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\r\nScopus H-index: 13; citations:652
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\r\nWORK EXPERIENCE
\r\n- Jun 2018 to now: Researcher in Microbiology, University of Pisa
\r\n- Jan 2016 to May 2018: Translational scientific coordinator at PRO-IMPLANT FOUNDATION, Charit\u00e8 University Hospital, Berlin
\r\n- Aug 2014 to Dic 2015: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Parma
\r\n- Jun 2013 to Jul 2015: Post-doctoral fellow at CNR- Nanoscience Institute, Pisa
\r\n- Oct 2010 to May 2013: Post-doctoral fellow at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
\r\n- Jan 2010 to Sep 2010: Research assistant at Dipartimento di Patologia sperimentale BMIE, University of Pisa
\r\n- Jan 2007 to Dic 2009: Doctoral fellow at Dipartimento di Patologia sperimentale BMIE, University of Pisa
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\r\nEDUCATION AND TRAINING
\r\n- 2018: Abilitazione Scientifica Nasionale (II fascia) Miur
\r\n- 2015: Specialist in Microbiology and Virology, University of Pisa
\r\n- 2010: PhD in Microbiology and Genetics, University of Pisa
\r\n- 2007: Biology licence, University of Pisa
\r\n- 2006: Biology Degree, University of Pisa
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\r\nAWARDS
\r\n- 1st Best Poster Prize for the 37th Annual Meeting of the EBJIS, Helsinki, Finland (Poster number P40)
\r\n- Best rated Abstract for 28th ECCMID 2018 (Abstract number 6547)
\r\n- Observership grant by ESCMID to visit Dr A. Trampuz group at Charit\u00e9 - University Medicine in Berlin
\r\n- \"Short Term mobility\" grant by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche \u201cEvaluation of novel antimicrobial peptides activity for the anti-biofilm prevention and treatment of implant-associated infections\u201d to visit Dr A. Trampuz gorup at Charit\u00e9 - University Medicine in Berlin (May\/June 2015)
\r\n- ESCMID awarded fellowship for \"Eurobiofilms 2013\" Ghent Belgium
\r\n- EMBO awarded fellowship to participate to \"Imaging Infection & Immunity\" EMBO microscopy practical course
\r\n- Best Poster Prize: OWLS 2012. Genoa, Italy. Abstract p. 113
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\r\nRESEARCH PROJECTS
\r\n- July 2017 to 2018: Principal applicant of BIH Gender Equality Fund \u201cCan Bacteriophages Eradicate Bacterial Biofilms? An alternative strategy for implant associated infections\u201d
\r\n- 2016-2018: Co-Principal investigator of the study \"Development of a vaccine against Propionibacterium acnes\" funded by Origimm
\r\n- 2016 to 2017: Co-principal investigator of the project \"Innovative \u00b4Catch & Release\u00b4 system for local antibiotic delivery against Staphylococcus aureus biofilm involved in implant infections\" (AOTEU-R-2016-082)
\r\n- 2015 to 2017: Co-director of the study - \"Fosfomycin activity against streptococci in vitro and in an experimental model of foreign-body infection\" funded by InfectoPharm
\r\n- 2015-2016: Co-director of the study AB \"Investigation of the Antibiofilm Effect of Antibiotic-Loaded CERAMENTTM│G\" by BONESUPPORT
\r\n- 2010-2013: Involved in the project Regione Toscana: \"New diagnostic strategies from nano-engineered viral capsid proteins\"
\r\n- 2010-2011:Staff Member of Pisa University research group, PRIN: \"Interazione tra Mycobacterium tuberculosis e cellule dell'immunit\u00e0 naturale nell'uomo e sua rilevanza sulla risposta immunitaria specifica\"
\r\n- 2008-2010: Staff Member of Pisa University research group in EU Project NOVSECTB (Health-F3-2007-201762 Programme)
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\r\nCONFERENCE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
\r\n- 46th Congress of SIM, Palermo, Italy
\r\n- 38th Annual meeting of EBJIS 2018, Helsinki, Finnland
\r\n- 5th World Congress on TID: Targeting Phage & Antibiotic Resistance 2018, Florence, Italy. Invited speaker
\r\n- 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2018), Madrid, Spain
\r\n- Centennial Celebration of Bacteriophage Research, 2017, Tbilisi, Georgia
\r\n- Workshop on Prosthetic Joint Infection. Pro-Implant foundation Charit\u00e9 \u2013 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin, March 2017 Berlin, Germany. Invited speaker
\r\n- 44th Congress of SIM, Pisa, Italy
\r\n- Phage Therapy World Congress 2016, Paris, France
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\r\nPeer Reviewer for: Sci Rep, Int J Antimicrob Agents, J Glob Antimicrob Resist, Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces, J Antimicrob Chemother, Pharmaceuticals (Basel), Bioinformatics, Plos One
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