Dr Barbara Sinigaglia
"I'm Molecular Biologist and Population Geneticist with a Ph.D in Biomedicine currently working as a researcher in Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology in Barcelona.
I obtained my Molecular Biology degree in 2013 in Padua University (Italy) and in 2016 I graduated in Alma Mater Studiorum - Bologna Uiversity (Italy) in the Master of Biodiversity and Evolution, with highest honors. In 2022 I obtained my PhD in Biomedicine in the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) of Barcelona with the thesis entitled ""Deciphering adaptation in the human genome: the case of CaSR in South-east Asian hunter- gatherers"", graded Summa cum laude. In 2024 I obtained my second Master's degree in Scientific Medical and Environmental Communication in the Pompeu Fabra University - Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM). I am now working in Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology in the Thoracic Tumor's Translational Genomics Lab focussing on biomarkers discovery in patients with lung cancer.
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