EDUCATION 2006 PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology of the Development - Dept. of Biology, University of Padua, Italy. 2002 Master in Biological Sciences (110/110 cum laude), University of Padua, Italy CURRENT POSITIONS 2019 - present Assistant Professor - Dept. of Biology and Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy 2016 - present Assistant Professor - Dept. of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Netherlands (NL) PERSONAL FELLOWSHIPS, PRIZES AND AWARDS • 2016: FEBS Anniversary Prize for outstanding achievements in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology • 2012: EU FP7 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development (IEF) • 2010: Young Investigator Award, 8th Dutch-German Joint Meeting Molecular Cardiology Working Groups, NL • 2005 & 2006: EMBO fellowships for participation to two EMBO Practical Courses SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS 2006 - 2019 6 Postdocs / 7 PhD / 5 Master Students - LUMC; Tech Uni Munich; Uni Padua TEACHING ACTIVITIES 2017 - present Advanced (annual) courses on “Derivation of hiPSC” and “Genetic engineering of mammalian stem cells”, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK 2016 National University Teaching Qualification (BKO) Certificate - LUMC, The Netherlands 2011 - present Lecturer and Workgroup teacher at the LUMC (NL) and Padova (IT) ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2017 Poster jury member, 8th Rembrandt Symposium for Cardiovascular Science, NL 2015 - present Abstract selection committee International Society for Stem Cell Research ISSCR meeting INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 2020 - present Member of PhD course in Biosciences committee, Padova University, IT 2016 - present Management team, Dept. Anatomy & Embryology, LUMC, NL 2015 - presen Member of 2 PhD thesis opposition committees, Leiden University, NL COMMISSIONS OF TRUST 2019 - 2020 Managing Editor for ISSCR journal Stem Cell Reports (Cell press) 2019 - present Editorial Board Member of StemJournal (www.stemjnl.org) 2017 - 2018 Section Editor for ‘Crispr/Cas9 HR’ in Drug Discovery Today: Technologies 2016 - present Grant reviewer for Italian Scientific Evaluation committee; Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance, Australia; Medical Research Council UK, UK; Dutch Heart Foundation, NL; Israel Science Foundation, Israel; The Royal Society, UK; National Children’s Research Center, Ireland 2010 - present Peer Reviewer for scientific journals (selection): Circulation, Stem Cell Reports, Scientific Reports, Stem Cells, Stem Cells & Development, & others. Ad hoc co-reviewer for: Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Medicine, Cell Stem Cell MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 2020 - present International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2016 - present Member, “Institute for human Organ and Disease Model technologies initiative (hDMT, www.hdmt.technologies)” and hDMT “Heart-on-Chip” Group 2014 - present Member, “European Society of Cardiology (ESC)” and “Women in ESC Initiative” PUBLICATION METRICS Total number of publications: 43 Total citations: 2321 h-index: 22

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Human Stem Cells for unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying inherited cardiac diseases.

Human pluripotent stem cells for studying inherited cardiac diseases

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