LEVI SONIA MARIA ROSA

Degree: University of Milano-PhD in Biological Science 1982-Milano, Italy

Professional Experience:
1982/1983 Post-doctoral training - Department of Biomedical Science- University of Milano
1984 EMBO fellow- EMBL- Heidelberg- Germany
1986/1989 Post doctoral research fellow- Fondazione Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor- Milano- Italy
1989/1992 Researcher- Fondazione Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor-Milano-Italy
1992/2002 Researcher- Protein Engineering Unit, DIBIT- IRCCS San Raffaele Milano-Italy
Since 2003 Head of the Unit “Proteomic of Iron Metabolism”, - IRCCS San Raffaele, Milano-Italy
Since 2005- Associate Professor of Biology, School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
2014-She obtained the qualification for the I Fascia in the scientific-disciplinary Sector: BIO / 13
Membership:
Italian Society of Biology and Genetics, European Iron Club, International BioIron Society
Research duties:
PI of research grants from: Agenzia-CNR, Ricerca Finalizzata IRCCS, FIRB -MIUR, Telethon, Fondazione Mariani, Fondazione Cariplo, AISNAF.
Research Interests:
Studies of iron metabolism and associated disorders
Structure and function of cytosolic human ferritins and of mitochondrial ferritins
Mitochondria iron transport and homeostasis
Production of recombinants proteins in bacteria
Characterization of neurodegenerative diseases cellular models
Characterization of transgenic and knockout mice
Scientific Production : She is co-author of 123 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and of 10 book chapters, with a total Impact Factor = 632,334 mean= 5,140 h-index=51 (WoS) or 57 (Google Scholar).