Researcher
Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms Department

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e-mail: maria.sirakov(at)szn.it
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5321-6794

ERC sectors - Physiology in Health, Disease, and Ageing (LS4), Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution (LS8)

Scientific-disciplinary sectors - Biologia molecolare (BIO/11), Biologia applicata (BIO/13)

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Since I joined SZN I have been interested in investigating the anthropic impact on marine organisms, focusing on their digestive system. Contaminants of emerging concerns, require in-depth and multidisciplinary studies to understand their effects. They can reach marine organisms through food, and marine organisms, as well as seafood, can in turn impact the human gut. Sessile filter-feeding animals such as ascidians or bivalves can be chronically exposed to emerging contaminants, and their molecular responses can provide important clues in this area. Finally, the effect of Natural Organic Matter on the bioavailability of these contaminants is also under investigation. study the biology of marine organism could provide also biological sources for bioactive compounds or macromolecules.

Selected Publications

Gerdol M, Greco S, Marino R, Locascio A, Plateroti M, Sirakov M* (2024). Conserved Signalling Pathways in the Ciona robusta Gut. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 (14), 7846.

Yao S, Boguta P, Giolito MV, Pontoni L, Sirakov M*, Plateroti M, Fabbricino M (2024). Nano-sized natural organic matter interacts with bisphenol A and decreases cytotoxicity to human cells. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 1-7.

Salatiello F, Gerdol M, Pallavicini A, Locascio A, Sirakov M* (2022). Comparative analysis of novel and common reference genes in adult tissues of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. BMC Genomics, 23, 349.

Sirakov M and Plateroti M. (2022). Thyroid hormone signaling and function: news from classical and emerging models. Cells, 11(3), 453.

Sirakov M*, Claret L., Plateroti M. (2021). Thyroid hormone nuclear receptor TRα1 and canonical WNT pathway cross-regulation in normal intestine and cancer. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 12, 725708.