Elisabetta Ceni

Biography

Born in Florence on March 8, 1964, Dr. Ceni studied at the Faculty of Mathematical Physics and Natural Sciences at the University of Florence, where he graduated in Biological Sciences on June 17, 1991, discussing an experimental thesis entitled "Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) Granulocyte Activation Mechanisms". - In 1992 he obtained his degree in Biology at the University of Florence, beginning in the same year to attend the laboratory of the Gastroenterology Unit led by Prof. C. Surrenti at the Department of Physiopathology Clinic. - In the academic year 1993/94 he was the winner of the competition for admission to the PhD in Applied Physiopathology at the University of Florence. In May 1998 he received the title of Ph.D. in Applied Physiopathology, discussing the thesis "Study of the Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Alcoholic Epic Fibrosis". - In the same year he was the winner of a post-doctoral scholarship of the two-year period of the disciplinary field 06 Medical Sciences - F07D Gastroenterology Sector. - In December 1998 he also won the "BYK GULDEN Award in Gastroenterology 1998" for an experimental study titled "Expression and Transcriptional Regulation of Peroxisomal Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) in Pancreatic Cancer Cells." In vivo and in vitro study. - Since January 2000 he is a member of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE) and in the same year he was the winner of the annual prize conferred by that company for the study titled "Expression and Transcriptional Regulation of Receptors for Peroxisome Proliferation Activators ( PPARs) in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma "

Research Interest

Technical Sciences of Laboratory Medicine