2004 May
Degree in Veterinary
Medicine 110/110 with honors. School of Veterinary Medicine
of Milan, Italy. Degree
Thesis:
”Immunohistochemical characterization of canine
haemangiopericytoma”.
2004 2007
PhD in Veterinary Hygiene
and Animal Pathology.Title:
”Immunohistochemical characterization of canine mesenchymal
neoplasms”. DIPAV, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of
Milan, Italy Tutor: Prof. M.Caniatti.
2006 Oct-Dec
Residency (three months) at the Department of Pathobiology, School of
Veterinary Medicine, UPenn, Philadelphia, Tutor: Prof TJ. Van
Winkle.
2007 Jan-Apr
Research activity (three months) at the Leukocyte Antigen Biology
laboratory, Department of Pathology, Immunology and
Microbiology (PMI), School of Veterinary Medicine, UCDavis, Tutor:
Prof VK. Affolter.
2009 February
Achieved the certification of the European College of Veterinary
Pathologists (ECVP).
2007-2011
Post doctoral fellowship (DIPAV,
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Italy),
Tutor:Prof.
P.Roccabianca. Project: “Lesioni Proliferative Vascolari
a Carattere Reattivo e Neoplastico nella Specie Canina: Studio
Morfologico, Prognostico, Patogenetico e Comparativo tramite
valutazione dell'espressione proteica di marker di istogenesi
(Actina, Miosina, Caldesmona, Smoothelina, 3G5), marker di
proliferazione (Ki67,Caspasi 3) ed analisi molecolare
dell'espressione di geni che codificano per fattori crescita (VEGF,
PDGF, Ang-1, TGF
b
)
.”
2010
Research Grant
2010-2011 of the International Society of Veterinary
Dermatopathology (ISVD). Project: “
Immunohistochemical analysis of COX-2, Growth factors and their
receptors expression in Canine Perivascular Wall
Tumors
”
11/2012
Post doctoral fellowship at the
DIMEVET, Università di Bologna.
Tutor: Prof. Giuseppe Sarli. Project: “Prognostic impact of grade,
histotype and of the expression of mdm2, CDK4 and p53 in
subcutaneous liposarcoma of the dog”
11/2013
Post doctoral fellowship at the DIMEVET, Università di Bologna.
Tutor: Prof. Giuseppe Sarli. Project: “
: Evaluation of the prognostic impact of the expression of FGF2,
Flg and Ki67 labelling index in subcutaneous liposarcoma of the
dog”.
09/2015 Ricercatore a tempo determinato (B) (DIMEVET, Università di Bologna). Project “Diagnostic algorithm in domestic animal oncology".
02/2015 - present: member of the examination committee of the ECVP.
09/2018 Associate Professor (DIMEVET, Università di Bologna).
02/2015 - present: chair of the examination committee of the ECVP.
He is author of several communications at scientific meetings
(national and international), and publications on peer reviewed journals.
