Activities
Dr. Giorgia Simonetti, Master’s Degree in Medical, Molecular, and Cellular Biotechnology (Vita-Salute San Raffaele Univeristy, Milan, 2008), PhD in Molecular and Translational Medicine (University of Milano-Bicocca, 2012) is the Coordinator of the Immuno-Hematology Unit. She is experienced in molecular and cellular biology, with a focus on hemato-oncology. Her main field of research is the integration of multi-omics data (including genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics) aiming to define and then validate novel therapeutic options and strategies for patients affected by hematological malignancies, and in particular by acute leukemias.
Awards & Grant
Dr. Simonetti’s contributions to scientific meeting were awarded by the following travel grants:
- June 2019: Travel grant, 24th EHA congress.
- July 2016: Travel grant, XIII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ematologia Sperimentale.
- June 2016: Travel grant, 21st EHA congress.
- Dec 2014: ASH Abstract Achievement Award, 56th ASH Annual Meeting.
- July 2014: Travel grant, XIII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ematologia Sperimentale.
- June 2013: Award for best PhD thesis in onco-hematology, Premio Giuseppe Bigi 2013.
- Oct 2011: Travel grant, Fondazione Cariplo to attend the 53rd ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
- Oct 2011: Award for best poster at XIV iwCLL, October 28-30, 2011.
- June 2010: Study award in support of research experiences in a foreign country, Fondazione Cariplo.
Moreover, Dr. Simonetti was recipient of 2 research awards: "ALFREDO SAIARDI" 2015 to the best project dissecting the molecular mechanisms of malignant transformation and progression and “Premio Giuseppe Bigi” 2013 to the best PhD thesis in hemato-oncology.
Dr. Simonetti is collaborator of several national and interantional research projects. She has been Principal Investigator of the Alma Idea Junior Research Grant “Study of the role and the interactome of CDC20 across cell cycles in acute myeloid leukemia models”, appointed by University of Bologna (2018-2019). Moreover, she was recipient of the prestigious Non-Clinical junior research fellowship from European Hematology Association (EHA), a grant for young researchers (2015-2019). The project is focused on the analysis of the genomic and metabolic complexity of acute myeloid leukemia, aiming to the improvement of patients’ stratification and the identification of novel therapeutic options.
