UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA (UNIPD)

Prof. Luisa Barzon

Luisa Barzon is a medical doctor and associate professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova (UNIPD), Padova, Italy. She coordinates the section on emerging viruses and vector-borne pathogens of the Veneto Region Reference Laboratory at Padova University Hospital, which has been recently designated European Reference Laboratory for Public Health on Vector-Borne Viral Pathogens. She is a component of the Management Team of EVD-LabNet, ECDC, and of the Arbovirus Task Force of the Veneto Region. Her clinical and research activities are focused on emerging and re-emerging infections (including epidemiology, genetics, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of emerging pathogens); in vitro disease modelling to investigate pathogen-host interactions; innate and adaptive immune responses to viral infections and vaccines; applications of new biotechnologies in diagnostic microbiology. She authored 250 articles published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals.

Prof. Marta Trevisan

Marta Trevisan is associate professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine of the University of Padova. She is an expert in stem cell biology, stem cell reprogramming, organoid generation and their use as in vitro models for the investigation of viral infections.

Prof. Alessandro Sinigaglia

Alessandro Sinigaglia is a Junior Assistant Professor in Medical Laboratory Techniques at the Department of Molecular Medicine of UNIPD. He has a master degree in Medical Biotechnologies and a PhD in Regenerative Biology and Medicine, both obtained at UNIPD. He has over 20 years of laboratory experience, with focus on virology and especially on arboviruses. His current research includes the development of direct and indirect diagnostics methods for infectious diseases, development and exploitation of infection models in vitro, and the study of innate and acquired immunity and mechanisms of viral pathogenicity at molecular level.

Dr. Emanuela Dal Molin

Emanuela Dal Molin is a PhD student at the Department of Molecular Medicine of UNIPD. She has been working on molecular and cell biology, with a focus on virology and especially on arboviruses. She is investigating the role of climate change on the spread of mosquito-borne infections.

Dr. Stefania Vogiatzis

Stefania Vogiatzis, PhD, is a post-doc at the Department of Molecular Medicine of UNIPD. She is an expert in neural cell biology and the development of 2D and 3D models of human neural cells for the investigation of neurotropic viruses.

Dr. Camilla Lucca

Camilla Lucca is a PhD student at the Department of Molecular Medicine of UNIPD. She is investigating the innate immune response to flavivirus infection and the role of innate immunity in viral pathogenesis.

Dr. Monia Pacenti

Monia Pacenti, PhD, is Biologist Director at the Microbiology and Virology Unit, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy. She is head of the Virology Section, with expertise in the diagnosis of emerging viral infections.