Maria Gabriella Santoro#
Membership Number: | 5840 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
Elected: | 2021 |
Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Homepage(s): | http://bio.uniroma2.it/gabriella-santoro-english/ |
ORCID: | 0000-0003-1432-4949 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1997 - present Professor of Virology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- 1990 - 1997 Professor of Microbiology, University of L'Aquila Medical School, Italy
- 1988 - 1990 Associate Professor of Virology, University of Rome Tor Vergata Medical School, Rome, Italy
- 1983 - 1988 Scientist & Research Director, Italian National Research Council, CNR Institute of Experimental Medicine, Rome, Italy
- 1981 - 1983 Lecturer, Dept. of Surgery, State University of New York, NY, USA
- 1977 - 1981 Research Fellow, Italian National Research Council, CNR Virology Center, Rome, Italy
- 1975 - 1977 Post-doctoral fellow, Cell Biology and Surgery, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Fields of Scholarship
- Prostaglandin biology
- Novel molecular targets for antiviral chemotherapy
- Stress response
- Signaling and regulation of NF-kappaB and its involvement in inflammation and cell survival
Honours and Awards
- 2014 - present Appointed Member of the Executive Council, Cell Stress Society International (CSSI, USA)
- 2006 - present Member of the Executive Council, Fondazione Chiara D’Onofrio (Italy)
- 2000 - present Elected EMBO Member
- 1989 - present Associate Investigator, Institute of Translational Pharmacology (previously IMS), Italian National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- 2015 - 2018 President-Elect & President, Cell Stress Society International (USA)
- 2005 Marisa Bellisario Award for Medical Sciences (Italy)
- 1997 - 2003 Director of Biology, Charterhouse Therapeutics Ltd, Oxford, UK
- 1994 Minerva Award for Science (Italy)
- 1993 - 1996 Member, Coordination Committee, European Science Foundation, Network on Cell Stress Genes and their Protein Products
- 1978 Washington University Medical School - Cancer Research Award (USA)