Franca Anglani

I was born in Feltre in 1950. I received my Biological Science degree in 1974 from the University of Padua and became specialized (summa cum laude) in Medical Genetics in 1984 at the University of Rome. In 1992, I attended the European School of Medical Genetics. From 1979 to 1984, I was a Research Fellow at the laboratory of Cytogenetics at the Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua. In 1985, I set up the Molecular Genetics Laboratory of the Department of Pediatrics for studying genetic diseases including Neurofibromatosis and Cystic Fibrosis. From 1991 to 1996, I was a Member of the Consortium of the European Concerted Action on Cystic Fibrosis and of the International Consortium for gene cloning and function for NF1 and NF2. In 1994, at the Department of Medicine, University of Padua, I set up the Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney of which I am currently the Director. My current position is Associated Professor of Medical Genetics and teaching member of the Doctoral School in Clinical and Experimental Sciences at University of Padua. My current research fields are molecular genetics of rare nephropathies, in particular of nephrolithiasis, molecular mechanisms of nephrocalcinosis.  I was principal investigator of many research grants: in 1993 from Italian Association for Cancer Research, 1995-1996 from the National Research Committee, 1999-2000 from the National Health Ministry, 2002–2004 and 2006–2008 from the Italian Ministry of University and Research, 2008–2010 and 2013-2017 from the University of Padua, 2012-2013 from Rare Kidney Stone Consortium. I was the Coordinator of the Cellular and Molecular Biology Study group of the Italian Society of Nephrology. Currently, I am member of the European Renal Cell Study Group, of the National Society of Nephrology, and since 2009 of the International Rare Kidney Stone Consortium. Since 2014, I am member of the Editorial Boards of Italian Journal of Nephrology.