TRINCHERA MARCO GIUSEPPE

- Born in Milan (Italy), June 30, 1961, married and with three children
- Degree in Medicine, July 21, 1987, University of Milan Medical School (Italy)
- Ph.D. in Biochemistry, June 1993, MURST, Rome (Italy),
- Recognition of Postdoctoral Training, September 1993, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)
Appointments
- 1983/1988 - Graduate student at the Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Milan (Italy)
- 1988 - Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemistry (Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Program), Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN (USA)
- 1988/1991- Postdoctoral fellowship as partial requirement for Ph.D. graduation in Biochemistry at the Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Milan (Italy)
- 1991/1993 - Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)
- 1994/1995 - Postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano (TO) (Italy)
- 1995/1998 - Researcher (tenure-tracked permanent position) at the University of Pavia Medical School II, Department of Biochemistry,
Pavia (Italy)
- 1998/2018 - Researcher (tenured) at the University of Insubria Medical School, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, then Dept.of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, then Dept. of Medicine and Surgery
- 2018 - Associate professor of Biochemistry at the University of Insubria Medical School, Department of Medicine and Surgery

- Publications: 63 papers and 30 meeting proceedings

- Invited speakers at the Gordon Conference on Glycolipids and Sphingolipids, November 15-20, 1992, Hawaii Is.

- Funded projects:
- (1996) AIRC "Molecular cloning of glycosyltransferases which synthesize tumor markers associated with malignancy"
- (1997) Telethon "Molecular cloning of beta 1,3galactosyltransferase cDNA(s) responsible for the biosynthesis of epitopes recognized by motor neuron disease patient sera"
- (2001) COFIN "Molecular mechanisms regulating the expression of CA19.9 and other adhesion molecules in colorectal cancer"
- (2004) PRIN "Down-regulation of a galactosyltransferase gene:molecular analysis and involvement in colorectal cancer malignancy"
- (2008) Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience (Tokio, Japan) “Transcriptional and epigenetic silencing of b1,3-galactosyltransferase 5 in cancer”;
- (2021) "Novel diseases reveal glycosylations affecting human specific brain functions", finanziato da Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience (Tokio, Japan)