Daniela AMELIO
Professori Associati
Anatomia umana (BIOS-12/A)
Contacts
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra
- daniela.amelio@unical.it
- 0984/492909
Reception Hours
Wednesday: 10:00-12:00 ;Cubo 6 C 2nd floor Human Anatomy Lab at Lab Organ and Systems Physiology
Researcher of Human Anatomy (SSD BIO/16) Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), Unical-Member of the Academic Board of the PhD in "Life Science and Technology"-In possession of the National Scientific Qualification (starting from 09/11/2019) to the functions of Associate Professor (II level) for the competition sector 05/H1 Human Anatomy-Head of the Human Anatomy laboratory at the Di-BEST of the University of Calabria. At the Human Anatomy laboratory, we study the morphological rearrangement, at the macroscopic, microscopic and molecular level, of organs and tissues of mammalian and non-mammalian vertebrates in physio-pathological conditions and in relation to adaptation to environmental and/or pharmacological stress conditions. The methods used include: preparation of histological preparations; optical, fluorescence, confocal microscopy, immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, histochemistry, TUNEL technique.
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Name and Surname; Daniela Amelio
Place and date of birth: Serra Pedace (CS), 09/30/1971
Tax code MLADNL71P70I650S
Address: Via Donato Bendicente, 32A, 87059, Casali del Manco (Cosenza), Italy
Email: daniela.amelio@unical.it
Tel. Office +39 (0)984492909
Tel Mobile 3477910946
Fax +39 (0)984492906
Actual position.
Confirmed University Researcher in Human Anatomy (BIO/16–05/H1) at the Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences-DiBEST, Unical. Seniority in the role 09/15/2009 (Rectoral Decree Prot N°8127 of 03/16/2010).
Member of the Academic Board of the PhD in "Life Science and Technology" Unical (formerly Animal Biology, then Doctoral School in "Life Sciences" and Life Sciences), in which he carries out teaching activities and is a member of the " Teaching Commission".
In possession of the National Scientific Qualification (starting from 09/11/2019) to the functions of Associate Professor (II level) for the competition sector 05/H1 Human Anatomy (Call 2018, DD 2175/2018 (Certificate N°17492).
Afferents
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), Unical. Coordination Council for Degree Courses in Biology (three-year and master's), Biological Sciences and Technologies (three-year) and Health Biotechnology (master's) (Di-BEST), Unical
Periodi congedo
Maternità: 29 Ottobre 2009- 28 Marzo 2010 (DR n. 108 del 15-01-2010)
Scientific and Professional Path
2019 National Scientific Qualification (starting from 09/11/2019) to the functions of Associate Professor (II Band) for the competition sector 05/H1 Human Anatomy (Call 2018, DD 2175/2018 (Certificate N°17492).
Since 2009: Confirmed University Researcher (Rectoral Decree Prot N°8127 of 03/16/2010), of Human Anatomy (BIO/16–05/H1) at the Pharmaco-Biological Department Faculty of Pharmacy Nutrition and Health Sciences, Unical (2009-2012) and subsequently (2012-present) at the Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences-DiBEST, Unical.
2006-2009 University Researcher of Human Anatomy (BIO/16–05/H1), at the Pharmaco-Biological Department Faculty of Pharmacy and Nutrition and Health Sciences (FSNS), Unical.
2004-2007 PhD in Animal Biology. Thesis title "The heart and kidney of Protopterus dolloi as a model of the structural and molecular rearrangement in response to aestivation". Activity carried out at the Department of Cell Biology, Unical, Arcavacata di Rende (CS).
1999-2004 Specialization in "Clinical Pathology, (with scholarship D.R. 683 dated 03/30/2001). Faculty of Pharmacy and Nutrition and Health Sciences (Unical) with a score of 70/70. Thesis title: "Evaluation of HSP60 and HSP10 expression in the stages of carcinogenesis of the large intestine" (title achievement: 14/10/2004)
2001 State exam for the qualification to practice the profession of Biologist, (Unical)
1999 Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Calabria, with 110/110 cum laude. Experimental thesis entitled: "Localization and effect of the vascular endothelial growth factor in the heart of Rana esculenta. Preliminary observations". Experimental activity carried out at the Department of Cell Biology of UNICAL, Arcavacata di Rende (CS) 06/05/1999).
Institutional, Organizational and Service Activities
Since 2012 Head of the Human Anatomy laboratory at the Di-BEST of the University of Calabria. At the Human Anatomy laboratory, we study the morphological rearrangement, at the macroscopic, microscopic and molecular level, of organs and tissues of mammalian and non-mammalian vertebrates in physio-pathological conditions and in relation to adaptation to environmental and/or pharmacological stress conditions. The methods used include: preparation of histological preparations; optical, fluorescence, confocal microscopy, immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, histochemistry, TUNEL technique.
From 2006-2012 Head of research lines on morphological (structural and ultrastructural) rearrangement of organs exposed to environmental and/or pharmacological stress at the "Human Anatomy" section of the Organ and Systems Physiology lab of DiBEST, Unical.
Since 2008 Member of the Academic Board of the PhD in "Life Science and Technology" (formerly Animal Biology, then Doctoral School in "Life Sciences" and finally PhD in "Life Sciences") (Administrative headquarters of Unical), within which he carries out teaching activities (see Teaching in post-graduate courses and higher university training).
April-2023: Vice President of the classroom commission for the admission test to the single-cycle master's degree courses in Medicine and Surgery for the Academic Year 2023/2024 as per D.D. no. 1925 of 30 November 2022 (rectoral decree N° 444 of 12 April 2023).
September-2022: President of the classroom commission for the admission tests to the Single Cycle Degree courses in Medicine and Surgery and in Dentistry and Dental Prosthesis for the Academic Year 2022/23 (rector's decree N°1183/2022 of 05 /09/2022).
September 2021: President of the classroom commission for the admission tests to the Single Cycle Degree courses in Medicine and Surgery and in Dentistry and Dental Prosthesis for the 2021/22 Academic Year (rectoral decree N°1183/2021 of 02/ 09/2021).
September 2020: President of the classroom commission for the admission tests to the Single Cycle Degree courses in Medicine and Surgery and in Dentistry and Dental Prosthesis for the Academic Year 2020/21 (rectoral decree N°1231/2020 of 09/ 2020).
a.y. 2022/2023 Member of the competition committee for admission to the master's degree courses in Biology and Health Biothecnology, DiBEST, Unical
a.y. 2021/2022 Member of the competition committee for admission to the master's degree courses in Biology and Health Biothecnology, DiBEST, Unical
a.y. 2020/2021 Member of the competition committee for admission to the master's degree courses in Biology and Health Biothecnology, DiBEST, Unical
From 2019 to the present - Member of the QA Management Group of the Degree Courses in Biology (L and LM), Biological Sciences and Technologies (L) and Health Biotechnology (LM) (formerly Biotechnology for Health)
From 2018 to date Member of the "Didactic Commission" of the PhD in "Life science and Technology" (Administrative office - Unical)
2021-2022 Carried out "PCTO" entry orientation activities Title: "From organs to tissues: we observe (us) under the microscope" DiBEST - Unical
2020-2021 Carried out "PCTO" entry orientation activities Title: "From organs to tissues: we observe (us) under the microscope" DiBEST - Unical
2019-2020 Carried out orientation activities as part of the initiative: Researchers' Night 2019 "SuperScienceMe-Experiment with Research" Activity title: "LS1: From macro to micro, organs under the lens" DiBEST - Unical
2017-2019 Member of the Scholarship Distribution Criteria Commission at the Doctoral School in LIFE Sciences (formerly PhD in Animal Biology)
2017 University Tutor for high school students as part of the "Alternanza Scuola Lavoro" project. Title "Morpho-Functional Laboratory: from the cell to the organ - DiBEST - Unical
Since 2016 He has carried out tutoring activities within the "ORIENTATION DAYS-UNICAL" Title: "From organs to tissues: we observe under the microscope" - DiBEST, Unical
2016-2018 Member of the Travel Commission at the CRUC (University of Calabria Recreational Club).
Since 2015 He has carried out teaching activities as part of the "Researchers' Night" initiative at the Human Anatomy laboratory. Title "From macro to micro: organs under the lens". DiBEST, Unical
2006-2012 Participates, for the Faculty of FSNS, in student orientation activities within the "Lezioni di Campus" program.
2006-2012 Scientific consultant for the organization of the Microscopy and Image Analysis Laboratory at the Pharmaco-Biological Department. Unical
Known languages: Italian (mother tongue) - English (good knowledge) - French (good knowledge)
Teaching activity
Dr. Daniela Amelio, from the date of entry into the role (2006-2007 academic year), has carried out teaching activities as a Lecturer in charge of the course of Human Anatomy for the Degree Course in Scientific Information on Drugs at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Sciences of Nutrition and Health (FSNS) of Unical (as better specified in the chronology of the teaching activity). Subsequently (2012-2015) she was professor in charge of the course of Cellular and Tissue Biotechnology, Degree Course in Biological Sciences and Technologies, (DiBEST, Unical). From 2015 to the present, he has held the role of Lecturer in charge of teaching Human Anatomy with elements of Pathological Anatomy, Master's Degree Course in Biology and Forensic Biology, (Di-BEST, Unical).
Since 2008, as a member of the Academic Board, he has carried out teaching activities for the PhD course in "Life Science and Technology" (formerly Life Sciences, Animal Biology and then Doctoral School in "Life Sciences"). The teaching activity, in addition to the PhD, was also carried out in other post-graduate and/or advanced training courses such as: the I and II level Master "Applicative aspects of food and clinical nutrition", the " Master in Biotechnology" and the "Industrial Research Project PON01_00937" (see "Chronology of teaching activity)
Dr. Amelio also carried out exercises in Human Anatomy for the Degree Course in Pharmacy, (F.S.N.S), Unical, and for the courses of: Physiology II, Experimental Biology II, Principles of Experimental Biology, Laboratory of Cell Biology and Organismal, for the degree courses in Biological Sciences and Natural Sciences, at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences (Unical). Dr. Amelio has carried out additional lessons, supplementary seminars and practical exercises within the official courses of PHYSIOLOGY for students of the Degree Course in Biological Sciences and Technologies, Di-BEST, UNICAL (see history of teaching activities).
Scientific Activity
Among the various lines of research followed by Dr. Amelio, the NOS/NO system on isolated organs of fish adapted to live in extreme conditions such as lungfish and Antarctic fish is of great importance. The research activity conducted on Lungfish is part of a multi-year collaboration with the University of Singapore (Prof. Ip), while the Antarctic species have been studied thanks to the PNRA (National Antarctic Research Project) of which, Dr. Amelio, has been a member for several years. Furthermore, the research activity concerns the structural (Prof. Icardo) and molecular rearrangement of organs such as the heart, kidney, gills, lungs and skin of Protopterus in aquatic conditions and during periods of drought (aestivation). Dr. Amelio's research lines also concerned the mammalian heart (rat) on which immunolocalization studies were conducted both on isolated cells cultured in 3D (MATRIGEL) and on tissues in order to evaluate the effects of known cardiac peptides such as Vasostatin, Chromogranin, Bio-Spread Oil, the antioxidant protein Selenoprotein T PSEL-T and cardiotoxic drugs (doxorubicin). The research activity is evidenced by the numerous papers published in international journals and by the many communications at international congresses (see "Complete list of publications"). The details of the searches are reported in the Section "Description of the searches
Research summary
1. Cardiac and organ rearrangement in extreme environments: morpho-functional organ plasticity of Protopterus dolloi.
2. The NOS-NO system in relation to environmental stressors.
3. Nitergic modulation of cardiac dynamics in lower vertebrates: morphological and biochemical evidence of the NOS-NO system.
4. 3D cell culture as a tool for investigating the influence of extracellular matrix and Chromogranin A (CGA)-derived peptides on cell phenotype.
5. Effects of treatment with cardioactive peptides, drugs and enriched foods on the morphological setting of the rat heart.
Scientific collaborations
In addition to the numerous collaborations with colleagues belonging to Unical, and pertaining to different departments and different scientific-disciplinary sectors, Dr. Amelio's research takes place in scientific synergy with highly important national and international research laboratories. In particular, the research concerning the morpho-functional (structural, ultrastructural, molecular) aspects of cardiac and organ remodeling in relation to both development and extreme environments, are carried out in the context of a collaboration with the Human Anatomy laboratories of the 'Institute of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences of the University of Palermo (Prof. G. Zummo, Prof. F. Cappello), with the Anatomy laboratories of the University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain (Prof. J. M. Icardo), and with the A. Dohrn Zoological Station of Naples. As far as research on CgA and its peptides is concerned, they make use of the collaboration with the laboratories of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute (DIBIT) of Milan (Prof. A. Corti), of the Dept. of Medicine and Center of Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego (Prof. S. Mahata), of the Institute for fiskeri-og marinbiologi HØYTEKNOLOGI-SENTERET, University of Bergen, Norway (Prof. A. Nylund; Prof. K.B. Helle), of the DC2N Unit, Inserm U982 , of the University of Rouen (Dr. Y. Anouar) and with the Dept. of Clinical and Biological Sciences of the University of Turin (Prof. P. Pagliaro)
Participation in funded research projects and programmes:
1999 National Research Project in Antarctica (PNRA), sector 2d1a-BIO, title "Physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms of adaptation", subproject "Adaptation of teleosts to low temperatures; adaptive and non-adaptive features in the physiology of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic notothenoids". Role Covered: Participant
2001-2006 University research projects (ex 60%), coordinator: Prof. B. Tota, Unical Cell Biology Department. Role covered: Participant
2001- Research program funded by the EEC n. HPRI-1999-CT-00056 "Cardiovascular function in Salmo salar with infectious salmon anemia (ISA): putative role of nitric oxide" carried out at the Institute for fiskeri-og marinbiologists HØYTEKNOLOGI-SENTERET, University of Bergen (Norway). Role covered: Participant
2002-2004 PdR 2002/1.02 National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA): "Physiological, biochemical and molecular basis of evolutionary adaptation in Antarctic teleosts" Coordinator and scientific director of the Unical Operational Unit: Prof. B. Tota. Role covered: Participant
2003-Young Researchers Research Project entitled: "Immunolocalization of isoenzymes (e-NOS and iNOS) of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in the heart of temperate teleosts and Antarctic teleosts with and without haemoglobin. Unical. Role covered: coordinator
2001-Research Program of National Interest (PRIN) Prot. 2003051588 entitled: "Vasostatins: new regulatory peptides of cardiac function and smooth muscle". Role covered: Participant
2004-2006 (extended to 2009). PdR 2004/1.03 National Research Program in Antarctica (PNRA): Title "Evolution and molecular adaptations in oxygen transport in polar fish: nitric oxide and homeostasis, respiration, circulation" Coordinator and scientific director of the UNICAL Operational Unit: Prof. B. Total Role covered: Participant
2006-2012 University research project (ex 60%), Pharmaco-Biological Department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Nutrition and Health Sciences, Unical. Role held: Coordinator
2008-2011 Integrated Program of Vouchers and Scholarships for higher education POR CALABRIA 2000-2006. Project title: "Application of morphological, cyto- and histochemical techniques for the study of organ rearrangement: the summering dipnous Protopterus dolloi as a natural model". Role held: Coordinator and scientific manager
2008-2012 Research Program of National Interest (PRIN) prot 2008Y8B2XH_001 entitled: Catestatin, antihypertensive peptide derived from CGA, as a new endocrine/paracrine modulator of cardiac function in physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Unical. Role covered: Participant
2010-2013 PdR 2010/A1.08 National Research Program in Antarctica (PNRA): "Role of oxygen in evolution – genes and proteins of polar marine organisms (ROSE)” Coordinator and scientific director of the UNICAL Operational Unit: Dr. Daniela Pellegrino Role covered: Participant
2011-2016 Project PON 01_00293 FIELD/SECTOR: AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM CUP: B61C11002190005 entitled: “Spread Bio Oil” In vivo tests on the composition of enriched foods. Unical. Role covered: Participant
2012-2023 University research project (ex 60%), DiBEST, Unical. Role held: Coordinator
2021: PON project Project title: "Development and industrialization of innovative drugs for personalized molecular therapy" PA.CRO.DE._SI.F.I.PA.CRO.DE.Project code: ARS01_0056 Subject: University of CALABRIA. Role covered: Participant
2021-2022: OP EMFF CALABRIA 2014/2020 - MEASURE 1.40 PAR. 1 LETTER B). Identification Code: 23/RBC/20, CUP J62C20000740009 Acronym: FEAM. Project title: "Installation of submerged artificial structures to encourage fish restocking and as deterrents against trawling in unauthorized areas": SCI IT9310048 Seabed of Crosia-Pietrapaola-Cariati. Role covered: Participant
2022-2023: OP EMFF CALABRIA 2014/2020 - MEASURE 1.40 PAR. 1 LETTER D, E, F, G) Identification code: 15/RBC/20, CUP: J27E20000070009, Acronym: FEAM. Project title: “Action plan for better management, protection and conservation of aquatic habitats and species populating the Capo Cozzo-S. Irene SCI. Role covered: Participant
2023-2025 “Tech4You- “Technologies for climate change adaptation and quality of life improvement” project, ECS identification code 00000009, CUP H23C22000370006, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.5. Role covered: Participant
Referee scientific journal
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
PlOS-ONE
Acta Physiologic
Journal of Thermal Biology
Acta Histochemistry
Referee Project
2016 Enrolled in the official list of Reviewers for the VQR. VQR 2011/2014 reviewer appointment
2016 Referee of National Projects: "Joint Projects 2016" University Call
2013 Referee projects "Future in Research"
2020 Appointment of expert evaluator for the "FISR Ministry of University and Research" projects - Notice D.D. 562 of 05 May
Registered in REPRISE (register of scientific experts at the MIUR) for the sections of "Basic Research" and "Diffusion of Scientific Culture"
The following paper has been commented in an Editorial:
Amelio D., Garofalo F., Pellegrino D., Tota B., Giordano F., Cerra M.C. Expression and distribution of Nitric Oxide Synthases in the ventricle of two Antarctic teleosts, the icefish Chionodraco hamatus and the red-blooded Trematomus bernacchii. Nitric Oxide (2006) Editorial in: Bonaventura J., Is there anything for NOS to SNO in the Antarctic? Nitric Oxide. Nov;15(3):190-8 (2006).
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Contacts
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra
- daniela.amelio@unical.it
- 0984/492909
Reception Hours
Wednesday: 10:00-12:00 ;Cubo 6 C 2nd floor Human Anatomy Lab at Lab Organ and Systems Physiology