Biosketch: Gabriella Minchiotti is Research Director and Group Leader at the Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A. Buzzati Traverso, CNR, in Naples. She received a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Genetics from the University of Naples Federico II in 1997. During her doctoral and post-doctoral studies, she has worked in National and International research centers, including the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris and the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology), Lueven, Belgium, enriching her developmental and cell biology background. Over the years, Gabriella Minchiotti has acquired knowledge in project management and coordination, acting as Principal Investigator in national and international research projects. Gabriella Minchiotti has worked in the field of stem cell biology over the last twenty years. Her work has elucidated key signaling pathways involved in cell fate decision during mammalian development, shedding light on fundamental processes crucial for the formation of complex multicellular organisms. She has dedicated most of her research career to studying cell plasticity in development and tissue regeneration, and understanding how cell plasticity contributes to malignant transformation. Her research team use different strategies based on development-inspired cues and unbiased high-throughput phenotypic screenings to investigate the mechanisms that control phenotypic plasticity in stem cell population and cancer cells in 2D culture and 3D self-organizing systems.
Roles: Spoke 2 WP2 Task 2.8 Leader
Contacts: gabriella.minchiotti@igb.cnr.it
Website: https://www.igb.cnr.it/index.php/gabriella-minchiotti/
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