ONGOING PROJECTS

HEBE:
Healthy aging versus inflamm-aging: the role of physical Exercise in modulating the Biomarkers of age-associated and Environmentally determined chronic diseases.
Funding scheme: GSA - Grandi Sfide di Ateneo, Università degli Studi di Milano.

HEBE è un progetto trasversale e multidisciplinare, che vede la partecipazione di 140 ricercatori dell'Università degli Studi di Milano (UNIMI), afferenti a 40 Settori Scientifico-Disciplinari e strutturati in 13 unità dipartimentali e 10 linee di ricerca.

Principal Investigators: Mario Clerici, Elia Biganzoli
Core Executive Team: Valentina Bollati, Francesca Bianchi, Chiara Mando', Daniela Lucini

Project Manager: Federica Rota

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INSIDE - OUT:
Breast milk extracellular vesicles: maternal resilience to counterbalance life-threatening infant's conditions.
Funding scheme: Italian Ministry of Health ("Ricerca Finalizzata")
Principal Investigators: Gregorio Milani, Valentina Bollati, Massimiliano Buoli, Anna Pistocchi
This project has received funding from the Italian Ministry of Health (Italy).

BUG:
Nasal microbiota, bronchiolitis and air pollution: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Funding scheme: PRIN: PROGETTI DI RICERCA DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE NAZIONALE, Bando 2017
Principal Investigators: Valentina Bollati, Gregorio Milani, Anna Pistocchi, Eva Pinatel, Anna Luganini, Luigi Pariota.
This project has received funding from the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Italy) under grant agreement 2017HWPZZZ.

DeprAIR:
Depression is in the air: understanding the interplay between air pollution, biological variables and depressive disorder DEvelopment in pregnancy.
Funding scheme: Fondazione Cariplo
Principal Investigators: Michele Carugno, Valentina Bollati, Massimiliano Buoli.

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MAIN PAST PROJECTS

SPHERE - ERC Starting Grant 2011
SPHERE: Susceptibility to Particle Health Effects, miRNAs and Exosomes
Funding scheme: European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant.
Principal Investigator: Valentina Bollati.
This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 282413.
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INSIDE - PRIN 2015:
INdividual air pollution exposure, extracellular vesicle SIgnaling and hypertensive disorder DEvelopment in pregnancy.
Funding scheme: PRIN: PROGETTI DI RICERCA DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE NAZIONALE, Bando 2015
Principal Investigator: Valentina Bollati.
This project has received funding from the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Italy) under grant agreement 20152T74ZL


EPIMIGRANT - European Union's Seventh Framework Programme
EpiMigrant: Identification of epigenetic markers underlying increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in South Asians.
Funding scheme: Specific International Cooperation Action (SICA), Collaborative Project.
Work programme topics: HEALTH.2011.2.4.3-4 Genetic and environmental factors in obesity and/or diabetes in specific populations.
Principal Investigator: Dr John Chambers, Imperial College London.
This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 279143.

MFAG 2010 Germline epimutations in malignant melanoma
Funding scheme: My First Airc Grant AIRC
Principal Investigator: Valentina Bollati.
This project has received funding from the Italian Association for Cancer Reasearch (AIRC) under grant agreement no 10361