Curriculum M. Carcuro
Mariateresa Carcuro
Date of birth: December, 27th, 1983
Place of birth: Feltre (Bl), Italy
Citizenship: Italian
Home address: Limana, Bl, Italy
Work address: Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology
University “La Sapienza”
P.le A. Moro 5 –00185 Rome ,Italy
Phone : 39- 6- 49912849 39- 6- 49912472; fax 39- 6-4456866
e-mail address: [email protected]
EDUCATION
November 2010: Professional Test: Got a License to practice Biology
November 2009-today: PhD student in Genetic and Molecular Biology”, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology “Charles Darwin”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”/ Institute of Genetics.
Group Leader: Prof. Isabella Saggio
October 2009: Master Degree (6S) in Genetic and Molecular Biology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Score 110/110 cum laude
Master Degree Thesis title: “Studies of AKTIP protein and its roles in DNA damage response”.
Group Leader: Prof. Isabella Saggio
March 2007: Graduate in Biological Sciences, University of Bologna, "Alma Mater Studiorum”. Score 102/110.
Degree thesis title: “Cloning, expression and purification of one 3-phospho dehydrogenase from Arabidopsis thaliana”.
Group Leader: Prof. Paolo Trost.
July 2003: Baccalaureate, Liceo Scientifico (secondary school with an emphasis on sciences) Galileo Galilei in Belluno, 82/100.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
July 2011 – Present: scolarship winner, research assigned by the Pasteur Institute, Cenci Bolognetti Foundation.
Group Leader: Prof. Isabella Saggio
March 2010 – June 2011: scolarship winner, research assigned by the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Rome "La Sapienza".
Titel of the scolarship “Study of viral vectors for gene transfer in mammalian cells”
Group Leader: Prof. Isabella Saggio
February 2010-present: participation in European research project BRAIN CAV.
November 2009-present: Research activity for PhD studies in Genetic and Molecular Biology”, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology “Charles Darwin”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”/ Institute of Genetics.
Group Leader: Prof. Isabella Saggio.
November 2008-October 2010: Student training in the laboratory of Gene Therapy at the Unversity of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Genetics and Molecolar Biology.
Group leader: Prof. Isabella Saggio.
Research work: analysis of proteins involved in DNA damage checkpoint, Telomere metabolism and DNA damage repair.
October 2006-february 2007: Research activity in the laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology in Plants at the University of Bologna “Alma Mater Studiorum”, Department of Molecular Biology, Bologna, Italy.
LABORATORY SKILLS
• Isolation of plasmid DNA from bacterial cultures.
• Molecular cloning,
• Cell cultures,
• Isolation of RNA from cells and tissue and retrotrascriptions,
• Isolation of Genomic DNA from cells and tissue
• PCR,
• RT-PCR,
• Real Time PCR
• Protein Extraction
• Western blot
• GST pull down
• CoImmunoprecipitation
• Mass Spectometry
• Immunofluorescence
• Cytologial Preparation and analysis
• Lentiviral vectors preparation
• LV-mediated transduction
• Calcium Phosphate Transfection
• Mouse Manipulations
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Operativ system Windows, Mac and Linus
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Power Point
Adobe Photoshop CS3
All the major web browser (Internet Explorer, Mozzilla Firefox, Safari)
Primer Express
Quantity one
DNAMan
Scion Image
MetaMorph
ImageJ
David Bioinformatic resources 6.7
Basics of Expasy
Basics of Methamorph
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English