Valeria Poli - Curriculum Vitae#
Born in Turin in 1961. One child.
Full Professor in Molecular Biology since 2005
Fellowships/Awards:
- 1990-1991: Boehringer Ingelheim postdoctoral fellowship.
- 1991-1992: EMBO long-term postdoctoral fellowship for the US.
- 1997-2001: Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences.
Reviewing and Editorial activities:
- Member of the LS4 ERC Advanced Grants reviewing panel.
- Scientific Advisory Board for the Jak-Stat signaling SFB F28 Research Consortium.
- Editorial Boards of: Cell Communication and Signaling, American Journal of Cancer Research, JAK-STAT and Frontiers in Molecular and Cellular Oncology.
FUNDING ID (past five years):
- PIEDMONT REGION/CIPE (EU) 2009-2012. Drug Innovation and Discovery (DRUIDI). Co-PI; 166,451 €
- REGIONE PIEMONTE/CIPE (EU) 2009-2012. Modeling Oncogenic Pathways: from Bioinformatics to Diagnosis and Therapy (BIOTHER) Co-PI; 206,300 €
- AIRC IG 2010-2012 “Stat3 pro-oncogenic activities”. PI; 240,000 €.
- TRUUS AND GERRIT VAN RIEMSDIJK FOUNDATION, VADUZ, LIECHTENSTEIN 2011-2013. Donation. PI; funding: 56,000 €
- AIRC IG 13009, 2013-2015, PI, “Cancer Associated Fibroblasts”. 315,000 €.
- San Paolo Foundation, 2013-2014, PI. “Tumor microenvironment (CAFCANCROSS)”. 95,000 €.
- MIUR PRIN, 2013-2015, PI. “STAT3-mediated regulation of respiratory metabolism”. PI; 210,000 €.
Recent Invited Talks at International Meetings:
- Keystone Symposium “Jaks, Stats and Immunity”, Steamboat Springs, Co, January 5-10, 2007;
- FEBS-Special Meeting “Jak-Stat signalling: form basic to disease”, Vienna, Austria, February 10-13 2010;
- 15th Joint Meeting of the Signal Transduction Society, “Signal Transduction Receptors, Mediators and Genes”, November 7-9, 2011, Keynote Speaker;
- “The JAK-STAT pathway”, NIH Campus, Bethesda, USA, September 22-24, 2011.
- “2nd FEBS Special Meeting on JAK-STAT Signalling: Model Systems and Beyond”, Nottingham, UK, September 12-15, 2013.
