Interview
I had the opportunity to work with NAnA ETS in a somewhat unlucky moment in my life: I had lost my PhD position due to COVID-19 two months before I could start, which made me officially unemployed. Around that time, NAnA provided me with a one-year scholarship and the chance to pursue a challenging research project, during which I could further my lab skills, encounter interesting techniques and approaches, and learn how to tackle complex problems in research. Most importantly, with NAnA I could appreciate how closely my career can reflect in the life of people and those that surround them, which added a precious human experience to my job.
I recently had the pleasure of being a speaker at CRS2024, one of the main global conferences in my field. It was a big surprise to see my abstract be selected for a talk; this allowed me to share my research with great minds and experienced researchers as well as peers, which led me to extremely interesting and pleasant conversations.
Can we prevent metastases? I am currently working on an active targeting delivery strategy for siRNAs in breast cancer. To this purpose, we design and develop nanoparticles loaded with siRNA for therapeutically relevant targets, then evaluate them in our novel in vitro models and in vivo.
I am a PhD student at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, in Munich, Germany. I mostly work on developing nanosized formulations for therapeutic RNAs, which involves polymer synthesis, physico-chemical characterization of polymers and nanocarriers, and a lot of cell culture work.
Biosketch
Gabriele LoIudice MD, PhD
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
2021 – TODAY PHD STUDENT
LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET, MUNICH, GERMANY
PhD student in the lab of Prof. Merkel, Dep. Pharmazie.
2021 – 2024 RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANT
DEPARTMENT PHARMAZIE LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET, MUNICH, GERMANY
Full time research activity coupled with part time teaching.
2020 – 2021 YOUNG RESEARCHER FELLOWSHIP
IRCCS ISTITUTO REGINA ELENA, IFO, ROME, ITALY
In charge of privately financed project: “Influence of genetic variation in FLT3-ITD+ childhood AML”.
2019 ABILITAZIONE ALLA PROFESSIONE DI FARMACISTA
Qualified pharmacist certification: legally entitled to possess, stock, buy, sell and manufacture drugs across the EU.
2013 – 2019 INTEGRATED MASTER’S DEGREE IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY AND INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY
CHIMICA E TECNOLOGIA FARMACEUTICHE
FACOLTÀ DI FARMACIA E MEDICINA, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME
Pharm.D. graduated Summa Cum Laude with the maximum score of 110/110.
2018 THESIS RESEARCH PROJECT ABROAD
MRC LMBC, UCL, LONDON, UK
Thesis Title: Investigating deubiquitinase USP22 as a drug target for a novel treatment approach in Parkinson’s Disease. One year project financed with excellence scholarship from Sapienza University.
2017 FULL-TIME TRAINEESHIP IN RETAIL PHARMACY
FARMACIA CLEMENTE XI, ROME
Activities included drug preparation, customer service, product management, marketing strategies and relevant legal training.
2008 – 2013 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
DIPLOMA DI MATURITÀ, CORSO SCIENTIFICO SPERIMENTALE “BROCCA” LICEO CLASSICO STATALE “TERENZIO MAMIANI”, ROMEAdvanced High School program focused on hard sciences. Honours student across all five years of high school, graduated with maximum score of 100/100.
