Prof. Samuele Notarbartolo is a researcher with extensive experience in cellular and molecular immunology. He has dedicated his professional life to advancing our understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the function of the immune system.
After graduating with honors with a Specialist Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Messina, he attained a PhD in Molecular Medicine in 2011 at the European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), under the supervision of Prof. Gioacchino Natoli. During his postdoctoral studies in the Cellular Immunology Laboratory at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona (Switzerland), under the supervision of Prof. Federica Sallusto, he studied the transcriptional programmes that define the identity and plasticity of human T cells, helping to clarify the molecular mechanisms underlying protective and pathological immune responses.
From 2020 to 2023, he was Junior Principal Investigator at the National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM), where he investigated the molecular circuits that regulate the function of intratumoural T lymphocytes and the immunological determinants of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Since 2023, he has led a research group at the Infectious Diseases Unit of the IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Foundation in Milan, dedicated to studying the differentiation of memory T cell precursors in order to develop new vaccine co-adjuvants to improve vaccine efficacy.
He authored several publications in high-profile international journals – including Nature Immunology, Science Immunology, Nature Communications and the European Journal of Immunology – he also reviews for several scientific journals and has been Guest Editor for Frontiers in Immunology.
In 2025, he obtained National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in three competitive fields (Molecular Biology; General and Clinical Pathology; Health Professions Sciences and Applied Medical Technologies). He is a member of the Italian Society of Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology (SIICA) and the Italian Association of General and Molecular Biology and Genetics (AIBG).
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