Dottorato in GENETICA E BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE

Ricerca: Localization meets function: deciphering the role of lncRNAs and the synaptic transcriptome in motor neurons

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Molecular and cellular neuroscience, gene expression regulation, neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration, iPSC models

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Nov 2021 – current: Ph.D. student in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Sapienza Università di Roma, Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin
Thesis advisor: Prof. Irene Bozzoni
⁠Localization meets function: deciphering the role of lncRNAs and the synaptic transcriptome in motoneurons

July 2023: Advanced Techniques in Molecular Neuroscience, summer school
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA
Advisors: Joseph Lo Turco, Cary Lai, Anne Schaefer
Advanced school of molecular neuroscience that provides theoretical and practical understanding of the latest techniques in the field

Oct 2019 - Oct 2021: Master’s degree student in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Sapienza Università di Roma, Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin
Thesis advisor: Prof. Irene Bozzoni
The depletion of a lncRNA produces a neurodegenerative invivo phenotype through the alteration of ER stress response
Final grade: 110/110 cum laude

Oct 2016 - Nov 2019: Bachelor’s degree student in Biological Sciences
Sapienza Università di Roma, Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin
Thesis advisor: Prof. Laura Ciapponi
The function of CNBP in Myotonic Dystrophy type II
Final grade: 110/110 cum laude

Oct 2016 - current: Superior School of Advanced studies, Life Sciences
Sapienza Università di Roma
Sapienza college that aims at expanding students academic curiosity and research skills, fostering multi-disciplinary collaborations
Advisor: Prof. Domenico Raimondo
Analysis of the thermal stability of proteins: a network-
based approach
Advisor: Prof. Irene Bozzoni, Prof. Alessandro Fatica
Molecular analysis of motoneuronal lncRNAs interactions

TUTORING AND TEACHING
Tutoring of two MD’s students in Prof. Bozzoni’s lab
Tutoring of Superior School of Advanced Studies’s students (SSAS)
Teaching in SSAS courses during Ph.D.

FUNDING
Nov 2023 - Nov 2024: Avvio alla ricerca tipo 1, progetti di Ateneo
Sapienza Università di Roma
Title: The ALS synaptome: assessing the transcriptome
and translatome of degenerating motoneurons

PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Best poster award in neuroRNA meeting 2022
'Laureato eccellente' prize 2021, Fondazione Sapienza
Fondazione Sapienza Scholarship 2023
Ermenegildo Zegna Founder’s Scholarship 2023

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Genetics and Molecular Biology Ph.D. School students
representative
Biology and Molecular Medicine Ph.D. annual
symposium organization