Current position: Senior Researcher and Head of the Laboratory of “Cytomorphometry and molecular analyses in pre-clinical experimentation” at the Inst. of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy Involved for more than 30 years in the study of mechanisms of cancer onset and progression, to discover new diagnostic/therapeutic targets - long-standing expertise in the use of in vitro and in vivo preclinical models of cancer. - long-time skill in the in vitro screening of new therapeutic molecules for viral, fungal and bacterial infections, immunodeficiency disorders, autoimmune, and neurodegenerative diseases. In the last years, her research activity mainly focused on the involvement of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in oncological and neurodegenerative diseases From 1997-today: involved as PI in twelve Projects (total financed funding 1.011.100,00 Euro), and participated as Collaborator at more than fifty Projects (total financed funding about 3.000.000,00 Euro) aimed to discover new diagnostic/therapeutic targets and to develop innovative therapeutic approaches for neoplastic diseases, infection, immunodeficiency disorders, autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases From 1986-today, she has published 133 Papers (125 Articles on ISI journals, 4 Book Chapters, 4 Full Articles on the Proceedings of International Congress), and is the inventor of 1 Patent with PCT extension. ORCID number: 0000-0002-1142-4752. H-index: 37 (Scopus)