Eleonora Candi - Curriculum Vitae#

PRESENT POSITION:

(i) Full Professor in Molecular Biology at the Department of Experimental Medicine of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
(ii) Head of the Biochemistry laboratory, IDI-IRCCS hospital, Rome, Italy

EDUCATION:

• PhD (1995, Rome) in Skin Biochemistry
• BSc (1991, Rome) in Biology

PREVIOUS WORK:

Following fellowships in London (UK, 1992) and Bristol (UK, 1993) moved to the Skin Biology Branch, NIAMS-NIH, Bethesda MD, USA (chief of branch Dr. P.M. Steinert) in 1993-1997. Returned back to Rome, Italy as Telethon Scientists (up to 2001) to become Assistant Professor at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” in Molecular Biology (BIO/11) (up to 2012).

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY:

(i) Editor-in-chief of Discover Oncology, Springer-Nature
(ii) Editorial Board member of (1) The FEBS Journal; (2) Encyclopedia of Life Science, Wiley-Blackwell; (3) Cell Cycle, Taylor & Francis; (4) Cell Death Disease, Springer-Nature
(iii) Peer-reviewer for international journals (Cell Reports, Nature Comms, Cell Death & Differentiation, Oncogene, Journal Investigative Dermatology)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

(i) Programmed cell death (apoptosis) in epithelial models: (a) role of transglutaminases and their substrates; (b) role of p63, homolog of p53, in epithelia proliferation/differentiation
(ii) role of microRNA/lncRNAs in epithelial proliferation/differentiation and migration/invasion
(iii) p53 family members in squamous cell carcinomas
(iv) generation and characterization of transgenic mice

PUBLICATIONS:

158 scientific articles
Google Scholar: H-index = 53
Cites = 21971
Cumulative IF=779

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