CURRICULUM VITAE
MONICA MONICI
POSIZIONE:
Responsabile Scientifico Divisione Ricerca ASA srl
Responsabile scientifico per ASA srl del Laboratorio Congiunto ASAcampus per la Biologia degli Stress Fisici tra la Divisione Ricerca di ASA e il Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche “Mario Serio” dell’Università di Firenze.
FORMAZIONE
1980
Laurea in Scienze Biologiche, Università di Firenze
1980-1982
Tirocinio presso l’Ist. di Chimica-Fisica ( attuale Dip. di Chimica) dell’Università di Firenze
09/1981
Corso di Introduzione alle Biotecnologie Industriali, Università di Roma
09/1984
Nato Advanced Study Institute Primary Photo-Processes in Biology and Medicine, Università di Padova.
04/1987
First European School on Biomaterials, Euroxy (Commission of the European Communities, 3 Medical Programme), Università di Siena.
09/1989
Scuola di Bioingegneria Cellulare e Molecolare, Università di Padova.
10/1990
Photobiology School, Società Italiana e Società Europea di Fotobiologia, Università di Sassari
ESPERIENZE PROFESSIONALI
Dal 1982
Iscritta all’Ordine Nazionale dei Biologi (N° 15623).
1985-1989
Contratti per attività di ricerca, Università di Pisa.
11/1989
Visiting Scientist presso Centre Etudes Nucléaires Saclay, Francia
1990-1992
Borsa di Studio, I. A. O., Ministero degli Esteri, Firenze
1993-1997
Contratti per attività di ricercar, Ist. Di Elettronica Quantistica, CNR, Firenze.
1996
Co-inventore del brevetto: PCT/EP96/03201, Fluorogenic substrates susceptible of fluorescence emission and photosensitization activity upon enzyme transformation suitable for diagnosis and photodynamic treatment of tumors.
1997-2000
Ricercatore a contratto, CLAM , CEO – Centro di Eccellenza Optronica.
2001- 2006
Ricercatore presso CLAM, CEO - Centro di Eccellenza Optronica.
2004-2011
Ha tenuto corsi come docente a contratto presso l’Università di Firenze: Applicazioni di Microscopia Laser, Tecniche di Analisi Citologica, Corso di Laurea Biotecnologie;Biologia Cellulare, Corso di Studio Discipline Biomediche di Base, Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienza e Tecnica dello Sport; Biologia degli Stress Fisici, Corso di Laurea Biotecnologie, Indirizzo Biomedico; Terapie strumentali in medicina dello sport, Corso di Medicina Interna (C.I: Discipline mediche avanzate 2), Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienza e Tecnica dello Sport
2005-15
Componente, poi Segretario Generale e Vicepresidente del Comitato Direttivo ELGRA- European Low Gravity Research Association.
2005-2014
Docente nel Master di Medicina Nucleare, Biologica e Chimica, Università di Firenze
2006
Socio fondatore di Biosuma s.r.l., Biosurfaces and Materials, Spin off dell’Università di Siena.
2006-2023
Membro del Comitato Direttivo AIMAS – Associazione Italiana di Medicina Aeronautica e Spaziale
Dal 2007
Responsabile Scientifico Divisione Ricerca ASA srl, e Responsabile Scientifico per ASA srl del Laboratorio Congiunto no-profit ASAcampus per la Biologia degli Stress Fisici tra la Divisione Ricerca di ASA e il Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche dell’Università di Firenze
Dal 2009
Membro del Comitato Editoriale dell’Italian Journal of Aerospace Medicine
2009
Co-inventore del brevetto: WO2011055395, EP2496306, PCT/IT2009/000499, "Ingestible capsule for the treatment of gastric infections and particularly for the treatment of infections by H. Pylori"
2009-2014
Partner del progetto “Neuro-Immuno-Endocrine and metabolic Effects of Long Term Confinement in a Space-Like Environment, MARS 105 e MARS 500 ESA-IBPR, finanziato da ASI (PI F: Strollo)
2011-2013
Partner del progetto “RA – Radiazioni, microgravità, apoptosi: contromisure per i danni oculari nelle missioni spaziali di lunga durata, finanziato da ASI (PI S.Capaccioli)
2014-2017
PI del Progetto RITMI – Riparazione dei Tessuti Biologici in Microgravità, finanziato da ASI.
2015-2024
PI del Progetto SUTURE in SPACE - Wound Healing and Sutures in Unloading Conditions, selezionato da ESA (ESA-ILSRA-2014) e finanziato da ASI. Esperimento lanciato con SPX-26 nel 2022 ed effettuato a bordo della ISS con la collaborazione dell'astronauta Koichi Wakata (JAXA).
2015
Socio Fondatore di Probiomedica s.r.l., Spin off dell’Università di Firenze
2015-2017
Presidente di ELGRA-the European Low Gravity Research Association
2016-2018
Partner del Progetto CORM - Coenzima Q10 (CoQ10) come contromisura antiapoptotica per danni retinici indotti da radiazioni e microgravità sulla ISS: esperimento in vitro su cellule retiniche, finanziato da ASI, lanciato con SPX-12 nel 2017 e svolto sulla ISS con la collaborazione dell’astronauta ESA Paolo Nespoli (PI M. Lulli)
2017-2021
Coordinatore per le Life Sciences Activities del Topical Team di ESA Tissue Healing in Space: Techniques for promoting and monitoring tissue repair and regeneration
2018-2021
CoPI del progetto XENOGRISS – Monitoring, Growth and Regeneration of Xenopus laevis Tadpoles on the ISS, vincitore dell’ ASI Competition YiSS – Youth ISS Science 2018, finanziato da ASI, lanciato con SPX-19 nel 2019, con la collaborazione dell’astronauta ESA Luca Parmitano (PI A.M. Rizzo)
Dal 2019
PI del progetto GROWS - Wound Healing and Skin Reconstruction in Unloading Conditions (ESA-CMSA Cooperation on utilization in Space, finanziato da ASI
PI dell’ ESA-MAP Project WHISPER-Wound Healing in Space: Problems and Perspectives for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering, finanziato da ESA
Dal 2020
PI del progetto EXPOSOME SIGNATURE (NEPTUNE-SDM e NEPTUNE-PP) - Neuroendocrine-Metabolic-Inflammatory and Infection-Proneness Profile Testing Before, During and After Underwater and Extraterrestrial Missions (ESA-AO-2019-ISS-SDM/PP), finanziato da ASI
Professore a contratto di Space Biology, Corso di Studi in Biotecnologie, Università di Firenze
Dal 2022
Componente dell’ESA Facility Science Team per la fase di sviluppo della 3D bioprinter and 3D cell culture system integrated research facility for the ISS (consulenza).
Dal 2023
Partner del progetto WEAR ME! - Wound Healing Real Time Monitoring Multisensing Electronics”, finanziato da ASI (PI Mara Mirasoli)
PI del progetto NUT – Profilo delle alterazioni indotte da condizioni di stress in missioni spaziali brevi. Confronto con gli effetti osservati in missioni sottomarine”, finanziato da ASI, effettuato durante la missione Ax-3 di AXIOM Space sulla ISS, con la partecipazione dell'astronauta italiano Walter Villadei
09/2023
Innovation Award – Human Health in Space "for the innovative methodology for studying the behavior of sutures and wound healing mechanisms in microgravity", awarded by the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) for the SUTURE in SPACE experiment
CAMPI DI RICERCA
PUBBLICAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Monici+M&cauthor_id=34934056
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56007614900
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Monica-Monici
Legenda
POSITION TITLE:
Scientific Research Manager of the ASA Research Division, ASA srl
Scientific Resp. for ASA srl at ASAcampus Joint Laboratory, ASA Res. Div. - Dept. of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Degree in Biological Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Training at the University of Florence, Dept. of Chemistry, Florence, Italy
Course on Introduction to Industrial Biotechnology, University of Rome
Nato Advanced Study Institute Primary Photo-Processes in Biology and Medicine, Univ. of Padua.
First European School on Biomaterials, Euroxy (Commission of the European Communities, 3 Medical Programme), E.C. and University of Siena.
School on Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, CNR-National Research Council, Univ. of Padua.
10/1989
Photobiology School, Italiana and European Societies for Photobiology, University of Sassari
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
From 1982
Member of the Professional Registry of Italian Biologists (N° 15623).
Research contracts, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pisa.
Visiting Scientist at the Centre Etudes Nucléaires Saclay, France.
Research fellowship, I. A. O., Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Florence.
Research contracts, Inst. Quant. Electr., CNR, Florence.
Patent: PCT/EP96/03201, "Fluorogenic substrates susceptible of fluorescence emission and photosensitization activity upon enzyme transformation suitable for diagnosis and photodynamic treatment of tumors" (co-inventor)
Contract Researcher at CLAM , CEO - Center of Excellence in Optronics.
Researcher, person in charge of Biopto Div., CLAM, CEO - Center of Excellence in Optronics.
Lecturer at the University of Florence. Teachings: “Applications of Laser Microscopy, Techniques of Cytological Analysis”, “Biology of Physical Stresses”, “Instrumental therapies in sports medicine”.
Member, then Secretary General and Vice-President of the ELGRA (European Low Gravity Research Association) Management Committee.
Lecturer in the Master on Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Medicine, University of Florence
05/2006
Founder partner of Biosuma s.r.l., Biosurfaces and Materials, Spin off of the Univ. of Siena.
Member of AIMAS (Italian Ass. Aerospace Medicine)Management Committee
From 2007
Scientific Research Manager ASA Research.Division. ASA srl, Vicenza, Italy
From 2009
Member of the Editorial board of the “Italian Journal of Aerospace Medicine”
Patent: WO2011055395, EP2496306, PCT/IT2009/000499, "Ingestible capsule for the treatment of gastric infections and particularly for the treatment of infections by H. Pylori" (co-inventor)
Partner in the project “Neuro-Immuno-Endocrine and metabolic Effects of Long Term Confinement in a Space-Like Environment (MARS 105 and MARS 500 ESA-IBPR, PI F. Strollo, funded by ASI)
Partner in the project “RA (Radiations, microgravity, Apoptosis): countermeasures against eye lesions endured during human space flights of long duration (PI S.Capaccioli, funded by ASI)
PI of the project “RITMI – Tissue repair in microgravity” founded by ASI – Italian Space Agency
PI of the project “SUTURE in SPACE - Wound Healing and Sutures in Unloading Conditions” (selected ESA-ILSRA-2014 and funded by ASI). Experiment launched with SPX-26 in 2022 and carried out on board the ISS with the collaboration of the astronaut Koichi Wakata (JAXA).
Founder partner of Probiomedica s.r.l., Spin off of the University of Florence
President of ELGRA-the European Low Gravity Research Association
Partner in the project “CORM - Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) as an antiapoptotic countermeasure for retinal injury induced by radiation and microgravity on the ISS: in vitro experiment on retinal cells”, (PI M. Lulli, funded by ASI, launched with SPX-12 in 2017 and performed on the ISS with the collaboration of the Italian astronaut (ESA) Paolo Nespoli)
Coordinator for Life Sciences Activities in the ESA Topical Team “Tissue Healing in Space: Techniques for promoting and monitoring tissue repair and regeneration”
CoPI of the project XENOGRISS – Monitoring, Growth and Regeneration of Xenopus laevis Tadpoles on the ISS, Winner in the ASI Competition “YiSS – Youth ISS Science 2018”, funded by ASI, launched with SPX-19 in 2019 and performed on the ISS with the collaboration of the Italian astronaut (ESA) Luca Parmitano (PI A.M. Rizzo)
From 2019
PI of the project GROWS-Wound Healing and Skin Reconstruction in Unloading Conditions, selected by ESA and CMSA in the frame of ESA-CMSA Cooperation on utilization in Space, funded by ASI
PI of the ESA-MAP Project WHISPER-Wound Healing in Space: Problems and Perspectives for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering, funded by ESA
From 2020
PI of the Project EXPOSOME SIGNATURE (NEPTUNE-SDM and NEPTUNE-PP) Neuroendocrine-Metabolic-Inflammatory and Infection-Proneness Profile Testing Before, During and After Underwater and Extraterrestrial Missions (selected ESA AO-2019-ISS_SDM/ AO-2019-ISS_SDM), funded by ASI
Adjunct Professor of Space Biology, Course of Studies in Biotechnology, at the University of Florence
From 2022
Consultancy for the European Space Agency (ESA), Facility Science Team in support of the development phase of the 3D bioprinter and 3D cell cultures system integrated research facility for the ISS.
From 2023
Partner in the project WEAR ME!-“Wound hEAling Real time monitoring multisensing Electronics”, funded by ASI-Italian Space Agency (PI Mara Mirasoli).
PI of the project NUT - Profile of alterations induced by stress conditions in short space missions. Comparison with the effects observed in submarine missions", funded by ASI, carried out during the Ax-3 mission of AXIOM Space on the ISS, with the collaboration of the italian astronaut Walter Villadei
RESEARCH TOPICS
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
