Prion Biology Laboratory

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 In 2006 I received my Master degree in Biology from Trieste University and the same year I started a PhD in Functional and Structural Genomics at SISSA, in the Prion Biology Laboratory.
In January 2009 I was given the opportunity to start a collaboration with Prof. Dotti, with whom I am since working in Belgium, in the Laboratory of Neuronal Differentiation at Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven.
My research interests are focused on the cellular biology of PrP^C, the endogenous form of the prion protein. The aim of my PhD project is to go into deeper detail about the function of PrP^C. I chose primary neuronal cultures as in vitro systems to address my studies.
In my free time I love running, in recent years I ran several half-marathons.
I think scientific research and running have a common characteristic: the need of perseverance.

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