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Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATIONS
Name Manuela Maffei
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Nationality Italian
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Title of qualification awarded High school specializing in scientific subjects
• Dates 1992 – 1997
• Name and type of organization providing education and training Scientific High School "A. Omodeo" in Mortara (Italy)
Degree Biological Sciences
Title of the Thesis "Structure and folding dynamics of human β2-
• Dates 1997 – 2002
• Name and type of organization providing education and training University of Study of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
Graduate school
Title of the Thesis ": "Chimeric adeno-
• Dates 2002-
• Name and type of organization providing education and training University of Study of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
PhD
Title of the Thesis: : "Molecular mechanism of skeletal myosin isoforms diversity"
• Dates 2005-
• Name and type of organization providing education and training University of Study of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
WORK EXPERIENCES
• Company University of the Study of Pavia
FROM FEBRUARY 2002 TO NOW
• Description
Since 2003 I have been engaged in research projects involving the study of the plasticity of muscle tissue in different physiological and pathological conditions (aging, exercise, muscle disuse, muscular dystrophy, diabetes) and most of my research activity is on the study of the acto-
The studies were performed on human muscle biopsies or on samples from animal models; biopsies were functionally characterized, through in vivo and in vitro evaluations of force and speed of muscle contraction, and structurally through immunohistochemical analysis of tissue.
Experimental works led to the publication of 6 scientific papers in international journals.
Finally I have been engaged in teaching activity at the University of Pavia, I held seminars and I have participated to national and international conferences always making a scientific contribution with data presentation both as oral communications and as posters
OTHER EXPERIENCES
• In AY 2010/2011 I have been engaged in teaching activity as an Adjunct Professor of Physiology in the degree of Health and Techniques Professions at the University of Pavia
• With the research activity I have done Tutoring activity of Human Physiology for the degree course in Nursing and Obstetrics Science, University of Pavia (AY from AY 2006/07 2009/2010)
• In November 2010 I did an Internship at the School of Physiology and Biophysics 2010 the course was held at the Department of physic, University of Florence, director of the school Prof. G. Fano, Head Professor of the course. Prof. C. Reggiani.
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Ultrafast force-
Nat Methods. 2012 Oct;9(10):1013-
Actomyosin kinetics of pure fast and slow rat myosin isoforms studied by in vitro motility assay approach.
Canepari M, Maffei M, Longa E, Geeves M, Bottinelli R.
Exp Physiol. 2012 Jul;97(7):873-
Canepari M, Rossi R, Pansarasa O, Maffei M, Bottinelli R.
Muscle Nerve. 2009 Aug;40(2):249-
J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 2006;27(5-
Two independent mechanical events in the interaction cycle of skeletal muscle myosin with actin.
Capitanio M, Canepari M, Cacciafesta P, Lombardi V, Cicchi R, Maffei M, Pavone FS, Bottinelli R.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jan 3;103(1):87-
Rossi R, Maffei M, Bottinelli R, Canepari M.
J Appl Physiol. 2005 Dec;99(6):2239-
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue: Italian
English
• Reading skills EXCELLENT
• Writing skills EXCELLENT
• Speaking skills GOOD
COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating system: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows7
Software: Word, Excel, Power Point, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Acrobat Reader 6.0, Graphpad Prism 5, Image Master Platinum, Scion Image Stat View 5.1
Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook.