Filippo Schiavon

Research fellow, PhD

Ascidian Biology Lab

Dipartimento di Biologia - Università di Padova

Filippo Schiavon is PhD (School of Bioscences and Biotechnologies) at the Dipartimento di Biologia of the University of Padova since 2013. His interests focus on the study of the signaling transductional pathways involved in both the immune responses and the apoptotic processes which characterize the colonial life-cycle of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri.

He previously obtained a MSc degree in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Padova in July 2008 with full marks after dissertating on his thesis entitled “Expression studies of a rhamnose-binding lectin in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri”, where he analyzed both the expression and the localization of a particular lectin during the colonial life-cycle of this species.

Then, he got a series of research fellowships at the laboratory of ascidian biology of the Dipartimento di Biologia of the University of Padova under the supervision of Prof. Ballarin:

08/2008 – 12/2008 – Blastogenetic colonial life-cycle of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

01/2009 – 04/2009 – Immunomodulation in colonial ascidians

05/2009 – 10/2009 – Immunobiology of the crustacean Squilla mantis

11/2009 – 12/2009 – Blastogenetic colonial life-cycle of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri 

During these experiences in this field of research, he achieved ability with various lab activities such as settlement of immunohistochemical and cytochemical samples, DNA/RNA/protein extraction, PCR, bacterial cloning and transforming, in situ hybridization, SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and Western blotting. Moreover, he is experienced in control of rearing and reproduction of compound ascidians and recognition of the developmental blastogenetic stages of their colonies.

Publications

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Papers

2009

    1) Cima F., Manni L., Basso G., Fortunato E., Accordi B., Schiavon F., Ballarin L., 2009. Hovering between          death and life: Natural apoptosis and phagocytes in the blastogenetic cycle of the colonial ascidian Botryllus         schlosseri. Dev. Comp. Immunol., 34: 272-285.

2010

    2) Ballarin L., Schiavon F., Manni L., 2010. Natural apoptosis during the blastogenetic cycle of the colonial             ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: a morphological analysis. Zool. Sci., 27: 96-102. 

    3) Franchi N., Schiavon F., Carletto M., Gasparini F., Bertoloni G., STosatto S.C.E., Ballarin L., 2010.                  Immune roles of a rhamnose-binding lectin in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Immunobiol., 216: 725-    736. 

2011

    4) Gallo C., Schiavon F., Ballarin L., 2011. Insight on cellular and humoral components of innate immunity in         Squilla mantis (Crustacea, Stomatopoda). Fish Shellfish Immunol., 31: 423-431.

2012

    5) Franchi N., Schiavon F., Carletto M., Gasparini F., Bertoloni G., Tosatto S.C.E., Ballarin L., 2011. Immune roles of a rhamnose-binding lectin in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Immunobiology, 216: 725-736.

2013

    6) Franchi N., Schiavon F., Betti M., Canesi L., Ballarin L., 2013. Insight on signal transduction pathways involved in phagocytosis in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. J. Invertebr. Pathol., 112: 260-266.

2015

    7) Gasparini F., Manni L., Cima F., Zaniolo G., Burighel P., Caicci F., Franchi N., Schiavon F., Rigon F.,             Campagna D., Ballarin L., 2015. Sexual and asexual reproduction in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri.     Genesis, 53: 105-120.

    8) Cima F., Ballarin L., Caicci F., Franchi N., Gasparini F., Rigon F., Schiavon F., Manni L., 2015. Life history     and ecological genetics of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Zool. Anz., 257: 54-70.

2016

     9) Franchi N., Ballin F., Manni L., Schiavon F., Basso G., Ballarin L., 2016. Recurrent phagocytosis-induced         apoptosis in the cyclical generation change of the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Dev. Comp.                     Immunol., 62: 8-16.

    10) Franchi N., Ballin F., Manni L., Schiavon F., Ballarin L., 2016. Data on four apoptosis-related genes in the         colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri. Data Brief, 8: 142-152.