Viviana De Luca | Biology and Life Sciences | Women Researcher Award

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Dr. Viviana De Luca | Biology and Life Sciences | Women Researcher Award

Dr. Viviana De Luca | Biology and Life Sciences | Research fellow at University of Sannio RCOST | Italy

Dr. Viviana De Luca is a distinguished researcher in biological, environmental, and health sciences, recognized for her advanced expertise in enzymology, carbonic anhydrase biology, antimicrobial drug discovery, and translational biomedical research. Her education encompasses advanced doctoral training in biology and environmental and health sciences, earned from leading Italian universities, with research conducted at prominent national research institutes specializing in biosciences, protein biochemistry, and molecular technologies. She has authored 108 documents, received 3,717 citations, and holds a 39 h-index, underscoring her strong scientific influence and consistent contributions to peer-reviewed literature indexed in major international databases such as Scopus.

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Featured Publications

Production, crystallographic studies, and functional profiling of γ-carbonic anhydrase from the probiotic Limosilactobacillus reuteri: In vitro and cell-based insights – European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Tetrazole Derivatives as Multiclass Inhibitors of Bacterial Carbonic Anhydrases – Archiv der Pharmazie

Coumarin-Containing Aromatic Sulfonamides With Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitory Properties Against Human and Fungal Isoforms – Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Chitosan–Fatty Acid Nano Micelles and Their Differential Antibacterial Activity Against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis – Journal of Functional Biomaterials

Acetazolamide-Loaded Nanoparticle Based on Modified Hyaluronic Acid as Delivery System to Target Carbonic Anhydrases in Escherichia coli – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Paola Pontrelli | Biology and Life Sciences | Best Researcher Award

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paola Pontrelli | Biology and Life Sciences | Best Researcher Award

Biology and Life Sciences | University of Bari Aldo Moro | Italy

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paola Pontrelli is a female scientist specializing in experimental biology with emphasis on renal pathophysiology, transplantation immunology, and molecular mechanisms in kidney disease. She holds a PhD in clinical pathology / experimental biology from the University of Bari Aldo Moro and/or affiliated institutions (PhD granted after high-quality doctoral work in molecular and immunologic mechanisms underlying renal injury, graft rejection, and kidney transplantation). Over her academic and professional career she has held roles such as Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences / Experimental Biology, has been involved in major research units at the University of Bari and related transplant and nephrology centers, and has collaborated extensively at national and international levels, participating in multidisciplinary projects on dialysis, graft rejection, bio-molecular profiling, immune signalling, complement activation and chronic kidney disease. Her work draws on strong research interests including diabetic nephropathy, antibody-mediated rejection of kidney transplants, inflammation and immune modulation in dialysis and transplant settings, interferon signatures, metabolic dysregulation in immune cells, and molecular biomarker discovery. She has developed research skills in transcriptomics / gene expression profiling, proteomics / phosphoproteome analyses, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, Western blot, microarray, quantitative PCR, bioinformatic pathway analysis, handling patient samples (dialysis, transplant) and in vitro/in vivo experimental models. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paola Pontrelli has authored 97 documents, 2,676 Citations, 30 h-index, reflecting a robust scholarly output and impact.

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Featured Publications

  1. “Dialysis-related systemic microinflammation is associated with specific genomic patterns”, 2008 — ~31 citations

  2. “Local synthesis of interferon-alpha in lupus nephritis is associated with type I interferons signature and LMP7 induction in renal tubular epithelial cells”, 2015 — ~64 citations

  3. “GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES IN CD8+ T CELLS IN CHRONIC ANTIBODY-MEDIATED REJECTION (CAMR) OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION”, 2018 — citation

  4. “Plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from kidney transplant patients with antibody-mediated rejection induced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition and senescence in tubular epithelial cells by modulating complement activation”, 2022 — citation

  5. “A type I interferon signature characterizes chronic antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation”, 2015 — citation