FEDERICA DI FONZO

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXVI
email: federica.difonzo@uniroma1.it
phone: 06-49910963
building: Department of Biochemical Sciences “Rossi Fanelli”
room: S32

supervisor: Prof. Francesca Cutruzzolà
advisor: Prof. Francesca Cutruzzolà
co-supervisor: Prof. Francesca Cutruzzolà

Research: Metabolic reprogramming in human cancer cells: role and inhibition of the serine hydroxymethyltransferase

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2020-present
PhD student in Biochemistry, XXXVI cycle, University of Rome La Sapienza
My PhD project is focused on metabolic reprogramming in human cancer cells, in particular on the role and inhibition of the serine hydroxymethyltransferase.

October 2019
Master's degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technologies, University of Rome La Sapienza
Final Mark: 103/ 110.
Thesis project:
“Synthesis and characterization of polymeric nanoparticles for specific tat/rev siRNA delivery into HIV-1 infected human lymphocytes”.

LANGUAGES:

Italian: Native Speaker

English:
Comprehension: B2
Speaking: B1
Writing: B1

Research products

11573/1702420 - 2024 - Beyond the barrier: the immune-inspired pathways of tumor extravasation

Di Russo, S.; Liberati, F. R.; Riva, A.; Di Fonzo, F.; Macone, A.; Giardina, G.; Arese, M.; Rinaldo, S.; Cutruzzola, F.; Paone, A. - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)

paper: CELL COMMUNICATION AND SIGNALING (BioMed Central, London) pp. 104- - issn: 1478-811X - wos: WOS:001160608800001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85184788152 (0)

11573/1707844 - 2024 - Combined Delivery of miR-15/16 through Humanized Ferritin Nanocages for the Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Liberati, Francesca Romana; Di Russo, Sara; Barolo, Lorenzo; Peruzzi, Giovanna; Farina, Maria Vittoria; Spizzichino, Sharon; Di Fonzo, Federica; Quaglio, Deborah; Pisano, Luca; Botta, Bruno; Giorgi, Alessandra; Boffi, Alberto; Cutruzzola, Francesca; Paone, Alessio; Baiocco, Paola - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: PHARMACEUTICS (Basel: MDPI, 2009-) pp. - - issn: 1999-4923 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1652980 - 2022 - siRNA transfection mediated by chitosan microparticles for the treatment of HIV-1 infection of human cell lines

Chronopoulou, Laura; Falasca, Francesca; Di Fonzo, Federica; Turriziani, Ombretta; Palocci, Cleofe - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: MATERIALS (Basel: Molecular Diversity Preservation International-MDPI) pp. - - issn: 1996-1944 - wos: WOS:000839130400001 (4) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85137139636 (4)

11573/1651824 - 2022 - Riboregulation as a new player in the control of cellular metabolism: clues from the cryo-EM structure of serine hydroxymethyltransferase-RNA complex

Giardina, Giorgio; Spizzichino, Sharon; Marabelli, Chiara; Di Fonzo, Federica; Tramonti, Angela; Parroni, Alessia; Contestabile, Roberto; Chaves, Antonio; Rinaldo, Serena; Bolognesi, Martino; Cutruzzola', Francesca - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno

conference: 17th SIBBM Seminar Frontiers in Molecular Biology - The RNA World 3.0 Abstracts (Roma)

book: Abstract Book - ()