Graziella Pellegrini
Graziella Pellegrini (born July 12, 1961 in Genoa ) is an Italian researcher and representative of translational medicine at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia . She is known for her work on regenerative medicine , in particular on stem cell therapy for various diseases of the skin and the eye.
Live and act
Pellegrini acquired in 1988 at the University of Genoa with a degree in chemistry and pharmaceutical technology , in 1989 in pharmacy . As a postdoctoral fellow , she worked at the National Cancer Research Institute in Genoa. Further stations were Cellife Biotechnology in Milan and the Advanced Biotechnology Center in Genoa.
In 1996 she became Deputy Head of the Tissue Engineering Laboratory at the Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata in Rome . From 2002 she was director of the stem cell research institute of a corneal bank in Venice . Since 2006, Pellegrini has been Professor of Cell Biology at the Center for Regenerative Therapy at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia . Together with Michele De Luca , she is the founder (2008) and head of the research and development department of the biotechnology company Holostem Terapie Avanzate in Modena.
Pellegrini and De Luca are pioneers of stem cell therapy of the eye with stem cells of the limbus (trade name Holoclar , the first approved stem cell-based drug for novel therapies , ATMP) as well as stem cell therapy of the skin for burns , vitiligo , piebaldism or a combination of stem cell therapy and gene therapy the treatment of hereditary diseases such as epidermolysis bullosa .
In 2020 she received the Louis Jeantet Prize (Jeantet-Collen Prize for translational medicine) together with Michele De Luca . According to Google Scholar, it has an h-index of 40, according to the Scopus database it has an h-index of 35 (as of March 2020).
Web links
- Graziella Pellegrini and curriculum vitae at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (unimore.it)
- Interview with Graziella Pellegrini - Using stem cells to cure blindness (eurostemcell.org)
Individual evidence
- ^ Graziella Pellegrini and Michele De Luca. In: jeantet.ch. Louis Jeantet Foundation , January 17, 2020, accessed on March 31, 2020 .
- ^ Graziella Pellegrini. In: scholar.google.de. Google Scholar , accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ^ Pellegrini, Graziella. In: scopus.com. Scopus , accessed March 31, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pellegrini, Graziella |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genoa |