Alessandra Murabito

Alessandra Murabito received her Master Degree in Molecular Biotechnology in 2017 and she is currently a Ph.D. student in Biomedical Sciences and Oncology at the University of Torino (Italy). She joined the laboratory of Prof. Emilio Hirsch, a leader expert in PI3K signaling, when she was a bachelor student and she mainly focused her research on the characterization of a PI3Kγ mimetic peptide as a bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory drug in respiratory diseases. Under the guidance of Prof. Alessandra Ghigo, she started her Ph.D which is currently focused on the role of PI3Kγ in epithelial cells and the use of the PI3Kγ mimetic peptide for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.