Dr. Melania Osto

Mitarbeiterin des Instituts für Veterinärphysiologie in Zürich, Forschungsprojekt zum Thema „Gut Microbiota, low-grade inflammation and metabolic modifications in MYD88 liver specific knoch-out mice and after ROUX-EN-Y gastric bypass surgery in rats” Melania Osto wird vom Schweizerischen Nationalfonds für einen 1-jährigen Forschungsaufenthalt an der Université Catholique de Louvain in Bruxelles mit einem vitalisierenden Nachwuchsforschungsstipendium unterstütz

Research topic: Gut Microbiota, low-grade inflammation and metabolic modifications in MYD88 liver specific knock-out mice and after ROUX-EN-Y gastric bypass surgery in rats.

Assistant at the Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich. Enrollment in a postgraduate study program (PhD) at the Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Science, University of Bern (supervised by Prof. Dr. T.A. Lutz). Project title: “Molecular aspects of insulin resistance and pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction in a model of LPS-induced inflammation in cats”.

Doktorarbeit“/Thesis about: “Modulation of the satiating effect of amylin by central ghrelin, leptin and insulin” and “Immunotherapeutic approach for the treatment of obesity”.

Internship at the small animal private hospital “Ospedale degli Animali”, Ferrara, Italy, with 24/7 opening hours and emergency unit.

Veterinary State Exam, University of Padova

Graduation from the veterinary school. Diploma thesis at the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (Prof. med. vet. D. Bernardini). Thesis title: “Recent discoveries on auditory evoked potentials in dogs and cats”. Final classification 105/110

Erasmus Exchange semester in Zurich

Undergraduate studies in veterinary medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padova, Italy