Director

Claudia Gili

Research Director

Senior Researcher

Paolo G. Albano
Sandra Hochscheid

Researcher

Francesco Caruso

Senior Technologist

Paola Cirino

Technologist

Andrea Affuso
Thalassia Giaccone
Fulvio Maffucci
Alessandra Passariello
Marco Signore
Alfonso Toscano
Maria Cristina Vigo Majello

Technician

Davide Caramiello
Elisa Cenci
Maria Pia Ciampa, Supporto Amministrativo
Antonino Costantino
Marcello Cotugno
Giovanni De Martino
Francesco Di Liello
Alberto Macina
Raffaele Panzuto
Domenico Sacco
Ester Scordamaglia
Andrea Travaglini
Gianluca Treglia
Simona Trillo

Administrative Collaborator

Pasqualina Fiorentino

Administrative Operator

Carmela Scotti

Research Fellowships

Antonino Pace

Scholarships

Marianna Farina
Erica Raquel Ferreira E Moura
Chiara Roncari
Roberta Teti

PhD Students

Raffaella Bullo
Lorenzo Latini
Raffaele Panzuto

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Updated on December 16, 2022

The Guarantee Committee (CUG) is an organization established in compliance with art. 21 of Law 183 of 4 November 2010 to foster the well-being of workers and oppose discrimination.

The CUG replaces the Committee for equal opportunities and the Joint Committee on the phenomenon of mobbing. It unifies the competences of these former committees in one body, assuming all their functions provided for by the law.

The CUG aims to promote a culture of respect for the dignity of the workforce and to protect people from all forms of direct or indirect discrimination, whether linked to gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, disability or language, which can affect access, treatment and working conditions, professional training, career progression and safety. In this context, the CUG performs propositional, consultative and verification tasks.

According to the mentioned aims, the CUG of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples (CUG-SZN) acts to detect discomfort conditions and to work out strategies able to improve the work environment, guarantee equal opportunities and promote the well-being of all members of the workforce.

The Zoological Station was among the first institutes in Italy to sign the Charter for equal opportunities, demonstrating the efforts made to enhance pluralism, contributing to the fight against all forms of discrimination.

The document can be freely consulted by other public administrations to adhere to equal opportunities policies.

All contributions of ideas to improve the working conditions at SZN are welcome! cug(at)szn.it

Body of Rules: CUG-SZN Body of Rules (in Italian)

Three year plan of activity for positive actions: PTAP (in Italian)

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

La Sezione Servizi Generali svolge i seguenti compiti:

• Attività di supporto al Presidente e al Direttore Generale e funzioni di segreteria per il funzionamento del CdA, del Consiglio Scientifico, del Collegio dei Revisori dei Conti, e degli altri Organi di Controllo previsti dalle disposizioni vigenti
• Segreteria ed Affari Generali, Pianificazione, Programmazione e OIV
• Gestione Documentale Protocollo, Archivi e Archivio Storico
• Trasparenza & Anticorruzione
• Servizi informatici e Statistici (SIST)

International relations - support for the Presidency and the Administration Board

Giovanna Di Gennaro, Head
Valeria Aiello

Planning, programming, evaluation and payment service

Naples Seat

Marco Grimaldi, Head

Amendolara Seat

Veronica Scutari

General Affairs, Document Management, Protocol, Archives and support to the General Management

Italia Canettieri, Head
Daniela Consiglio
Chiara Coppola
Simona Sannola

IT & Statistical Services

Sede Ischia - MEDAS
Francesco Paolo Patti, Head

Sede Napoli
Luigi Migliaccio
Alfredo Piccolo

Responsible for the Prevention of Corruption and Transparency

Donatella de Pascale

Sede di Napoli

Villa Comunale
80121 - Napoli, Italy
Tel.: +39 081 5833111
Segreteria: +39 081 5833218
e-mail: stazione.zoologica(at)szn.it
ufficio.protocollo(at)cert.szn.it

1. Il Comitato per la promozione della Divulgazione Scientifica - Outreach ha il compito di proporre e sviluppare azioni volte a disseminare i risultati della ricerca scientifica dell’Ente e promuoverne la terza missione, a tutelare la proprietà intellettuale dell’Ente, a proporre azioni di trasferimento tecnologico e supporto alla creazione d’impresa, diffondendo anche la conoscenza scientifica ad un pubblico ampio e collegando scienza e società.

2. Il CDS è composto dal personale interno dell’Ente e può essere coadiuvato da ricercatori e professionisti esterni che possano contribuire alla comunicazione ed alla realizzazione delle attività intraprese. Ne fa parte il Coordinatore dell’Unità Acquario, il Coordinatore dell’Unità Museo, Archivio, Biblioteca scientifica (MAB), il Coordinatore del Comitato Scienza e Società della SZN, ove costituito, istituito ai sensi della delibera del CdA n. 6 del 20/12/2007 e s.m.i., un rappresentante di ogni Sezione Scientifica, delle altre sedi e di ogni Unità della Sezione Servizi e Ricerca Tecnologica.  Il Coordinatore dell’Unità Acquario svolge funzioni di coordinamento del CDS, salvo diversa disposizione da parte del Consiglio di Amministrazione che ne delibera la nomina su proposta del Presidente. La partecipazione al Comitato non dà luogo a compensi o indennità.

Componenti Comitato per la Divulgazione Scientifica

Dott.ssa Claudia Gili (coordinatore)

According to what defined by the Statute, the SZN can:

• participate to the implementation of national networks between public and private Research Institutions;
• contribute to infrastructures aimed at the promotion of the scientific excellence;
• constitute Associations, Consortia or Companies for the management of specific structures or for increasing competitiveness at international level and the implementation of the outreach activities;
• participate to public and/or private investments, when authorized by the MIUR according to the art. 16 of the D.Lgs. 213/09;
• promote the setup of new companies (Spin off) for exploiting the results of the research providing potential outputs also in term of patents.

Currently, the SZN participates in the following companies:

BioSearch Srl - Spin off company of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn and the National Research Council (CNR)

ABBaCo - Restauro Ambientale e Balneabilità del SIN Bagnoli-Coroglio

DIsCO - Diatom life cycles, molecular controls and contribution to ecosystem dynamics

EMSO MedIT - Project financed in the framework of PON R&C 2007-2013 - PAC Enhancement of public research infrastructures

GRASSMET - Climate change effects on seagrass secondary metabolism: ecological implications

HEATGRASS - Tolerance to HEAT stress induced by climate change in the seaGRASS Posidonia oceanica

HighGrass - High-CO₂ effects on seagrass photosynthetic ecophysiology

INBALANCE - INvertebrate-BActeriaL Associations as hotspots of benthic Nitrogen Cycling in Estuarine ecosystems

IRMA - Implementation and Remote Connection for Real Time Moniotoring of Marine Microorganisms - Funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Education (MIUR)

PALEOPARK - Seagrass palaeo-records as a tool for the evaluation, diagnosis and prognosis of the evolution of species, communities, and processes in Spanish insular National Parks

RECCAM - Seagrass Meadows resilience to global warming: an analysis based on responses at ecophysiological, population and ecosystem levels

OCEAN MEDICINES

PharmaDeep

PharmaSea

PON01_02093 Study of new technologies and technological platforms for the improvement of production processes of active pharmaceutical ingredients of industrial interest and search for new bioactive molecules from natural sources
Leader: Sanofi-Aventis S.p.A.

PON01_02782 New nanotechnological strategies for the development of drugs and diagnostic tools directed to circulating cancer cells (CTC).
Leader: Biogem S.c.a r.l

PON01_00117 Antigens and Adjuvants for Vaccines and Immunotherapy.
Leader: Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics Ltd.

RESIGRASS - An holistic understanding of seagrass functioning and resilience to local-scale disturbances: from molecular to biogeographical scales

S&T MED - Financed by the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin 2007/2013 Program of the European Union 

ABBACO SZN - ISS

ABBACO SZN - Conisma 

ABBACO SZN - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

ABBACO SZN - DICEA

ABBACO SZN - ENEA

ABBACO SZN - IAMC

ABBACO SZN - INGV

ABBACO SZN - ISAC

ABBACO SZN - Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope"

ABBACO SZN - Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

ABBACO SZN - Università Politecnica delle Marche

For more information and to book a visit: https://fondazionedohrn.it/home/dadom/

The Darwin-Dohrn Museum

Dedicated to the two giants of science and evolutionary biology, Charles Darwin and Anton Dohrn, the Darwin-Dohrn Museum - DaDoM – promotes the knowledge of the evolution of marine biodiversity.
Inside the DaDoM, visitors will voyage through the oceans through time in the footsteps of Darwin and Dohrn and many other scientists, discovering how organisms became adapted to all marine environments. In this journey through time and research, the public will understand the importance of the oceans in determining the conditions on the planet, will encounter the primordial forms of life that appeared in the oceans over 3 billion years ago, will discover evolutionary theories, and will encounter a series of fossils that show the evolution of forms and functions over the geological eras (walk through time).
Works of art, sculptures and historical biological samples will show how marine organisms move, feed, and reproduce, and the mechanisms that led to current life forms, in a gallery of biodiversity, from the simplest to the most complex organisms, to arrive at the multipurpose room of the DaDoM, housing a large skeleton of a sperm whale (beached along the Campania coasts and recovered by researchers), enriched by models of organisms that feed on the carcasses of these majestic giants of the sea when they arrive in the depths of the sea. The multipurpose room is dominated by a six-meter high wall that houses ten thousand preparations of animals from the Gulf of Naples, set up by the genius of Salvatore Lo Bianco and by those who followed his footsteps in the art of conservation.
The multipurpose room is designed to host thematic exhibits to explore topics of great scientific and popular interest, but also for scientific conferences and seminars, and is available to the cultural world for other initiatives of public interest, such as shows, concerts, exhibitions and film broadcasts. The museum itinerary also includes a journey through the studies and ancient maps of the Gulf of Naples, the discoveries of the over 20 Nobel laureates who conducted their studies in the SZN, up to the current research updated and exhibited month by month.
The Museum includes a large educational laboratory for students of all types and levels designed to carry out practical observation and study activities aimed at discovering the secrets of marine life. The upper floor of the building includes the staff offices, laboratories and organizations hosted by the Center. The Anton Dohrn Zoological Station has returned to the citizens of Naples, Campania and the whole country an asset of the city in its full fruition. This objective will also be extended to the outside of the building, making the garden of the Museum a place of knowledge in the open air. In fact, the garden hosts two scientific submersibles made available by the MareAmico Cultural Association and which have also been used for the exploration of the deep sea environments of the Mediterranean.
Depending on specific needs, the rear lawn or the roof terrace will finally host an open-air summer cinema for documentaries on the sea and for an international competition on scientific cinema and marine documentaries.

Scientific, Educational and Cultural Center in the heart of the city

With the aim of strengthening the so-called "third mission", i.e. the activities of dissemination of scientific discoveries, as well as the opening of research facilities to citizens, with their direct involvement, the Darwin-Dohrn Museum offers opportunities for scientific and educational collaborations, training of teachers and specialists in the sector, educational workshops, cultural meetings, and guided tours for citizens and tourists.
The Museum was inaugurated on December 9, 2021 but its layout will be continuously enriched with new material and new initiatives.

Responsible: Adrianna Ianora

Activities

The Biotechnology Laboratory is a multidisciplinary lab that uses and develops different approaches dedicated to the study of marine drug discovery. Research activities include sampling, isolation and maintenance of marine species of biotechnological interest (especially microalgae), preparation of chemical extracts, testing the potential bioactivity at the gene and protein levels of extracts on human cells and model marine organisms.

Experimental Systems

• Molecular and chemical facilities applied to marine biotechnology.
• Human cell culture chambers (biological hood type 1, incubator for human cells, microscopes).
• Rooms for microalgal growth.
• Room with 2 Bioreactors.

Analysis

• Isolation and maintenance of microalgae for potential biotechnological applications.
• Cultivation of microalgae at the small (flasks), medium (10L carboys) and large scale (photobioreactors 100 L).
• Genotyping of new species by DNA sequencing.
• Bioassays testing biological activity of extracts, fractions and pure compounds on marine model species and human cell lines.
• Antiproliferative and clonogenic bioassays against aggressive tumor cell lines.
• Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory bioassays on normal cell lines.
• Cellular senescence (anti-aging)bioassays.
• Chronic human diseases (diabetes, Alzheimer's, Crohn's disease) bioassays.
• Molecular studies at the gene and protein levels to identify specific pathways activated by bioactive compounds on human cells (retroviral transfection, PCR array, immunoblot, ELISA).
• Transcriptome analysis of microalgal species.

Equipment

• Basic instrumentation for molecular biology and protein analysis (PCR, centrifuges, electrophoresis apparatus, transilluminator, thermostatic baths, spectrophotometer, pH meter, transblot).
• Biological Type 2 hood for micralgal cultures.
• Chemical hood.
• Microscopes.
• 2 photobioreactors (100 L).

National/International Collaborations

Italy

Altergon Italia S.r.l., Avellino, Italy
Areta International S.r.l., Milano , Italy
Biogem S.c.a r.l., Avellino, Italy
CalMED Srl, Catanzaro (CZ), Italy
Ceinge Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, CEINGE, Napoli, Italy
Centro Regionale di Competenza in Biotecnologie Industriali BioTekNet SCpA, Napoli, Italy
CNR, Ancona, Avellino e Roma,  Italy (Dr. Vasapollo C., Dr. GianLuigi Russo)
CNR, Avellino (G.L. Russo)
CNR, Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS), Napoli, Italy
CNR, Napoli (C. Verde)
CNR-Ancona (C. Vasapollo)
CNR-Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Pozzuoli (A. Fontana, G. Villani, G. d’Ippolito)
ENEA-CREA La Spezia (S. Cocito, C. Lombardi, N. Lucey)
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, fondazione di diritto privato, Genova, Italy
I.S.O. Istituto Superiore di Oncologia, Genova, Italy
IAMC (M. Sprovieri, S. Tamburrini, T. Alcoverro, P. Rumolo, A De Lucia)
IBAF, CNR, Legnaro (C. Calfapietra, A. Scartazza)
IBBR
IBC, CNR, Pozzuoli (G. D’Ippolito, V. Di Marzo)
IBCN CNR, Roma (C. Lanzuolo)
IBF, CNR, Pisa (C. Santinelli)
IBP-CNR. Napoli, Italy (D. DePascale)
ICB-CNR, Napoli, Italia (A. Fontana, C. Verde, G. Peluso, G. d’Ippolito, A. Cutignano)
INBIOS Srl, Napoli, Italy
INGV Napoli (G. Iannaccone)
Institute for Biomedical Technologies, ITB-CNR, Milano, Italy
ISAC, CNR, Roma (R. Santoleri)
ISMAR, Venice (M. Bastianini)
ISPRA, Livorno (I. Buttino)
ISPRA, Livorno, Italia (Dr. Isabella Buttino)
ISPRA, Livorno, Italia (I. Buttino, A. Arcancheli)
Istituto di biostrutture e bioimmagini, IBB-CNR, Napoli, Italy
Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero, Napoli, Italia (Laura Giuliano)
ITALSISTEMI S.r.l., Crotone, Italy
Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics Srl (NVD), Messina e Siena, Italy
OGS, Trieste (A. Crise, G. Civitarese and V. Tirelli)
OKAIROS, Napoli, Italy
Primm S.r.l., Milano e Napoli, Italy
Sanofi-Aventis S.p.A., Brindisi e Milano, Italy (Dott. Tiziano Croci)
SISSA, Trieste (S. Gustincich)
Takis S.r.l., Roma , Italy
Technobiochip, S.c.a r.l., Napoli, Italy

Other Countries

Accademia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.H. Su)
Advanced Chemistry Development Uk Limited Acd/Labs, United Kingdom
AIMS, Townsville, Australia (N. Andreakis)
Aquapharm Biodiscovery Limited Aquapharm, United Kingdom
Asociacion Instituto Nacional De Biodiversidad Inbio, Costa Rica
AWI, Bremerhaven (U. John, V. Smetacek)
Berlin Natural Museum, Berlin, Germany (E. Ullrich-Lueter)
Biobridge Limited Biobridge, United Kingdom
Biocom, Germany
Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
Boston Children’s Hospital, USA (F. Langellotto)
Centre National de la Recherche (CNRS), Observatoire Océanologique, France (Dr.  Remi Dumollard); La Rochelle, France (Dr. Lavaud J.)
Chonbuk National Univ. Jeonju, Korea (U.H. Kim)
C-Lecta Gmbh C-Lecta, Germany
CMIMA-CSIC Barcelona, Spain (J. M. Gasol, F. Peters, M. Estrada, C. Marrasé)
CNRS Montpellier, France (P. Lemaire)
CNRS, Paris, France (S. Planes)
College of Charleston USA (G. Di Tullio)
CRG, Barcelona, Spain (M. Irimia; R. Guigò)
CSIC-Blanes, Spain (Ballesteros  E., Garrabou J.)
CSIC-Blanes, Spain (E. Ballesteros, J. Garrabou, T. Alcoverro)
CSIS, Vigo, Spain (Dr. Garrido J.L.)
Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, USA (K. Peterson)
Dead Sea-Arava Science Center, Central Arava Branch, Israel (G. Winters)
Dead Sea-Arava Science Center, Central Arava Branch, Israel (Winters G.)
Deep Tek Limited, United Kingdom
DTU-Aqua, Denmark (T. Kiorboe, A. Christensen)
EAWAG Zurich, Switzerland (F. Pomati, F. Hammes)
Ecoast Research Centre Ostend Bvba Ecoast, Belgium
ELTE, Budapest, Hungary (I. Scheuring)
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (V. Benes)
EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany (V. Benes)
ENEA-CREA La Spezia, Italy (Cocito S., Lombardi C., Lucey N.)
Fundacion Centro De Excelencia En Investigacion De Medicamentos Innovadores En Andalucia Fundación Medina, Spain (F. Reyes)
GIPREB, Etang de Berre, France (G. Bernard)
HCMR, Crete, Greece (P. Kasapidis, C. Frangoulis)
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany (H. J. Heipieper)
Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, Utrecht, The Netherlands (S. Schulte-Merker)
IEO, Gijon, Spain (M. Latasa); IFREMER, Brest, France (R. Siano)
IEO, Palma, Spain (C. Perales Raya, J. Estefanell, E. Almansa)
Institut J. Monod, Paris France (A. Pierani)
Institute Of Microbiology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences Imcas, China
IOC of Murcia, Murcia, Spain (J.M. Ruiz Fernandez)
IPMA, Lisbon, Portugal (J. Pereira)
IRIBHM ULB, Brussels, Belgium (R. Opitz)
ISIS, Univ. de Strasbourg, France (J.M. Lehn)
Istituto De Dinamica Celular Y Biotecnologia Icdb, Chile
KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (L. Brandt)
Laboratoire Clement, Paris, France (Prof Yves Menezo)
LOV, CNRS, Villefranche, France (L. Stemmann, G. Gorsky, F. d'Ortenzio)
Lund University, Lund, Sweden (D.E. Nilsson)
Macquarie Univ, Sydney, Australia (J.M.P. Joss)
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen, Germany (G. Jékely)
MBRC, Univ Baltimore, USA (M. Fiorentino)
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Marseille, France (G. Gregori, M. Thyssen, M. Denis)
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan (M. Ishii)
MIT, Boston, USA (M. Follows)
MPI for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany (F. O. Glöckner)
MPIMM Bremen, Germany (F-O.Glockner, M. Richter)
MPIMM, Bremen, Germany (F.O. Glöckner)
National Institute of Sea Sciences and Technologies, Sfax, Tunisia (N. Bradai)
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark (N. Lundholm)
NIOZ, Texel, Netherlands (S. Balzano)
NY University, USA (L. Christiaen)
Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, France (H. Escriva)
Queen Mary Hospital, London, UK (M. Elphick)
RBGS, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, (D.G. Mann)
Research Division Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada (M. Poulin)
RIKEN CDB, Japan (J. Pascual-Anaya, S. Kuratani)
SAHFOS, Plymouth, UK (C. Castellani and P. Licandro)
SARS, Bergen, Norway (A. Hejnol)
SBR Roscoff, France (B. Kloareg, N. Simon, I. Probert, D. Vaulot, F. Not, C. De Vargas)
Sealife Pharma Gmbh, Austria (A. Pretsch)
Stanford University, CA USA (F. Micheli)
Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France (S. Mazan)
TGAC, Norwich, UK (M. Caccamo)
The Royal Society of Chemistry Rsc, United Kingdom
Tohoku Univ. Asamushi, Japan (K. Kyozuka)
Union Internationale Pour La Conservation De La Nature Et De Ses Ressources Iucn Elc, Switzerland
Univ Adelaide, Australia (M. Lardelli)
Universitat Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (P. Martinez; G. Fernández)
University College London, London, UK (P. Olivieri)
University of Bath, UK (R. Kelsh)
University of California, USA, (N. Holland)
University of Koln, Germany (M. Hammerschmidt)
University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain (L. Puelles; J.L. Ferran)
University of Washington, USA (B.J. Swalla)
UPMC-CNRS, Villefranche-sur-mer, France (S. Tiozzo, C. Hudson, H. Yasuo, R. Dumollard)
UPO, Siviglia, Spagna (J.R.M. Morales)
Vienna University, Vienna, Austria (U. Technau)
Zoologisches Forschungmuseum A. Koenig, Bonn, Germany (T. Krapp-Schickel)

Collaborations with Universities

Italian Universities

Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
U. Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy (P. Melià e R. Casagrandi)
UNICAL, Cosenza, Italy (I. Serra)
UniParthenope, Napoli Italy (G. F. Russo)
Univ. Di Messina, Messina, Italy (L. Guglielmo)
Univ. Federico II, Napoli, Italia (S. Cozzolino, C. Agnisola, G. Guerriero, A. Amoresano, L. Tutino, V. Costantini, O. Mangoni)
Univ. of Naples, Caserta, Italy (M. De Stefano)
Univ. of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (F. Bulleri, P. Luchi)
Univ. of Roma ’Tor Vergata’, Roma, Italy (L. Migliore)
Univ. of Sassari, Italy (G. Ceccherelli)
Univ. of Verona, Verona, Italy (M. Delle Donne)
Univ. Padova, Padova, Italy (L. Zane)
Univ. Roma, "La Sapienza"” Rome, Italy (S. Espa)
Università degli studi della Calabria, Rende, Italy (A. Gattuso, M.C. Cerra)
Università degli studi di Padova, Padova, Italy (F. Cima)
Università degli studi di Parma, Parma, Italy (P. Ferrari, L. Fogassi)
Università degli Studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy (A. Weisz)
Università degli studi di Trento, Trento, Italy (I. Mancini, G. Vallortigara)
Università degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro, Catanzaro (CZ) , Italy
Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy (Prof. Giangrande A., Lezzi M.)
Università del Sannio, Benevento, Italy (L. Canzoniero, L. Cerulo, M. Ceccarelli)
Università della Basilicata, Italia (Prof. Raffaele Boni)
Università della Basilicata, Italy (R. Boni)
Università di Bari, Bari, Italy (G. Pesole)
Università di Bologna, Bologna (Prof.s Colangelo M.A., Ceccherelli V.U., Goffredo S.)
Università di Genova, Italy (Prof. Canesi L.)
Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
Università di Milano –Bicocca, Milano, Italy
Università di Napoli Federico II, CRIACQ (Portici), Italy (Dr. Graziani G.)
Università di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Farmacia,  Napoli, Italia (Valeria Costantino)
Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy (Vizzini T., Ricevuto E.)
Università di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy (Dr. Caruso T., Dr. Dal Piaz F.)
Università di Siena, Siena, Italy
Università Federico II, Napoli, Italia (C. Arena, L. Corsaro, G. Graziani, A. Amoresano, L. Tutino)
Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy (V. Costantino, L. Cigliano, A. Donizetti, C. Agnisola, L. Fucci, F. Aniello, G. De Vita, G. Guerriero)
Università la Sapienza, Roma, Italy (M. Toni, M. Oliverio)
Università Parthenope, Napoli, Italy (Prof. Russo G.F.)
Università Politecnico delle Marche, Ancona, Italy (Prof. Regoli F.)
University of Bologna: Prof.s Colangelo M.A., Ceccherelli V.U., Goffredo S.
University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy (S. Zupo, P. Rivaro)
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy (S Lo Brutto)
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy (T. Vizzini, E. Ricevuto)
University of Salento - Lecce: Prof. Giangrande A., Lezzi M.
University Parthenope, Napoli, Italy (G.F. Russo, M. Uttieri, E. Zambianchi)
University Politechniche delle Marche – Ancona, Italy (F. Regoli, A. Pusceddu)

Foreign Universities

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Dtu, Denmark
ECIM, Universidad Cattolica de Chile; Chile (P. von Dassov)
ENS, Paris, France (C. Bowler, S. Speich)
EULA Center, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (V. Aguilera Ramos)
Hopkins Marine Station - Stanford University, Ca, USA (Prof. Micheli F.)
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan (Jiang-Shiou Hwang)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven K.U., Leuven, Belgium
Lund University, Lund, Sweden (G. Bianco)
National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan (Jiang-Shiou Hwang)
Princeton University, Princeton, USA (K.B. Rodgers)
RUG, Groningen, The Netherlands (J. L. Olsen)
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Denmark (T. Ostenfeld Larsen)
Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Lyngby, Denmark (T. Ostenfeld Larsen)
The University Court Of The University Of Aberdeen Uniabdn, United Kingdom (M. Jaspars)
UEA, Norwich, UK (T. Mock)
Univ. Arizona, Tucson, USA (M. Sullivan)
Univ. Barcelona, Spain (J. Romero, C. Canestro)
Univ. of Algarve, Faro, Portugal (J. Silva and R. Santos)
Univ. of Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain (A. Estomba)
Univ. of Maine, Orono, USA (E. Boss, L. Karp-Boss)
Univ. of Nizza, France (L. Mangialajo)
Univ. of Stockholm, Sweden (R. Caballero, M. Bjork)
Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia (H. González)
Universidade De Santiago De Compostela Usc, Spain
Università di Pamukkale e DEKAMER Sea Turtle Research Centre, Dalyan, Mugla, Turchia, (Y. Kaska)
Université de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia (K. Belghith)
Universitetet I Tromsoe Uot,  Norway (J. Andersen)
University Ben Gurion, Beer Sheva, Israel (A. Sagi)
University California Santa Cruz, Ca, USA (K. Kroeker)
University College Cork, National University Of Ireland, Cork Ucc, Ireland (A. Dobson)
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (C. Canestro)
University of California Santa Cruz, Ca, USA (Kroeker K.)
University of Concepción, Concepcion, Chile (C. Lange)
University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium (W. Vyverman, K. Sabbe, O. DeClerck, L. Clement)
University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden (A. Godhe, E. Selander, L. Turner)
University of Goteborg, Sweden (Turner L.)
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (A. Kremp)
University of Koeln. Koeln, Germany (E. von Elert)
University of Malta, Malta (J-A. Borg)
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA (J.T. Turner)
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA (J. T. Turner)
University of Quebec Rimouski, Canada (Calosi P.)
University of Rio del Janeiro, Argentina (M. Bastos)
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia (E. Graham)
University Of The Western Cape Uwc South Africa
University of Trento, Italy (Prof. Ines Mancini)
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain (Dr. Fernandez  F.)
University Of Waikato Uow, New Zealand
University of Wien. Vienna, Austria (K. Wittmann)
University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (S. Bosak)
University of Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland (F. Jüttner)
University Quebec Rimouski, Canada (P. Calosi)
University Queen Mary, London, UK (Prof. Ruban A.V.)
UPMC, Paris, France (A. Falciatore)
Wuhan University Whu, China