Assistant Training
Resume:
Ferdinando Giacco, Ph.D.
Street, Apt *F, Astoria, New York 11102, USA • Phone: 1-646-***-****
• email: **********.******@*****.*** • LinkedIn: Ferdinando Giacco • Website: http://ferdinandogiacco.wordpress.com/
EXPERIENCE
OCT 2013 - BRONX, NY
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE – ASSOCIATE
PRESENT DIABETES RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE
Studying the patho-biology of diabetes complications
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of metabolic memory
BRONX, NY
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE – POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
JUN 2008 –
DIABETES RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE
OCT 2013
Evaluated the role of methylglyoxal in diabetic nephropathy
Author of two textbook chapters and two scientific publications
Grants writing: A pilot and feasibility grant on mouse model of diabetic complications
wrote for mentor was awarded ($ 100k).
FEB 2008 – NAPLES, ITALY
UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES “FEDERICO II” – RESEARCH FELLOW
JUN 2008 DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
Investigated the role of PED-PEA15 gene in cell motility
SEP 2005 UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELLONA (UAB)-VISITING FELLOW BARCELONA, SPAIN
“CENTRE DE BIOTECNOLOGIA ANIMAL I TERAPICA GENICA” (CBATEG)
Implemented a method to measure glucose uptake in vivo
NOV 2004 – NAPLES, ITALY
UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES “FEDERICO II” – RESEARCH ASSISTANT
JUN 2008 DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY AND
PATHOLOGY
Studied molecular mechanisms involved in wound healing
Dissected the role of PED-PEA15 gene in type 2 diabetes and its complications
Participated in a EUGENE2 project for the study of IL-6 role in diabetes
complications
Contributed to the development of new drug activated chimeric insulin-receptor
Author of seven scientific publications
Teaching assistant of General Pathology
AUG-SEP MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-SUMMER STUDENT NEW YORK, NY
2003 Collaborated to a study on insulin signal transduction
EDUCATION
NOV 2004 – NAPLES, ITALY
UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES “FEDERICO II”
FEB 2008
Ph.D. Program at Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Thesis discussed: “Signal transduction mechanisms involved in wound healing”
OCT 1998 – NAPLES, ITALY
UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES “FEDERICO II”
DEC 2003 M.S. Program at School of Biotechnology
Thesis discussed: “Mechanisms of control of tissue regeneration: new molecular targets to cure
diabetic foot ulcer”
Graduated with top grades: 110/110
COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS
Proficient in both Windows and MacOS environments – General knowledge of all Windows applications
(Excellent knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Utility Software: Proficient with FASTA, BLAST-2, NIH Image J, FlowoJo, PHStat2, EndNote, Prism, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationality: Italian – US: Permanent Resident
Languages: Fluent in Italian and English
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Ferdinando Giacco, Ph.D.
Street, Apt 4F, Astoria, New York 11102, USA • Phone: 1-646-***-****
30-0633rd
• email: **********.******@*****.*** • LinkedIn: Ferdinando Giacco • Website: http://ferdinandogiacco.wordpress.com/
AWARDS
2004-2006 Fellowship of the Associazione Italiana per la ricerca sul Cancro
2007 Fellowship from Telethon Italy
2007 Eugene2 Consortium Young Investigator Award
2008 EASD postdoctoral Fellowship
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