169 6 Curriculum Vitae CURRICULUM VITAE Sara Russo, the author of this thesis, was born in Pisa, Italy, on the 7th of August, 1992. Following her high school graduation in 2011, she began her bachelor's degree in Biotechnology at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Natural Sciences in Pisa. She successfully completed her Bachelor’s degree in 2015, and subsequently pursued a Master’s degree in Medical Biotechnology at the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy). During her Master's program, Sara Russo dedicated one year to her internship at the Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine (DIMES) at the University of Bologna. Her research focused on studying the role of Aurora kinases A and MDM2 in the stability of the tumor-suppressor SETD2, exploring pathogenetic and therapeutic implications in the advanced forms of Systemic Mastocytosis. She graduated with honors in 2018. In September 2018, Sara moved to the Netherlands to undertake a Ph.D. position at the University of Groningen, within the Departments of Analytical Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie joint program. Under the supervision of Rainer Bishoff and Barbro Melgert, her doctoral research aimed to unravel some the molecular mechanisms underlying chronic inflammation. Her work also explored new drug therapies in the context of Diabetes Type II, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, with a specific focus on macrophages and their metabolism. The research presented in this thesis was conducted during her Ph.D. Besides her research, Sara presented her work at both national and international conferences and took on the role of supervising master’s and bachelor’s students.
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