Experience

SciLifeLab

• Sweden
• Biotechnology Research
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Researcher/Forskare

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  SciLifeLab is a Swedish national resource of unique technologies and expertise applied in the context of research in life science but also offered as facilities services to academia, industry and healthcare. Following SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, I have partecipated in an effort to develop a new serology assay which has been used to screen so far 200,000 serum/plasma/saliva/CSF samples with the aim to provide serological results to individuals and to run SARS-CoV-2 research. Other main activities are designing and carry on of translational studies aimed to identify protein biomarkers in body fluids in the context of prostate cancer, traumatic brain injury and autoimmune diseases. Among all, I am working within the RELENT & HELICAL Consortia (Horizon 2020), two EU efforts aimed to personalize treatment for vasculitis and related conditions.Among my main tasks is:- Project coordination and management- PhD and Master students supervision- Study design and experimental planning - Produce, process, and communicate study results- Present results to scientists, clinicians, and students- Lecture at Master courses in Affinity Proteomics - Organizing courses directed to scientists within academia and private sector- Supervising students

• Postdoc

  • May 2014 - Apr 2018

  SciLifeLab is a Swedish national resource of unique technologies and expertise applied in the context of research in life science but also offered as facilities services to academia, industry and healthcare. I have participated in designing and carry on of translational studies aimed to identify protein biomarkers in body fluids in the context of prostate cancer, traumatic brain injury and autoimmune diseases. Among all, I am working within the RELENT Consortium (Horizon 2020), an EU effort aimed to personalize treatment for vasculitis and related conditions.Among my main tasks was to:- Contribute to study design and experimental planning - Produce, process and communicate study results- Present results to scientists, clinicians, and students- Teach at Master course in Affinity Proteomics (4 years). - Supervise bachelor and master students during their thesis internship - Create SOPs for new lab proceduresAchievements:- original research article and review- Results presentation to 15 between national and international meetings and conferences. Abstracts, posters and oral presentations.



IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico

• Italy
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Oct 2012 - Mar 2014

  The Centre for Oncological Reference (CRO) is one of the top Italian national hospitals and research centers (IRCSS), focusing on diagnosis and treatment of oncological diseases. I have participated in designing and carry on of clinical and translational studies in the context of colorectal and prostate cancer, bridging between clinics and research.Among my main tasks was to:- Creating SOPs for clinical studies following the ICH/GCP guidelines- Produce, process and communicate study results- Present results to scientists, clinicians and students- Apply for grants- Communicate between medical doctors and research department. Achievements:- 1 review- Approval of Phase I clinical study: “Identification of molecular factors predictive of response to neoadjuvant radio-chemotreatment in patients with advanced localized rectal carcinoma”



George Mason University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Affiliate

  • May 2011 - Sep 2012

  The GMU Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine’s mission is to create new technologies and apply them to implement strategies for disease prevention, early diagnosis and individualized therapy. My goal was to map the signaling network of cancer tissue samples by using Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and Reverse Phase Protein Array (RPPA) for the identification of biomarkers.Among my main tasks was to:- Contribute to study design and experimental planning - Produce, process and communicate study results- Supervise master students during their internship for thesisAchievements:- 4 original research articles, 1 review and 1 methodology and protocols article- Results presentation to 1 international conference. Abstract and poster.



IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico

• Italy
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Dec 2007 - Apr 2011

  I was involved in translational research studies on DNA mutations predisposing to hereditary colorectal cancer. Among my main tasks was to:- Plan experiments - Produce, process and communicate study results- Supervise master students during their internship for thesis- Teach within the course “Studying neoplasia” for master students (1 week)Achievements:- 6 original research articles- Results presentation to 6 national conferences. Abstracts and oral presentations.

• Research Fellow

  • May 2006 - Nov 2007

  I was involved in translational research studies on EBV and HIV involvement in cancer development and progression. I acquired also experience in clinical lab procedures for diagnosis of EBV and HIV infections. Partecipation to the European project on biobanking: “Networking of quality controlled registries and repositories for molecular epidemiology and quality assessment”. Among my main tasks was to:- Collect and register patient and sample information for Biobanking process- Run experiments, produce data, process and communicate study resultsAchievements:- 1 original research articles- Abstracts and poster presentations to national meetings