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Manuela Ferracin

Associate Professor

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences

Head of CENTRO DI RICERCA BIOMEDICA APPLICATA

Coordinator of PhD Programme in Oncology, Hematology and Pathology

Research

Keywords: Diagnostic and prognostic applications of microRNA/non-coding RNA expression profiles

Cancers of Unknown Primary: Molecular characterization with microRNA signatures. Development of patient-derived in vitro and in vivo models. Genetic characterization. Cancer-specific treatments.

Molecular characterization of microRNA alterations in melanoma subtypes and prognostic groups.

Absolute quantification of circulating microRNAs in biological fluids and extracellular vescicles with droplet digital PCR.

Patent: https://www.unibo.it/it/terza-missione/universita-e-impresa/brevetti-ateneo/brevetti-ateneo/scheda/253

Functional analysis of microRNA isoforms.

Development of NGS panels for target sequencing. SmallRNA sequencing. Single-cell sequencing.

Isolation of circulating tumor cells from metastatic tumors with gnostic and agnostic systems. Their characterization and cell-line establishment.

Identification of biomarkers of response to CAR-T cell therapy.