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Valeria Curti
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Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology awarded in September 2009 at the University of Pavia
(104/110). The internship thesis was carried out in the laboratory of Plant Biotechnology,
Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Lazzaro Spallanzani”. Master's degree of Science in
Experimental and Applied Biology (path: Human Biology and Biomedical Sciences) obtained in
September 2012 (110/110 cum laude) at the Laboratory of Immunology and Genetic Analysis of the
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (D.STA) of the University of Pavia. To date, PhD
student of the Graduate School in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technologies of the Department of
Drug Sciences, in co-tutorship with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the
University of Pavia. Teaching assistant for teaching Technologies and Applications Laboratory, of
the course Master's Degree in Sciences of Nature.
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The main research topics are: 1) evaluation of gene expression and epigenetics, carried out at the
Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (this research
involves the study of differential expression of microRNAs in relation to tumor transformation and
response to environmental stimuli) 2) the search for the molecular mechanisms underlying the
biological effects of functional foods and nutraceutical substances with activity (this experimental
activities relates to the isolation of RNA, the construction of cDNA libraries, sequencing of
microRNA using methods NextGen - Illumina, quantitative analysis of expression of micro RNA
associated with cell differentiation, tumor transformation and microRNA associated with anti –
oxidan) 3) set up of chromatographic methods, such as HPLC-ESI-MSn and HPLC-PAD methods
useful to the chemical characterization of nutraceutical products in complex food matrix.