From January 2016: Post-Doc AIRC/FIRC triennial fellowship at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute Rizzoli. Project: Dissecting thje role of IGF2BP3 in the malignancy of Ewing sarcoma. From May to December 2015: Post-Doc at the Experimental Oncology Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute. July 2012 - December 2012: abroad research experience at Molecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia (Spain). Project: IGF system, CD99 molecule, tumor-specific chromosomal translocations: evaluation of their prognostic value in prostate cancer. January 2012 - current: PhD student in Oncology and Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna at Experimental Oncology Laboratory, Orthopedic Institute Rizzoli, Bologna. Project: IGF system, CD99 molecule, tumor-specific chromosomal translocations: evaluation of their prognostic value in prostate cancer and Ewing sarcoma. Tutor: prof. Pietro Ruggieri. August 2011 - current: Fellowship in oncology at Experimental Oncology Laboratory, Orthopedic Institute Rizzoli, Bologna. April - June 2011: Frequent visitor at Experimental Oncology Laboratory, Orthopedic Institute Rizzoli, Bologna. Project: Molecular mechanisms at the basis of resistance to new insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor targeted therapy. February 2010 - March 2011: Internal student at Experimental Oncology Laboratory, Orthopedic Institute Rizzoli, Bologna . Project: Molecular mechanisms at the basis of resistance to new insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor targeted therapy. April 2008 - June 2008: Internal student at Biochemistry Laboratory at Faculty of Biology, University of Bologna. Project: Characterization of fibroblasts mitochondrial functions in monkeys affected by optic neuropathy.

Molecular mechanisms at the basis of resistance to new insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor targeted therapy. Study of RNA-binding proteins in Ewing sarcoma