Laboratory of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology

Scientific Officer:

• Scientific Officer Prof. Giovanni Delogu

Contact Information:

• Prof. Giovanni Delogu; giovanni.delogu@unipr.it; tel. 0521-033495, 0521-702951.
• Prof. Flora de Conto; flora.deconto@unipr.it; tel. 0521-033496.
• Doctor Giovanna Piccolo; giovanna.piccolo@unipr.it; tel. 0521-033591.

Affiliating staff:

Teaching staff:

• Prof. Giovanni Delogu, Full Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Director of the Complex Operational Unit of Microbiology and Deputy Director of the Complex Operational Unit of Virology of the Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma (giovanni.delogu@unipr.it; tel. 0521-033495, 0521-702951).
• Prof.ssa Flora De Conto, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology (flora.deconto@unipr.it; tel. 0521-033496).

Technical Staff:

• Dr. Giovanna Piccolo, technical-administrative officer (giovanna.piccolo@unipr.it; tel. 0521-033591).

Specialists:

• Medics: Ferrarese Federica.
• Biologists: Ampollini Francesca Maria; Arena Francesca Adua; Assello Verdiana; Callari Chiara; Cattivelli Giorgia; Cortese Luca; Fedele Giorgio; Laudani Ambrose; Prandini Elizabeth; Priore Pierluigi; Rizzuto Saverio; Scurria Margherita; Varriale Valerio.

External collaborators:

• Prof.ssa Michela Sali, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Rome.
• Prof.ssa Delia Goletti, INMI L. Spallanzani, Rome.
• Prof. Riccardo Manganelli, University of Padua.
• Dr. Rita Berisio, Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, CNR, Naples.
• Prof. Marco Ventura, Laboratory of Probiogenomics, University of Parma, Parma
   

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Viale Antonio Gramsci, 14 - Central Pavilion, Corpo Centrale Monoblocco, 6th floor.

The Laboratory of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology carries out activities in the area of Microbiological and Virological Sciences and more specifically:
- Development and evaluation of new microbiological diagnostic tools;
- Evaluation and assay of new drugs with antimicrobial action;
- Development and evaluation of new therapeutic strategies against infections caused by bacteria, based on host-directed therapies;
- Study of the role of Fusobacterium nucleatum in tumorigenesis processes;
- Study of the interaction between influenza virus and host cell: Determination of cellular resistance factors to viral infection;
- Study of interactions between microorganisms and viruses in the intestinal microbiota.

Main equipment provided:
- BSL2 laboratory with biological fume hoods, incubators, centrifuges;
- Integrated Microscopy Laboratory (Electron Microscope, light and fluorescence microscope);
- Real-Time PCR, extractors and instruments for molecular analysis;
- MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer;