EDUCATION / STUDIES

2003-06 Ph.D.-Thesis: Intervention studies and in-vitro investigations onthe influence of polyphenols and -3 fatty acids on endothelial
function and skin physiology (marked magna cum laude)

2003-06 Research assistant at the Institute for Biochemistry and
Molekular Biology of the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf,
Germany

2003 German Approbation for Pharmaceutics

2001-02 Scientific internship at the University of Florida in Gainesville, USA and the pharmacy “Sonnenapotheke” in Dormagen,
Germany

1999 - 01 Master Degree in Pharmaceutics
Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Germany

1997 – 99 Bachelor Degree in Pharmaceutics
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany

EXPERIENCE

2003- 06 Scientific Assistant, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology I at the University of Düsseldorf, tutoring biochemistry
laboratory practice for medical students

2003-06 Employment as Pharmacist at the Sonnenapotheke Dormagen including counselling, production of parenteral nutrition and cytostatics, education and training

2002 Internship at the Institute for Pharmacology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, USA

2000 Internship at the drug development department at
SmithklineBeecham in Bristol, Tennessee, USA

2000 Tutor at the Institute for Chemistry, University of Würzburg,
teaching chemical laboratory practice for medical students

1994 Exchange student in Chambéry, France

PUBLICATIONS

Consumption of flavanol-rich cocoa acutely improves microcirculation in human skin
Karin Neukam, Wilhelm Stahl, Hagen Tronnier, Helmut Sies and Ulrike Heinrich
European Journal of Nutrition, 2007; 46(1):53-56 ------

Long-term ingestion of high flavanol cocoa provides photoprotection against Uvinduced erythema and improves skin condition in humans
Ulrike Heinrich, Karin Neukam, Hagen Tronnier, Helmut Sies and Wilhelm Stahl
European Journal of Nutrition, 2006 Jun; 136(6):1565-9 ------

Single dose of high polyphenol coca improves endothelial-dependent vasorelaxation
Neukam Karin, Stahl Wilhelm
13th International Fat Soluble Vitamins Meeting, March 30 - April 1 2006, Jena, Germany

Protection of the Skin by Carotenoids
Karin Neukam, Ulrike Heinrich, Hagen Tronnier, Wilhelm Stahl, Olivier Aust and Helmut Sies
1st International Conference on Molecular Research in Environmental Medicine, March 18-20 2004, Duesseldorf, Germany

EDUCATION / STUDIES

1995-1999 BSc Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science. Department of Biology

1999-2003 MSc Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science. Department of Biology,Program of Molecular Biology

2003- present PhD Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science. Department of Biology, Program of Molecular Biology

EXPERIENCE

2000- Present: Research Assistant at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Program of Molecular Biology.

2000- Present: Laboratory Practice; Molecular Biology, Experimental Biochemistry and Molecular Genetic Courses

PUBLICATIONS

Cigdem Kaplan , Nuran Diril , Saime Sahin and Murat Cavit Cehreli
“Mutagenic potentials of dental cements as detected by the Salmonella/microsome test”
Biomaterials, Volume 25, Issue 18, August 2004, Pages 4019-4027--

XIIIth National Biotechnology Congress,
August 25-29, 2003, Çanakkale, Turkey.

Symposium of food safety and investigation of importance of food safety on biological diversity and detection of proposals to biosafety law draft.
Ankara Ticaret Odası (Ankara Trade Chamber), 2005.

Nanotechnology Workshop,
Hacettepe University, 27-28 June 2006, Ankara, Turkey.

EDUCATION / STUDIES

1997 High School Degree, G.Garibaldi, Palermo

1997 Application to the University Course in Biological Sciences address Physiologist Biology, University of Palermo, a 5 year degree course.

2002-2003 1September 2002 – 12 November 2003 Tutorship in a research group in Department of Sperimental Medicine, section of Human Anatomy, leader Prof.G. Zummo.

2003 12 November 2003 Final Exam of the Course in Biological Sciences, vote “110/110 e lode”. Experimental Thesis on the biomolecular aspect of cancer, title of the thesis “Role of HSP60-1 of Chlamydia trachomatis in development of human exocervix carcinogenesis”; thesis tutor Dott.F. Cappello; cotutor Dott.Valentina Di Felice.

2004 1 April-1 July3 months post-lauream practice period spent at the Department of Cell Biology, University of Sevilla, group leader Prof. Felipe Cortes

2002-2004 Internship for research studies at the Human Anatomy Institute, Experimental Medicine Department, University of Palermo, group leader Prof. Giovanni Zummo.

2005 Admission at the PhD Course in Motor Activity Sciences. Department of Sperimental Medicine, section of Human Anatomy,University of Palermo, leader Prof. G. Zummo, Tutor G. Peri.

2005 1 June-1 December Tutorship in a research group in Department of of Cell Biology, University of Sevilla, group leader Prof. Felipe Cortes

PAPERS

Di Felice V, Cappello F, Montalbano A, Ardizzone N, Campanella C, De Luca A; Amelio D, Tota B, Corti A, Zummo G
Human Recombinant Vasostatin 1 May Interfere with Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions,
Ann NY Acad Sci 2006 1090: 305-310. ------

Czarnecka AM, Campanella C, Zummo G, Cappello F.
Heat shock protein 10 and signal transduction: a “capsula eburnea” of carcinogenesis?
Cell Stress Chaperones. 2006 June; 11 (4), 287-294. ------

Cantero G, Campanella C, Mateos S, Cortes F.
Topoisomerase II inhibition and high yield of endoreduplication induced by the flavonoids luteolin and quercetin.
Mutagenesis. 2006 Sep;21(5):321-5. ------

Czarnecka AM, Campanella C, Zummo G, Cappello F.
Mitochondrial chaperones in cancer: from molecular biology to clinical diagnostics.
Cancer Biol Ther. 2006 Jul;5(7):714-20. ------

Cantero G, Pastor N, Mateos S, Campanella C, Cortes F.
Cisplatin-induced endoreduplication in CHO cells: DNA damage and inhibition of topoisomerase II.
Mutat Res. 2006 Jul 25;599(1-2):160-6. ------

Cappello F, Ribbene A, Campanella C, Czarnecka AM, Anzalone R, Bucchieri F, Palma A, Zummo G.
The value of immunohistochemical research on PCNA, p53 and heat shock proteins in prostate cancer management: a review.
Eur J Histochem. 2006 Jan-Mar;50(1):25-34. ------

Pastor N, Cantero G, Campanella C, Cortes F.
Endoreduplication induced in cultured Chinese hamster cells by different anti-topoisomerase II chemicals. Evidence for the essential contribution of the enzyme to chromosome segregation.
Mutat Res. 2005 Apr 4;582(1-2):11-9. ------

FELLOWSHIPS

2004 Winner of an Leonardo fellowship, to spent 3 moths as a student at the 'University of Sevilla, Spain.

2005 Winner of a 3-year fellowhip for the PhD course of the University of Palermo.