Associate Professor of Genetics
Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences
via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, ITALY
Tel: +39 0332 421533
Fax: +39 0332 421500
E-mail: giorgio.binelli@uninsubria.it

PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: Milano, Italy, 12 December 1958.

EDUCATION: 1977-1981, M.S. in Biological Sciences, graduated on Dec. 9th, 1981, University of Milano; 1985-1988, Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Milano.

CAREER: 1983-1989, research activity on different grants in Plant Genetics at the University of Milano; 1990-1998, Research Associate in Genetics, University of Milano; 1998-2001 Associate Professor of Genetics, University of Sassari; from 2001 Associate Professor of Genetics, University of Insubria.

From 1990 to 1998 Lecturer in Genetics (Univ. of Milano). From 1994 to 1997 Teaching Professor of Genetics (Univ. of Sassari). From 1998 to 2001 Professor of Genetics (Univ. of Sassari). From 2001 Professor of Genetics and Population Genetics (Univ. of Insubria).

Other teaching appointments have been: CEE Course “Intensive Course on Sexual Plant Reproduction” (Siena 1991), “Second Course on Sexual Plant Reproduction” (Siena 1993) and UE Course “Sexual Plant Reproduction and Biotechnological Applications: Recent Advances by Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Morphology” (Siena 1997).

Lecturer at Courses of Statistics organised by the Biometric Society (Cortona, September 1990 and September 1994);

Binelli G, Mascarenhas JP (1990) Arabidopsis: sensitivity of growth to high temperature. Devel Genet 11: 294-298.

Ottaviano E, Pé E, Binelli G (1991) Genetic manipulation of male gametophytic generation in higher plants. In: Biswas BB, Harris JR (eds) "Plant genetic engineering", Subcellular Biochemistry, vol. 17, Plenum Press, New York, pp. 107-142.

Gianfranceschi L, Taramino G, Binelli G, Pé ME and Ottaviano E (1991). RFLP markers in the genetic analysis of forest trees. In: Giannini R (ed) "Effects of pollution on the structure of forest tree population", CNR, Bertelli, Firenze, pp 67-78.

Binelli G, Gianfranceschi L, Pé ME, Taramino G, Busso C, Stenhouse J and Ottaviano E (1992) Similarity of maize and sorghum genomes as revealed by maize RFLP probes. Theor Appl Genet 84: 10-16.

Colombo L, Pé ME, Binelli G, Ottaviano E (1992) The analysis of maize mutant de-ga MI6 induced by transposon tagging. In: Ottaviano E, Mulcahy DL, Sari Gorla M & Bergamini Mulcahy G (eds) "Angiosperm Pollen and Ovules, Basic and Applied Aspects", Springer Verlag, NY, pp 12-15.

Binelli G, Gianfranceschi L, Angelini P, Camussi A, Pé ME (1992) Multivariate analysis for the evaluation of stalk-rot resistance in twenty-seven maize inbreds. Maydica 37: 339-342.

Gariboldi M, Manenti G, Canzian F, Falvella FS, Pierotti MA, Della Porta G, Binelli G, Dragani TA (1993) Chromosome mapping of murine susceptibility loci to liver carcinogenesis. Cancer research 53: 209-211.

Gariboldi M, Manenti G, Canzian F, Falvella FS, Radice MT, Pierotti MA, Della Porta G, Binelli G, Dragani TA (1993) A major susceptibility locus to murine lung carcinogenesis maps on chromosome 6. Nature genetics 3: 132-136.

Pé ME, Gianfranceschi L, Taramino G, Tarchini R, Angelini P, Dani M, Binelli G (1993) Mapping QTLs for resistance to Gibberella zeae infection in maize. Mol Gen Genet 241: 11-16.

Binelli G, Bucci G (1994) - A genetic linkage map of Picea abies Karst. based on RAPD markers as a tool in population genetics. Theor
Appl Genet 88: 283-288.

Pé ME, Frova C, Colombo L, Binelli G, Mastroianni N, Tarchini R, Visioli G (1994) - Molecular cloning of genes expressed in pollen of Sorghum bicolor. Maydica 39: 107-113.

Manenti G, Binelli G, Gariboldi M, Canzian F, de Gregorio L, Falvella FS, Dragani TA, Pierotti MA (1994) - Multiple loci affect genetic predisposition to hepatocarcinogenesis in mice. Genomics 23: 118-124.

Casari G, Barlassina C, Cusi D, Zagato L, Muirhead R, Righetti M, Nembri P, Amar K, Gatti M, Macciardi F, Binelli G, Bianchi G (1995) - Association of the -adducin locus with essential hypertension. Hypertension 25: 320-326

Sari Gorla M, Binelli G, Pé ME, Villa M (1995) - Detection of genetic factors controlling pollen-style interactions in maize. Heredity 74: 62-69

Bucci G, Binelli G, Menozzi P (1995) - Identification of a new set of molecular markers in Picea abies Karst. as revealed by random amplification techniques. In: Baradat, Ph, Adams WT and Muller- Starck G (eds) “Population Genetics and Genetic Conservation of Forest Trees”. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 121-127.

Sari-Gorla M, Rampoldi L, Binelli G, Frova C, Pé ME (1996) - Identification of genetic factors for alachlor tolerance in maize by molecular markers. Mol Gen Genet, 251: 551-555.

Sturaro M, Vernieri P, Castiglioni P, Binelli G, Gavazzi G (1996) - The rea (red embryonic abscission) phenotype describes a new mutation affecting the response of maize embryo to abscissic acid and osmotic stress. J Exp Botany, 47: 755-762.

Sari-Gorla M, Krajewski P, Binelli G, Frova C, Taramino G, Villa M (1997). Genetic dissection of herbicide tolerance in maize by molecular markers. Molecular Breeding, 3: 481-493.

Scotti I, Soranzo N, Ferrario S, Binelli G (1998). Genetic variation in Norway spruce as revealed by mapped PCR-based markers. Acta Horticulturae 457: 363-370.

Tagger A, Donato F, Ribero ML, Binelli G, Gelatti U, Portera G, Albertini A, Fasola M, Chiesa R, Nardi G (1999). A case-control study on a novel DNA virus (TT virus) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology 30, 294-299.

Scotti I, Fink R, Magni F, Binelli G (2000). Microsatellite repeats are not randomly distributed within Norway spruce (P. abies Karst) expressed sequences. Genome 43: 41-46.

Scotti I, Vendramin GG, Matteotti L, Scarponi C, Sari-Gorla M, Binelli G (2000). Post glacial recolonisation routes for Picea abies K. in Italy as suggested by the analysis of sequence-characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers. Mol Ecol, 9: 699-708.

Casu M, Maltagliati F, Meloni M, Casu D, Cossu P, Binelli G, Curini-Galletti M, Castelli A (2002). Genetic structure of Octopus vulgaris (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) from the Mediterranean Sea as revealed by a microsatellite locus. Journal of Italian Zoology, 69: 295-300.

Larghi A, Zuin M, Crosignani A, Ribero ML, Pipia C, Battezzati PM, Binelli G, Donato F, Zanetti AR, Podda M, Tagger A (2002). Outcome of an outbreak of acute hepatitis C among healthy volunteers participating in pharmacokinetics studies. Hepatology, 36: 993-1000.

Tibiletti MG, Bernasconi B, Taborelli M, Facco C, Riva C, Capella C, Franchi M, Binelli G, Acquati F, Taramelli R (2003). Genetic and cytogenetic comparisons among different types of ovarian tumors are compatible with a progression model underlying ovarian tumorigenesis. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics, 146: 145-153.

Vigetti D, Binelli G, Monetti C, Prati M, Bernardini G, Gornati R (2003). Selective pressure on the allantoicase gene during vertebrate evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 57: 650-658.

Casiraghi MA, De Paschale M, Romanò L, Biffi R, Assi A, Binelli G, Zanetti AR (2004). Long-term outcome (35 years) of hepatitis C in individuals who acquired infection through mini transfusions of blood given at birth. Hepatology, 39: 90-96.

Mattarucchi E, Marsoni M, Binelli G, Passi A, Lo Curto F, Pasquali F, Porta G (2005). Different Real Time PCR approaches for the fine quantification of SNP’s alleles in DNA pools: assays development, characterization and pre-validation. Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 38: 555-562.

Terova G, Bernardini G, Binelli G, Gornati R, Saroglia M (2005) cDNA encoding sequences for myostatin and FGF6 in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.) and the effect of fasting and refeeding on their abundance levels. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, In Press

Meloni M, Perini D, Filigheddu R, Binelli G (2005). Genetic variation in five Mediterranean populations of Juniperus phoenicea as revealed by Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) markers. Annals of Botany, In Press