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• Research projects: Establishing a humanized xenograft mouse leukemia clinic. Investigating the molecular interactions between the bone marrow niche and leukemic stem cells in the initiation, progression and relapse of Acute Myeloid Leukemia • Main tasks: project management, research design and experimentation, analysis of the results and management of people involved in the project and collaborators • Dissemination of research findings at meetings and symposia • Supervised undergraduate students for short- and long-term projects • Prepared and published manuscripts in scientific journals

Postdoc researcher in the laboratory of Prof. Marco Bianchi at Chromatin Dynamics Unit, DIBIT-HSR, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Researcher (PhD Scholarship) in the laboratory of Prof. Marco Bianchi at Chromatin Dynamics Unit, DIBIT-HSR, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy • Research projects: Study of HMGB1 signalling pathways and its receptor RAGE in inflammation. Study of HMGB1 secretion mechanisms and its role on NETs • Main tasks: responsible for project planning , conducting experimentation and analysing results •Developed organizational skills and excellent oral and writen communicaton skills • Dissemination of research findings at meetings and symposia • Prepared and published manuscripts in scientific journals

Scientific research activity in the laboratory of Prof. Giuliana Ferrari at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene therapy (HSR-TIGET), DIBIT-HSR, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.• Oct 2005- Feb 2007 thesis work for Laurea SpecialisticaMolecular improvement of lentiviral vectors expressing the human beta globin gene and assessment of their therapeutic potential in murine preclinical models of thalassemia• Oct 2004- Oct 2006 research project in collaboration with Prof. Fulvio Mavilio’s group Studying how gamma-retroviral and lentiviral vector design is able to influence the integration site selection • Sept 2003- Oct 2004 thesis work for Laurea di primo livello Object of the study: development of lentiviral vectors for beta-globin gene transfer into murine and human hematopoietic stem cells.