Affiliation: University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Experimental Medicine

Dr. Rita Bonfiglio, Biologist, Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Master’s Degree in Medical Biotechnologies, PhD in Medical Biotechnologies and Translational Medicine. Currently, she is a post-doctoral fellow and Subject Matter Expert in Anatomic Pathology at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Dr. Bonfiglio employs all basic and advanced techniques of the histological area (optical and electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, design, and construction of Tissue Micro arrays). In addition, she has experience in animal models of human diseases, small animal imaging studies as well as planning and execution of in vitro investigations.

She has more of forty scientific papers in international peer review journals. Her main fields of interest includes

Histological and ultrastructural characteristics of solid cancers;

Osteotropism of breast and prostate cancers;

In vivo models of human diseases;

Small animal imaging and inflammatory disorders;

Identifications of early in situ biomarkers of breast and prostate cancers;

Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the formation of ectopic calcifications.