Salvatore Pernagallo's Biography

Salvatore Pernagallo, Product Development Manager, DestiNA Genomics Ltd

Salvatore Pernagallo received his MSc in molecular biology in 2004, his medical genetics specialisation in 2011 both at the University of Catania, Italy, and his PhD in 2010 at the University of Edinburgh, UK. From April 2010 to May 2011 he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh on the developing of substitutive technology for stem cell culture. From April 2011 to date, he has been working for DestiNa Genomics Ltd in Edinburgh UK. He is an experienced researcher in the use of microarrays and Lab-on-a-Chip to detect nucleic acids through the emerging DestiNA Genomics chemical reagents, polymer surfaces, fluorescence technologies and detection, and current systems in use by laboratories. First author in publications covering the field, and co-inventor on a number of relevant patents.