Curriculum

Dati anagrafici Date of Birth: 27th october 1972 e-mail: pasquale.scarcia@uniba.it Nazionality: italian EDUCATION Degree (Laurea) in Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bari, Bari, Italy Ph.D. in in Cellular Biochemistry and Cellular Pharmacology, Dept. Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Italy. Professional experiences 2003 - 2005 Research technician, Dept. Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Italy. 2005 - 2011 Assistant professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy. 2011- present Assistant professor at the Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Italy. Research funds 2004-2008: Integrate Project "EUMITOCOMBAT - Rational treatment strategies combating mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation disorders", nell'ambito dell "European Community's sixth Framework Programme for Research, Priority 1 - Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health". 2006 – 2008 COFIN-PRIN 2006. “Role of the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier AGC1 in autistic disorder: quantification of expression and activity in patients and characterization of in vitro and in vivo functional models.” 2007-2010 Project: “Laboratorio pubblico-privato per lo sviluppo di processi e prodotti innovativi nel settore dei farmaci antinfettivi” (Laboratorio Interdisciplinare Farmaci Antinfettivi: LIFA)”. 2010 Project: “Humna genes and Genetic defects”. 1 year. 2010 -2012 COFIN-PRIN 2008 “Mitochondrial metabolism and calcium signalling in autistic disorder”, in the project “Molecular and cellular studies of autistic disorder.” 2011-2013 Project “Studio di nuove tecnologie e piattaforme tecnologiche per il miglioramento di processi produttivi di principi attivi farmaceutici di interesse industriale e ricerca di nuove molecole bioattive da sorgenti naturali”, Progetto PON “Ricerca e Competitività 2007-2013”. 2015 – 2016 Project Telethon Exploratory “Molecular and cellular underpinnings of the neurological phenotypes associated to mitochondrial citrate carrier (SLC25A1) deficiency. 1 year 2015-2018 AIRC Project “Role of mitochondrial uncoupling-2 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tumorigenesis and maintenance. 2016-2019 Project “Hydrogen sulphide as a new player of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: focus on mitochondrial homeostasis”. COFIN-PRIN 2015