Manuela Ferracin is a Full Professor of Pathology at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna (Italy). She serves as the Head of the Center for Applied Medical Research and is the Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Oncology, Hematology, and Pathology. Prof. Ferracin obtained a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Molecular Oncology from the University of Ferrara. She has a background in molecular oncology, with specific expertise in identifying diagnostic and prognostic gene signatures and the role of microRNAs in cancer. She has co-authored more than 170 papers (H-index 59). Currently, her research focuses on identifying biomarkers of immunotherapy efficacy and developing models of cancer of unknown primary.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Molecular Diagnostics
MicroRNAs
non-coding RNA
liquid biopsy
Cancer expression prof...
Microvescicles
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60%
MicroRNAs
10%
non-coding RNA
5%
liquid biopsy
5%
Molecular Diagnostics
5%
Microvescicles
Short Biography
Manuela Ferracin is a Full Professor of Pathology at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna (Italy). She serves as the Head of the Center for Applied Medical Research and is the Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Oncology, Hematology, and Pathology. Prof. Ferracin obtained a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Molecular Oncology from the University of Ferrara. She has a background in molecular oncology, with specific expertise in identifying diagnostic and prognostic gene signatures and the role of microRNAs in cancer. She has co-authored more than 170 papers (H-index 59). Currently, her research focuses on identifying biomarkers of immunotherapy efficacy and developing models of cancer of unknown primary.