Present Positions: Full Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology,
University of Padua, Italy
Biologist of the Microbiology and Virology Unit,
Padua University Hospital, Italy
President of Master Degree in Medical Biotechnologies,
University of Padua, Italy

Work Address: Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua
via A. Gabelli 63, 35121 Padua (Italy).
Ph. +39 049 8272363, Fax. +39 049 8272355
E-mail: arianna.loregian@unipd.it

Education:
1987 Maturità Classica, Padua, Italy
1992 Degree in Biological Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
1993 Member of the College of Biologists of Italy after passing the National Board
exam
1996 Doctor Philosophiae (PhD) in Biotechnology, University of Padua, Italy

Professional experience and Career:
1990 – 1992 Research fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of Padua,
Italy
1992 – 1993 Research fellow, Institute of Microbiology, University of Padua, Italy
1993, 1994 Research fellow, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
1993 – 1996 PhD student in Biotechnology, University of Padua, Italy
1996 - 1998 Post-Doctoral research fellow, Institute of Microbiology,
University of Padua, Italy
1998 – 2006 Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, University
of Padua, Italy
1999 – present Head Biologist of the Service of Microbiology and Virology, Padua
University Hospital, Italy
06/2001 - 11/2001 Visiting Professor, Institute of Virology, Glasgow (UK)
04/2002-04/2004 Visiting Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular
Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (USA)
2006 – 2017 Associate Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, University
of Padua, Italy
2013 – present President of Master Degree in Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padua,
Italy
2017 – present Full Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, University
of Padua

Awards: Award in Microbiology and Biotechnology (1998), funded by SIMGBM (Società Italiana di Microbiologia Generale e Biotecnologie Microbiche, Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnologies).
GlaxoSmithKline Elion Award for Young Investigators (2003), supported by GlaxoSmithKline and awarded by IHMF (International Herpesvirus Management Forum).
ESCMID Young Investigator Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2004) funded by ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases).
“William Prusoff Memorial Lecture Award” (2005) awarded by ISAR (International Society of Antiviral Research).

Major Research Interests:
Author of more than 80 publications, invited reviews, and book chapters on peer-reviewed international journals on: characterization of interactions between viral and/or cellular proteins; disruption of protein-protein interactions as an antiviral strategy; development of high-throughput assays for screening antiviral compounds; development of protein vectors based on E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin for intracellular delivery of antiviral and antitumoral peptides and immunodominant epitopes.
Author of patents on: protein vectors based on E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin and on cholera toxin; development of a high-throughput assay for screening anti-human cytomegalovirus compounds; new compounds against human cytomegalovirus; and new compounds against influenza virus.

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