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| Research Interests: | Lipid membrane organization and drugs-induced modification of lipid bilayer properties. Investigation of the pleiotropic effects of statins. Development of new genome editing tools for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. |
| Present Position: | Senior researcher, Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Biochemistry |
| Education: |
PhD in Experimental Oncology, University of Ferrara MSc in Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 2013–2015 - Researcher, Swansea University 2008–2012 - Postdoctoral researcher, Karolinska Institute |
| Subjects Taught: | Molecular Cell Biology course for International Erasmus Students |
| Supervision of Doctoral Students: | Shamish Ganpule. PhD project "Targeting Lipid Rafts as a Strategy against Infection and Cancer" October 01, 2019–September 30, 2023. |
| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB Scopus |
| Academic Cooperation: | Swansea University, United Kingdom Universita` la Sapienza, Roma, Italy Universite` Paris Descartes, France University of Haifa, Israel |
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Projects and Grants: |
P-MIP-19-394 quantitative detection of the damage of phospholipid membranes by pore forming toxins |
| Research Dissemination: | 2010 - 18th Euroconference on apoptosis, Ghent, Belgium 2011 - 19th Euroconference on apoptosis-Metabolism, Epigenetics, and Cell Death. Poster presentation, Stockholm, Sweden 2012 - Edinburgh Cancer Research Center. Title of my seminar: "The link between ROS and DNA damage response". 2013 - MBGE Seminar Koc University. Title of my seminar: “The importance of mitochondrial for programmed cell clearance". 2015 - Molecular Biotechnology Center, Università di Torino. Title of my seminar: “The Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde nature of apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF): cell death versus cell survival“. 2016 - Cancer Research Center, University of Lyon. Title of my seminar: "Cellular stress response pathways: cell survival vs cell death". 2017 - International conference The COINS Vilnius University. Oral presenter. Title of my presentation: ‘’Tethered bilayer lipid membranes as a complementary tool for functional studies on cholesterol-dependent cytolysins’’. 2017 - INSERM, Paris. Title of my seminar: 'Targeting lipid rafts as a strategy against infection and cancer". 2018 - International conference The COINS Vilnius University. Oral presenter. Title of my presentation: ‘’Studying lipid rafts: six degree of inner turbolence ’’. 2018 - Institute of Cancer Research of Montpellier. Title of my seminar: 'Targeting lipid rafts as a strategy against infection and cancer". |
| Languages: | English, Italian (native) |