ABOUT ME
My main scientific interests are the following:
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Clinical proteomics (biomarkers discovery and validation on human tissues and biofluids)
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Stem cell research, with a specific focus on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Clinical Proteomics
Biomarkers discovery and validation on degenerative and inherited disorders, with a specific focus on neurological, cardiovascular and oncological disorders
1980 - 1986
University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Magna Cum Laude
Stem Cell Biology
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Research for human disease modelling and drug discovery
Molecular Medicine
Research on the molecular basis of inherited diseases, with a specific focus on cardiomyopathies and breast, prostate and colon cancer
1987 - 1992
University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Post Graduate Degree in Internal Medicine, Magna Cum Laude
1990 - 1995
Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Research Fellow
2000 - 2002
University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
Assistant Professor in Biochemistry
2002 - 2010
University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
Associate Professor in Molecular Biology
2010 - Present
University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
Full Professor in Molecular Biology