{id:40627,date:2025-10-17T13:41:32,date_gmt:2025-10-17T13:41:32,guid:{rendered:https:\/\/www.hunimed.eu\/?post_type=member&#038;p=40627},modified:2026-03-31T13:02:07,modified_gmt:2026-03-31T13:02:07,slug:sara-lovisa,status:publish,type:member,link:https:\/\/www.hunimed.eu\/it\/member\/sara-lovisa\/,title:{rendered:Sara Lovisa},content:{rendered:\n<div class=\wp-block-hunimed-tabs-content hunimed-tabs-content-block\><div class=\tabs-container\>\n<div class=\wp-block-hunimed-tabs-content-tab tabs-content-tab\><div class=\tab-item\ data-tab-title=\Biosketch\><div class=\tab-header\><button class=\tab-nav\ role=\tab\ aria-selected=\false\><span class=\tab-title\>Biosketch<\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\tab-content\ role=\tabpanel\ aria-hidden=\true\>\n<p><strong>Formazione<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\wp-block-list\>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>: Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze e Tecnologie Cliniche, Universit\u00e0 di Udine, Italia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong>: Laurea Specialistica in Biotecnologie Mediche, Universit\u00e0 di Padova, Italia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2005<\/strong>: Laurea Triennale in Biotecnologie Sanitarie, Universit\u00e0 di Padova, Italia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Incarichi Accademici<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\wp-block-list\>\n<li><strong>2024 &#8211; 2025<\/strong>: Ricercatore, °µÍø½ûÇø University, Milano<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2021 &#8211; presente<\/strong>: Junior Group Leader, Lovisa Lab, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, °µÍø½ûÇø University, Milano<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2020 &#8211; 2021<\/strong>: Research Fellow, Danese Lab, Dipartimento di Gastroenterologia, °µÍø½ûÇø Research Hospital, Milano<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2013 &#8211; 2020<\/strong>: Post-doctoral Fellow, Kalluri Lab, Dipartimento di Cancer Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2012 &#8211; 2013<\/strong>: Post-doctoral Intern, Baldassarre Lab, Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale 2, CRO National Cancer Institute (Aviano, Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2009 &#8211; 2012<\/strong>: Ph.D. Student, Baldassarre Lab, Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale 2, CRO National Cancer Institute (Aviano, Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2007 &#8211; 2008<\/strong>: M.Sc. Candidate and Pre-doctoral Fellow, Baldassarre Lab, Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale 2, CRO National Cancer Institute (Aviano, Italy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Affiliazioni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\wp-block-list\>\n<li><strong>2024 &#8211; presente<\/strong>: Membro associato, Associazione di Biologia Cellulare e Differenziamento (ABCD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022 &#8211; presente<\/strong>: Membro Commissione esecutiva, The EMT International Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022 &#8211; presente<\/strong>: Membro associato, Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Cancerologia (SIC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2020 &#8211; presente<\/strong>: Membro fondatore, Italian Pancreatic Cancer Community (IPCC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Premi e Onorificenze<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\wp-block-list\>\n<li><strong>2025<\/strong>: Finanziamento Giovani Ricercatori, Ministero dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 e della Ricerca<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023<\/strong>: Borsa premio, Columbia University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2021<\/strong>: Finanziamento AIRC Start-Up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2021<\/strong>: Borsa di studio europea Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2020<\/strong>: Borsa di studio post-doc Fondazione Umberto Veronesi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong>: Borsa viaggio MD Anderson Postdoctoral Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong>: Premio Thomas H. and Mayme P. Scott per la ricerca sul cancro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2017<\/strong>: Finalista premio ISSNAF per giovani ricercatori italiani in America<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\wp-block-hunimed-tabs-content-tab tabs-content-tab\><div class=\tab-item\ data-tab-title=\Ricerca\><div class=\tab-header\><button class=\tab-nav\ role=\tab\ aria-selected=\false\><span class=\tab-title\>Ricerca<\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\tab-content\ role=\tabpanel\ aria-hidden=\true\>\n<p>Il nostro laboratorio si occupa di studiare meccanismi cellulari e molecolari alla base dei processi di danno tissutale, fibrosi e trasformazione neoplastica indotta da infiammazione.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le principali linee di ricerca sono le seguenti:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\wp-block-list\>\n<li>Profilazione del microambiente fibrotico in lesioni pre-tumorali.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruolo della plasticit\u00e0 epiteliale durante i processi di danno tissutale, rigenerazione e fibrosi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruolo della plasticit\u00e0 epiteliale nella trasformazione neoplastica indotta da infiammazione cronica<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relazione tra plasticit\u00e0 epiteliale e memoria infiammatoria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Targeting di fibroblasti associati a fibrosi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\wp-block-hunimed-tabs-content-tab tabs-content-tab\><div class=\tab-item\ data-tab-title=\Pubblicazioni\><div class=\tab-header\><button class=\tab-nav\ role=\tab\ aria-selected=\false\><span class=\tab-title\>Pubblicazioni<\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\tab-content\ role=\tabpanel\ aria-hidden=\true\>\n<ol class=\wp-block-list\>\n<li>Carstens JL,&nbsp;<strong>Lovisa S<\/strong>. <a href=\https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40301945\/\>Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition drives cancer genomic instability<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong><em>J Exp Clin Cancer Res<\/em>&nbsp;2025<\/strong>&nbsp;Apr 30;44(1):135.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LeBleu VS, Kanasaki K,&nbsp;<strong>Lovisa S<\/strong>, Alge JL, Kim J, Chen Y, Teng Y, Gerami-Naini B, Sugimoto H, Kato N, Revuelta I, Grau N, Sleeman JP, Taduri G, Kizu A, Rafii S, Hochedlinger K, Quaggin SE, Kalluri R. <a href=\https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38561223\/\>Genetic reprogramming with stem cells regenerates glomerular epithelial podocytes in Alport syndrome<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong><em>Life Sci Alliance 2024&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>April 1;7(6):e202402664.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chen Y, Yang S,&nbsp;<strong>Lovisa S<\/strong>, Ambrose C, McAndrews KM, Sugimoto H, Kalluri R. <a href=\https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34893625\/\>Type I collagen produced by distinct fibroblast lineages reveals specific functions during embryogenesis and Osteogenesis Imperfecta<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong><em>Nat Commun 2021<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Dec 10;12(1):7199.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lovisa S<\/strong>, Fletcher-Sananikone E, Sugimoto H, Hensel J, Lahiri S, Hertig A, Taduri G, Lawson E, Dewar R, Revuelta I, Kato N, Wu C-J, Bassett RL, Putluri N, Zeisberg M, Zeisberg EM, LeBleu VS, Kalluri R. <a href=\https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32518142\/\>Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition compromises vascular integrity to induce Myc-mediated metabolic reprogramming in kidney fibrosis<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong><em>Sci Signal&nbsp;<\/em>2020<\/strong>&nbsp;Jun 9;13(635).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lovisa S<\/strong>, LeBleu VS, Tampe B, Sugimoto H, Vadnagara K, Carstens JL, Wu CC, Hagos Y, Burckhardt BC, Pentcheva-Hoang T, Nischal H, Allison JP, Zeisberg M, Kalluri R. <a href=\https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26236991\/\>Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition induces cell cycle arrest and parenchymal damage in renal fibrosis<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong><em>Nat Med<\/em>&nbsp;2015<\/strong>&nbsp;Sept;21(9):998-1009.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n,protected:false},excerpt:{rendered:,protected:false},featured_media:32731,template:,departaments:[3474],roles:[214],class_list:[post-40627,member,type-member,status-publish,has-post-thumbnail,hentry,departament-scienze-tecniche-di-medicina-di-laboratorio,role-ricercatore-2],acf:[],yoast_head:<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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