My name is Roberta Di Carlo and in June 2020 I obtained the PhD in Medical Biotechnologies.
On July 2016 I graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology after a five years degree program.
In October 2016 I attended an English course in Liverpool to improve my language skills.
In December 2016 I passed the exam to have the qualification to work as a pharmacist. I worked for six months in a pharmacy to complete my degree program, and thanks to this experience I had the opportunity to acquire human qualities and pharmacological skills because I was in touch with several patients and so several diseases every day.
I spent two years in the laboratory of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics (SPaTT Lab), located at the center of Excellence on aging and Translational Medicine (CeSI-MeT), “G. D’Annunzio” University (Chieti, Italy), under the supervision of Prof. Paola Patrignani. I realized the research program of my thesis entitled “The novel antiplatelet agent Revacept mitigates injury-induced vascular neointima hyperplasia”.
During this experience I had the opportunity to acquire both technical and scientific skills to carry on this project. I learned to combine creativity, innovation, thoroughness, honesty, humanity and capacity to work harmoniously with the component of the research team and I learned several of the main molecular biology techniques (PCR, Western Blot, DNA and RNA extractions), protein assay quantification (Bradford), platelet isolation from whole blood and buffy-coat, quantitative immunoassay (RIA and EIA), preparation of standards and reagents, basic cell culture skills (primary cells, co-culture cell-platelet).
► Contatti
email: roberta.dicarlo@unich.it
n. telefono: +39 0871 3554789
PUBBLICAZIONI
1. R. Di Carlo, S. Zara, A. Ventrella, G. Siani, T. Da Ros, G. Iezzi, A. Cataldi, A. Fontana,* Covalent decoration of cortical membranes with graphene oxide as a substrate for Dental Pulp Stem cells. Nanomaterials, 9(4), 604: 1-13 (2019). doi:10.3390/nano9040604
2. R. Di Carlo, A. Di Crescenzo, S. Pilato, A. Ventrella, A. Piattelli, L. Recinella, A. Chiavaroli, S. Giordani, M. Baldrighi, A. Camisasca, B. Zavan, M. Falconi, A. Cataldi, A. Fontana,* S. Zara, Osteoblastic differentiation on graphene oxide-functionalized titanium surfaces: an in vitro study. Nanomaterials, 10, 654:1-16 (2020).
3. M. Gallorini, R. Di Carlo, S. Pilato, A. Ricci, H. Schweikl, A. Cataldi, A. Fontana, S. Zara,* Liposomes embedded with differentiating factors as a new strategy for enhancing DPSC osteogenic commitment. eCM, 41, 108-120 (2021).
4. M. Radunovic,* A. Pavic, V. Ivanovic, M. Milivojevic, I. Radovic, R. Di Carlo, S. Pilato, A. Fontana, A. Piattelli, S. Petrovic,* Biocompatibility and antibiofilm activity of graphene oxide functionalized titanium discs and collagen membranes. Dent. Mater., 38, 1117-1127 (2022).
PROCEEDINGS
1. R. Di Carlo, A. Di Crescenzo, V. Ettorre, S. Zara, A. Cataldi, A. Fontana, A. Piattelli, Covalent Functionalization of titanium discs with Graphene oxide for the improvement of biocompatibility and DPSC proliferation. J. Tissue Eng. Regen. Med., 8, 4(Suppl), 65-65 (2017). Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine – Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 October 2017
CONGRESSI
1. R. Di Carlo, A. Di Crescenzo, V. Ettorre, S. Zara, A. Cataldi, A. Fontana, A. Piattelli, Covalent Functionalization of titanium discs with Graphene oxide for the improvement of biocompatibility and DPSC proliferation. Conference on Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine – Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 October 2017