Francesca Pagliari
Heidelberg
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
2020
2020
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Intern
Syntech S.r.l
01.2010
- Project title “CARDiPS”
Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
2018 - Current
- Performing radiobiological experiments to investigate the mechanisms of radioresistance and metabolic changes, after X-ray and electron RT (in conventional and FLASH modes) both in normoxic and hypoxic conditions
- Collaboration on interdisciplinary projects, supervision of laboratory activities and students, writing grants
Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Studied lipid metabolism in cancer and cancer stem cells; assessed pro- or antioxidant nanoparticle effects on cancer stem and non-stem cells for applications in cancer therapy and nanomedicine
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research Center “E. Piaggio”, Faculty of Engineering at University of Pisa
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Development of new seeding methods on 3D collagen scaffolds by using cell sheet technology and cell culture in bioreactor systems for regenerative medicine
Post-Doctoral Position
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Studied the molecular processes that induce cardiac differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and heart-derived cardiac progenitor cells; biological validation of polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering applications
- Student supervision
Education
FELASA Certification - Accredited Course On Animal Experimentation (Category B)
German Cancer Research Center
Training Course in Clinical Nutrition - undefined
International Academy of Clinical Nutrition (A.I.Nu.C.) and Niccolò Cusano University
PhD - Materials for Environment and Energy
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
1st Doctoral School - Nano-Materials and Biomaterials
Laurea - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES summa cum laude
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Italian Scientific Habilitation (ASN) - Associate Professor in the scientific area 06/N1 (Sciences of Healthcare and Applied Medical Technologies)
01.2023 - 12.2023
Skills
Radiobiology techniques
Cell cultures
Biomolecular techniques
Imaging techniques
Interdisciplinary collaborations
scientific communication
Orcid
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5547-222X
Personal Information
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Revieweractivity
- Journal of Nanomaterials
- Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine
- Cancer Letters
- Guest Associate Editor and Review Editor for Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology – Cancer Cell Biology
Timeline
Italian Scientific Habilitation (ASN) - Associate Professor in the scientific area 06/N1 (Sciences of Healthcare and Applied Medical Technologies)
01.2023 - 12.2023
Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
01.2013 - 01.2017
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research Center “E. Piaggio”, Faculty of Engineering at University of Pisa
01.2012 - 01.2013
Intern
Syntech S.r.l
01.2010
Post-Doctoral Position
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
01.2010 - 01.2012
Training Course in Clinical Nutrition - undefined
International Academy of Clinical Nutrition (A.I.Nu.C.) and Niccolò Cusano University
PhD - Materials for Environment and Energy
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
1st Doctoral School - Nano-Materials and Biomaterials
Laurea - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES summa cum laude
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
2018 - Current
FELASA Certification - Accredited Course On Animal Experimentation (Category B)
German Cancer Research Center