Valerie Capra

Valérie Capra is a scientific and medical writer/translator and former researcher and assistant professor of Pharmacology at the University of Milan, Italy. She received her degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Milan. She was a visiting scientist at Division Tumor Biochemie, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany and a postdoctoral fellow at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U348, IFR Circulation-Paris-Nord, Hopital Lariboisière, Paris, France. Her main research interest concerning molecular pharmacology of eicosanoids including cysteinyl-leukotrienes and thromboxane A2, with focus on the understanding of how thromboxane A2 receptor and variants are activated, signal, oligomerize and are regulated, as well as their role in inflammatory diseases.