Thomas Vaccari

The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (Italy) 

Major current research directions in Vaccari lab are to determine how endo-lysosomal trafficking controls signaling transduction, how endocytosis is integrated with autophagy and nutrient sensing, and how these processes are integrated with secretion and cell division. The lab uses Drosophila and mammalian cells to understand trafficking in physiology as well as pathology, in particular in the context tumor suppression and neurodegeneration.