cell Institute – University of Cambridge, UK 01/2009 – 03/2010: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnology, University of Padua Teaching Activity 2022 – present: Course in Developmental Molecular Biology, Bachelor's Degree in Molecular Biology, University of Padua 2021 – 2023: Course in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology, University of Padua 2019 – 2022: Course in Functionality, Physiology and Architecture of Cells, Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua 2018 – 2021: Course in Histology, Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua 2015 – 2022: Course in Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Molecular Biology, Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua 2014 – 2018: Course in Molecular Biology, Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua Institutional Roles 2022 – present: Member of the Doctoral School in Biosciences, University of Padua 2018 – present: Member of the Scientific Board of the Italian Society of Biophysics and Molecular Biology (SIBBM) 2017 – present: Member of the Quality Assurance Committee for the Third Mission, University of Padua 2016 – present: Member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2014 – 2021: Member of the Doctoral School in Molecular Biology, University of Padua 2013 – present: PhD student supervisor at the University of Cambridge, UK Awards and Funding 2010 – “Cecilia Cioffrese” Award from the Carlo Erba Foundation 2012 – “Young Venetian Excellence Award 2012” in the field of Life Sciences 2013 – Armenise-Harvard Career Development Award – Armenise-Harvard Foundation 2013 – Telethon DTI Career Development Award 2016 – European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant – Project “MetEpiStem” 2021 – Start Cup Veneto – First Prize, Best Startup Idea 2024 – Winner with the startup DNASwitch of the "BOOSTER FOR LIFE SCIENCE – TRL ADVANCEMENT" 2024 – Winner with the startup DNASwitch in the I-Tech Innovation Program 2023–2024 (Life Sciences sector) Since 2013, reviewer of scientific articles for international journals including Development, Nature Communications, Stem Cell, Nature Cell Biology, The EMBO Journal, Cell Stem Cell, and Nature.

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