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Dr. Balzamino Bijorn Omar

Biologist, Researcher
Balzamino Bijorn Omar
Research line: Research Line of Glaucoma and anterior segment with ocular annexes
Research unit: RU Research laboratory

Basic research activity at IRCCS Fondazione G.B. Bietti, Via Livenza 3 and Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo 6, Presidio Ospedaliero Britannico, Rome.

Scientific publications: PubMed

LinkedIn profile: Bijorn Omar Balzamino

  • 2018: PhD in Bioengineering and Biosciences, Università Campus Biomedico di Roma, Rome
  • 2008: Master’s Degree in Applied Biology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona
  • 2006: Master’s Degree in Biotechnology, Università “Carlo Bo” di Urbino, Urbino
  • 2005: Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Sciences, Università della Calabria, Cosenza
  • 2004: Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences, Università della Calabria, Cosenza
  • 1998: European Baccalaureate, European School of Mol, Belgium
  • 2018–present: Permanent Biologist at the Research Laboratory (UR), Fondazione G.B. Bietti-IRCCS, Rome
  • 2014–2018: PhD Student at the Bioengineering Laboratory, Università Campus Biomedico di Roma, Rome
  • 2010–2018: Contract Biologist at the Research Laboratory (UOSD), Fondazione G.B. Bietti-IRCCS, Rome (Lazio Innova Project: MaBios)
  • 2006–2009: Research Intern at the Laboratory of Prof. A. Gabrielli, Department of Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona
  • 2014–2018: PhD Student with scholarship at the Bioengineering Laboratory, Università Campus Biomedico di Roma, Rome
  • 2010–2018: Contract Researcher at the Research Laboratory (UOSD), Fondazione G.B. Bietti-IRCCS, Rome (Lazio Innova Project: MaBios)
  • 2006–2009: Research Intern – Role of c-myb proto-oncogene in wound healing, Laboratory of Prof. A. Gabrielli, Department of Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona
  • Reviewer PlosOne Journal 
  • Reviewer International Journal of Molecular Sciences Journal 
  • Reviewer Antioxidants Journal 
  • Reviewer Cells Journal 
  • Reviewer Frontiers Journal 
  • Reviewer Biomedicines 
  • Reviewer Molecules 
  • Reviewer Current Eye Research 
  • Reviewer Experimental Eye Research 
  • Reviewer Journal of Immunological Methods 
  • 2014: Three-year Scholarship sponsored by IRCCS Fondazione G.B. Bietti for the PhD project: “Design and development of a microfluidic device for the analysis of biomarkers in biological fluids”.
  • 2012: Travel Grant – “Characterization of NGF, trkANGFR and p75NTR expression in retina from mice lacking Reelin glycoprotein”, presented at ARVO – The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Miami, USA.
  • 2007: Travel Grant – “c-myb proto-oncogene is a mechanical stress-responsive gene and plays an important role in wound healing”, presented at University of London, UK.
  • 2007: Travel Grant – “c-myb proto-oncogene is a mechanical stress-responsive gene and plays an important role in wound healing”, presented at Universidad de Madrid, Spain.
  • 2016: Co-author – “Device for sampling the ocular surface by imprinting” (PCT/IB2016/051474; 04/2016).
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