Michele De Luca · 
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Biomedical Sciences Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Centre for Regenerative Medicine Via G. Gottardi 100 41100 Modena |
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+39 059 2058070 +39 059 2058115 |
Skills and competences
Research
- Molecular mechanisms regulating self-renewal, proliferation and terminal differentiation of squamous epithelial stem cells
- cultivation and characterization of epidermal stem cells and their clinical application in several skin pathologies
- cultivation, characterization and clinical application of limbal stem cells aimed at the regeneration of severely damaged corneal surface and at the restoration of visual acuity in patients with massive ocular chemical burns
- experimental and clinical protocols for the gene-therapy of genetics skin diseases (such as Epidermolysis Bullosa) and genetic corneal diseases (such as corneal dystrophies) by means of genetically modified epidermal and limbal stem cells
- cultivation, characterization and clinical application of conjunctival, urethral and oral epithelial stem cells
Technologies
- GMP laboratory for epithelial cell cultures aimed at clinical application
- Confocal Microscopy
- Time-laps Microscopy
- Laser-capture microdissection
- Cytofluorimetry
- Real-time PCR
- Techniques for cellular and molecular biology and biochemistry
