Biography:
Dr. Rinaldo studied Biology at Federico II University of Naples and received her PhD from the same institution in 2002. She then joined Dr Soddu's research group at Regina Elena Cancer Institute (IRE) in Rome, Italy as a PostDoc, where she contributed to characterising a new pro-apoptotic regulator of the p53 oncosuppressor gene, the HIPK2 kinase. In 2011, she became a permanent researcher and started her own research group at IBPM-CNR in Rome, Italy. Currently, she is a senior researcher at the same institution, leading a group that studies the molecular mechanisms that control tumor growth and the response to anti-cancer treatments.
Title : NF1-associated gliomas: Antioxidant treatments and spastin inactivation as possible therapeutic approaches