While pursuing my PhD at the IIT Open University Affiliated Research Center, I am currently focusing on the study of small non-coding RNAs (miRNAs and piRNAs) in brain cancers for diagnostic, prognostic, and potentially therapeutic purposes. 
Research center
					              	CCT@Morego
				              			About
	              			Education
	              			
							                Title: Master's degree in Molecular and Cell Biology
							                Institute: University of Bologna
							                Location: Bologna
							                Country: Italy
							                From: 2020 To: 2023
						                
							                Title: Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences
							                Institute: University of Bologna
							                Location: Bologna
							                Country: Italy
							                From: 2017 To: 2020
						                
All Publications
	                2024
										La Rosa L., Spattini C., Pelizzoli R., Pereira R., De Pietri Tonelli D.
										A novel immune-competent murine model of brain tumors and its use to evaluate the efficacy of a microRNA-based therapy for medulloblastoma
										EMBO Workshop "Microglia in health and disease"
									
										
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								2023
										Spattini C., La Rosa L., Pereira R., De Pietri Tonelli D.
										A miRNA-based differentiation-like therapy for human medulloblastoma: a validation by xenotransplant model in immunocompetent mice
										EMBO|EMBL Symposium: The non-coding genome
									
										
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								Colleagues of Neurobiology of miRNA
			        			