Amalia PORTA | Curriculum

prof. Amalia Porta

1993: Degree in Biology (110/110 cum laude), University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy;
1997: Degree in Natural Sciences (110/110 cum laude), University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy
1995: Fellowship at the Int’l Inst. of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Naples.
1995 - 1998: Fellowship of Italian Nat’l AIDS Program, “Isolation and characterization of genes coding for virulence factors in the human pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum during macrophage infection, at the Int’l Inst. of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Naples. Lab. of Fungal Pathogenesis.
1998 - 2000: NIH Fellowship, “Deletion of C. albicans differentially expressed genes: genetic and phenotipic analysis, Grant #GM47724 National Institutes of Health, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, prof. William A. Fonzi, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.
2000 - 2001: Fellowship of Adriano Buzzati-Traverso Foundation, sponsored by Biosearch, Milan, Italy: “Identification and characterization of genes coding for virulence factors of Candida albicans during murine macrophage infection as innovative targets to develop new antifungal molecules at the Int’l Inst. of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Naples. Lab. Of Fungal Pathogenesis.
2001-2002: Visiting Professor in "Microbiology and parasitology" – Postgraduate School of Pharmacy (SSFO), University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.
2003 – 2006: Research Fellow on Cloning of virulence factors of C. albicans, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.
2006-2019: Research Scientist in Microbiology (BIO/19) University of Salerno, Department of Pharmacy, Fisciano, Italy.
2019 – present: Associate Professor in Microbiology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno Fisciano, Italy.