tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24071527293422608522011-04-21T14:35:55.327-07:00Angelo Fortunatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557480923808162036noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2407152729342260852.post-34991073748756846442007-10-26T03:41:00.000-07:002009-03-30T00:56:48.840-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QL3n8othYrk/SRReu_lngHI/AAAAAAAAAAw/xCP3DjQyOFM/s1600-h/angelo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265938025739157618" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QL3n8othYrk/SRReu_lngHI/AAAAAAAAAAw/xCP3DjQyOFM/s320/angelo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong><div></div><div><br /><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong></div><div></div><div><br /><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Education</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ph.D.</span></strong> Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA<br /><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000000;">M.S.</span></strong> Biological Science, University of Florence, Italy<br /></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div></div><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Professional experiences</span></strong><br /><br />Visiting Scholar, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA<br /><br />Contract researcher, Institute Jacques Monod,CNRS, Universités Paris 6 et 7, Paris, France<br /><br />Research associate, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,Hinxon, Cambridge, UK </div><div></div><div></div><div>Postdoctoral researcher, University of Siena, Italy<br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Current position</strong></span><br /><br /><strong></strong><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="color:#333333;">Contract researcher, University of Florence, Italy</span><br /><strong></strong><br /></span><span style="color:#000000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Scientific interests</strong> </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#333333;">I am interested in molecular biology, cancer biology, signal transduction pathways, interference of RNA, gene expression, development of automated platforms for high-throughput genetic screening, evolution and behavior.<br /></span><br /><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Selected pubblications</strong></span> </div><div></div><div>FORTUNATO A. 2009. Quantitative high-throughput analysis of synthetic genetic interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans by RNA interference. Genomics, 93:392-396<br /><br />LEHNER B., CROMBIE C., TISCHLER J., FORTUNATO A., AND FRASER A.G. 2006. Systematic mapping of genetic interactions in <em>Caenorhabditis elegans</em> identifies common modifiers of diverse signaling pathways. Nature Genetics, 38(8):896-903<br /><br />LEHNER B.,CALIXTO A., CROMBIE C., TISCHLER J., FORTUNATO A., CHALFIE M. AND FRASER A.G. 2006. Loss of LIN-35, the <em>Caenorhabditis elegans</em> ortholog of the tumor suppressor p105Rb, results in enhanced RNA interference. Genome Biology, 7(1): R4<br /><br />FORTUNATO A. and A.G. FRASER. 2005. Uncover genetic interactions in <em>Caenorhabditis elegans</em> by RNA interference. Bioscience Reports, 25(5/6): 299-307<br /><br />FORTUNATO A., D.C. QUELLER AND J.E. STRASSMANN. 2003. A linear dominance hierarchy among clones in chimeras of the social amoeba, <em>Dictyostelium discoideum</em>. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 16(3): 438-445<br /><br />FORTUNATO A., J.E. STRASSMANN, L. SANTORELLI AND D.C. QUELLER. 2003. Co-occurrence in nature of different clones of the social amoeba, <em>Dictyostelium discoideum</em>. Molecular Ecology, 12: 1031-1038<br /><br />FOSTER K.R., FORTUNATO A., STRASSMANN J.E. AND QUELLER D.C.2002. The costs and benefits of being a chimera. Proceedings of Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 269: 2357-2372</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2407152729342260852-3499107374875684644?l=angelo-fortunato-unisi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Angelo Fortunatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557480923808162036noreply@blogger.com