Dr. Maria Cristina Manara is a Senior Investigator at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, IOR. She obtained a degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna in 1991. Her research interests include preclinical studies on the development of targeted therapies for sarcomas with a particular emphasis on the anti-metastatic effects; drug resistance; and the identification of critical targets in sarcoma with prognostic and therapeutic relevance.