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E-mail address: caterina.mancarella@ior.it
Mancarella Caterina, PhD
CV
Date of Birth
04/09/1986
Qualification
Biologist
Current assignment
Health Researcher
Title of qualification awarded
- 2015: PhD in Oncology and Experimental Pathology at the University of Bologna.
- 2011: Master’s Degree in Biology of Health at the University of Bologna (final grade: 110/110 cum laude).
- 2008: Bachelor’s Degree in Biology at the University of Bologna (final grade: 107/110).
Positions held
- From 2019: Senior researcher at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute. Project: Dissecting the role of IGF2BP3 in the malignancy of Ewing sarcoma.
- 2016-18: Post-Doc AIRC/FIRC triennial fellowship at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute Rizzoli. Project: Dissecting thje role of IGF2BP3 in the malignancy of Ewing sarcoma.
- 2015: Post-Doc at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute.
- 2012: abroad research experience at Molecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia (Spain). Project: IGF system, CD99 molecule, tumor-specific chromosomal translocations: evaluation of their prognostic value in prostate cancer.
- 2012-15: PhD student in Oncology and Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute. Project: IGF system, CD99 molecule, tumor-specific chromosomal translocations: evaluation of their prognostic value in prostate cancer and Ewing sarcoma. Tutor: prof. Pietro Ruggieri.
- 2011: Fellowship in oncology at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute.
- 2011: Frequent visitor at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute. Project: Molecular mechanisms at the basis of resistance to new insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor targeted therapy.
- 2010-11: Internal student at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute. Project: Molecular mechanisms at the basis of resistance to new insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor targeted therapy.
- 2008: Internal student at the Biochemistry Laboratory of the Faculty of Biology, University of Bologna. Project: Characterization of fibroblasts mitochondrial functions in monkeys affected by optic neuropathy.
Languages
- English: B1 level.
- Spanish: A1 level.
Technologies
- Experimental models: handling of mammalian cell cultures.
- Molecular biology: PCR, gel-electrophoresis.
- Cellular and biochemical techniques: purification and analysis of proteins by SDS-PAGE and Western Blot analysis, spettrophotometry, MTT Assay, tumorigenic assay in vitro (soft agar), immunofluorescence.
- Microsoft Office: 2000/2003/2007: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS.
Scientific activities
Molecular mechanisms at the basis of resistance to new insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor targeted therapy.
Study of RNA-binding proteins in Ewing sarcoma.