Letizia Lanzetti#
| Membership Number: | 7203 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.irccs.org/membrane-trafficking |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7541-5524 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - present Faculty, PhD School in “Translational Oncology”, University of Torino, Italy
- 2022 - present Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Torino, Italy
- 2012 - 2014 Faculty, PhD School in “Complex systems for life sciences”, University of Torino, Italy
- 2011 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Torino, Italy
- 2008 Principal Investigator, Head of the Membrane Trafficking Laboratory, Candiolo Cancer Institute
- 2003 Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Oncology, Candiolo Cancer Institute
- 1997 Research fellow, Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan
- 1995 Research fellow, Dept. of Medical Genetics, University of Torino.
Fields of Scholarship
- Breast cancer
- Endocytosis and membrane trafficking
- Crosstalk between membrane trafficking and cell metabolism
- Rab GTPases and vesicular trafficking
- Translating basic research into clinical tools
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Member of the Board of Directors of the ABCD Association of Cell Biology and Differentation
- 2008 Winner of a START up grant from AIRC Italian Association for Cancer Research
