Molecular Pathology Laboratory of Bacterial Toxins

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research fields

  • Mechanism of action of Shiga bacterial toxins
  • Study of the pathogenesis of childhood hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by Escherichia coli strains that release Shiga toxins
  • Molecular pathology of ribosomes and translation
  • Molecular pathology of cancer

Teaching activity:

Internship for experimental thesis preparation (Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Biology)

Equipment:

Molecular biology:

  • Western blotting apparatus (Hoefer-Pharmacia)
  • Techne Hybridizer HB-1D, Protein and DNA electrophoresis systems (Biorad e C.B.S Scientific)
  • Microcentrifuges (MPW-ALC centrifuge-Eppendorf)
  • PCR (Genenco-HJR research, Inc).

Biochemistry:

  • FPLC apparatus (Pharmacia) and conventional chromatographic systems

Principal investigator

Team

Elisa Varrone

Research fellow

How to reach us

General Pathology building