Giovanni De Santis
Gothenburg,Sweden
Summary
Energetic and driven team player committed to assisting smooth running research projects. Works hard to review various sources to gather relevant information. Skilled at summarising data, results, and implications in clear and detailed reports.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Associate Researcher
Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD; Kaj Blennow, MD, PhD; Nicholas Ashton, PhD
Mölndal, Sweden
2022.05 - 2024.05
- Studying novel putative biomarkers to assess Blood-brain barrier integrity in CSF, plasma, and serum.
- Carried on more than 20 research studies, to validate established and novel biomarkers for early Alzheimer´s Disease diagnosis.
- Handling day-to-day routines, performing validation analyses, performing maintenance on instruments.
Postgraduate Internship
University of Bari, Grazia Paola Nicchia, PhD
Bari, Italy
2020.10 - 2021.06
- Studied and established possible roles of VRAC and AQP4 channels in water transport in glioblastoma metastatic cells.
Education
Master of Science - Medical biotechnology and molecular medicine
2018.10 - 2020.10
Bachelor of Science - Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
2013.10 - 2018.03
Skills
- Immunoassay techniques (ELISA, SIMOA, NULISA, Western Blot)
- Spectrophotometry
- Cell Cultures
- Microscopy (Optical, Immunofluorescence)
- Digital skills, R
Personal Information
- Date of birth: 08/29/1993
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Italian
Publications
Anita L Sunde, Ingvild V Alsnes, Dag Aarsland, Nicholas J Ashton, Diego A Tovar-Rios, Giovanni De Santis, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Svein R Kjosavik. "Preanalytical stability of plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease pathology". Alzheimers Dement (Amst), 2023 May 12.
References
Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
e-mail: henrik.zetterberg@clinchem.gu.se;
Kaj Blennow, MD, PhD; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
e-mail: kaj.blennow@clinchem.gu.se;
Nicholas Ashton, PhD; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
e-mail: nicholas.ashton@gu.se;
Languages
English
Fluent
Italian
Native
Spanish
Intermediate
Accomplishments
Presented a poster named "Preanalytical stability of plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease pathology" at the AD/PD2023 conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Presented a poster named "Aquaporin-4 as a Novel Candidate blood-brain barrier integrity marker" at the AD/PD2024 conference in Lisbon, Portugal.
Presented a poster named "CSF profiling of impaired blood-brain barrier individuals: novel putative biomarkers discovery" at the AAIC2024 conference in Philadelphia, USA.
Timeline
Associate Researcher - Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD; Kaj Blennow, MD, PhD; Nicholas Ashton, PhD
2022.05 - 2024.05
Postgraduate Internship - University of Bari, Grazia Paola Nicchia, PhD
2020.10 - 2021.06
University of Bari - Master of Science, Medical biotechnology and molecular medicine
2018.10 - 2020.10
University of Bari - Bachelor of Science, Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
2013.10 - 2018.03