Collaborations
Prof. K. Kawamura. Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
Prof. M. de Eguileor, Università dell’Insubria, Varese, Italia
Dr. B. Rinkevich, National Institut of Oceanography, Haifa, Israel
Selected publications
Ballarin L., 2008. Immunobiology of compound ascidians, with particular reference to Botryllus schlosseri: state of art. ISJ-Invert. Survival J. 5: 54-74.
Ballarin L., Franchi N., Schiavon F., Tosatto S.C., Mičetić I., Kawamura K., 2012. Looking for putative phenoloxidases of compound ascidians: haemocyanin-like proteins in Polyandrocarpa misakiensis and Botryllus schlosseri. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 38: 232-242.
Cima F., Ballarin L., 2012. Immunotoxicity in ascidians: Antifouling compounds alternative to organotins - III. The case of Copper(I) and Irgarol 1051. Chemosphere 89: 19-29.
Franchi N., Ballarin L., 2014. Preliminary characterization of complement in a colonial tunicate: C3, Bf and inhibition of C3 opsonic activity by compstatin. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 46: 430-438.
Franchi N., Schiavon F., Carletto M., Gasparini F., Bertoloni G., Tosatto S.C.E., Ballarin L., 2011. Immune roles of a rhamnose-binding lectin in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Immunobiology 216: 725-736.