Francesco Pasquali

Francesco Pasquali

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Lab Manager presso DNAPhone S.r.l.

  • Education

    • ITIS G. Capellini, La Spezia

      1998 - 2003
      High School Diploma (scientific and technological studies) 100/100
    • Università degli Studi di Parma

      2010 - 2013
      Master's degree Industrial biotechnology 106/110

      Activities and Societies: Università degli Studi di Parma - Dipartimento di Bioscienze Graduation thesis: "Systems-toxicology in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: studies on engineered nanoparticles (quantum-dots)".Supervisor: Prof. Nelson Marmiroli

    • Università degli Studi di Parma

      2004 - 2010
      Bachelor's degree Biotechnology 96/110

      Activities and Societies: Università degli Studi di Parma - Dipartimento di Chimica Organica, Università degli Studi di Ferrara - Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare Graduation thesis: "Synthesis and biological properties of PNAs for micro-RNA modulation".Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Corradini

  • Experience

    • Università degli studi di Parma, Università degli studi di Ferrara

      May 2009 - Sept 2009
      Trainee

      Solid-phase synthesis of anti-miR PNAs; purification of PNAs by HPLC-MS; assessment of the melting temperature of PNA-DNA and PNA-RNA duplexes by circular dichroism and spectrophotometry; evaluation of PNAs' uptake and biological effects on human laeukemic K562 cells.

    • Università degli studi di Parma

      Apr 2012 - Apr 2013
      Trainee

      MIC assessment of CdS quantum-dots in S. cerevisiae; high-throughput screening of a library of S. cerevisiae deletion mutants; identification of mutants that show sensitivity or resistance to CdS QDs treatment; bioinformatic analysis of mutants of interest.

    • Università degli studi di Parma

      Jan 2014 - Jan 2017
      PhD Student

      Genotoxicology of Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMs): the experience and data from a comparison of genome-wide analyses in yeast and in plant.

    • Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

      Jun 2016 - Sept 2016
      Visiting PhD Student

      Nanotoxicology in Cucurbita pepo: transcriptomic analysis of nanomaterials exposure, ICP-MS and TEM analysis of nano materials uptake in different plant tissues.

    • DNAPhone S.r.l.

      Sept 2017 - now

      Research and development of assays for agri-food quality control Research and development of assays for agri-food quality control

      • Lab Manager

        Oct 2018 - now
      • Biotechnologist

        Sept 2017 - Oct 2018
    • Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

      Aug 2018 - Jul 2019
      Assegnista di ricerca

      Development of smart devices for quality control of food and biological fluids

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Telecommunication and telematics technician

      CISITA - Formazione superiore, Lerici (SP)
      Jan 2004
    • Preliminary English Test

      University of Cambridge
      Dec 2001
    • IELTS Academic

      British Council, Milan (MI)
      Jul 2015