From November 2022: Associate Professor, MED/46, DIMES, University of Bologna.
Working address: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences - DIMEC, University of Bologna, c/o Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Building 18, Via Massarenti, 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Qualification
PhD in “Research Methodologies in Vascular Diseases”, 2010, University of Bologna.
Registered Biologist in Italy from 2010 - to date.
State exam to exercise as Biologist in Italy, I session 2006, University of Bologna.
Degree in Biological Science with address in Physio-pathology, 2006, University of Bologna.
National Scientific Qualification
2017: National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in 06/N1 – SCIENZE DELLE PROFESSIONI SANITARIE E DELLE TECNOLOGIE MEDICHE APPLICATE.
Teaching
From A.A. 2017/2018, teaching in 12 Degree courses in Nursing (Campus of Rimini), in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques and in Postgraduate School in Clinical Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Bologna.
Student Support / Assistance Activities
Tutor of 2 Erasmus students for lab activities and drafting of the degree thesis in Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Supervisor of one Degree Thesis in Nursing, Campus of Rimini, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna.
Co-supervisor of Degree Thesis in Health Biology, in Medical Biotechnology and in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques, University of Bologna.
Teaching tutor, First cycle degree programme (L) in Biotechnology, FaBit, University of Bologna. A.A. 2018/2019 and 2019-2020.
Tutor to students of First cycle Degree/Bachelor in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques, School of Medicine, DIMES, University of Bologna. A.A. 2017/2018 and 2018/2019.
Support in the laboratory for experimets and for thesis drafting of 2 students of the Degree Course in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna.
Cultore della materia
She was Cultore della materia in Comparative Pathology of Arteriopathies – School of Medicine; Single cycle degree programmes (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna; Cultore della materia in Clinical Pathology to Faenza. School of Medicine, First cycle degree programmes (L) in Nursing, Campus of Ravenna, University of Bologna; Cultore della materia in Clinical Pathology Techniques 1. School of Medicine – First cycle degree programmes (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques, University of Bologna; Cultore della materia in Clinical Pathology Techniques 2. School of Medicine, First cycle degree programmes (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques, University of Bologna.
Research Activities
2019-2022: RTDb, MED/46, DIMES, Universiti of Bologna.
2019: Collaborator in a Research Project, DIMES, University of Bologna.
2013–2018: Post-doctoral fellow, DIMES - University of Bologna, Bologna.
2013–2014: Collaborator in a research project, DIMES - University of Bologna, Bologna.
2011–2012: Post-doctoral fellow in a research project, University of Bologna.
2010–2011: Biologist in a research project, University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic of Bologna, Surgical Pathology Unit, Building 18, Bologna.
Institutional Activities
Member of the Board in the admission test to the Medicine and Surgery and Dentistry and Dental Prosthesis Study course (n.3), in Medicine and Surgery in English (n.1) and in the Health Professions Degree Courses – PPSS (n.2).
Member of the Examination Board for the "Gestione Assicurazione di Qualità del Corso di Studi in Infermieristica", Campus of Rimini, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna.
Member of many Degree Boards of Nursing, Campus of Rimini, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna.
Scientific and Research activities
53 scientific papers with IF
1 scientific paper in Italian Journal
2 scientific papers in International Journal without IF
3 book chapters
Participation at several national and international conferences as speaker, author/co-author of posters and as auditor.
PI in Bando Alma Idea 2022, University of Bologna.
Scientific participation in several research projects founded by University of Bologna, Programma di Ricerca Regione – Università, Foundation and PRIN.
Editorial Board Member
From 2022: Associate Editor in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, section Stem Cell Research.
2018-2021: Editorial Board Member of the scientific journal "World Journal of Stem Cells"
2016-2021: Editorial Board Member of the scientific journal “Autoimmune Diseases and Therapeutic Approaches: Open Access”.
Reviewer for scientific journals
Reviewer for several scientific journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cancers, Cells, Frontiers in Physiology, Stem Cells International, Word Journal of stem cells, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, Medicina, Journal of Stem Cells Research Reviews & Reports.
Membership to scientific society:
- Member of Società Italiana Ricerca Traslazionale e Professioni Sanitarie - S.I.R.T.E.P.S.
- Member of Stem Cells Research Italy association.
Awards and Honors
2021: Acknowledgment to Reviewers of IJMS in 2021, IJMS Editorial Office, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(3), 1628; doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031628.
2019-2022: Review Confirmation Certificate for reviewing 6 papers for the following MDPI journals in the period 2019-2020: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Medicina, Cancers.
2020: Review Confirmation Certificate for reviewing 1 paper for the following MDPI journal in 2020: Cells.
Reviewer Certificate - Journal of Cellular Biochemistry as reviewer of 2 manuscripts in 2018.
Travel Grant dalla Fondazione CrImola, 2019, Imola.
Participation in Erasmus Intensive Program “Stem Cell Applications: From Bench Side to Bed Side”, Genome and Stem Cell Center – University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey.
Honorable mention in the Research Award Lions Club Bologna 2011 for the PhD Thesis.
Winner of an award for a poster at Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Symposium, 2009, Dublin, Ireland.
Winner for the three-year scholarship period 2007-2009 of the PhD in "Research Methodologies in Vascular Diseases", Doctoral School in Surgical and Anesthetic Sciences, University of Bologna.
