SEPTEMBER 2025
A new key gene for heart health discovered
A study conducted by Sapienza University of Rome, in collaboration with the Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology of the CNR, has identified a previously unknown human gene that plays a crucial role in the development of heart cells. The discovery, published in Nature Communications, opens new perspectives for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiomyopathies.
https://www.cnr.it/it/comunicato-stampa/13783
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Pietro Laneve
CNR-Ibpm
SEPTEMBER 2025
From Pantelleria to Mars. In a Sicilian lake, the origin of life is being explored
On the Sicilian island, a team of Italian researchers has identified a natural environment with geological analogies to Mars, which could also simulate the conditions of the primordial Earth. The study, published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, is the result of a collaboration between the CNR, INAF, the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, and Sapienza University of Rome, funded by the Italian Space Agency.
https://www.cnr.it/it/comunicato-stampa/13710
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Giovanna Costanzo
CNR-Ibpm
AUGUST 2025
Featured image, FocalPlane, 15 August 2025
https://focalplane.biologists.com/2025/08/15/featured-image-with-ludovica-altieri/
MARCH 2025
Biologists@100 conference shortlisted image, 24-27 March 2025, Liverpool, UK
PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA
Murine primary cortical neurons developing interconnections, stained for neuronal tubulin (cyano) and DNA (blue).
Ludovica Altieri, imaged at the IBPM imaging platform
FEBRUARY 2024
“Spastin recovery as a new therapeutic approach for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP)”, coordinated by Cinzia Rinaldo, is the selected project supported for the fundraising campaign organized by Euro-HSP, the European Federation of the national associations of hereditary spastic paraplegia patients