Emiliano Maiani

Emiliano Maiani is an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at UniCamillus and serves as Vice Dean of the Departmental Faculty of Medicine. He holds concurrent roles as Research Delegate coordinating the University’s Integrated Research Center and Visiting Scientist at the Danish Cancer Institute. His expertise lies in cellular signaling mechanisms, particularly DNA damage response, autophagy regulation, and S-nitrosylation pathways. He earned his Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (2013) and conducted postdoctoral research at the Danish Cancer Society Research Center until 2021.

His research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying cancer progression, genomic stability, and cell cycle control. Key areas include GSNOR-mediated regulation of tumor growth, AMBRA1’s role in cyclin D stability, and autophagy’s role in tissue homeostasis. He has published in high-impact journals like Nature and Nature Medicine, with recent work addressing S-nitrosylation in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and tendon biology.

Maiani serves as a peer reviewer for major scientific journals and evaluates national and EU research projects (Horizon Europe, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships). His collaborative efforts span computational biology, structural bioinformatics, and protein disorder prediction through initiatives like DisProt database improvements. He also contributes to methodological standards in autophagy research via guideline publications.