Loredana Moro

Biography

"EDUCATION AND TRAINING 1995 “Diploma di Laurea” in Biological Sciences (biochemistry and molecular biology orientation) (110/110 cum laude), Faculty of Science, University of Bari, Bari, Italy 1998 “Diploma di Specializzazione” in Biotechnological Applications (50/50 cum laude), Faculty of Science, University of Bari, Bari, Italy 1999-2000 Research training, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Field of Study: cell biology/cell signaling 21/03/2003 PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Bari, Italy Field of Study: cell biology/molecular biology/biochemistry PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 12/2001-to date CNR Research Investigator, Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics (IBBE), Bari, Italy 2000-02/2001 Doctoral fellow, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven (CT, USA) 10/2002 Visiting scientist in the Department of Cancer Biology, UMass Medical School, Worcester (MA, USA) 04/2005 Visiting Scientist in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester-School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester (NY, USA) 12/2005-01/2006 Visiting Scientist in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester-School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester (NY, USA) 05-06/2006 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester (NY, USA) 01/2007 Visiting Scientist, Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (TX, USA) 01/2007 Nomination as INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la recherche médicale, France) Expert for evaluation of projects 03/2008-03/2009 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (TX, USA) 05/2010-10/2010 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (TX, USA) 11/2010-12/2010 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (TX, USA) 01/2012-08/2012 Visiting Scientist, Department of Pathology, NYU Medical Center, New York (NY, USA) Prof. Michele Pagano 10/2012-10/2013 Visiting Scientist, Department of Pathology, NYU Medical Center, New York (NY, USA) Prof. Michele Pagano 09/2014-07/2015 Visiting Scientist, Department of Pathology, NYU Medical Center, New York (NY, USA) Prof. Michele Pagano. HONORS AND GRANTS 1995-1998 Fellowship from the University of Bari to attend the “Scuola di Specializzazione in Applicazioni Biotecnologiche”, Bari, Italy 1999 Fellowship from the CNR to perform a research project (“Role of the 1C integrin in prostate cancer”) at the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Yale University (CT, USA) 2003 Co-Investigator, “Regulation of beta1 integrin expression in prostate cancer cells”, AIRC (Italian Association for Cancer Research) grant, Italy 2004-2007 Co-Investigator, “Bioenergetic and apoptotic systems of mitochondria: genomics, proteomics, cellular homeostasis and physiopathology”, MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) grant, Italy 2006 Award “Short-Term Mobility Program 2006” from CNR to perform a research project in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester (NY, USA) 2010 Co-PI, DOD grant PC093692 “Suppression of BRCA2 by Mutant Mitochondrial DNA in Prostate Cancer” 2011-2013 PI, Coordinator of the IBBE’s operative unit of the PRIN grant 2009R8LJPS, “Integrin signaling involved in the modulation of invadopodia activity during cancer cell migration and invasion” 2011-2015 PI, Coordinator of the IBBE (Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, CNR) operative unit for the MERIT Project “Involvement of mitocondrial homeostasis in neoplastic transformation and apoptosis” (RBNE08YFN3_005) 2011-2015 Co-investigator, Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze/CNR progetto ""FaReBio di Qualità"" 2015-2017 PI, Project awarded by ""Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Puglia"" Title: ""Identificazione di molecole attive per lo sviluppo di nuovi farmaci anti-tumorali contro il carcinoma di prostata"""

Research Interest

"Aimed at understanding the molecular basis of neoplastic transformation and progression with a particular interest to the identification of signaling pathways/molecules selectively activated/inactivated in cancer cells that might represent the target of innovative therapeutic strategies. "