EDUCATION

2008
PhD in Morphological Sciences
Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari
Advisor: Prof. Paola Sirigu
Dissertation Title: “Molecular prognostic factors in human cutaneous melanoma”

2003-2005
Student of the Specialization School in Medical Microbiology and Virology
University of Cagliari

2002
Doctor in Science (first class honours)
Department of Sciences Applied to Biosystems, Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Cagliari
Advisor: Prof. Marcella Corda
Thesis Title: “Identification and functional characterization of a new hemoglobin variant in Sardinia: Hb Muravera [β47(CD6)Asp→Val]”

1996
Scientific High School Leaving Qualifications
 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Dec 2018-present           Associate Professor of Human Anatomy
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari

• Dec 2015-Dec 2018       Research Assistant Professor of Human Anatomy
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari

• Mar 2012-Nov 2015     Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari
Supervisors: Prof. Paola Sirigu, Prof. M. Teresa Perra

• June 2011-Dec 2011     Postdoctoral Fellow
Joint Research Project GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart–Metastasis Research Laboratory, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liege, Belgium
Supervisor: Prof. Vincent Castronovo

• May 2010-May 2011   Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Supervisor: Dr. Francesco M. Marincola

• Feb 2008-May 2010     Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari
Supervisor: Prof. Paola Sirigu

• Feb 2005-Jan 2008       PhD Student
Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari
Supervisor: Prof. Paola Sirigu

• Sep 2003-Feb 2005       Research Associate
Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari
Supervisor: Prof. Paola Sirigu

• Jan-Dec 2002                Undergraduate Student
Department of Sciences Applied to Biosystems, Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Cagliari
Supervisor: Prof. Marcella Corda
 

LANGUAGE SKILLS
• 2012            Advanced spoken and written English - C1 level, Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (Anglo-American Centre certification)
• 2006              University of Cagliari, English course, Intermediate II level - Writing
• 2006              University of Cagliari, English course, Intermediate II level

DIDACTICS/TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2019/2020
Associate Professor of Anatomy (32 hours), Course of Morphological and Functional Bases of Life, Degree Course in Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

2019/2020
Associate Professor of Anatomy (40 hours), Course of Cytology and Anatomy, Degree Course in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, University of Cagliari

2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
Adjunct Professor of Human Anatomy of the Nervous, Splanchnic, and Locomotor System (48 hours), Degree Course in Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

2018/2019
Associate Professor of Anatomy (52 hours), Course of Cytology and Anatomy, Degree Course in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, University of Cagliari

2017
National Academic Qualification as Associate Professor, Academic Recruitment Field: Human Anatomy

2016/2017, 2015/2016
Adjunct Professor of Human Anatomy 2 (30 hours), Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

2015/2016
Adjunct Professor of Human Anatomy 1 (30 hours), Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery and in Dentistry and Dental Implants, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

2015/2016
2014/2015
Adjunct Professor of Human Anatomy (24 hours), Course of Anatomy and Histology, Degree Course in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

2015/2016
Coordinator of a professional training on Immunohistochemistry (100 hours), Degree Course in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

2014/2015
Coordinator of a professional training introducing to research laboratories (75 hours), Degree Course in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

2013/2014
Adjunct Professor of Neuroanatomy, Anatomy of the Auditory and Pneumo-Phono-Articulatory Apparatus (32 hours), Course of Anatomy and Physiology, Degree Course in Speech Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

2013
Professor of Embryology (24 hours), “Course for physiotherapists: manual therapy”, funded by Regione Autonoma della Sardegna; Supervisor: Prof. Antonino Mele, University of Cagliari

2006/2007
Tutor for the PhD Course in Morphological Sciences, University of Cagliari

2004-2013
Tutor of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Bioengineering, University of Cagliari

2003-2013
Tutor of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

2003-2004
Tutor of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Biology, University of Cagliari

2002-2003
Tutor of Chemistry and Propedeutic Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
• 2010 Grant from the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, “Master and Back” Program

• 2003 Winner of  “In time 36” Fellowship (International Network To Improve Management in Europe)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• 2015
  Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Histology & Histopathology
• 2015
  Reviewer for the journal Acta Histochemica
• 2014-2015
  Reviewer for International Journal of Molecular Sciences
• 2014
  Member of the Italian Society of Histochemistry
• 2013
  Reviewer for Journal of Ovarian Research
• 2008-2016
  Human Anatomy Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari
• 2007, 2009
  Member of the Society for Melanoma Research
• 2006-2010
  Member of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology

ATTENDED CONGRESSES AND SYMPOSIA
• 72nd National Congress of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Parma, Italy, September 20-22, 2018
• 37th National Congress of the Italian Society of Histochemistry, Taormina (ME), Italy, September 22-23, 2017
• 71st National Congress of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Taormina (ME), Italy, September 20-22, 2017
• 70th National Congress of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Rome, Italy, September 15-17, 2016
• 69th National Congress of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Ferrara, Italy, September 17-19, 2015
• 35th National Congress of the Italian Society of Histochemistry, Cagliari, Italy, June 12-14, 2013
• ABCD Meeting - Mechanisms of Signal Transduction, Florence, Italy, March 16-17, 2012
• Training program in “Principles and Applications of DNA Microarrays“, The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, January 31-Feb 4, 2011
• iSBTc 25th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2-4, 2010
• Primer on Tumor Immunology and Biological Therapy of Cancer, Washington, DC, October 1, 2010
• Symposium on Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers, 2010 and Beyond: Perspectives from the iSBTc Biomarker Task Force, Bethesda, MD, September 30, 2010
• Society for Melanoma Research 2009 International Melanoma Congress, Boston, MA, November 1-4, 2009
• 1st Sardinian Regional Workshop of Post-Doctoral Research Fellows (WORSAR 2009), Cagliari, Italy, September 24-25, 2009
• 63rd National Congress of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Turin, Italy, September 10-12, 2009
• 33rd National Congress of the Italian Society of Histochemistry, Rome, Italy, June 8-10, 2009
• 7th World Congress on Melanoma, Vienna, Austria, May 12-16, 2009
• 13th International Congress of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Danzig, Poland, August 23-27, 2008
• Society for Melanoma Research 2007 International Melanoma Congress, New York, November 1-4, 2007
• Course on “Introduction to the Biomedical Laboratory”, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cagliari, Italy, September 26-27, 2007
• 61st National Congress of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Sassari, Italy, September 19-22, 2007
• The 2007 UK Chromatin meeting, University of Nottingham, UK, April 12-13, 2007
• 60th National Congress of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Pavia, Italy, September 15-17, 2006
• 59th National Congress of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Sorrento, Italy, September 18-21, 2005
• Advanced course of Molecular biology “The technologies of the new millennium”, Bio-Rad, Milan, Italy, April 11-15, 2005
• Course on the “ABI Prism 310 DNA Sequencer”, Applied Biosystems, Polyclinic Hospital of the University of Cagliari, Italy, February 3-4, 2005
• Annual Meeting IMI 2004 “Melanoma From Research to Treatment”, Naples, Italy, October 21-23, 2004
• “International symposium on cutaneous HPV infection and development of skin cancer”, Venice, Italy, October 10, 2004
• 58th National Congress of the Italian Society of Anatomy, Chieti, Italy, September 17-19, 2004
• “PCR Real Time and Microarrays, sinergies in the genomic research”, Cagliari, Italy, June 18, 2004
• 33rd National Congress of the Association of Italian Clinical Microbiologists, Padua, Italy, June 8-11, 2004
• Course of “Project leader for the diffusion of technological innovation in the agroalimentary sector”, Polytechnic of Milan, June-November 2003
• 47th National Congress of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SIB), Joint Symposia with the British Biochemical Society, Palermo, Italy, September 16-19, 2002
• 16th SIB Congress, Sardinian division, Sassari, Italy, June 21, 2002

ABSTRACTS & PUBLICATIONS:

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