Researcher
Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms Department

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e-mail: maria.sirakov(at)szn.it
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Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=kF2UGq4AAAAJ

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5321-6794

ERC sectors - Cellular, developmental and regenerative biology (LS3), Environmental biology, ecology and evolution (LS8)

Settori scientifico-disciplinari - Biologia molecolare (BIO/11), Biologia applicata (BIO/13)

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

I am a natural scientist with expertise in developmental biology and molecular biology. My interest in developmental biology ranges from the biological processes involved in development, stemness or homeostasis to the degeneration of molecular players resulting in pathological processes such as cancer. Currently, I am involved in studies of the anthropic impact on marine organisms (considering both ecological and human health aspects), looking also at the digestive system of non-vertebrate marine models. A comparative and evolutionary approach using of non-vertebrate marine animals as model systems is absolutely complementary to the knowledge of the vertebrate/mammalian systems. Finally, to study the biology of marine organism could provide also biological sources for bioactive compounds or macromolecules.

Selected Publications

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.

Pontoni, L., La Vecchia, C., Boguta, P., Sirakov, M., D’Aniello, E., Fabbricino, M., & Locascio, A. (2022). Natural organic matter controls metal speciation and toxicity for marine organisms: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 20(1), 797-812.

Sirakov, M., & 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.

Godart, M., Frau, C., Farhat, D., Giolito, M. V., Jamard, C., Le Nevé, C., Freund, J.N., Penalva, L.O., Sirakov, M., & Plateroti, M. (2021). Murine intestinal stem cells are highly sensitive to modulation of the T3/TRα1-dependent pathway. Development, 148(8), dev194357.