A5105984264- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
- Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Linguistics and Cultural Studies
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Eurasian Exchange Networks
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
Scuola Normale Superiore
2023
University of Padua
2003-2021
Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
2018-2021
University of California, Berkeley
1977
Università di Camerino
1970
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
1967
The TESS mission will survey ~85 % of the sky, giving us opportunity extracting high-precision light curves millions stars, including stellar cluster members. In this work, we present our project "A PSF-based Approach to High quality data Of Stellar clusters" (PATHOS), aimed at searching and characterise candidate exoplanets variable stars in clusters using innovative method for extraction located crowded environments. Our technique light-curve involves use empirical Point Spread Functions...
The assessment of the frequency planetary systems reproducing Solar System's architecture is still an open problem. Detailed study multiplicity and generally hampered by limitations in quality, temporal extension observing strategy, causing difficulties detecting low-mass inner planets presence outer giant bodies. We present results high-cadence high-precision HARPS observations on 20 solar-type stars known to host a single long-period planet order search for additional companions estimate...
A polymerase chain reaction (PCR)‐based assay to detect nervous necrosis virus (NNV) in fish was developed by using two sets of primers designed on a highly conserved region the coat protein gene encoded RNA2 NNV. The first pair amplified fragment 605 bp one‐step reverse‐transcription (RT)‐PCR, while second an internal segment 255 nested PCR. Addition PCR increased sensitivity 100‐fold when carried out separate tube (two‐step assay) and 10‐fold performed same (one‐step assay). two‐step 104...
Peripheral intracrine sex steroid synthesis from adrenal precursors dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA-sulfate has evolved in humans. We sought to establish if there are differences intracrine, paracrine, endocrine regulation of steroids by primary cultures human skin epidermal keratinocytes dermal fibroblasts. Microarray analysis identified multifunctional genes modulated steroids, quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) mRNA expression, enzymatic assay aromatase activity, scratch cell migration,...
We have investigated the developmental pattern of expression and activity 17alpha-hydroxylase/C-17,20-lyase cytochrome P450 (cytochrome P450c17) in liver, stomach, duodenum, testis rats from day 18 pregnancy to adulthood. In male enzyme became detectable at birth (135 pmol/mg protein x min) a level comparable that (188 min). The then increased dramatically, reaching peak 8 days (691 min), which was more than 4-fold testicular levels same age or adults. Thereafter it declined steadily,...
A growing number of eclipsing binary systems the "HW Vir" kind (i. e., composed by a subdwarf-B/O primary star and an M dwarf secondary) show variations in their orbital period, also called Eclipse Time Variations (ETVs). Their physical origin is not yet known with certainty: while some ETVs have been claimed to arise from dynamical perturbations due presence circumbinary planetary companions, other authors suggest that Applegate effect or unknown stellar mechanisms could be responsible for...
Statistical studies of exoplanets have shown that giant planets are more commonly hosted by metal-rich dwarf stars than low-metallicity ones, while such a correlation is not evident for lower-mass planets. The search around metal-poor and the estimate their occurrence $f_p$ an important element in providing support to models planet formation. We present results from HARPS-N orbiting ($-1.0\leq[Fe/H]\leq-0.5$ dex) northern hemisphere complementing previous HARPS survey on southern order...