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Research interests: - Identification and functional characterization of genes associated to human hereditary diseases involving central and peripheral nervous system. - Molecular characterization of genes causing morpho-functional alterations of mobile cilia in primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) - Identification of genetic factors predisposing to for familial papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) - Improvement of models and methods for forensic DNA phenotyping. Prediction of eye, hair and skin color using SNP genotypes.

- Identification of genes involved in familial papillary thyroid cancer. - Improvement of models for forensic eye and hair color prediction (forensic DNA phenotyping) in collaboration with Scientific Division of Carabinieri (RIS) of Parma.