I am a PhD student in Molecular Medicine at Sapienza University of Rome.
My doctoral research is conducted in close collaboration with the Institute of Biomedical Technologies of the Italian National Research Council (ITB-CNR), within the laboratory of Dr. Claudia Bearzi, as part of the project entitled “Role of the Extracellular Matrix in the Regulation of Cardiac Sympathetic Innervation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy”.
In addition, my primary research objective is to recapitulate in vivo environments through advanced 3D modeling systems, with a specific focus on tumor models that faithfully reproduce the full complexity of the tumor microenvironment, including cellular interactions and spatial organization.
Through this work, I aim to contribute to the development of more predictive and physiologically relevant biomedical models.
Research Activities
Development of 3D patient-derived organoids recapitulating in vitro disease models to study the interactions between host and components of surrounding microenvironment
Establishment of advanced 3D cultures and organoid-based systems that faithfully recapitulate tissue architecture and microenvironmental complexity for in vitro modelling of human diseases
