SARA CASSANDRO

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXIX
email: sara.cassandro@uniroma1.it
building: Medicina Molecolare




supervisor: Prof. Agnese Po
advisor: Prof. Elisabetta Ferretti

Research: Generation and characterization of patient derived gliomas 3D models

- POSITION: Network Oncology and Precision Medicine PhD student

- EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
01/10/2021 – 19/10/2023
International Master's Degree in Neuroscience, Università di Trieste (final grade: 109/110)

01/10/2022 – 30/06/2023 Interniship at the Biomedicine department of the University of Barcelona financed by the 22-23 Erasmus Traineeship funds of the University of Trieste.

01/10/2017 - 17/12/2020
Bachelor Degree in Biology, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (final grade: 110/110L)

2012 – 2017
Scientific High School Diploma, liceo statale Terenzio Mamiani (RM)

2016
Cambridge English ESOL Certificate, Advanced University of Cambridge ESOL
Examination

- SKILLS
Primary cultures and in vitro maintenance of cell lines and 3D models
Cellular differentiation
Transfection of cell lines
Calcium Imaging of cell cultures
Immunofluorescence
Immunohistochemistry
Extraction of nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) and proteins
Western blot assay
cDNA synthesis
Real time qPCR

- RESEARCH PROJECTS
PDOs project: Culture, maintenance and characterization of PDOs (patient derived organoids) of adult and pediatric brain tumors.

-PUBLICATIONS and AWARDS:
"Best Poster Award Authors Under 35" called by the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research during the "36th International AICC (Associazione Italiana Colture Cellulari) meeting"




Research products

11573/1731925 - 2024 - Circulating EV-MicroRNAs in Metastatic Melanoma as non-invasive biomarkers for diagnosis and treatment response
Splendiani, Elena; Maria Rosaria Noviello, Teresa; Covre, Alessia; Sabato, Claudia; Cassandro, Sara; Gugliuzza, Giorgia; Coral, Sandra; Besharat, Zein Mersini; Po, Agnese; Anichini, Andrea; Maio, Michele; Ceccarelli, Michele; Maria Di Giacomo, Anna; Ferretti, Elisabetta - 04f Poster
conference: 36th AICC International Meeting 2024 (Rome; Italy)
book: Abstract book SiPMET 2024 - ()

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