Dr. Valeria Gasperi has been an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry in a tenured position at Tor Vergata University of Rome in the Department of Experimental Medicine since 2008. She completed her post-doc training at the University of Teramo between 2005 and 2008. She received a Doctoral degree in Medical Biotechnology in 2001 at the University of Naples Federico II and a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2005 at Tor Vergata University of Rome. Her principal research activities are (1) the characterization of platelet-derived miRNAs in cancer and their role in tumor biology; (2) the study of miRNome in physiological and pathological conditions, with a particular focus on biomarker identification in clinical research by bioinformatics analysis of omics data; (3) the sudy of the regulation of intercellular communication (platelets, leukocytes, endothelium, tumor cells) with implications in cardiovascular and oncological fields; (4) the impact of phytochemical compounds on oxidative stress and inflammation associated with cancer, cardiovascular disease, and obesity; (5) the study of megakaryocyte differentiation, thrombogenesis, and platelet activation in diabetes.