MARIACONCETTA AUGUSTO

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXVII
email: mariaconcetta.augusto@uniroma1.it
phone: 0649255659
building: Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare (RM110). Edificio B
room: 225




supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe Giannini
co-supervisor: Dott.ssa Marialaura Petroni

Research: Dissecting new functions of the Nijmegen breakage syndrome gene in cerebellar development

WORK ADDRESS:
Department of Molecular Medicine (RM110), Viale Regina Elena 291, Rome

SUPERVISOR:
Prof. Giuseppe Giannini

PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
September 2020 – July 2021: Student internship in the Molecular Oncology laboratory. Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome.

Research lines: Role of Nbs1 in cerebellar development and carcinogenesis

CAREER:
2021 – today: PhD Student in Molecular Medicine at Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome.
2018 – 2021: Master’s degree in Genetics and molecular biology (LM-6) at University of Rome. Graduation cum laude.
September 2019 – February 2020: Erasmus +, Universitat de Barcelona
2015 – 2018: Bachelor’s degree in Biology (L-13) at University of Rome. Graduation cum laude


SKILLS:
- Maintenance of immortalized cell cultures
- Generation of primary cultures
- Use of cryostat and staining of cryosections
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunofluorescence
- Optical microscopy
- Widefield and confocal microscopy
- Transient transfection
- Infection with virus
- RNA and DNA extraction and purification
- Separation of nucleic acids by electrophoresis
- PCR, RT-PCR, Real Time PCR
- Protein extraction
- Western Blot
- Immunoprecipitation
- Protein fraction isolation
- Proliferative Assays (EdU)





Research products

11573/1687400 - 2023 - The Multiple Faces of the MRN Complex: Roles in Medulloblastoma and Beyond
Petroni, Marialaura; La Monica, Veronica; Fabretti, Francesca; Augusto, Mariaconcetta; Battaglini, Damiana; Polonara, Francesca; Di Giulio, Stefano; Giannini, Giuseppe - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CANCERS (Basel: MDPI) pp. 3599- - issn: 2072-6694 - wos: WOS:001035156000001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85167864088 (0)

11573/1706020 - 2023 - Role of lipid rafts on LRP8 signaling triggered by anti-β2-GPI antibodies in endothelial cells
Riitano, Gloria; Capozzi, Antonella; Recalchi, Serena; Augusto, Mariaconcetta; Conti, Fabrizio; Misasi, Roberta; Garofalo, Tina; Sorice, Maurizio; Manganelli, Valeria - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: BIOMEDICINES (Basel : MDPI) pp. - - issn: 2227-9059 - wos: WOS:001136196800001 (1) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85180515140 (0)

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