Since
2005, Dr. Angelo Cignarelli has been involved in research at the Section of
Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases of the Department of Emergency and Organ
Transplantation, University of Bari. He has worked on various research topics
in the endocrine-metabolic field, with a specific focus on the biology of
adipose tissue and on adipose tissue abnormalities in obesity. The studies on
insulin action in human adipose tissue in vivo and in cultured adipocytes and
adipocyte precursors in vitro, on the molecular physiology of the different
types of adipose tissue, and on the identification of novel regulators of
adipogenesis have been published in international journals with a total impact
factor of 72 and an H-index of 8. Dr. Cignarelli is also involved in clinical
research, with a specific interest in epidemiology applied to obesity, and has
developed a significant expertise in designing and conducting clinical trials.
He has
worked in the Project LIBRA, an international project - unique in Italy -
funded by the pharmaceutical industry Novo Nordisk, an international leader in
the treatment of diabetes, for the investigation of long-acting insulin
analogue, Detemir, on human adipocyte differentiation.
He is
also in charge of tutorial activity for undergraduate, graduate and PhD
students at the Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic
Diseases, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of
Bari. This activity implies supervision of clinical training for young doctors,
teaching of research methods and laboratory techniques, writing final
dissertations for graduation in Medicine, Biotechnology, Dietetics,
Specialization in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, and PhD in
Endocrinological and Metabolic Sciences, and also the organization of basic and
clinical seminars.
Since
2009, he has been enrolled as Fellow in the teaching program of “Biotechnology
applied to endocrine pathophysiology”, within the Graduate Program in Medical
Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine.
Since
2010 he is engaged as part of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE) for
the development of young scientific research, through participation in the Club
"Endocrinology Young in Italy" and "Youth Commission-SIE"
