Curriculum vitae of Dr. Luca Carraretto
Date and place of birth: 27/09/1985; Treviso (TV), Italy.
Citizenship: Italian.
Current position: Post-Doc researcher at the Department of Biology, University of Padova.
Education:
06/2004 – Chemistry specialist and technician, graduated with full marks (100/100), I.T.I.S.
“E. Fermi”, Treviso, Italy;
07/2007 – Bachelor Molecular Biologist, graduated with full marks (110/110 cum laude),
University of Padova, Italy;
07/2009 – Molecular Biologist (M. Sc.), graduated with full marks (110/110 cum laude), University
of Padova, Italy;
From January 2010 to December 2012 – Ph.D. School in Biosciences and Biotechnology,
Curriculum Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Padova, Italy;
From January 2013 – Post-Doc researcher c/o Biochemistry and Biophysic Lab of Prof. Ildikò
Szabò, University of Padova, Italy.
Research experience:
2010-2012: Ph.D. School in Biosciences and Biotechnology, Curriculum Biochemistry and
Biophysics;
From January 2013 – Post-Doc researcher c/o Biochemistry and Biophysic Lab of Prof. Ildikò
Szabò, University of Padova, Italy;
Supervisor: Prof. Ildikò Szabò.
Topic: Functional characterization of plant ion channels.
Teaching experience:
Acted as co-tutor of 6 undergraduate students. Selected from 2010 for laboratory didactic activities
for Biochemistry and Physiology courses for Molecular Biology, Biology and Biotechnology
curricula.
Achievements:
2012: Winner of the prize for the “Best presentation 2012” at the annual meeting of the
Italian Group of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics (GIBB), Arcavacata di Rende (CS) – Italy, with
the oral presentation of the project with the title: “The role of a thylakoid-located potassium channel
in the regulation of photosynthesis in higher plants”.
Winner of “Franca Rasi Caldogno 2015” prize for the best Ph.D. thesis in Vegetal Physiology.
Publications:
 Checchetto V., Formentin E., Carraretto L., Segalla A., Giacometti G. M., Szabò I.,
Bergantino E. (2013) – Functional characterization and determination of the physiological
role of a calcium-dependent potassium channel from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
cyanobacteria. Plant Physiology 2013, Jun; 162(2):953-64. doi: 10.1104/pp.113.215129.
Epub 2013 May 2.
 Checchetto V., Teardo E., Carraretto L., Formentin E., Bergantino E., Giacometti G. M.,
Szabò I. (2013) – Regulation of photosynthesis by ion channels in Cyanobacteria and higher
plants. Biophysical Chemistry 2013, Dec 1;182:51-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2013.06.006. Epub
2013 Jun 29.
 Carraretto L., Teardo E., Formentin E., Tomizioli M., Checchetto V., Morosinotto T.,
Giacometti G. M., Finazzi G., Szabò I. (2013) – A thylakoid-located two-pore potassium
channel controls photosynthetic light utilization in plants. Science 2013 Oct 4; 342 (6154):
114-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1242113. Epub 2013 Sep 5.
 Teardo E., Carraretto L., De Bortoli S., Costa A., Behera S., Wagner R., Lo Schiavo F.,
Formentin E., Szabò I. (2015) – Alternative splicing-mediated targeting of the Arabidopsis
GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3.5 to mitochondria affects organelle morphology. Plant
Physiology 2015 Jan; 167(1): 216-27. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.242602. Epub 2014 Nov 3.
 Managò A., Leanza L., Carraretto L., Sassi N., Grancara S., Quintana-Cabrera R.,
Trimarco V., Toninello A., Scorrano L., Trentin L., Semenzato G., Gulbins E., Zoratti M.,
Szabò I. (2015) – Early effects of the antineoplastic agent salinomycin on mitochondrial
function. Cell Death and Disease 2015, Oct 22; 6: e1930. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2015.263.
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Wagner S., Behera S., De Bortoli S., Logan D. C., Fuchs P., Carraretto L., Teardo E.,
Cendron L., Nietzel T., Füßl M., Doccula F. G., Navazio L., Fricker M. D., Van Aken O.,
Finkemeier I., Meyer A. J., Szabò I., Costa A., Schwarzländer M. (2015) – The EF-hand
Ca2+ binding protein MICU choreographs mitochondrial Ca2+ dynamics in Arabidopsis. The
Plant Cell 2015, Nov; 27 (11): 3190-212. doi: 10.1105/tpc.15.00509. Epub 2015 Nov 3.
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Carraretto L., Teardo E., Checchetto V., Finazzi G., Uozumi N., Szabò I. (2016) – Ion
channels in plant bioenergetic organelles chloroplast and mitochondria: from molecular
identification to function. Mol. Plant, doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.12.004.
 Sello S., Perotto J., Carraretto L., Szabò I., Vothknecht U. C., Navazio L. (2016) –
Dissecting stimulus-specific Ca2+ signals in amyloplasts and chloroplasts of Arabidopsis
thaliana cell suspension cultures. Journal of Experimental Botany, accepted.
 Teardo E.*, Carraretto L.*, Giacometti G. M., Rizzuto R., Szabò I. – Localization and
functional characterization of two homologues of the mammalian mitochondrial calcium
uniporter in Arabidopsis thaliana. (*Authors sharing the first authorship). In preparation.