Lisa Romano,
POSTDOC ASO
Department:
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Business Phone:
(352) 273-5188
Business Email:
lisa.romano@ufl.edu
About Lisa Romano
Additional Positions:
Research Accountability Team Member
2021 – Current
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University of Florida, School of Medicine
Accomplishments
Poster winner
2022
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International Congress for Ataxia Research
Winner of second price on Microscopy Image competition
2019
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British Society of Cell Biology
Best Presentation
2017
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UK Chaperone Club meeting
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
2015
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Euroculture Erasmus Mundus student scholarships
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0003-3531-5013
Publications
2022
Antiproliferative effects of metformin in cellular models of pheochromocytoma
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.
539
[DOI] 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111484.
2022
Multi-omic profiling reveals the ataxia protein sacsin is required for integrin trafficking and synaptic organization
Cell Reports.
41(5)
[DOI] 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111580.
[PMID] 36323248.
2021
CCG•CGG interruptions in high‐penetrance SCA8 families increase RAN translation and protein toxicity
EMBO Molecular Medicine.
13(11)
[DOI] 10.15252/emmm.202114095.
[PMID] 34632710.
2021
GATA3 induces mitochondrial biogenesis in primary human CD4+ T cells during DNA damage
Nature Communications.
12(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41467-021-23715-7.
[PMID] 34099719.
2020
Mitochondria form contact sites with the nucleus to couple prosurvival retrograde response
Science Advances.
6(51)
[DOI] 10.1126/sciadv.abc9955.
2019
Oncometabolite induced primary cilia loss in pheochromocytoma
Endocrine-Related Cancer.
26(1):165-180
[DOI] 10.1530/erc-18-0134.
2017
Altered organization of the intermediate filament cytoskeleton and relocalization of proteostasis modulators in cells lacking the ataxia protein sacsin
Human Molecular Genetics.
[DOI] 10.1093/hmg/ddx197.
[PMID] 28535259.
2016
A reduction in Drp1-mediated fission compromises mitochondrial health in autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix Saguenay
Human Molecular Genetics.
25(15):3232-3244
[DOI] 10.1093/hmg/ddw173.
[PMID] 27288452.
Grants
Mar 2023
ACTIVE
Repeat associated non-AUG (RAN) proteins in FA: contribution to disease and therapeutic opportunities
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FRIEDREICHS ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE
Nov 2019
– Oct 2021
C9ORF72 ALS: Endobody vaccine for the treatment of C9 ALS/FTD
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOC
Education
PhD in Neuroscience
2020
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Queen Mary University of London, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and London
Master's Degree, Molecular and Cellular Biology
2013-2016
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University of Florence
Bachelor's Degree, Biology
2009-2012
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University of Florence
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-5188
Emails:
- Business:
- lisa.romano@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 103610
GAINESVILLE FL 32611 - Business Street:
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2033 MOWRY RD
CANCER AND GENETIC CENTER
GAINESVILLE FL 32610