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Curriculum Vitae
Personal
information
First name(s) /
Surname(s)
E-mail
Nationality
Date of birth
Gender
Alessandra Pincini
[email protected] [email protected]
Italian
July 10th , 1978
Female
Work experience
Dates
Occupation or position
held
Main activities and
responsibilities
Name and address of
employer
Type of business or
sector
2009- Present
Teaching assistant.
Undergraduate Arts in Nursing courses.
Assistant to teaching: Cellular Biology lessons, exam preparation and assistance.
Molecular Biotechnology Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy..
Academic.
Education
and training
Dates
Title of qualification
awarded
Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
Dates
Title of qualification
awarded
Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
2009 – Present (until December 2012)
Ph.D. Student
Breast Cancer basic research.
Design and execution of experimental biomedical research by the use of biochemistry, cellular
and molecular biology techniques and mice manipulation.
Molecular Biotechnology Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
2006-2008
Master degree in Biomolecular and Biofunctional Science
Breast Cancer basic research.
Dissertation: “ Identification and Characterization of cancer stem cells isolated from FVB/NeuT
transgenic mouse”
Design and execution of experimental biomedical basic research by the use of biochemistry,
cellular and molecular biology techniques.
University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy.
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Dates
Title of qualification
awarded
Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
Other language(s)
1997-2002
Degree in Biology
Microbiology basic research.
Dissertation : ” Typing of Eritromycin-Resistant Streptococcus pyogenes strains invasive for
A549 tumor cell line”.
Design and execution of experimental biomedical basic research by the use of biochemistry,
cellular and molecular biology techniques.
University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy.
English,
Self-assessment
Understanding
European level (*)
Language
Speaking
Writing
Listening
Reading
Spoken
interaction
Spoken
production
B2
C1
C1
C1
B2
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Organisational skills
and competences
Focused, enthusiastic and reliable worker.
Technical skills and
competences
Molecular biology
Transformation, plasmid production, restriction analysis, design shRNA and transient and stable
expression, tissue and cell DNA and RNA extraction, RNA retrotranscription, PCR and real-time
PCR, lentiviral vector production.
Cell biology
2D and 3D Cell cultures of primary, tumour and cell lines, biological assays (migration, scatter,
soft agar, cell apoptosis, proliferation), cell transduction with lentiviral vectors, cell transfection.
Primary mammary epithelial cell isolation. Confocal and Fluorescence microscopy.
Biochemistry
Immunoprecipitation, Western Blotting, Protein Extraction And Quantification, Phosphorylation
Assays, Cell Signaling.
Histology
Immuno-staining and analysis of tissue, immuno-fluorescence.
Mouse handling
Mice breeding and manipulation, anesthesia and surgical treatments (Mammary Gland Tissue)
on mice.
Tumor cell injection, drug administration i.p. and in tail vein, surgery
Computer skills and
competences
Additional
information
Programs: Windows, Office, Macintosh, Photoshop, EndNote. Data bases: BLAST, Entrez Gene,
Nucleotide.
Publications
1. Camacho-Leal M.P., Fiorito E, Pincini A, Tornillo G, Turco E., Defilippi P. and Cabodi S.
p130Cas over-expression regulates mammary branching morphogenesis trough an ERa/ERk1/2 dependentt signaling 2011, in preparation.
2.
Paola Di Stefano, Maria Pilar Camacho Leal, Giusy Tornillo, Brigitte Bisaro, Daniele Repetto,
Alessandra Pincini, Emanuela Santopietro, Nanaocha Sharma, EmiliaTurco, Sara Cabodi*,
Paola Defilippi. The adaptor proteins p140CAP and p130CAS as molecular hubs in cell migration and invasion of cancer cells. Review article. Am J Cancer Res 2011;1(5):663-673
3.
Paola Di Stefano, Maria del Pilar Camacho Leal, Brigitte Bisaro, Giusy Tornillo, Daniele
Repetto,Pincini A., Nanaocha Sharma, Silvia Grasso, Emilia Turco, Sara Cabodi, Paola
Defilippi (2011). p130Cas and p140Cap the bad and the good guys in breast cancer cell
progression to an invasive phenotype. In: Mehmet Gunduz and Esra Gunduz. Breast Cancer
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focusing tumor microenvironment, stem cells and metastasis. p. 403-422, RIJEKA: InTech,
ISBN/ISSN: 9789533077666
Conferences
1.
5-9 Sept 2009: Participation to the 1st Metastasis Summerschool in Sesimbra (Portugal)
2. June 2010 : Poster presenter at the ABCD PhD student meeting in Gubbio (Italy). Poster:
p130cas/Estrogen Receptor cross-talk during mammary gland development: in vivo
studies. Alessandra Pincini, Maria del Pilar Camacho-Leal, Elisa Fiorito, Emilia Turco,
Sara Cabodi and Paola Defilippi.
3. 2 -3 Dec 2010: Poster presenter at the Metafight Final Workshop “ Unravelling Cancer Cell
Invasion and Metastasis” in Turin. Poster: p130Cas is a new regulator of ER α -mediated
ductal morphogenesis. Maria del Pilar Camacho-Leal, Alessandra Pincini, Elisa Fiorito,
Emilia Turco, Paola Defilippi and Sara Cabodi
4. 12-17 June 2011: Poster presenter at Gordon Research Conference-Mammary Gland
Biology- Salve Regina University in Newport RI – United States. Poster: p130Cas controls
mammary branching morphogenesis
in an estrogen-receptor alpha (ER-α)/ERk1/2dependent signaling
5. 25-30 June 2011: Poster presenter at 36 th FEBS CONGRESS – Biochemistry for tomorrow’s
Medicine – Turin, Italy. Poster: p130Cas controls mammary branching morphogenesis in
an estrogen-receptor alpha (ER-α)/ERk1/2-dependent signaling
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