• Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari

ROBERTA GHELLI

EDUCATION
2019 – PhD degree in Genetics and Molecular biology XXXI cycle, University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Title of thesis: Hormonal control of late stamen development in Arabidopsis thaliana”.
2014 – MSc degree in Genetics and Molecular biology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
2012 – BSc degree in Biological Science, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

POST-LAUREAM EXPERIENCE
2019-current: CNR post-doctoral position, IBPM
Project: "An innovative technology optimizing the use of ferns as detoxifying agents for arsenate-polluted soils” (Supported by Lazio Region - Action: Green Economy)

PUBLICATIONS
Ghelli, R., Brunetti, P., Napoli, N., De Paolis, A., Cecchetti, V., Tsuge, T., Serino, G., Matsui, M., Mele, G., Rinaldi, G., et al. (2018) A newly identified flower-specific splice variant of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR8 regulates stamen elongation and endothecium lignification in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 30, 620–637.
Cecchetti, V., Celebrin, D., Napoli, N., Ghelli, R., Brunetti, P., Costantino, P., and Cardarelli, M. (2017) An auxin maximum in the middle layer controls stamen development and pollen maturation in Arabidopsis. New Phytol. 213, 1194–1207.