Biomedicines Webinar | Non-coding RNAs in Health and Disease
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Giuseppina Catanzaro
Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy;
Dr. Giuseppina Catanzaro is a Medical Doctor and a Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Medicine in Sapienza University of Rome. She received her PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Teramo and pursued her post-doctoral studies in the field of Biochemistry in the laboratory of Prof. Maccarrone. She joined a post-doc in the Bracco Research Center where she was in charge of the biological part of a vast multidisciplinary research project involving cancer cell metabolism, collaborating with the Albeda Research Group in Copenhagen (Denmark) to study the metabolic activity of several cancer cells. Then, she moved in Sapienza University where she has been involved in projects focused on the molecular and clinical aspects of cancers. Her activity is especially concentrated on defining the role of non-coding RNAs as key molecules in cancer and metabolic diseases, both for their biological functions and for their role as diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers. She is author of more than 40 original peer-reviewed papers and in the last years she contributed to increase the knowledge about the role of microRNAs, with a special focus on pediatric neuro-oncology. For her research, she won many prestigious awards, such as the Ricerche Oncologiche di Base award in 2018 and in 2022, and a special Mention for the best video for EXPO 2020 Dubai for the call “Beyond borders: La conoscenza unisce le persone” sponsored by Fondazione Bracco.
On Thursday, 24 November 2022, MDPI and the Journal Biomedicines organized the second webinar on Biomedicines, entitled "Non-coding RNAs in Health and Disease", chaired by Dr. Giuseppina Catanzaro from the Sapienza University in Rome, Italy.
In this webinar, the Non-coding RNAs topic has been addressed under various aspects, thanks to the participation of illustrious scientists of the field, Prof. Manuela Ferracin, Prof. Agnese Po and Dr. Valerio Chiurchiù. Non-coding RNAs are key molecules due to their abundance as well as the plethora of roles they play in health as well as in disease contexts. The contributions brought to the webinar, by the participants, offered a broad overview of the state of the art of non-coding RNAs in different diseases.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Biomedicines, be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Non-coding RNAs in Health and Disease
Guest Editor: Dr. Giuseppina Catanzaro
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2022)
A topical collection in Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This collection belongs to the section "Immunology and Immunotherapy".
Collection Editor: Dr. Francesca Lovat