Pia Rivetti Di Val Cervo, PhD

Experience

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  Freelance

  Jun 2002 - Aug 2006

  Independent Translator

  For a few years, as I was studying at the University, I worked as a translator for ENAPRA, at the Italian Ministry of Agriculture.I was translating Italian into English and into French for the European project Agrisavoir.

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  Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)

  Sept 2005 - Mar 2006

  Visiting Student

  Stage as graduate student at Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Institute (IBBMC) of the National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS), at the University Paris-Sud 11 in Orsay (France), supervisor prof. Pierre Le Maréchal.During my last year as a graduate student in the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, I have decided to do a stage in a foreign country in order to learn new research techniques and approaches. I worked for a six months stage in prof. Pierre Le Maréchal’s group, working in the chemistry of proteins field. During this period I identified the targets of the Thioredoxin/Thioredoxin Reductase system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a proteomic strategy coupled to a differential labelling technique. Show less

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  Medical Research Council

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2008

  Visiting PHD Student

  During my PhD I went to collaborate with prof. Melino’s group in Leicester in order to learn neurobiology techniques and to unravel the role of microRNAs involved in brain morphogenesis and cortical neuron differentiation in a p73 null background.

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  EMBO - excellence in life sciences

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

  EMBO Fellow

  As EMBO Fellow, I have managed a research project from the initial design phase through its implementation and results dissemination. The project aimed at exploring a new avenue for cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's Disease. In particular we decided to reprogram glial cells resident in the brain into neurons, to replace the dopaminergic neurons killed by the disease's progression. To achieve this goal I have modified and optimized a new protocol for direct conversion in vitro and in vivo. Show less

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  Karolinska Institutet

  Nov 2014 - May 2017

  As research fellow (subsidized by the Swedish Research Council, the EMBO and the Karolinska Institute), my tasks were managing and implementing research projects from the initial design phase to completion, in addition to results dissemination, reporting and publication. During my post-doc I developed a new protocol for in vivo conversion of astrocytes into dopaminergic neurons, as a new cell replacement approach for Parkinson’s Disease. In addition I was also involved in the following:• Student supervision.• Public speaking at conferences and seminars.• Teaching to students of the Medicine, and Biomedicine courses at the University of Malaga.• Teaching to students of the Medicine, Dentistry and biomedicine courses at Karolinska Institutet. Show less

  • Research Fellow sponsored by EMBO and the Swedish Research Council

    Jan 2011 - May 2017

  • Coordinator of the MBB Virus facility

    Nov 2014 - Dec 2016
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  Marie Curie Fellows Association

  May 2017 - Oct 2019

  Marie Curie Fellow

  As Post-doctoral fellow sponsored by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships program of the European Commission, I have managed a research project from the initial design phase to implementation for the generation of a disease modelling platform based on directly-reprogrammed medium spiny neurons to screen new therapeutic compounds against Huntington’s Disease.

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  Università degli Studi di Milano

  May 2017 - Nov 2021

  Senior Post-Doctoral Scientist

  As senior post-doctoral researcher, my tasks are focused on communication and publishing as much as on research and development, in particular I focus on writing and editing of scientific documents for publication in high impact factor peer-reviewed scientific journals and dissemination. My work in the research and development branch of the laboratory encompasses managing research projects from the project design phase to the implementation phase and subsequent reporting. I am also involved in budget evaluation and project sustainability as well student training, teaching and speaking at conferences. Show less

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  LaSpes

  Jan 2018 - Dec 2024

  Coordinator of the Scientific Committee

  Coordinator and Grant evaluator - Research projects on neurological aspects of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome.

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  Elsevier

  Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

  Associate Scientific Editor
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  AIFA Agenzia Italiana del farmaco

  Dec 2021 - now

  Dirigente biologo

  Health Technology Assessment

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  European Commission

  Aug 2024 - now

  Representative - Joint Scientific Consultation Subgroup