Curriculum vitae of Elena De Marchi

First Name and Surname:           Elena De Marchi

Affiliation and official address:     University of Ferrara, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, via Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy

Telephone:                                  + 39 0532455445 (office)

e-mail:                                         elena.demarchi@unife.it

University Education

2007: BS degree in Biologic Sciences, three years, 110/110, University of Ferrara (Italy).

2010: MS degree in Biomolecular and Cellular Sciences, two years, summa cum laude, University of Ferrara (Italy).

2014: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara (Italy).

Research Experience

Period and position: February 2009 – December 2013, MS pre-graduation internship and PhD student

Institution: University of Ferrara, Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Section of General Pathology (Italy)

Reference: prof. Paolo Pinton

Focus of the research activity: Study of signal transduction in different cell models, with a particular interest of mitochondria, apoptosis and cell cycle progression.

Period and position: January 2014 – present, Postdoctoral Researcher

Institution: University of Ferrara, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology (Italy)

References: dr Elena Adinolfi, prof. Francesco Di Virgilio

Focus of the research activity: Study of purinergic signaling in different cancer models, like neuroblastoma, melanoma, osteosarcoma and leukemia.