VALENTINA GUIDA Curriculum Vitae Name: Place of birth: Date of birth: Citizenship: Marital Status: Valentina Guida Castellana Grotte (BA) 14/02/1986 Italian Single Personal Address: Via Trevi, 4 – 20161 – Milan Mobile phone: +39 328 95 16 081 Professional Address: San Raffaele Scientific Institute Via Olgettina, 58, 20132 Milan, Italy Work Telephone: 39-02-2643-4800 Fax: 39-02-2643-4844 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION 2000-2005 High School Degree Liceo Scientifico G. Tarantino, Gravina in Puglia Final grades: 90/100 2005-2009 Bachelor Degree in Biological Science University of Bologna Final grades: 99/110 2009-2012 Master Degree in Functional Genomics University of Trieste Final grades: 110/110 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 05/2008 Bachelor student Internship -10/2008 Policlinico S. Orsola, Molecular Microbiology and Virology Lab Supervisor: Dr. A. Ripalti Graduation Thesis: "Permissivity assay of mesenchymal stem cells of placental origin to infection with the human Herpesvirus 8" Technical skills acquired: Cell cultures; Infection of eukaryotic cells with different viral strains; Nucleic acid extraction and analysis; Immunofluorescence 02/2011 -03/2012 Master Student Internship International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Molecular Immunology Lab, Trieste, Italy Supervisor: Prof. O. Burrone Graduation Thesis: "Evaluation of a C-type lectin like receptor as tumor antigen" Technical skills acquired: Cell freezing/thawing; Transient and stable transfection of eukaryotic cells; Bacterial transformation and preparation of competent cells; Protein extraction and analysis; DNA and RNA extraction and analysis; HPLC and gaschromatography; Preparation of cartridges for DNA immunization: PCR, RT-PCR e PCR Real time 06/2013 -07/2013 San Raffaele Scientific Institute Lymphocyte Activation Unit, Milan, Italy Supervisor: Dr. Anna Mondino Technical skills acquired: Primary T cell culture; Flow cytometry; mouse handling. 07/2013 -12/2013 Erasmus University Medical Center (ATTRACT Consortium) Experimental Tumor Immunology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Supervisor: Dr. Reno Debets Technical skills acquired: RNA Isolation; Cloning; RACE PCR; Transduction of Primary Human T cell; Stimulation Assay; ELISA. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2010 Attendance to Erasmus student exchange week, Trieste 2011 Attendance to SIBBM - Società Italiana di Biofisica e Biologia Molecolare: “Frontiers in Molecular Biology”Annual Meeting, May 26-28 2011 2013 Progress Report, Rotterdam ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008-2009 Mineralogy University Museum: Part-time employment visitors reception, event management, on line research, archivist 2005-2009 Ad hoc Customer Relator Consultant for Cacharel and Montblanc LINGUISTIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Italian: Mother Tongue English: Advanced French: Elementary COMPUTER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES • Office™ software (Word, Excel e Power Point); Internet Explorer • ECDL course certification (almost complete)