Valentina Rapozzi
Valentina Rapozzi is an Associate Professor in Biochemistry at the Department of Medicine in the University of Udine, President of the Italian Society of Photobiology, Founder and Member of the International Society for Nitric Oxide and Cancer, and Member of the board of the PhD in Biomedical Science and Biotechnology at the University of Udine. Valentina Rapozzi has a strong background in cell biology, molecular biology, and in vivo animal tumor. Her research interests can be divided into...See more
Valentina Rapozzi is an Associate Professor in Biochemistry at the Department of Medicine in the University of Udine, President of the Italian Society of Photobiology, Founder and Member of the International Society for Nitric Oxide and Cancer, and Member of the board of the PhD in Biomedical Science and Biotechnology at the University of Udine. Valentina Rapozzi has a strong background in cell biology, molecular biology, and in vivo animal tumor. Her research interests can be divided into three fields: (1) Application of new photosensitizers in tumor cells culture and in vivo system and study of molecular pathways involved in host's response to the photodynamic therapy; (2) Molecular strategies (antigene and antisense) to study neoplastic proliferation; (3) Influence of psychological stress on metastasis progression in animal model. Her current research interest is the study of molecular mechanisms in the tumor response, particularly in the field of redox signaling and photooxidative stress. She is focusing on some aspects of cell response to photodynamic therapy and its relevance in molecular oncology and cancer. She has contributed to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms involving reactive oxygen and nitric species (ROS/RNS) in coordinating cellular responses to photooxidative stress in different cell/animal models. She is the coauthor of about 80 international publications, 10 book chapters, and a participant in 138 congresses, Guest Editor for Forum on Immunopathological Diseases and Therapeutics in 2011 with the Volume Molecular Pathways in the Response of Tumors to Photodynamic Therapy, and Editor together with Prof. Giulio Jori from the University of Padova, Italy, for the Volume Resistance to Photodynamic Therapy in Cancer 2015, Vol 5. Resistance to Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapeutics, Series Editor Benjamin Bonavida, Springer. Guest Editor together Prof. Benjamin Bonavida for "Circadian Rhythms and Oncogenesis" for Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis, 2021. See less
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