Prof. Dr. Simona Fontana

ACCADEMIC POSITION - School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Palermo, Italy Since Nov 2019: Associate Professor of Applied Biology 2005-2019: Researcher of Applied Biology RESEARCH INTERESTS -Role of the tumor derived small extracellular vesicles (TD-SEVs) in modulation of pre-metastatic niche -Characterization of immunomodulatory effects induced by TD-SEVs -Proteomics investigations focused on both discovery proteomics and targeted proteomics EDUCATIONAL TRAINING - University of Palermo, Italy 2003-2004: Post-Doc position 1999-2002: PhD course in Developmental and Cellular Biology 1998-1999: Research contract at the Center of Experimental Oncobiology, Palermo, Italy RESEARCH EXPERIENCES 2009-2010: Research associate in the laboratory of Professor J. Medin, Division of Stem Cell and Development Biology, University Health Network, Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI), Toronto – Canada 2002-2003: Visiting researcher at Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Proteines, CNRS UMR 5086, Dep. of Mass Spectrometry, Lyon, France SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION AND BIBLIOMETRIC INDEXES (SCOPUS/JCR January 2022) Prof. Fontana is author of 43 publications: Nr 34 papers in extenso on peer-reviewed journals Nr 9 reviews on peer-reviewed journals Nr 1 non-peer-reviewed original article Nr 12 Book Chapters h-Index: 21; # citations: 1417; Total IF peer-reviewed articles: 182.703; IF average peer-reviewed articles: 4.15