MERCURIO SARA

Role
Assistant Professor  
Academic disciplines
Genetics (BIOS-14/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
GENETICS (05/BIOS-14)
Office phone

Publications

  • Perciballi, E., Bovio, F., Ferro, S., Forcella, M., Rosati, J., Carletti, R., et al. (2025). Mitochondrial and energy metabolism dysfunctions are hallmarks of TDP-43G376D fibroblasts from members of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis family. CELL DEATH & DISEASE, 16(1) [10.1038/s41419-025-07584-2]. Detail

  • Mercurio, S., Pozzolini, G., Baldi, R., Barila, S., Pitasi, M., Catona, O., et al. (2023). Hooked Up from a Distance: Charting Genome-Wide Long-Range Interaction Maps in Neural Cells Chromatin to Identify Novel Candidate Genes for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 24(2) [10.3390/ijms24021164]. Detail

  • Mercurio, S. (2023). SOX2-Sensing: Insights into the Role of SOX2 in the Generation of Sensory Cell Types in Vertebrates. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 24(8) [10.3390/ijms24087637]. Detail

  • Moleri, S., Mercurio, S., Pezzotta, A., D'Angelo, D., Brix, A., Plebani, A., et al. (2023). Lymphatic Defects in Zebrafish sox18 Mutants Are Exacerbated by Perturbed VEGFC Signaling, While Masked by Elevated sox7 Expression. CELLS, 12(18) [10.3390/cells12182309]. Detail

  • Mercurio, S., Serra, L., Pagin, M., Nicolis, S. (2022). Deconstructing Sox2 Function in Brain Development and Disease. CELLS, 11(10) [10.3390/cells11101604]. Detail

Research projects

Dissecting the role of Sox2 in neurons of the visual thalamus: insights into developmental visual disorders
Year: 2022
Call: Telethon multi-round Call for research projects 2021 – 2024
Grantors: FONDAZIONE TELETHON ETS
PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 Investimento 1.1- Avviso 104/2022 | Dissection of the Sox2 gene regulatory network in the developing visual system
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)

Awards

Editorial boards

  • Editor di rivista, collana editoriale, enciclopedia - FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE, 2022

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2021 - 2024
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2024