The Centre

Photos of the inauguration event, Dec. 20, 2024

The Centre was established to improve the research on the metabolic pathways and their interaction with inflammatory processes in the pathogenesis of cancer and chronic-degenerative diseases.

ATLANTIS will allow the acquisition of new scientific information useful to identify diagnostic and therapeutic targets suitable to be translated to the clinical practice. General goals of ATLANTIS are the development of new research activities and the valorization of pre-existing ones, promoting collaborations, within and outside the Centre.  The final goal is to make ATLANTIS a cornerstone for research on metabolism, able to attract both public and private funding, resulting in a synergy between the industrial and academic research.

ATLANTIS will be pivotal to improve the interplay with patient associations, in view of results that could be relevant to the clinical practice.

ATLANTIS arises from the collaboration of the following departments:

• Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences
• Department of Oncology
• Department of Chemistry

Director of the Center: 

Paola Costelli (appointed with DR. 1436 of 03/08/2023 for 2023/2025) - Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences

Scientific Committee of Atlantis: 

• Tiziana Crepaldi, Deputy Director of the Center (Department of Oncology)
• Barbara Pergolizzi (Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences)
• Alberto Salomone (Department of Chemistry)
• Dario Sangiolo (Department of Oncology)
• Marco Vincenti (Department of Chemistry)

Research technician of Atlantis

• Valentina Schiavo (Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences)

Technical Administrative Staff to support the Centre: 

• Giuseppina Santosuosso, Research Area - School of Medicine San Luigi
• Alessandra Allione, Research Area - School of Medicine San Luigi
• Maria Mari, Administration and Accounting Area - School of Medicine San Luigi
• Elisabetta Madera, Support Area for Institutional Activities - School of Medicine San Luigi