Claudia DI GIACOMO

Claudia Di Giacomo graduated in Pharmacy.

-      1992 she gained her doctorate in Biology and Medical Biochemistry.

-      1994 she was employed as Universitary Researcher at the Chair of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Catania

-      2003 Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Catania, Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical Chemistry and Molecular Biology. until 1/11/2010 and Department of Drug Science from 2/11/2010.

-      2017 President of degree cours in Pharmacy, University of Catania

Her scientific research has principally been on the following areas of interest:

• Oxygen toxicity and scavengers of partially reduced oxygen species in several biological systems and physio-pathological conditions;
• In vivo and  in vitro evaluation of biological activity of natural compounds and new synthetic drugs;
• In vivo experimental models of diabetes and of cerebral, renal and hepatic ischemia, in order to evaluate molecular mechanisms involved in tissue damages and for developing new therapeutic strategies;
• Role of oxidative stress and heme oxygenase in several physio-pathological conditions.

DIDACTICS: 

•  teaching of General Biochemistry (Degree Course in Pharmacy) from the academic year 1998-99 to date;
•  teaching of Human and Applied Systematic Biochemistry (Degree Course in Pharmacy) from the academic year 2014-2015 to date;
• teaching of Chemical-Clinical Analysis (c.i. "Analytical methodologies and clinical diagnostics) (School of Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy) from the academic year 2016-17 to date;
•  teaching of Chemistry and Biochemistry / Biology and Genetics Module Chemistry and Biochemistry 4 (Degree Course in Nursing -qualifying for the health profession of Nurse) from the academic year 2022-23;
•   guidance and assistance to students as supervisor of compilative and experimental degree theses;
•   effective member of the Jury of the final exam for the achievement of the title of PhD (PhD in Biochemical and Biomolecular Sciences XI, XII, XVII and XXIII cycle); 
•  effective member of the Selection Board of the exam for admission to the PhD in Biochemical and Biomolecular Sciences (XVI cycle);
• effective member of the Examination Boards for the courses of:
• General Biochemistry (Degree Course in Pharmacy); 
• Human and Applied Systematic Biochemistry (Degree Course in Pharmacy); 
• Biochemistry (Degree Course in "Scientific Information on Drugs" and Degree Course in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology (CTF);
• Applied Biochemistry (Degree Course in CTF);
• Molecular Biology (Degree Course in Pharmacy);
• Analisi chimico-clinica (c.i. "Metodologie analitiche e diagnostica clinica) (School of Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy)
• Chemistry and Biochemistry/Biology and Genetics (Degree in Nursing).

In the academic years 2003-2006 she was a member of the Board of Teachers of the PhD in "Biochemical Sciences and Molecular Epidemiology", established at the University of Messina and consortium with the University of Catania.

• Teaching of Macromolecular Biochemistry at the II level University Master in "Pharmaceutical and molecular diagnostics" for the academic year 2006-2007. 
•  Didactic tutor for students of the II level University Master in "Pharmaceutical and molecular diagnostics".

From 2008 to 2012 she was a member of the Board of Teachers of the PhD in "Neuropharmacology", established at the University of Catania and from 2013 to 2015 she was a member of the Board of Professors of the PhD in "Neuroscience", established at the University of Catania.

President of the Master's Degree in Pharmacy (four-year period 2017-2021) from 1 November 2017 (D.R. n. 4122 of 24/10/2017).

ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES: scientific-organizational committee of the Workshop "Heme oxygenase and oxidative stress" (2004), 54th SIB National Congress (2009), International Congress "Advances in Heme Oxygenases and Oxidative stress" (2012), International Congress "Oxidative stress, Inflammation and Metabolic Diseases (2013), International Workshop on "New frontiers in biochemistry and molecular medicine" (2017).

14 March 2007 (D.R. n. 2865) appointment as vice-director of the Dip. of Biological Chemistry, Medical Chemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Catania; Secretary of the Faculty Council of Pharmacy of the University of Catania (2002-2008); 11/11/2009 (D.R. n. 11394) appointed vice-director of the Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical Chemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Catania; 26/11/2008 appointment member of the Permanent Commission for Foreign Relations and Internationalization of the Faculty of Pharmacy; member of the Jury for the confirmation in the role of the associate professors S.S.D. BIO/10 (DM of 14/04/2009 prot. n. 1525 and of 17/03/2010 prot. n. 1171); member of the Competition Examining Commission for the assignment of scholarships for the deepening of research (D.R. n. 7182 of 26/06/2009 and D.R. n. 8490 of 29/07/2009); member of the representation of II level professors in the Board of the Department of Drug Sciences from 01/02/2011, for the four-year period 2012/2016 and for the four-year period 2016-2020. President of the Jury for the stipulation of a fixed-term employment contract for the performance of research, teaching, supplementary teaching and student service activities for the competition sector 05 / E1: SSD BIO10, Dip. Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Catania (D.R. n. 1541 of 2/04/2013). Member of the Evaluation Committee for research grant S.D. BIO/12 within the project PON 02_00355_2964193 HIPPOCRATES, in support of research activities (resolution Dip. Pharmaceutical Sciences n. 8 of 05/06/2014).

Anonymous reviewer for two MIUR research projects "Future in research 2013".

Responsible for the FIR 2014 project "Role of oxidative stress and HO-1 in diabetes complications: effect of natural substances and/or their synthetic derivatives in an experimental in vivo model".

Component of  "Piano Complementare PNRR – linea 1a", PROGRAM:  ANTHEM - AdvaNced Technologies for Human-centrEd Medicine (spoke 4)

Scientific production: more than 110 publications in international scientific journals.