Department of Biomedicine and Prevention
Main placenta-related topics:
§ Identification and characterization of factors involved in placental morphogenesis and development of placental diseases
§ Development of in vitro models simulating the human placental barrier
Techniques & Technologies:
•Development of murine trophoblast stem cell cultures
•Culture of murine and human trophoblast stem cells
•Culture of Placental Villi
•Isolation and culture of human trophoblast cells from term placentas
Principal Investigators
- Luisa Campagnolo, PhD
- Micol Massimiani, PhD
PhD students & Postdocs
- Valentina Lacconi, PhD
- Ilenia Carriero
- Claudia Bianco
- Dolores Lobresca
Collaborators
“Catholic University of the Sacred Heart”
- Silvia Salvi, MD, PhD
- Stefano Fruci, MD Federica Totaro, MD