IFCC Executive Board: 2012-2014 Biographies
Prof. Sergio BERNARDINI, Secretary
Secretary
Prof. Sergio BERNARDINI
Docent, Clinical biochemist,
Tel: +39 06 20902262
Fax: +39 06 20902357
Email: bernardini@med.uniroma2.it
Professor Sergio Bernardini, MD, PhD, currently
is a full professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular
Biology at the Department of Internal Medicine of The University of
Rome Tor Vergata, and the head physician of the Clinical Molecular
Biology Unit at the Tor Vergata University Hospital.
He received his degree in Medicine in 1986 and the PhD in
Paediatric Sciences in 1995. He has specialized in
Paediatrics (1990) and in Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry
(1998).
He act as the president of the undergraduate course in
"Diagnostic laboratory techniques in the medical field" and, as a
clinical laboratory research consultant with Bambino Gesu'
Children's Hospital in Rome.
He is a member of the Italian Society of Clinical Biochemistry
(SiBioC), where he form part of the committee of Clinical Molecular
Biology, as well as the Italian Society of Biochemistry (SIB)
and the Italian Society of Allergology and Immunology (SIAIC). His
international activities include membership of theEditorial
Advisory Board of The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.
As a professor he has several teaching responsibilities
including a Bachelor's course in diagnostic laboratory techniques
in the medical field, degree courses in medicine, medical
biotechnologies, movement sciences and postgraduate courses in
Clinical Biochemistry, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Medical
Genetics, Allergology and Immunology, and Paediatrics.
The research interests are diverse in nature and have included
work in paediatric endocrinology with particular interest in growth
hormone and insulin like growth factors and their binding proteins.
He has also worked on apoptotic pathways in oncology, in particular
neuroblastoma, as well as on glutathione transferases, a family of
enzymes involved in cell detoxification and in the control of the
programmed cell death. He has collaborated in the application of
molecular biology and proteomic methods and techniques in research
applied to neurodegenerative diseases, oncology and
pharmacogenetics. Since 2009 he has collaborated in the application
of molecular biology and biochemical methods to monitoring of sport
training and performance.
Sergio is married to Elisabetta since 1998 and has a son, Andrew
21 years old, and a daughter Marta aged 19. His personal interests
include football, theatre and travelling.