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E-mail address: eleonora.olivotto@ior.it
Olivotto Eleonora, PhD
CV
Date of Birth
13/07/1974
Qualification
PhD
Current assignment
Research Associate
Title of qualification awarded
2000: Degree in Biological Science at the University of Bologna.
Other qualifications awarded
- 2004: Specialization in Toxicology at the University of Bologna
- 2008: PhD at the University of Urbino.
Positions held
- From 2018: Research Associate at the RAMSES Laboratory, RIT Department, IOR
- 2010-18: Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the RAMSES Laboratory, RIT Department, IOR
- 2003-10: Research activity at the Laboratory of Immunorheumatology and Tissue Regeneration, formerly Laboratory of Immunology and Genetics, IOR, supported by different research contracts and fellowships
- 2000-02: Post graduation training at the Department of Oncology and fellowship at the Laboratory of Pediatric Onco-Hematology of the Hospital S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna.
Training:
- 2014: Visiting Scholar Laboratory of Cartilage Biology Dr. MB Goldring (Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, USA)
- 2012: Visiting Scholar (animal model of Osteoarthritis) Laboratory of Cartilage Biology Dr. MB Goldring (Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, USA)
- 2011: 13th EULAR (The European League Against Rheumatism) Postgraduate Course in Rheumatology Dublin, Ireland (Bursary winner)
- 2010: Post-Doctoral Fellow - OARSI Research and Training Program (Bursary winner), Laboratory of Cartilage Biology Dr. MB Goldring (Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, USA)
- 2006: "Guest researcher", Institute of Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona (Switzerland)
- 2003: "Guest researcher", Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook (NY, USA).
Languages
Good English.
Technologies
Knowledge and use of Office applications, Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Internet.
Scientific activities
- 2004-06: Target research project of the MIUR - Italian Ministry of Health: Molecular mechanisms of human chondrocytes activation by cytokines and chemokines
- 2007-09: Target research project "Strategico", University of Bologna: Common molecular targets responsible for proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses in Osteoarthritis
- 2006-09: Target research project of the CARISBO Foundation: Molecular targets identification for Osteoarthritis therapy
- From 2010: Research project of the University & Research Ministry, FIRB: Pathogenesis and molecular targets in degenerative musculoskeletal diseases
- From 2012: Ricerca Finalizzata-Giovani Ricercatori, Italian Ministry of Health co-PI: GR-2010-2317593: Role of the meniscus in OA pathology and symptoms
Publications:
31 publications on international journals with impact factors and 1 on a national journal.
Reviewer of Scientific Journals (Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Journal of Cellular & Mol Med, Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders)
Member of Osteoarthritis Research Society International.
Clinical and/or Scientific interests
Biology of cartilage and meniscus in osteoarthritis; inflammation/differentiation and NF-kB signaling; role of the synovitis in patients with meniscal tear, labral pathology and femoro- acetabular impingement.