Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino, Naples, Italy
Biography
Dr Coscia’s main research line focuses in the field of comparative immunology, with particular attention to the immune response of fish living in an apparently hostile marine environment such as the Antarctic marine ecosystem. She studies the genetics, biochemistry, physiology of Notothenioidei with a special focus on the immunoglobulin molecule (Ig), as a key mediator of the humoral immune response. Investigations performed on IgM and IgT isotypes and on the genes encoding them disclosed several peculiarities that are unique to Antarctic fish Ig.
