Maria CONDELLO
Maria CONDELLO
(Istituto Superiore di Sanità)
Dr. Maria Condello graduated “cum laude” in Biological Science, and she received PhD degree in Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Toxicology at University of Rome “La Sapienza”. She works as contract researcher at the Institute of Chemical Methodologies of National Research Council, and at the Department of Technology and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome where she is studying new anticancer therapy in in vitro models based on the use of natural products administered free or delivered by liposomes. She carries out citofluorimetric analysis to understand cell death mechanisms after treatment with new anticancer agents, and morphological, ultrastructural and biochemical assays investigating cell modifications, oxidative stress and cell death evaluation. She studies antitumour effects of compounds extracted by Prunus spinosa, typical plant of Molise.
In the field of Nanotechnology she evaluates the toxicity induced by ZnO nanoparticles on tumour cells, and she contributes to the understanding of nanoparticles uptake mechanisms in colon cancer cells and their interaction with cell plasma membrane.
Dr. Condello is author of 39 national and international publications. She has participated to national and international conferences and workshops with 65 comunications. She has given lectures on specialized topics in congresses and in graduated and postgraduated courses. She is Member of Italian Society of Cellular Cultures, of Italian Society for Cytometry, and of Italian Society for Microscopical Sciences and she has received numerous awards and honors.
