Chiara Brambillasca
Ph.D. Student
Department of Cancer
Netherlands Cancer Institute
Netherlands
Biography
She achieved her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies in Milan, Italy. During her final internship period, she had the chance to work in Dr. Matteo Bellone's group, at the San Raffaele Scientific Park (Milan), where she completed her thesis concerning the characterization of the immunoregulatory activity of prostate cancer stem cells. Hereafter, she pursued this project as a research fellow in the same laboratory. In July 2014, she started her PhD joining Jos Jonkers' laboratory, working on genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs). Her aim is to study several cancer genes associated with BRCA1-mutated triple- negative breast cancer.
Research Interest
Her research is realted to several cancer genes associated with BRCA1-mutated triple- negative breast cancer.