Biography

Pietro Mancuso is currently a Research Associate with the Galluzzi Lab and the Buqué Lab, where he provides comprehensive support to the team through laboratory logistics and specialized technical assistance with molecular and cell biology experimental applications. Prior to joining the Galluzzi Lab (2025), Pietro held research positions at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA; 2016–2024), where he contributed to neurovirology and gene editing projects using CRISPR/Cas9, and at the Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, PA; 2014–2016), where he worked on cancer epigenetics. Earlier in his career, Pietro trained at the Institut Curie (Orsay, France; 2012–2014), focusing on melanoma biology, at the Department of Surgical and Oncological Sciences (University of Palermo, Italy; 2009-2012), where he contributed to identifying and characterizing tumor-initiating cells with a focus on their metastatic properties, and at the European School of Molecular Medicine (Naples, Italy and London, UK; 2005-2009); where he conducted research on OTX genes and their roles in neurodevelopment. Pietro obtained his Ph.D. in Genetics, Oncology and Clinical Medicine from the University of Siena (Italy; 2018) and his M.Sc. in Biological Sciences from the University of Palermo (Italy; 2005). Pietro has a long-standing interest in advancing biomedical research through translational cancer models and precision molecular and epigenetics approaches.

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