Personal information:

Date of birth: 23-10-1979

Place of birth: Rome (Italy)

Education:

Liceo Scientifico Statale "Camillo Cavour", Rome, Italy, July 1998 (scientific high school)

Five year degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", December 2008.

Major: Biological Sciences; Minor: Physiopathology.

Thesis: "Autophagy as a response mechanism of tumoral cells in hypoxia".

Grade of MSc degree: 102/110

Research Activities:

Two year and a half of research in the laboratory of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

• Techniques acquired: cell culture (MDA-MB231, MCF7, HeLa, MCF10A, HUVEC), cellular culture in normoxia and hypoxia, nuclear-cytoplasm extraction, cellular extraction, indirect immunofluorescence, ELISA-based assay, Western blot, cell invasion assay, ShRNA transfection and gene silencing.

Presently working in the laboratory of the Division of Biochemistry (Department of Biosciences), University of Helsinki, Finland.

• Techniques used in the experiments: cell culture (HeLa, HEK293, MCF7, MEF), cell extraction, indirect immunofluorescence, Western blot, immunoprecipitation, plasmid isolation, plasmid cloning, PCR, Electron microscopy, CLEM (Correlative Light Electron Microscopy), Live Cell Imaging, Image quantification.