Research fellow

Education:
Master's Degree in Experimental and Applied Biology
⦁University of Sassari | 2015-2018
Management of transgenic Drosophila lines (care, crossbreeding, and phenotype-based screening)
Conducting behavioural experiments
Protein expression studies (SDS-PAGE and Western Blotting)
Data analysis and presentation of results

Professional experiences:
Research Fellow - Mnesys
University of Genoa | 2023-ongoing
Cell fractionation, biotinylation, total protein extraction, SDS-PAGE and Western blotting
Cell viability test
Immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy
Data collection and analysis

Doctoral student
University of Genoa | 2020-2023
Generation and characterization of human fibroblast lines from surgical biopsies
Evaluation of the cytotoxic or therapeutic effects of new drugs through in vitro studies
Data collection and analysis

Visitor
Karolinska Institutet |August 2022-February 2023
• Ex vivo biodistribution studies in rats, following acute intravenous administration of radioactive compounds
⦁Radioactivity measurement with gamma counter
⦁Performing ex vivo cerebral autoradiography
⦁Data collection, analysis and presentation

Stage
University of Cagliari | November 2019-February 2020
Collaboration in the evaluation of the pharmacological activity of some psychoactive compounds in vivo. In particular, initiation of the acquisition of theoretical and technical skills on in vivo brain microdialysis coupled with HPLC analysis of monoamines.