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2008-09 AICF Fellows

Ammiratne, Massimo.jpgMassimo Ammirante, PhD

Originating Institution:  University of Salerno

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  University of California, San Diego

Mentor:  Michael Karin, PhD

Study:  Role of Inflammation and IKK in prostate cancer metastasis

 

eveline-barbieri-2.jpgEveline Barbiere, MD, The Alexander Bodini Foundation Fellow

Originating Institution:  University of Bologna

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Chidren's Cancer Center

Mentor:   Jason Shoet, MD, PhD

Study:  Characterization and targeting of p53 Ubiquitination in neuroblastoma

 

Niccolo.jpgNiccoló Bolli, MD, Princess Giulia Borghese & Anna Bulgari Fellow

Originating Institution:  University of Perugia

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mentor:  A. Thomas Look, MD

Study:  A zebrafish model to study expression and function of the NPM1 gene and NPM leukemic mutants

 

AndreaBortolato.jpgAndrea Bortolato, PhD, The Alexander Bodini Foundation Fellow

Originating Institution:  University of Padova

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mentor:  Marta Filizola, PhD

Study:  Refined Molecular Models of A3 Adenosine Receptor for Rational Design of Novel Anticancer Drugs

 

Cardamone, Maria.jpgMaria Cardamone, PhD, Leo A. Schifrin, MD & Roslyn Myers Endowment Fellow 

Originating Institution:  Università degli Studi di Torino

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  University of California, San Diego

Mentor:  Michael G. Rosenfeld, MD

Study:  Role of GPS2 on the molecular pathology of B-CLL leukemia  

 

Ciferri, Claudio Picture.jpgClaudio Ciferri, PhD

Originating Institution:  European Institute of Oncology

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  The Regents of the University of California

Mentor:   Eva Nogales, PhD

Study:  Structural characterization of the human PBAF chromatin re-modeling complex bound to the nucleosome by Cryo-Em

 

Cortellino, Salvatore.jpgSalvatore Cortellino, PhD

Originating Institution:  University of Siena

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Fox  Chase Cancer Center

Mentor:  Alfonso Bellacosa, MD, PhD

Study:  Inhibition of ciliogenesis as a candidate therapy for medulloblastoma

 

Di Virgilio_photo.jpgMichela Di Virgilio, PhD, Ben Krupinski & Associates Fellow

Originating Institution:  Columbia University, Institute for Cancer Genetics

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Rockefeller University

Mentor:  Michel C. Nussenzweig, MD, PhD

Study:  Genomic targeting by activation-induced deaminase (AID) in the pathogenesis of lymphoma

 

Magarotto, Valeria.jpgValeria Magarotto, MD

Originating Institution:  University of Torino

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Mentor:  Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD

Study:  Novel approaches targeting intracellular proteolysis in Myeloma 

 

Marazzi, Ivan.jpgIvan Marazzi, PhD, Nicola Bulgari Fellow

Originating Institution:  IRB, Bellinzona

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Rockefeller University

Mentor:  Alexander Tarakhovsky, MD, PhD

Study:  Cytosolic Ezh2 mediated control of prostate cancer  

 

Melisi, Davide.jpgDavid Melisi, MD, Debra & Claudio Del Vecchio Fellow

Originating Institution:  University of Naples "Federico II"

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Mentor:  James L. Abbruzzese, MD

Study:  Transforming growth factor pathways in pancreatic cancer therapy

 

Poliseno, Laura.jpgLaura Poliseno, PhD, The Alexander Bodini Foundation  

Originating Institution:  University of Pisa

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Mentor:  Pier Paolo Pandolfi MD, PhD

Study:  Study of the oncosuppressor activity exerted by miR-17-5p family

 

Pulvirenti, Teo.jpgTeodoro Pulvirenti, PhD, Anonymous Donor, In memory of Anna Zegna

Originating Institution:  Mario Negri Sud Institute, Cell Biology and Oncology Department

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Mentor:  Alan Hall, PhD

Study:  Wnt signaling and the regulation of the cell cycle 

 

Rotta, Marcello.jpgMarcello Rotta, MD, Terry Allen Kramer Fellow, in memory of Alexander Bodini

Originating Institution:  University of Torino

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Mentor:  Rainer Storb, MD

Study:  New approaches to Non Myeloablative Allogeneic Hemopoietic Cell Transplant

 

Soliera, Rachele.jpgAngela Soliera, PhD

Originating Institution:  Regina Elena Cancer Institute

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Thomas Jefferson University, Kimmel Cancer Center

Mentor:  Bruno Calabretta, MD, PhD

Study:  Anti-leukemia effects of C/EBPalpha in p210BCR/ABL-expressing cells: role of c-Myb and GATA-2

 

Valeri, Nicola.jpgNicola Valeri, MD, The Alexander Bodini Foundation Fellow

Originating Institution:  Universitá Politecnica della Marche

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  The Ohio State University

Mentor:  Carlo Maria Croce, MD

Study:  Mismatch repair modulation by miR21 and miR155 in colorectal cancer

 

Zadra, Giorgia.jpgGiorgia Zadra, PhD, Amy & Joseph Perella Fellow

Originating Institution:  University of Milan, Department of Biology and Genetics for Medical Sciences

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mentor:  Massimo Loda, MD

Study:  AMPK: a potential target in prostate cancer

 

Zocchi, Loredana.jpgLoredana Zocchi, PhD

Originating Institution:  University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  University of California, Irvine

Mentor:  Paolo Sassone-Corsi, PhD

Study:  Clock mediated regulation of the cell cycle