Senior Technologist
Marine Animal Conservation and Public Engagement Department
Tel. +39 081 5833267
Fax: +39 081 7641355
e-mail paola.cirino(at)szn.it
Research interests
I graduated with honors in Biological Sciences in 1983 and started to carry out research in aquariology at the Public Aquarium of the Stazione Zoologica of Naples (SZN). I worked as Assistant Curator, performing technical-scientific work in the public Aquarium of the SZN from 1989 to 1995. In 1995, I managed the development and organization of a Facility for the breeding of marine animals of scientific interest, thereby creating a service for the management of marine animal models (breeding and maintenance). Since 2000 I worked as a Senior Technologist at the Marine Resources for Research Service (MaReR) of SZN. From 2010 to 2015 I have been Coordinator of MaReR.
Application fields:
- Study and development of experimental protocols for the maintenance and breeding of marine animals under controlled conditions.
- Protocols and technologies applied to the management of closed- and semi-closed systems for the maintenance of marine organisms.
- Planning of pilot systems for the breeding and maintenance of marine organisms.
Selected Publications
Toscano, A. and Cirino P. (2018). First Evidence of Artificial Fission in two Mediterranean Species of Holothurians: Holothuria tubulosa and Holothuria polii. Turk. J. Fish. & Aquat. Sci. DOI: 10.4194/1303-2712-v18_10_01
Manzo S., Schiavo S., Oliviero M, Toscano A., Ciaravolo M., Cirino P. (2017). Immune and reproductive system impairment in adult sea urchin exposed to nanosized ZnO via food. Science of the Total Environment 599-600, 9-13 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.173.
Cirino P. , Brunet C. , Ciaravolo M., Galasso C., Musco L., Vega Fernández T., Sansone C. and Toscano A. (2017). The sea urchin Arbacia lixula: A novel natural source of astaxanthin. Marine Drugs, 15(6), 187; doi:10.3390/md15060187
Cirino P., Ciaravolo M., Paglialonga A., Toscano A. (2017). Long-term maintenance of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in culture. Aquaculture Reports (7), 27-33 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2017.04.003
Scipione M.B., Lo Brutto S., Cirino P., Di Capua I., Guglielmo R., Patti F.P., Sarno, D. (2017). A network of Italian amphipodologists in the frame of MOTax (Marine Organisms Taxonomy) at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli (Italy).
Biodiversity Journal 8(2): 661-663
Crocetta, F., Marino, R., Cirino, P., Macina, A., Staiano, L., Esposito, R., Pezzotti, M. R., Racioppi, C., Toscano, F., De Felice, E., Locascio, A., Ristoratore, F., Spagnuolo, A., Zanetti, L., Branno, M. and Sordino, P. 2015. Mutation studies in ascidians: A review. Genesis, 53: 160–169. doi: 10.1002/dvg.22837
Della Torre C., Bergami E, Salvati A, Faleri C, Cirino P, Dawson KA, Corsi I. 2014. Accumulation and Embryotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoparticles at Early Stage of Development of Sea Urchin Embryos Paracentrotus lividus. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(20): 12302- 11.
Sorrenti G., Bagnoli A, Miraglia V, Crocetta F, Vitiello V, Ristoratore F, Cirino P, Sansone G, Sordino P. 2014. Investigating sperm cryopreservation in a model tunicate, Ciona intestinalis sp. A Cryobiology 68 (1) : 43-9.
Caputi L., Crocetta F, Toscano F, Sordino P & Cirino P. 2014. Long-term demographic and reproductive trends in Ciona intestinalis sp. A. Marine Ecology AEP, DOI: 10.1111/MAEC.12125
Sordino P, Andreakis N, Brown ER, Leccia NI, Squarzoni P, Tarallo R, Alfano C, Caputi L, D'Ambrosio P, Daniele P, D'Aniello E, D'Aniello S, Maiella S, Miraglia V, Russo MT, Sorrenti G, Branno M, Cariello L, Cirino P, Locascio A, Spagnuolo A, Zanetti L, Ristoratore F., 2008 - Natural variation of model mutant phenotypes in Ciona intestinalis. PLoS ONE, 3(6) : e2344
Caputi L, Andreakis N, Mastrototaro F, Cirino P, Vassillo M, Sordino P., 2007 - Cryptic speciation in a model invertebrate cordate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 104(22):9364-9.
Websites or online articles
Cirino P (2013). Dissection of the endostyle in Ciona intestinalis. In: ASSEMBLE virtual tool box protocols www.assemblemarine.org.
Cirino P, Toscano A. (2012). Fertilization in Paracentrotus lividus. In: ASSEMBLE virtual tool box protocols www.assemblemarine.org.
Cirino P (2012). Induced spawning of gametes in Ciona intestinalis. In: ASSEMBLE virtual tool box protocols www.assemblemarine.org.
Cirino P, Toscano A. (2012). Spawning of gametes in Paracentrotus lividus. In: ASSEMBLE virtual tool box protocols www.assemblemarine.org.
Cirino P, Francone M., Ristoratore F., Zanetti L. (2012). Preparation of Ascidian hemolymph for the culture of Ciona cells. In: ASSEMBLE virtual tool box protocols www.assemblemarine.org.
Cirino P, Lasbleiz R, Leveque L, Schires G (2010). Health and maturation status of Ciona intestinalis. In: ASSEMBLE virtual tool box protocols www.assemblemarine.org.
Lasbleiz R, Leveque L, Schires G, Cirino P (2010). Materials and packaging techniques for the shipment of Ciona intestinalis. In: ASSEMBLE virtual tool box protocols www.assemblemarine.org.
Cirino P, Brown E (2010). Protocol for fertilization tests in Ciona intestinalis. In: ASSEMBLE virtual tool box protocol www.assemblemarine.org.
Cirino P, Toscano A, Caramiello D, Macina A, Miraglia V, Monte A (2002). Laboratory culture of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis (L.): a model system for molecular developmental biology research. Mar. Mod. Elec. Rec. [serial online BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN, ISSN: 1939-8697].
Book chapters
Toscano A, Cirino P (2010). Allevamento di stadi larvali di riccio di mare. In: Metodologie di studio del Plancton marino. vol. 56, p. 601-608, Roma: Istituto Superiore per la protezione e la ricerca ambientale ISPRA, ISBN: 978-88-448-0427-5
Awards
Cirino P., Ciaravolo M, Paglialonga A, Toscano A., 2011. A long-term laboratory maintenance system for promoting out-of-season maturation in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816). In: Aquaculture Europe 2011 (AE2011: Mediterranean Aquaculture 2020) Abstracts : 195. Rodhes, Greece, October 18-21 2011. Best Poster Award
