Martina Cusan, Ph.D.

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Martina Cusan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Systems Biology
Research Area
  • RNA Splicing Dysregulation and Oncogenesis

  • 2017, Ph.D., Molecular Biomedicine, University of Trieste, Italy

  • 2012, M.S., Biotechnology – Molecular medicine, University of Trieste, Italy

  • 2010, B.S., Medical Biotechnology, University of Trieste, Italy

Location

Education & Experience

Degrees

  • 2017, Ph.D., Molecular Biomedicine, University of Trieste, Italy

  • 2012, M.S., Biotechnology – Molecular medicine, University of Trieste, Italy

  • 2010, B.S., Medical Biotechnology, University of Trieste, Italy

Professional Experience

  • 2017-present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Systems Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Monrovia, CA

Publications

Berton S*, Cusan M*, Segatto I, Citron F, D’Andrea S, Benevol S, Avanzo M, Dall’Acqua A, Schiappacassi M, Bristow RG, Belletti B, Baldassarre G. Loss of p27Kip1 increases genomic instability and may be predictive of radioresistance in luminal breast cancer. Sci Rep. 2017; 7:595. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-00734-3. (*co-first authors)
 
Pellizzari I, Fabris L, Berton S, Segatto I, Citron F, D'Andrea S, Cusan M, Benevol S, Perin T, Massarut S, Canzonieri V, Schiappacassi M, Belletti B, Baldassarre G. p27kip1 expression limits H-Ras-driven transformation and tumorigenesis by both canonical and noncanonical mechanisms”. Oncotarget. 2016; 7:64560-64574. doi:10.18632/oncotarget.11656.