Gene Expression Regulation
Davide Gabellini

Email: gabellini.davide@hsr.it
Location: DIBIT2 San Raffaele, Floor 5, Room 44
Group Leader, Gene Expression Regulation
Davide Gabellini is the Head of the Gene Expression Regulation Unit, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology at San Raffaele Research Hospital in Milano, Italy.
He earned a Bachelor in Biological Sciences and a PhD in Genetic Sciences from the University of Pavia, Italy. He performed his postdoctoral training at the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, in Worcester, MA, USA.
He returned to Italy in 2006 thanks to an award from the Dulbecco Telethon Institute (DTI). He was first appointed as Assistant DTI Scientist, and was subsequently promoted to Senior DTI Scientist.
In parallel, he was appointed a Senior Researcher position at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, and was subsequently promoted to Group Leader.
During the years, research in his laboratory has been supported by grants from AIRC, AFM, ERC, Fondazione Telethon, FRRB, FSHD Society, FSHD Global, MDA, MoH, NIH, and various other European Union Programs.
He has published in and served as reviewer for Cell, Nature, Science, and several other major journals.
He has been Peer Review Committee member for ANR, CIHR, NIH, and ad hoc reviewer for those and several other national and international funding bodies.
PhD Genetic Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
2022-present Coordinator, OSR Division of Genetics and Cell Biology Mentoring Program
2022-present Ad hoc member, OSR Commission for Appointments and Promotions
2020-present Adjunct Professor, Scientific Foundation of Medicine I, International MD Program, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano Italy
2019-present Mentor, OSR Division of Neuroscience Mentoring Program
2018-present Mentor, OSR Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases
2017-2022 Mentor, OSR Division of Genetics and Cell Biolog
2017-2022 Director, Interuniversity Institute of Myology
2017-present Head of Unit, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
2015-2019 OSR Commission for Appointments and Promotions
2014-2017 Head of Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
2013-2016 Senior DTI Scientist, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
2010-2016 National Representative, Dulbecco Telethon Institute Scientists
2008-2014 Senior Researcher, Division of Regenerative Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
2006-2013 Assistant DTI Scientist, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
2006-present Office of Graduate Studies, UniSR-Open University Cellular and Molecular Biology International PhD Program
2000-2006 Postdoc, HHMI, Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
2017 Director, Interuniversity Institute of Myology
2012-2016 Epigenetics and Systems Biology Network of Excellence
(EpiGeneSys)
2008-2014 European Research Council Starting Grant
2006-2016 Dulbecco Telethon Institute Carrier Award
2006-2009 European Alternative Splicing Network of Excellence (EURASNET)