Biography

Maria Paola Serra joined Astrazeneca (CPSS Department, Pathology), as a senior scientist in 2017. Her focus is the characterization of the relationship between immune cells and cancer, and to understand the complexity of the tumour microenvironment she is using multiplexing techniques (IHC, IMC, IF). She previously worked at Kings College London as a Marie Curie postdoc fellow understanding how to improve the differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells into hepatocytes to treat liver disease. She obtained her PhD in 2012 at the University of Cagliari (Italy), working on cell senescence and ageing in cancerogenesis and liver repopulation. She has published her works in peer-reviewed journals, and has presented her work at several international meetings.

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Research Interest

Characterization of the relationship between immune cells and cancer