Organizing Committee Member
Emanuele Papini
Professor
University of Padua
Italy
Biography
I graduated in Biology at the University of Padua, Italy, in 1983. After a short post-graduate period at the University of Verona, Italy, in 1990 I became PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Pathology, University of Padua, Italy. In 1991 I became a researcher of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua and in 1993-1994 I was fellow scientist of the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College of London, UK. In 1998 I moved to the University of Bari, Italy, as an associate Professor of General Pathology. From 2001 to present I am associate professor and PI at the University of Padua, Department of Biomedical sciences, where I teach Immunology, Immunological Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology. I started to work on the biocompatibility and nanomedical applications of nanoparticles in 2008. I am author of ~ 93 publications (H index ~ 36) and inventor in 2 patents.
Research Area
I am presently interested in the functional role of serum or plasma nanoparticle-interacting proteins in the phagocyte clearance mechanisms and in the immune cells-mediated proinflammatory effects, including the coagulation and the complement systems and their cross-talk. The possible modulation of nanoparticle adverse reactions by pathogens or commensals PAMPs is also intriguing me. My ambition is to provide critical information for the rationale design and improvement of nanoparticles for biomedical use.