Associate Professor
Department of Enviroment, Health and Safety
via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese
Tel: 0332-421416
Fax: 0332-421326
E-mail: marcella.bracale@uninsubria.it

1982 Laurea (Physics) University of Milano
1986 Ph.D. Botany, University of Milano, Department of Biology Advisor: Prof. C. Longo
1985-86 Doctoral Research Fellowship Strasbourg, France, Laboratory of Prof. J.H. Weil.
1987-1988 Research Fellowship Max Planck Institut, Koln, Laboratory of Prof. Salamini.
1990-1999 CNR researcher (Milan)
1999-present Associate Professor University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

1. Labra M., Di Fabio T., Grassi F,. Regondi S.M.G, Bracale M., Vannini C., Agradi E. (2003) AFLP analysis as biomarker of exposure to organic and inorganic genotoxic substances in plants Chemiosphere 52:1183-1188.

2. Locatelli F., Vannini C., Magnani E., Coraggio I., Bracale M. (2003) Efficiency of transient transformation in tobacco protoplasts is independent of plasmid amount. Plant Cell Reports 20:865-871.

3. Bracale M. and Coraggio I. (2003) Cellular responses and molecular strategies for the adaptation to chilling and freezing stresses in plants. In: Abiotic Stresses in Plants . L.S. Toppi and B. Pawlik-Skowro Eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-648-4. pp 36-53.

4. Murgia I, Tarantino D, Vannini C, Bracale M, Soave C Arabidopsis lines overexpressing thylakoidal ascorbate peroxidase show increased resistance to Paraquat-induced photooxidative stress and to nitric oxide-induced cell death. Free radical research 37: 17-20.

5. Vannini C., Locatelli F., Bracale M., Magnani E., Marsoni M., Osnato M., Mattana M. and Immacolata Coraggio (2004) Overexpression of the rice Osmyb4 gene increases the tolerance to chilling and freezing in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants. Plant J. 37: 115-126.

6. Murgia I., Tarantino D. Vannini C. Bracale M. Carravieri S. and Soave C. Arabidopsis lines overexpressing thylakoidal Ascorbate Peroxidase show increased resistance to oxidative stress and nitric-oxide induced cell death. Plant J. 38: 940-953.

7. Labra M, Vannini C, Grassi F, Bracale M., Balsemin M, Basso B, Sala F. (2004)Genomic stability in Arabidopsis thaliana transgenic plants obtained by floral dip. Theoretical and applied genetics 109: 1512-1518.

8. Tarantino D., Vannini C., Bracale M., Campa M., Soave C. and Murgia I. (2005) Antisense reduction of thylakoidal ascorbate peroxidase in Arabidopsis enhances Paraquat-induced photooxidative stress and Nitric Oxide-induced cell death. Planta 221:757-765.

9. Croce P., Vannini C., Bracale M. (2005) An easy and convenient method for maintenance of embryogenic cultures of Vitis vinifera for propagation or transformation purposes. VITIS In press.

10. Marsoni M., Vannini C., Campa M., Cucchi U., Espen L., Bracale M. Protein extraction for two-dimensional electrophoresis from grape tissues. VITIS in press.