Maria Luisa Schiavone

Maria Luisa Schiavone is a biologist and a PhD student in the Oncology and Molecular Medicine Area. Her research interests focus on the role of “energetic cancer stem cells” (e-CSCs), the most active part of cancer stem cells responsible of tumor recurrence and distant metastasis. The main purpose of her project is to isolate e-CSCs from primary human tumors and metastatic lesions and to characterize e-CSCs through in vitro functional tests. In addition, her research aims also to identify a possible prognostic role of these cells in different cancer types finding a potential association with the clinical-pathological data of patients.