Biotechnologist; Biomedical Laboratory Technician

PhD student

2019: Master’s degree in Medical, Veterinary and Forensic Biotechnological Sciences
Thesis: Evaluation of immune contexture in thyroid carcinoma
Graduation grade: 110/110 cum laude

• 2016: Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques, Thesis: Mutational analysis of KRAS, NRAS e BRAF in colorectal cancer, Graduation grade: 110/110 cum laude
• 2019: Qualification to practice as a Biologist – Section A
• Registration in the professional register of  Perugia-Terni at n. 298 (TSRM PSTRP)
• Registration in the National Register of Biologists – Section A, n. AA_085406

• From November 2022: PhD student at Laboratory of Experimental Oncology in Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute (Bologna) PhD program in Oncology, Hematology and Pathology XXXVIII cycle, University of Bologna Project: “Genomic characterization of ultra-rare sarcomas: a step forward towards the development of personalized medicine"
• June 2020 - October 2022: biomedical laboratory technician at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna.
• July 2019 – February 2020: Volunteer attendant at USL Umbria 2 – Orvieto Hospital Unit – Analysis Laboratory.
• 2018-2019: internship for a master’s degree thesis at the Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Laboratory (1-MISEM) of Perugia Hospital.
• 2015- 2016: Internship for the bachelor’s degree thesis at the Medical Oncology Laboratory of Perugia Hospital.
• 2013-2016: trainee in the laboratories of: Anatomy and Pathological Histology; Microbiology; Transfusion Laboratory; Hematology; Laboratory of galenic preparations; 1-MISEM; Medical Oncology Laboratory; Cytogenetics Laboratory.

Italian: mother tongue
English: fluent

• Good knowledge of the Office package (Word; Excel; Power Point) and the Microsoft Windows operating system.
• Immunohistochemical techniques on paraffin embedded tissue samples (FFPE)
• Molecular biology techniques: nucleic acid extraction from tumor and/or healthy histological pieces, cell pellets, FFPE sections; PCR; Real Time PCR (qPCR); quality control of nucleic acid; library preparation for sequencing on NGS instrument (platform ILLUMINA NextSeq550 e NovaSeq6000); Sanger sequencing
• Western Blotting
• Use of scientific databases (NCBI, Pubmed)

• 30/03/2023-01/04/2023: XXVI annual meeting Italian Sarcoma Group (ISG)
• III International AICC Exosome Meeting 7 ͭ ͪ- 8 ͭ ͪ june 2021
• 14-19/04/2023 American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting 2023 (AACR) ‘RNA-Seq analysis reveals the overexpression of Polycomb Complexes-associated genes in Small Cell Osteosarcoma’. Maria Antonella Laginestra, Alessandro Parra, Elisa Simonetti, Laura Formentini, Michela Pasello, Alberto Righi, Davide Maria Donati, Cristina Ferrari, Laura Pazzaglia and Katia Scotlandi
• 23-25/09/2021 6th Annual meeting Alliance Against Cancer (ACC) ‘New technologies and strategies to fight cancer’ Abstract: ‘Precision medicine in osteosarcoma: the value of representative models’. Laura Formentini, Alessandro Parra, Elisa Simonetti, Maria A. Laginestra, Laura Pazzaglia, Maria C. Manara, Lorena Landuzzi, Pier-Luigi Lollini and Katia Scotlandi

Genomic characterization of ultra-rare sarcomas