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Contact data

Assistant Professor in Human Anatomy
Department of Human Morphology
Laboratory of Human Morphology “L. Cattaneo”
Via M.te Generoso 71; I -21100 Varese
Tel: +39 0332 217455/454
Fax +39 0332 263324
E-mail:marina.protasoni@uninsubria.it

 

Biography

 Marina Protasoni was born on April 8, 1973 in Tradate (VA), Italy.
She attended the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Insubria from October 1993 to June 2000, where she was the student delegate to the medical Faculty council (1994-1998) and to University of Insubria Executive board (1998-2000). During these years she was a boarder at the Human Anatomy Laboratory “L. Cattaneo” of the University of Insubria taking active part in the research activities.

In June 2000 she graduated (110/110) in Medicine at the University of Insubria with an experimental thesis on the molecules of the extracellular matrix and in 2001 she passed the qualification exam for the medical profession. In 2003 she was appointed connoisseur of Human Anatomy and she took part in the teaching activities in the Department of Morphology.

In January 2004 she obtained a PhD in “Congenital and Acquired Degenerative Diseases” presenting a thesis entitled “Rebuilding the human cartilage”.

From March 2005 she is a Research Fellow in Anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Insubria and has joined the Human Morphology Department.
 

Qualifications and awards

 - Full degree in Medicine and Surgery.
- PhD in Congenital and Acquired Degenerative Diseases
 

Research interests

 The scientific activity focuses on the ultrastructure of extracellular matrix of connective tissues, on the use of biomaterials in humans for orthopaedic and dental practice and on study of the microcirculation of different districts.

Recently, she is interested in the peripheral nervous system and on its own capability of self-repair after injury.

All these research fields were carried on using light microscopy, transmission- and scanning- electron microscopy, X-ray analysis and corrosion-casting techniques.
 

Teaching experience and appointments

 She teaches human Anatomy in the Medical under-graduate courses (Nursing, Obstetrics, Physiotherapists, Dental Hygienists, Radiological and Laboratory Technicians) of the University of Insubria.
 

Representative  publications

 (Where not differently stated, publications are in English language)

M. De Eguileor, A. Grimaldi, G. Tettamanti, T. Congiu, M.Protasoni, M. Reguzzoni, R. Valvassori, G. Lanzavecchia, Ultrastructural and functional versatility of hirudinean botryoidal tissue. Tissue & Cell, 2001 33(4): 332-341.

De Eguileor M., Grimaldi A., Tettamanti G., Ferrarese R., Congiu T., Protasoni M., Perletti, Valvassori R., Lanzavecchia G., Hirudo medicinalis: a new model for testing activators and hinibitors of angiogenesis. Angiogenesis, 2001, 4: 299-312 .

Reguzzoni M., Cosentino M., Rasini E., Marino F., Ferrari M., Bombelli R., Congiu T., Protasoni M., Quacci D., Lecchini S., Raspanti M., FrigoG., Ultrastructural localization of tyrosine hydroxylase in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells: effect of stimulation with phytohaemagglutinin. Cell & Tissue Research, 2002, 310: 297-304.
(IT) T. Congiu, A. Manelli, M. Protasoni, S. Sangiorgi, Microscopical anatomy comments. Cortina Editore Torino, 2003.

Valdatta L., Thione A., Buoro M., Tuinder S., Mortarino C., Protasoni M., Reguzzoni M., A clear visualization of capsular calcifications around breast implants. Plast Rec Surg, 2003, 111(4): 1567-8.
Protasoni M., de Eguileor M., Congiu T., Grimaldi A., Reguzzoni M., The extracellular matrix of the cuticle of Gordius panigettensis (Gordioidae, Nematomorpha): observations by TEM, SEM and AFM. Tissue & Cell, 2003, 35,(4): 306-311.

S. Sangiorgi, A. Manelli, M. Protasoni, M. Reguzzoni, T. Congiu, M. Raspanti. Structure and ultrastructure of microvessels in the kidney seen by the corrosion casting method. It J Anat Embryol, 2004, 109: 35-44.

Grassi FA, Ronga M, Protasoni M, Genovese EA, Cherubino P, Autologous chondrocytte implantation on a collagen scaffold. In: R. Schmidt-Wietoff, T. Schneider, H.-J. Appel (editors), Spezialgebiete aus der Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie –Sportverletzungen, Knorpeldefecte, Endoprothetik und Prothesenwechsel, Ed. Steinkopff, Darmstad, Germany, 2004, pag. 51-55. ISBN 3-7985-1483-6

Sangiorgi S, Manelli A, Protasoni M, Ronga M, Raspanti M. The collagenic structure of human digital skin seen by scanning electron microscopy after Ohtani maceration technique. Annals of Anatomy 2005, 187(1): 13-22.

M. Reguzzoni, M. Protasoni, M. Maserati, B. Pressato, A. Manelli and M. Raspanti, In situ hybridization by scanning electron microscopy for painting, centromeric and YAC localization. Arch Histol Cytol, 2005, 68(2): 115-120.

M. Raspanti, M. Protasoni, A. Manelli, S. Guizzardi, V. Mantovani, A. Sala, The extracellular matrix of the human aortic wall: ultrastructural observations by FEG-SEM and by tapping-mode AFM. Micron, 2005 August 1, Epub ahead of print.
 

Clinical interests

 Biomaterials used in humans for orthopaedic and dental practice; peripheral nervous system injuries and treatment.
 
   
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