RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS
1 Gianfranco Donelli
2 Emilio Guaglianone
3 Loredana Falzano
4 Iolanda Francolini
5 Valeria Ruggeri
6 Mariangela Bellusci
7 Valeria Di Carlo
8 Debora Romoli
9 Claudia Vuotto
AFFILIATION
1 Department of Technologies and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità
GROUP DATA
Address Viale Regina Elena ,299 - 00161 Rome Italy
Phone +39-06 49902228
Fax +39-06 49387141
E-mail donelli@iss.it
Web Site 
RESEARCH TOPICS
1 In vitro studies on the mode of action of bacterial toxins
2 Cytotoxicity of polymers and their ability to adsorb and release antibiotic and antiseptic substances
3 Cytoskeletal and nuclear damages caused by enzymes and toxic substances
EDUCATION IN TOXICOLOGY
1 Gianfranco Donelli, Research Director in Molecular Biology
COLLABORATIONS
1 Department of Chemistry, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
2 Institute of Tossicology, Hygiene and Environment, University of Urbino, Italy
3 Department of Microbiology and Biomedical Sciences, Polytecnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
4 Department of Oral Biology, New Jersy Dental School, Newark, NJ,USA
5 Department of Ophtalmology and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, OK, USA.
6 Division of Microbiology ,GBF,National Research Center for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany
PUBLICATIONS
1 Francolini I, Donelli G, Stoodley P. Polymer designs to control biofilm growth on medical devices. Reviews in Environmental Sciences & Bio/technology, 2003; 2:307-319.
2 Donelli G, Guaglianone E. Emerging role of Enterococcus spp in catheter-related infections: biofilm formation and novel mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. The Journal of Vascular Access. 2004; 5:3-9.
3 Donelli G, Paoletti C, Baldassarri L, Guaglianone E, Di Rosa R, Magi G, Spinaci C, Facinelli B. Sex pheromone-response, clumping and slime production in enterococcal strains isolated from occluded biliary stents. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004; 42:3419-27.
4 Francolini I, Norris PM, Piozzi A, Donelli G, Stoodley P. Usnic acid as a natural inhibitor of biofilm formation on polymer surfaces. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2004; 48:4360-4365.
5 Piozzi A, Francolini I, Occhiaperti L, Di Rosa R, Ruggeri V. Donelli G. Polyurethanes loaded with antibiotics: influence of polymer-antibiotic interactions on in vitro activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis. J. Chemother. 2004; 16: 446-452.
6 Baffone W, Casaroli A, Campana R, Citterio B, Vittoria E, Pierfelici L, Donelli G. In vivo studies on the pathophysiological mechanism of Vibrio parahaemolyticus TDH (+) induced secretion. Microb Pathog 2005; 38:133-137.
7 Santini MT, Ferrante A, Romano R, Rainaldi G, Clemente S, Motta A, Donelli G, Vecchia P, Indovina PL. A 700 MHz 1H-NMR study reveals early signs of apoptosis in human K562 erythroleukemic cells exposed to a 50 Hz sinusoidal magnetic field. Int. J. Rad. Biology, 2005; 81:97-113.

  Ultimo aggiornamento: Dicembre 2005