Pasquale Vito

Working Address: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Via dei Mulini snc, 82100 Benevento tel. +39 0824 305105; e-mail vito@unisannio.it

 

Professor of Genetics, Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy; Scientific Director, Genus Biotech, Benevento, Italy.

 

1991-1993 Fellow at the Dipartimento di Biologia e Genetica Cellulare e Molecolare, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Italy;

1993-1995 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (MD), USA;

1995-1997 Visiting Scientist at the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (MD), USA;

1997-2001 Principal Investigator at the Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland; 2004-2014 Group Leader and Deputy Director, Biogem Institute for Genetics, Ariano Irpino, Italy;

2002-today Professor of Genetics, Department of Science and Technology, Università degli Studi del Sannio di Benevento, Italy;

2017-today Founder and scientific director of the academic spin-off Genus Biotech.

 

2017-still Program Coordinator of the Bs Course in Biological Sciences and the Ms Course in Biology, University of Sannio, Italy;

2017-still Deputy Director, Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Italy.

 

Member of the Editorial Boards of: Journal of integrated omics; The Scientific World Journal; The World Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Regular peer-reviewer for EMBO Reports, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neuroscience, Lab & Investigation, Gene, Oncogene, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Cell Death and Disease, British Journal of Dermatology, Journal of Cellular Physiology

 

2014 Identification of biomarkers and development of diagnostic and therapeutic methods in the field of oncology and vascular biology, founded by the Italian Ministry for Research; 2014 Antigens and adjuvants for vaccines and immunotherapy, founded by the Italian Ministry for Research;

2014 Development of new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of cognitive dysfunctions associated to aging; founded by the Italian Ministry for Research;

2017 Makurisk, granted to Genus Biotech from Regione Campania;

2018 Innovative biotechnological products for biomedical field, founded by the Italian Ministry for Research;

2018 Development of personalized food supplements for treatment of senile macular degeneration (SIMS), founded by Regione Campania.

 

(Pending) Macurisk kit: an analytic kit for evaluating the individual genetic predisposition to develop Age-Related Macular Degeneration that associates a personalized nutraceutical formulation to the individual genetic risk profile.