*Titoli di studio
1991: Laurea in Scienze Biologiche (voto 110/110 e lode) presso l'Università di Padova
1996: Dottorato di Ricerca in Biologia Evoluzionistica presso l'Università di Padova

*Esperienze di lavoro
1991: "visiting student" presso il Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano
1992: borsa di studio CNR su biotecnologie applicate all'acquacultura
1993-1996: svolgimento dottorato di ricerca
1993: "visiting student" presso il "Dept. of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook"
1996-1998: borse post-doc su contratti europei presso il laboratorio Prof. Patarnello (Università di Padova)
1998-2001: assegno di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova
2000: borsa di studio per soggiorno all'estero Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, "visiting scientist" presso l'Institute of Cancer Research (Londra)
2002: ricercatore universitario presso il Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Patologia Comparata e Igiene Veterinaria
2004: professore associato presso il Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Patologia Comparata e Igiene Veterinaria (ora Dipartimento di Biomedicina Comparata e Alimentazione.

E' attualmente Associate Editor per BMC Genomics e Polar Biology.
Reviewer for BMC Genomics, BMC Genetics, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Evolution, Genetics Selection and Evolution, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Journal of Sea Research, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Polar Biology, and for the National Science Foundation, the European Commission DG Research, the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD), the French National Agency for Research (ANR).

E' stato o è responsabile dei seguenti finanziamenti (2006-oggi):
• European Commission “Combined genetic and functional genomic approaches for stress and disease resistance marker assisted selection in fish and shellfish” (FP6 513692), 2004-2008, budget € 225.000
• Veneto Region “Development of new methods for genetic traceability of the European sea bass”, 2006-2007, budget € 84,820
• National Programme for Antarctic Research “Evolutionary adaptation of genes, molecules, and cells involve in immune response in Antarctic fish", 2007-2009, € 45.000
• European Commission “REsearch to improve PROduction of SEED of established and emerging bivalve species in European hatcheries” FP7-KBBE-2009-1-2-11, 2010-2014, € 130.000
• Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Padova e Rovigo - Progetti di Eccellenza 2010 “Genomic technologies for the 21st century aquaculture industry: an integrated approach to improve fish growth and health” 2010-2012 € 220,000
• MIPAF "SAFORISK, Sviluppo di biomarcatori molecolari per la rivelazione di trattamenti illeciti in bovini da carne attraverso l'analisi con DNA microarray del
profilo di espressione di muscolo scheletrico" 2010-2013, € 270,000
• FP7-KBBE.2012.1.2-12 "The development of tools for tracing and evaluating the genetic impact of fish from aquaculture, AQUATRACE" 2012-2015 €209,000

Ferraresso S, Bonaldo A, Parma L, Cinotti S, Massi P, Bargelloni L, Gatta PP. Exploring the larval transcriptome of the common sole (Solea solea L.). BMC Genomics. 2013 May 10;14:315.

Cannizzo FT, Pegolo S, Starvaggi Cucuzza L, Bargelloni L, Divari S, Franch R, Castagnaro M, Biolatti B. Gene expression profiling of thymus in beef cattletreated with prednisolone. Res Vet Sci. 2013 May 2.

Pujolar JM, Milan M, Marino IA, Capoccioni F, Ciccotti E, Belpaire C, Covaci A, Malarvannan G, Patarnello T, Bargelloni L, Zane L, Maes GE. Detecting genome-wide gene transcription profiles associated with high pollution burden in the critically endangered European eel. Aquat Toxicol. 2013 May 15;132-133:157-64.

Pellizzari C, Krasnov A, Afanasyev S, Vitulo N, Franch R, Pegolo S, Patarnello T, Bargelloni L. High mortality of juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) from photobacteriosis is associated with alternative macrophage activation and anti-inflammatory response: results of gene expression profiling of early responses in the head kidney. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2013 May;34(5):1269-78.

Milan M, Ferraresso S, Ciofi C, Chelazzi G, Carrer C, Ferrari G, Pavan L, Patarnello T, Bargelloni L. Exploring the effects of seasonality and chemical pollution on the hepatopancreas transcriptome of the Manila clam. Mol Ecol. 2013 Apr;22(8):2157-72.

Coppe A, Agostini C, Marino IA, Zane L, Bargelloni L, Bortoluzzi S, Patarnello T. Genome evolution in the cold: Antarctic icefish muscle transcriptome reveals selective duplications increasing mitochondrial function. Genome Biol Evol. 2013;5(1):45-60.

Milan M, Pauletto M, Patarnello T, Bargelloni L, Marin MG, Matozzo V. Gene transcription and biomarker responses in the clam Ruditapes philippinarum after exposure to ibuprofen. Aquat Toxicol. 2013 Jan 15;126:17-29.

Pegolo S, Gallina G, Montesissa C, Capolongo F, Ferraresso S, Pellizzari C, Poppi L, Castagnaro M, Bargelloni L. Transcriptomic markers meet the real world: finding diagnostic signatures of corticosteroid treatment in commercial beef samples. BMC Vet Res. 2012 Oct 30;8:205.

Pujolar JM, Marino IA, Milan M, Coppe A, Maes GE, Capoccioni F, Ciccotti E, Bervoets L, Covaci A, Belpaire C, Cramb G, Patarnello T, Bargelloni L, Bortoluzzi S, Zane L. Surviving in a toxic world: transcriptomics and gene expression profiling in response to environmental pollution in the critically endangered European eel. BMC Genomics. 2012 Sep 25;13:507.

Varriale S, Ferraresso S, Giacomelli S, Coscia MR, Bargelloni L, Oreste U. Evolutionary analysis of Antarctic teleost Toll-like receptor 2. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2012 Nov;33(5):1076-85.

Helyar SJ, Limborg MT, Bekkevold D, Babbucci M, van Houdt J, Maes GE, Bargelloni L, Nielsen RO, Taylor MI, Ogden R, Cariani A, Carvalho GR, Consortium F, Panitz F. SNP discovery using Next Generation Transcriptomic Sequencing in Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e42089.

Genomica applicata alle specie animali di interesse agrario e veterinario.