Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

PRESENT POSITION
Full time Researcher
Institute of Biology and Molecular Pathology (IBPM-CNR), National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
c/o Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology C. Darwin , "Sapienza" University of Rome

EDUCATION
2023 ASN Associate Professor, 05/E2 SSD BIO/11 Molecular Biology
2011 Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Research activity: Transcriptome and proteome analysis in superior cervical ganglion of dystrophic mdx mice
2007 Master s Degree in Genomic Biotechnology with 110/110 cum laude, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

PREVIOUS RESEARCH POSITIONS
2019 Jan 2022: Researcher (RTDA) at the Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology C. Darwin , Sapienza University of Rome.
2016 2018: Post-Doc position at the Institute for Systems Analysis and Computer Science Antonio Ruberti , National Research Council, EPIGEN project. Research activity: Development of computational models for functional genomics applied to the study of tumors.
May 2015 Aug 2016: Post-Doc position at the Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology C. Darwin , Sapienza University of Rome. Research activity: Dissecting the role of potential inhibitor drug of histone H3 lysine 4 demethylases using genome-wide approaches.
Jan 2011 Sep 2014: Post-Doc position at the Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology C. Darwin , Sapienza University of Rome.

RESEARCH FUNDING
In the last 10 years, scientific collaborations have been developed and maintained with several Italian and International groups.
2023-2025: Unit PI of PRIN 2022: Nr2f1-dependent regulation of Mitochondrial Function in Neural Development and Disease
2023-2025: Unit PI of PRIN 2022 PNRR: The role of miR-211 in neuronal aging: From Disease Mechanisms to Therapy
2020-2022: Member of the project founded by Regione Lazio: Progetto Genoma Trisomia 21 (HGP-T21)
2019-2022: Member of the project founded by ASI: "MARS-PRE: MARcatori biologici e funzionali per la biomedicina
2019-2021: PI of the project founded by Sapienza University of Rome: Role of the chromatin remodeller histone demethylase KDM5B and its isoforms in breast cancer and melanoma
2016: PI of the project founded by Sapienza University of Rome. Title of the project: The Cop9 Signalosome Complex as a therapeutic target in human cancer
2011-2013: Member of the project PRIN: Ruolo dei Fattori Regolativi Generali (GRF) di S.cerevisiae nell organizzazione strutturale e dinamica della cromatina

PRIZES AND AWARDS
2014 - Fellowship from "Istituto Pasteur - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti"
2011 - Fellowship from "Istituto Pasteur - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti"

ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION:
Scientific Supervisor of 1 Ph.D. student. Tutor of 2 Ph.D. students and more than 10 M.Sc. and B.Sc. students belonging to the Bioinformatics, Biotechnology and Genetic and Molecular Biology courses of the Sapienza University of Rome.

REVIEWER ACTIVITIES:
Reviewer for the international journals Plos One ISSN 1932-6203, DATABASE ISSN 1758-0463

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
2019-present: Holder of the course: "Bioinformatics I" (6 CFU). Degree in "Bioinformatics". Sapienza University of Rome.
2019-2021: Practical training for the course Statistics for Biologists , Scuola di Dottorato in Biologia e Medicina Molecolare (BEMM)", Sapienza University of Rome
2014-2018: Practical training in statistics with R for the course Statistica , Scuola di Dottorato in Biologia e Medicina Molecolare (BEMM)", Sapienza University of Rome
2012-2014: Lessons and practical training in Microarray data analysis using R/Bioconductor during Trascrittomica course of the postgraduate Master s course: "Bioinformatica: applicazioni biomediche e farmaceutiche", Sapienza University of Rome.

BIBLIOMETRIC INDEXES:
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8172-1437
Total number of publications: 49
Citations: 820
h-index: 17
Source: Scopus