Curriculum Vitae of Lisa Rizzetto

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Lisa Surname Rizzetto Place and date of birth San Donà di Piave (VE) Italy, 04-September-1981 Home address via Bosco n°8, 42019 Scandiano (RE), Italy Nationality Italian Phone number +39-0522-859457 E-mail [email protected], [email protected]

WORK EXPERIENCE Date Since January 2007 Place Microbiology Laboratory Firm Preclinic and clinic Pharmacology Department, University of Florence, Italy Position PhD student Function Application of different techniques (such as ELISA assay, real Time PCR, proliferation assay, flux cytofluorimetry, fluorescence microscopy, microarray analysis) in order to assess the cross talk between dendritic cells and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the immune response elicited by this non pathogenic yeast. This project is part of DC-THERA “European Dendritic Cells Community”.

Date From November 2005 to December 2006 Place Molecular Genetics Laboratory Firm Department of Genetic-Biology of Microorganisms-Anthropology-Evolution, University of Parma, Italy Position Undergraduate MSc-student (Scholarship holder) Function Application of different genetic techniques (such as genomic and plasmidic DNA extraction, nucleic acid amplification by PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, bacterial and yeast’s transformation, ricombinational vectorial construction, gene disruption, Northern analysis, Southern analysis) to study the implication of different genes on the glucose-induced death and on the aging process.

Curriculum vitae of Lisa Rizzetto Prepared January 2009 Date From December 2003 to October 2004 Place Molecular Genetics Laboratory Firm Department of Genetic-Biology of Microrganisms-Anthropology-Evolution, University of Parma, Italy Position Undergraduate BSc-student (Scholarship holder in a project about the comparative analysis of recombinant protein’s production in procaryotic and eucaryotic hosts, PRIN 2002-2004). Function Application of different genetic techniques (such as genomic and plasmidic DNA extraction, nucleic acid amplification by PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, bacterial and yeast’s trasformation, ricombinational vectorial construction, Northern analysis, Southern analysis, Western analysis) to promote and study the expression of two human proteins, in Kluyveromyces lactis.

EDUCATION November 2005 Master’s Degree in Industrial Biotechnology at the University of Parma with final grade 110/110 cum laude. Title of the thesis: “Deletion of RAG5 gene, codifying the hexokinase, augments the life span of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis”. The research was carried out in the laboratory of Molecular Genetics in the “Department of Genetic-Biology of Microorganisms-Anthropology- Evolution” of the same University.

July 2003 Degree in Biotehcnology at the University of Parma with final grade 110/110. Title of the thesis: “Expression of the human protein Nerve Growth Factor (hNGF) in the host Kluyveromyces lactis”. The research was carried out in the laboratory of Molecular Genetics in the “Department of Genetic-Biology of Microrganisms-Anthropology-Evolution” of the same University.

PERSONAL COMPETENCE Computer literacy Use of the informatic programs: Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet Explorer, and programs for protein structure analysis, as RasMol and nucleotidic and aminoacidic sequence analysis. Use of Eu.Gene for pathway analysis.

Languages Fairly good knowledge of written and spoken English and German. Scholastic knowledge of written and spoken French.

PUBBLICATIONS - Luca Beltrame, Lisa Rizzetto, Raffaele Paola, Philippe Rocca-Serra, Luca Gambineri, Cristina Battaglia and Duccio Cavalieri. Using pathway signatures as means of identifying similarities among microarray experiments. PLoS ONE. 2009;4(1):e4128

CONGRESS AND MEETINGS ATTENDANCE - 13-15 November 2008, Florence, Italy, I-ATLAS International workshop on gene signalling pathway analysis and representation for the dendritic cell

- 27-27 September 2008, Riva del Garda, Italy, 10° FISV congress

- 18-20 September 2008, Brescia, Italy, EMDS 2008- Diversity and plasticity of the innate immune system congress

Curriculum vitae of Lisa Rizzetto Prepared January 2009 - 21 and 22 August 2008, Florence, Italy, Second Curators meeting of DC- THERA

- 24 and 25 July 2008, Florence, Italy, First Curators meeting of DC-THERA

- 9-11 April 2008, Athens, Greece, DC-THERA Annual Meeting

- 9-14 March 2008, Celerina, Switzerland, DCCrest08, DC-THERA graduate school

- 26-30 September 2007 Riva del Garda, Italy, 9° FISV congress

- 28-30 September – 1 October 2006 Riva del Garda, Italy, 8° FISV congress

- 16-17 September 2006, Parma, Italy, IX° International Meeting on “Biology of Kluyveromyces lactis”

- 30 September – 3 October 2004 Riva del Garda, Italy, 6° FISV congress ()

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION - Oral presentations: “Towards a controlled vocabulary of dendritic cells” and “Dectin-1 signalling: a non-TLRs C-type lectins signalling” at I-ATLAS International workshop on gene signalling pathway analysis and representation for the dendritic cell (13-15 November 2008, Florence, Italy)

- Poster exposition: L. Rizzetto, M. Kuka, G. Napolitani, U. D’Oro, D. Cavalieri “Of yeast and man. Different forms of Saccharomyces cerevisiae elicit specific responses in dendritic cells” at the 10° FISV congress (27-27 September 2008, Riva del Garda, Italy)

- Poster presentation: L. Rizzetto, M. Kuka, G. Napolitani, U. D’Oro, D. Cavalieri “Different forms of Saccharomyces cerevisiae elicit specific responses in dendritic cells” at the EMDS 2008- Diversity and plasticity of the innate immune system congress (18-20 September 2008, Brescia, Italy)

- Oral presentation “Towards a controlled vocabulary of dendritic cells” at the Second Curators meeting of DC-THERA (21 and 22 August 2008, Florence, Italy)

- Oral presentation “Towards a controlled vocabulary of dendritic cells” at the First Curators meeting of DC-THERA (24 and 25 July 2008, Florence, Italy)

- Oral presentation: L. Rizzetto, G. Napolitani, M. Kuka, U. D’Oro, D. Cavalieri. “Different forms of Saccharomyces cerevisiae elicit specific responses in dendritic cells” at the DC-THERA Annual Meeting (9-11 April 2008, Athens, Greece)

- Oral presentation L. Rizzetto, G. Napolitani, M. Kuka, U. D’Oro, D. Cavalieri “Different forms of Saccharomyces cerevisiae elicit specific responses in dendritic cells” at the DCCrest08, DC-THERA graduate school, 9-14 March 2008, Celerina, Switzerland

- Poster exposition: E. Marchi, T. Lodi, P. Goffrini, L. Rizzetto, C. Defilippo, D. Cavalieri “Comparative functional genomics of glucose repression in laboratori and wine strains” at 9° FISV congress (26-30 September 2007 Riva del Garda, Italy)

- Oral presentation and Poster exposition: L. Rizzetto, E. Panizza, I. Ferrero P. Page 3 Curriculum vitae of Lisa Rizzetto Prepared January 2009 Goffrini. “Effect of glucose repression mutants on chronological life span in Kluyveromyces lactis” at 8° FISV congress (28-30 September – 1 October 2006 Riva del Garda, Italy)

- Oral presentation: L. Rizzetto, E. Panizza, I. Ferrero P. Goffrini “rag5 mutants extend chronological life span in Kluyveromyces lactis” IX° International Meeting on “Biology of Kluyveromyces lactis” (16-17 September 2006, Parma, Italy)

- Poster exposition: L. Rizzetto, D. Uccelletti, P. Goffrini, F. Farina, A.M. Colangelo, I. Ferrero, C. Palleschi “ Expression of the human proteins Nerve Growth Factor and anticorpal Fab- fragment anti-Herpes simplex type 1 virus (HSV-1) in the host Kluyveromyces lactis” at the 6° FISV congress (30 September – 3 October 2004 Riva del Garda, Italy)

Curriculum vitae of Lisa Rizzetto Prepared January 2009