Our Team

We are a group of people that are passionate about research and open to explore new methodologies and approaches. We are committed to bridging the gap between nature and laboratory, by combining extensive field samplings in all our investigations. We are always welcoming to new ideas and proactive people.

Principal Investigator
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Mariangela Bonizzoni
Post Docs
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Laila Gasmi

Horizontal gene transfer

Interaction insect-virus

Evolutionary biology


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Nabor Lozada

Evolutionary Biology

Host-Pathogen interactions

Comparative Genomics


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Ayda Khorramnejad

Proteomics of host-pathogen interaction

Thermal adaptation in mosquitoes

Experimental evolution in mosquitoes


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Hugo Perdomo

Insect-specific viruses

Endogenous Viral Elements

Mosquito-virus interactions
PhD Candidates
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Davide Sogliani

Mosquito-virus interactions

Endogenous Viral Elements

Insect-specific viruses


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Stefano Quaranta

Genomics of Thermal Adaptation

Population Genomics

Computational Biology


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Martina Carlassara

Mosquito Thermal Traits

Mosquito Climate Adaptation

OMICs approaches
Students
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Francesco Chen

Insect-specific viruses

Virus-host interactions

Evolutionary Biology


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Claudia Alfaro

Host-pathogen Interaction

Recombinant Proteins

Viral Integrations


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Mpho Bantobetse

Molecular Biology

Insect-virus interactions

Endogenous Viral Elements


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Romina Bahrami

Mosquito Biological Control

Experimental Evolution

Microbiota
Alumni

Umberto Palatini, postdoc in the laboratory of Leslie Vosshall, Rockefeller University (USA)

Michele Marconcini, postdoc in the laboratory of Richard Benton, Université de Lausanne (Switzerland)

Elisa Pischedda, Engineeer at Medas Medical Advanced Services & Solutions, Milan (Italy)

Cristina Crava, Senior Researcher, University of Valencia (Spain)

Rebeca Carballar-Lejarazú, Research Scientist, University of California Irvine (USA)