PhD in CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

email: anastasia.deluca@uniroma2.it
phone: 0672594375
building: SOGENE
room: 375

Education and training

2006 Master Degree in Medical Biotechnology, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2004 Bachelor Degree in Biotechnology, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2009 PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2009 April-July  Fellow, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

2010 Fellow, Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata “IDI IRCCS”, Rome Italy.

2011 Fellow, Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2012-2014 Fellow, NAST Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology & Innovative Instrumentation, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2015 Fellow of “Fondazione Umberto Veronesi”, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2016 Fellow, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2017 Fellow of “Fondazione Umberto Veronesi”, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2018-2021 Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2018 Specialization in Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Pathology, Policlinico of Tor Vergata, Rome

2020 Fellow of “Fondazione Umberto Veronesi”, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Employment

2021-present Group leader in Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2021-present Research Assistant in Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2021-present member of the PhD School of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Teaching

2020 - present Methodologies in Clinical Biochemistry

2021 - present Clinical Biochemistry (Bachelor degree in Biological Sciences)

2023 - present Applications of Clinical Biochemistry (Bachelor degree in Biotechnology)

Honours

2007 Awarded from the "Rita and Sebastiano Raeli Foundation " for the Best Graduates

2015 Special Conference EACR AACR SIC “From Cancer Biology to the Clinic”, 20-23 June 2015, Travel Grant and “Piero Trivella” Prize to best poster

2015/2017/2020 Fellowships granted from “Fondazione Umberto Veronesi”

2018 Best Talk during the “Day of young investigators” University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Research interests

Dr. De Luca's research interests are focused on studying the mechanisms underlying cancer dissemination, namely the

epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Specifically, she investigates how the modulation of the EMT signaling cascade is influenced by alterations in copper homeostasis and intracellular copper distribution in various types of cancers, including breast, melanoma, colorectal, and pancreatic cancer.