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Valentina Sturiale

PhD Student
PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences - XXXIV cycle
Tutor: Salvatore Saccone
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Email: valentina.sturiale@unict.it

VERSIONE ITALIANAAREA RISERVATA
Oct 2018 - present PhD Student - Earth and environmental Science (XXXIV Cicle)
  Course - Environmental biology and Biotechnologies
  University of Catania
Dec 2018 Qualification to Biologist profession - "A" Section
  University of Catania
Jul 2018 Master's Degree - Cellular and Molecular Biology (LM-6)
  110 cum laude
  University of Catania

 

PhD's project:
  • Study of nucleolar structural and functional changes in physiological and pathological conditions, using human cellular lines and molecular markers such as tau protein.
  • Study of the nucleulus and its correlation with neurodegenerative disorders as Alzheimer's disease and other taupathies. 
  • Study of the cell cycle and its changes after induction by molecules modifying the physiological cellular activities.
Main techniques:
Cell cultures
In vitro cell differentiation
RNA and DNA extraction
Retrotranscription
PCR e qPCR
Immunofluorescence

 

Federico C, Owoka T, Ragusa D, Sturiale V, Caponnetto D, Leotta CG, Bruno F, Foster HA, Rigamonti S, Giudici G, Cazzaniga G, Bridger JM, Sisu C, Saccone S, Tosi S. Deletions of Chromosome 7q Affect Nuclear Organization and HLXB9Gene Expression in Hematological Disorders. Cancers. 2019 Apr 25;11(4):585.