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Fittipaldi Silvia, PhD, MSc

CV

Qualification

Biologist. Health Research Collaborator

Current assignment

Project research manager - ERN BOND project

Title of qualification awarded

Master’s Degree in Molecular & Cellular Biology, marks 110/110 with distinction (cum laude) (2007).
Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, with major in Molecular and Cellular Biology (2005).
Baccalauréat Général Scientifique, Barr, FR (2000).

Other qualifications awarded

PhD Degree in Clinical Medicine and Surgery (2012).
State exam to exercise as Biologist (2008).

Positions held

Research grant manager, Service Medical Area, University of Bologna, IT (10/01/2019 – work leave).

Senior Scientific Officer at FLUICS tissue staining technologies, Technical University Munich, ERC project, Munich, DE (2017-2018).

Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Bologna, IT (2012 -2017). Topics: The immunohistochemical and microRN profiles of adenocarcinomaof  the esophagus and cardia; Marker identification of neoangiogenesi in HCC. Stem cell origin and markers of neoangiogenesis in atherosclerosis

Visiting Scientist  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA (2013). Topic: Development of high-throughput cell culture assay

Management of my own company Beasil Conseil, Barr, FR (2008-2012).

Research internship, Eli Lilly Research Center, Windlesham, UK (2008)

Scientific Attaché Associate in the Embassy of Italy, London, UK (2008).

Lab Assistant Technician in Clinical Chemistry and Immunohaematology, Rotonda (PZ), Italy (2004).

Languages

French and Italian (native), English (IELTS C1 certificate), German and Spanish (basic).

Technologies

COMPUTER: Microsoft Office suite (Windows / Mac OS). Imaging and editing software: ImageJ, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Graphpad Prism, SPSS. LIMS, Deepview, Laboratory Automation Workstation software, Micro Array analysis software.
Collaboration platform: Teams, Slack, ASANA.
Video production for scientific dissemination. 
Lab competencies: histopathology, fluorescence microscopy, molecular biology, cell culture, miRNA microarrays technology.

Teaching activities

Professor for Webinar “Call Erasmus+ KA220 – Cooperation Partnerships – Elementi di gestione amministrativa e finanziaria” Università di Bologna, IT (2024).
Teacher for “Workshop Horizon Europe: Funding Opportunities, Application Strategies, and Grant Management”, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, UK (2024)
Honorary teaching fellow, Comparative Arteriopathy Pathology 0080, Università di Bologna, IT (2014) 
European Examiner of Doctoral Thesis in Medicine and Surgery (2017-2018). 
Thesis Mentoring for Residency and Master’s Degrees

Scientific activities

Published papers (28): https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3463-1367, https://cris.unibo.it/cris/rp/rp15211
Participation in 50 international conferences
Guest editor for The Journal of Visualized Experiment  (JoVE)
Scientific peer reviewer

Awards:

  • Granted EARMA Event Access Award for speaker, EARMA Annual Conference, 23-25 April 2024, Odense, DK
  • Marco Polo Overseas 2013, Cambridge, USA
  • International grants: Post doc mobility grant TUM University, Munich, DE; Marco Polo, Cambridge, USA;
  • MAE-CRUI and Leonardo da Vinci (Europass Mobility), London, UK (2008 – 2014)
  • “Young histochemist international science award”, Advanced imaging techniques in Biomedicine (2010)
  • "Art and Science" Workshop, Museum of contemporary art of Bologna (MAMbo) (2010)
Clinical and/or Scientific interests

Scientific: Rare Skeletal Diseases, Molecular Pathology diagnostics, Cardiovascular biomarkers identification, Development of high-throughput assay and molecular biological techniques, In vitro approach to study the efficacy of drug eluted stents in carotid arteries, Implement approach to fix and study clinical tissues in immunohistochemistry.

Management: Model creation for ERNs integration into the National Health Systems in Italy and in EU. Professional development of the Research Manager role in research strategy. Grant management of coordinated project for healthcare research, for the whole project life-cycle.