RAFFAELE GARRAFFO

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXIX
email: raffaele.garraffo@uniroma1.it
phone: 3883948784
building: CU0026, Fisiologia Generale
room: Laboratorio 7, piano -1




supervisor: Manuel Beltran Nebot
advisor: Irene Bozzoni

Research: Study of the role and molecular functions of RNA-RNA interactions involving circular RNAs in the cancer progression and transformation

EDUCATION
Master Degree in Genetic and Molecular Biology with 110/110 cum laude
[ 01/10/2021 – 18/10/2023 ]
University of Rome “La Sapienza"
Thesis: "CircHIPK3/BRCA1 mRNA interaction: a paradigm of post-transcriptional regulation widely spread in cancer"

Degree in Biological Sciences with 110/110 cum laude
[ 01/10/2018 – 18/11/2021 ]
University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Thesis: “Studio di RNA circolari codificanti in Rabdomiosarcoma” – prof. Irene Bozzoni

High school leaving qualification in scientific studies with 100/100
[ 09/2013 – 07/2018 ]
Liceo Scientifico Statale Camillo Cavour

INTERNSHIPS AND TRAINING
Path of excellence in Genetic and Molecular Biology
[ 08/03/2023 – 18/10/2023 ] University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Reference mentor: researcher Alessio Colantoni

Prof. Irene Bozzoni’s laboratory internship
[ 11/10/2020 – Current ] University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Studyng different aspects of circRNAs role in cancer onset and development

Merit-based internship
[ 15/01/2020 – 15/01/2022 ]
Library of Biology e Biotechnologies C. Darwin University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Summer in Science
[ 12/06/2017 – 23/06/2017 ]
“Adamas Scienza” Association in collaboration with EMBL Rome, CNR and University of Rome "La Sapienza"

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Attendance of SIBBM 2022 – Frontiers in Molecular Biology (The RNA World 3.0)
[ Rome, Italy, 20/06/2022 – 22/06/2022 ]

Attendance of German-Italian Youth Meeting on the Topic of Human Rights
[ Weimar,Turingia,Germania, 27/11/2016 – 01/12/2016 ]

Research products

11573/1722024 - 2024 - BRCA1 levels and DNA-damage response are controlled by the competitive binding of circHIPK3 or FMRP to the BRCA1 mRNA
Grelloni, Chiara; Garraffo, Raffaele; Setti, Adriano; Rossi, Francesca; Peruzzi, Giovanna; Cinquanta, Mario; Di Rosa, Maria Carmela; Pierotti, Marco Alessandro; Beltran, Manuel; Bozzoni, Irene - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: MOLECULAR CELL (Cell Press:1100 Massachusetts Avenue:Cambridge, MA 02138:(617)661-7057, EMAIL: subs@cell.com, INTERNET: http://www.cellpress.com, Fax: (617)397-2850) pp. 4079-4094 - issn: 1097-2765 - wos: WOS:001354374400001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85207744921 (1)

11573/1685162 - 2023 - CircAFF1 Is a Circular RNA with a Role in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Cell Migration
Centrón-Broco, Alvaro; Rossi, Francesca; Grelloni, Chiara; Garraffo, Raffaele; Dattilo, Dario; Giuliani, Andrea; Di Timoteo, Gaia; Colantoni, Alessio; Bozzoni, Irene; Beltran, Manuel - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: BIOMEDICINES (Basel: MDPI) pp. - - issn: 2227-9059 - wos: WOS:001034895200001 (1) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85175109478 (1)

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