Unit of Comparative anatomy and dermatology
Lab of anatomia comparata, istochimia e microscopia elettronica
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Group Leader: Prof. Lorenzo Alibardi
E-mail : alibardi@biblio.cib.unibo.it
Research in progress :
- Epidermal differentiation and expression of differentiative corneous proteins in vertebrate epidermis. Tissue regeneration in lizard
- Distribution and molecular characterization of keratin-associated (histidine- or cysteine-rich) proteins in vertebrate epidermis.
- Characterization and amino acid determination of beta-keratins using molecular tools for the study of the molecular evolution of these proteins.
- Cytological and autoradiographic study of scute growth in chelonians.
- Studies on the morphogenesis and differentiation of monotreme and marsupial epidermis.
- Studies on differentiating feather cells in birds.
- Expression of wound keratins in amphibian and reptilian epidermis.
- Identification and characterization of commissural neurons in cochlear nuclei of rodents.
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Funding :
University of Bologna, RFO 2009 Self-support
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Selected Publications :
- Alibardi L, Toni M (2004) Immunocrossreactivity of transglutaminase and cornification markers proteins in the epidermis of vertebrates suggests common processess of soft cornification across species. J Exp Zool B .302B : 526-549.
- Alibardi L (2004) Comparative aspects of the inner root sheath in adult and developing hairs of mammals in relation to the evolution of hairs. J Anat 205, 179-200.
- Alibardi L, Spisni E, Toni M (2003) Presence of putative histidin-rich proteins in the amphibian epidermis. J Exp Zool 297A, 105-117.
- Alibardi L. (2003) Ultrastructural distribution of glycinergic and GABA-ergic neurons and axon terminals in the rat dorsal cochlear nucleus with emphasis on granule cell areas. J Anat 203: 31-56. 7. Alibardi L. (2003) Adaptation to the land: the skin of reptiles in comparison to that of amphibians and endothermic amniotes. J Exp Zool (Mol Dev Evol) 298B: 12-41.
- Alibardi L., Maderson PFA (2003) Observations on the histochemistry and ultrastructure of the epidermis of the Tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus (Spehnodontida, Lepidosauri, Reptilis): a contribution to an understanding of the lepidosaurian epidermal generation and the evolutionary origin of the squamate shedding complex. J Morphol 256, 111-133.
- Alibardi L., Joss J (2003) Keratinization of the epidermis of the Australian lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri (Dipnoi). J Morphol 256, 13-22.
- Alibardi L., Thompson MB (2003) Epidermal differentiation during ontogenesis and after hatching in the snake Liasis fuscus (Pythonidae, Serpentes, Reptilia). with emphasis on the formation of the shedding complex. J Morphol 256, 29-41.
- Alibardi L, Sawyer RH (2002) Immunocytochemical analysis of beta keratins in the epidermis of anapsids, lepidosaurians and archosaurians. Exp Zool 293: 27-38.
- Alibardi L. , Thompson MB (2002) Keratinization and ultrastructure of late embryonic stages in the alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). J Anat 201, 71-84.
Postgraduate training :
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Collaborations :
Integument: Prof. M.B. Thompson (School of Biological Sciences and Wildlife Institute, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia, 1997- Skin development in lepidosaurians and archosaurian reptiles)
Integument: Prof. Maderson P.F.A. (Department of Biology, Brooklyn College of the University City of New York, NY, USA, 1998- Structure and development of the skin, hairs and feathers).
Integument: Prof. RH Sawyer (Biological Sciences Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA 2000- Epidermal differentiation and synthesis of beta-keratins and associated proteins in reptilian skin)
Integument: Prof. J Joss (Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia 1999- Keratins and associated proteins in lungfish epidermis)
Integument: Dr. L. Dalla Valle (Dipartimento di Biologia, University of Padova, Italy. 2001- Molecular Biology of lizard beta-keratins)
Integument: Dr. L. Eckhart (Department of Dermatology, University of Vienna, Austria; Caspases and apoptosis in human and vertebrate epidermis).
Integument: Dr. B. Gill (Auckland Museum, New Zealand, Morphologic analysis of Sphenodon skin).
Integument: Prof. CM Chuong (Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. Dermo-epidermal interactions in reptilian skin)
Integument: Prof. G. Packard (Dept. Biology, Colorado State University, CO, USA; Morphology and biochemistry of chelonian epidermis)
Auditory system: Profs. D. Ryugo and J. Doucet (Department of Neuroscience, Hearing Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. 2002- Nervous connections between cochlear nuclei and inferior colliculus in rodents)
-Molecular biology of corneous proteins: Luida Dalla Valle, Dipt Biologia, univ Padova
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