Loriano Ballarin

ETT-Fellow 2015 & 2017
Loriano Ballarin
© Uni MS - MGSE

Ascidian Biology Lab
Department of Biology
University of Padova
Italy
Website

16 June - 13 July 2017:

Münster Graduate School of Evolution
Hüfferstr. 1a
48149 Münster

Tel.: +49-(0)251/83-21508

loriano.ballarin@unipd.it

Nationality: Italian It

Prof. Loriano Ballarin visited the MGSE already as an ETT-Fellow from mid-June to mid-July 2015, where he collaborated with the graduate students of the MGSE and organized a workshop on "Evolutionary Aspects of Allorecognition". Loriano Ballarin is an Associate Professor of Zoology at the Department of Biology at the University of Padova, Italy, where he teaches Zoology and Comparative Immunobiology.

The main research interests of Prof. Ballarin include:

  • Ascidian immunobiology
  • Allorecognition
  • Tunicate haemocyte differentiation
  • Apoptosis and recognition of apoptotic cells and corpses