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Contents<br />
Forward<br />
by Paolo Amati, President, and Ernesto Di Mauro, Scientific Director<br />
Boards and Staff<br />
Fellowships awarded in 2007 and 2008<br />
Fellowships awarded for two years for training in foreign laboratories<br />
Fellowships awarded to students who had a two-year experience abroad<br />
Fellows working on research programmes of the Foundation<br />
Seminars by outstanding invited speakers<br />
Meetings and Conferences organized or supported by the Foundation<br />
Scientific Reports<br />
Research area 1: Molecular biology of microorganisms and viruses<br />
Paolo AMATI, Polyomavirus-host interaction: role of the early phases of infection in determining virus<br />
permissivity and role of PARP-1 in the regulation of immediate early gene expression ........................<br />
Alberto BOFFI, Escherichia coli strains overexpressing flavohemoglobins for the production of novel,<br />
biologically active compounds derived from phospholipid post-biosynthetic modifications .....................<br />
Daniela DE BIASE, The glutamate-based acid resistance system of Escherichia coli: the molecular basis of<br />
the activation of its regulatory and structural components .............................................................................<br />
Alberto FAGGIONI, Control of latency and replication of Epstein-Barr virus ..................................................<br />
Paola LONDEI, Translational regulation: from the archaea to the eukarya .........................................................<br />
Research area 2: Pathogenetic mechanisms of microbially associated diseases<br />
Andrea BELLELLI, A structural biology study of schistosomiasis ..........................................................................<br />
Maria Lina BERNARDINI, Role of Shigella surface components in immunomodulation of the inflammatory<br />
response ..........................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Bianca COLONNA, Deciphering the complexity of virulence gene networks in Shigella and enteroinvasive<br />
Escherichia coli (EIEC): the interplay among nucleoid proteins, promoter DNA structure and<br />
regulatory factors .........................................................................................................................................................<br />
Annateresa PALAMARA, Redox mediated mechanisms involved in the influenza virus replication and in<br />
the pathogenesis of influenza associated diseases ...............................................................................................<br />
Paolo SARTI, Nitric oxide detoxification in pathogenic protozoa: role of flavodiiron proteins ......................<br />
Maria Rosaria TORRISI, Role of the keratinocyte growth factor receptor on the molecular and cellular<br />
alterations induced by the expression of HPV16 E5 oncoprotein ..................................................................<br />
Research area 3: Molecular genetics of eukaryotes<br />
Fiorentina ASCENZIONI, Development and analysis of chromosome vectors ....................................................<br />
Paola BALLARIO, Molecular machines and effectors involved in the regulation of light response and cell<br />
cycle in simple Eukaryotes .........................................................................................................................................<br />
Irene BOZZONI, RNA-RNA and RNA-protein interactions in the cell nucleus: structure, function and<br />
biosynthesis of a novel class of small non-coding RNAs .................................................................................<br />
Paola CAIAFA, Crosstalk between poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and DNA methylation in the regulation of<br />
gene expression ............................................................................................................................................................<br />
Giorgio CAMILLONI, DNA topoisomerases as global controller of DNA transactions. Study of DNA<br />
topoisomerase IB and its functional partners .......................................................................................................<br />
Paolo COSTANTINO, The role of the DAG transcription factors in Arabidopsis seed germination .............<br />
Maria D’ERME, Epigenetic modifications in neurodegenerative diseases ............................................................<br />
Patrizio DIMITRI, Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism for functional genomic analyses of<br />
essential genes resident in heterochromatin .........................................................................................................<br />
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