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| 1995-1998 | Ph.D, Immunogenetics, Institute for Animal Health, Department of Immunopathology, Compton Laboratories, England. | |
| 1992-1995 | Bsc (Hons), Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Essex, Colchester, England | Research Experience |
| Sept.02- | Senior Research Scientist, Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA | |
| Aug.99-Aug.02 | Fogarty Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Unit on Neurogenetics, Rockville, MD USA. Identification of genes Critical for hair cell function and structure using spontaneous mouse mutants | |
| Jan.99-Jun.99 | Research Associate, Institute for Animal Health, Department of Immunopathology, Compton Laboratories, England. | |
| Oct.98-Dec.98 | Instructor, Institute for Animal Health, Department of Immunopathology, Compton Laboratories, England | Administrative/Managerial Experience |
| Sept.02- | Research Manager, Service Center, Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA | |
| 2000-2002 | Member and Membership Secretary of National Institutes of Health Fellows Committee (FELCOM), National Institutes of Helath, Bethesda MD | |
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Research Awards and Funding |
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| Aug. 1999 -Aug. 2002 | Fogarty Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) . | |
| September, 2001 | Fellow's Award for Research Excellence (FARE) in Biomedical Research, National Institutes of Health. | |
| April, 1997 | Scholarship awarded by "Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche di Roma" (National Research Council, Rome Italy). | |
| March, 1997 | Scholarship awarded by "International Society of Animal Genetics" (ISAG) for attendance at the XXVI International Conference on Animal Genetics. | |
| Oct., 1995 | Ph.D. Studentship awarded by the Institute for Animal Health, Department of Immunopathology, Compton laboratories, England | |
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Professional Membership and Responsabilities |
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| 1995-1998 | British society for Immunology (BSI) | |
| 1998-1999 | International Society of Animal Genetics (ISAG) | |
| 2000- | Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) | |
| 2001 | Chief Judge of the human genetic section for the Fellow' s Award of Research Excellence (FARE), National Institute of Health. | |
| 2004 | Ad Hoc reviewer of National Research Initiative (NRI) proposals for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | |
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Publications |
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A. Peer Reviewed articles |
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| Federica, Di Palma, R.H. Holme, E.C. Bryda, I.A. Belyantseva, R. Pellegrino, B. Kachar, K.P. Steel , K. Noben-Trauth (2001). "Mutations in Cdh23, encoding a new type of cadherin, cause stereocilia disorganization in waltzer, the mouse model for Usher syndrome type 1D". Nature Genetics 27 103-107. | ||
| Federica Di Palma, R. Pellegrino, K. Noben-Trauth (2001) )."Genomic organization, untranslated exons and alternative splice forms of Cdh23, the gene mutated in waltzer". Gene 281, 31-41. | ||
| Federica, Di Palma, J.R. Young, S. Ellis (2002). "Analysis of the bovine MHC class I region using a BAC library constructed from a MHC homozygous animal" European Journal of Immunogenetics 29, 65-68. | ||
| Federica Di Palma, I.A. Belyantseva, H.J. Kim, T.F. Vogt, B. Kachar, K. Noben-Trauth (2002). "Deafness and Pigmentation defects in varitint waddler (Va) mice caused by mutations in Mcoln3, a new member of the mucolipin gene family". PNAS 99 (23): 14994-9. | ||
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B. Conference Papers |
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| Federica Di Palma, J.R. Young S. Ellis. "Analysis of the bovine MHC class I region using a BAC library constructed from a MHC homozygous animal" abstract at the 1998 XXVI International Conference on Animal Genetics. Animal Genetics 29 (supplement 1) | ||
| Federica Di Palma, J.R. Young S. Ellis. "Bovine MHC class I genes are clustered together" abstract at the 1998 6th Annual Congress of the British Society for Immunology (BSI). Immunology 95, (supplement 1) | Federica Di Palma, H.J. Kim, K. Noben-Trauth. "Searching for the varitint-waddler gene and a link between deafness and pigmentation defects" abstract at the 24th Midwinter research Meeting, February 4-8 2001, St Petersburg Beach, Florida. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abs. 332; 93. | |
| Federica Di Palma, R.H. Holme, E.C. Bryda, I.A. Belyantseva, R. Pellegrino, B. Kachar, K.P. Steel, K. Noben-Trauth. "Mutations in Cdh23, encoding a new type of cadherin, cause stereocilia disorganization in waltzer, the mouse model for Usher syndrome type 1D" abstract at the 24th Midwinter Research Meeting, February 4-8, 2001,St Petersburg Beach, Florida. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abs. 109; 28. | ||
| Federica Di Palma, Jeff Kim, Konrad Noben-Trauth. "Identification of the Varitint-Waddler gene a link between deafness and pigmentation defects" . Winner abstract of the Fellow's Award for Research Excellence (FARE), National Institutes of Health, September 2001. | ||
| Konrad Noben-Trauth, Federica Di Palma , Richard Pellegrino. "Genomic Structure of Cadherin 23 Ð mutated in waltzer and Usher syndrome type 1D" abstract at the Mouse Molecular Genetics meeting, August 22-26, 2001, EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany. | ||
| Konrad Noben-Trauth, Federica Di Palma, Richard Pellegrino. "Genomic Structure of Cadherin 23 Ð mutated in waltzer and Usher syndrome type 1D" abstract at the 25th Midwinter Research Meeting, January 27-31, 2002, St Petersburg Beach, Florida. Association for Research in Otolaryngology. | ||