Profile
Edoardo Moretto
My CV
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Education:
I went to school in Bologna, Italy, my home town. I graduated with a scientific degree in 2006.
I also went to University in Bologna, that’s the oldest University in the world.
I studied Molecular Biotechnology and got my Bachelor in 2009 and my Master in 2011. I spent 6 months in a lab in London for my Master.
After that I did a PhD in Biotechnology applied to medical science at the University of Milan. I spent other two years after the PhD in the same lab in Milan and then moved here to London two years ago for the postdoc I’m currently in. -
Qualifications:
PhD in Biotechnology applied to medical sciences, University of Milan
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Work History:
Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience, CNR, Milan, Italy in the laboratory of Dr Maria Passafaro
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Current Job:
Postdoctoral researcher at UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, in the MNP laboratory, led by Prof Giampietro Schiavo
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About Me:
I’m a postdoc at the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL. I love cycling, binge-watching TV series, cooking (mainly pasta dishes) and am very interested in politics.
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My Typical Day:
A typical day always starts with a good coffee and a good planning of what experiments I want to do.
Then the microscope needs to be warmed up to function properly and I would then spend several hours just looking and recording the movements of organelles in neurons, and we can see that happening live!
Then, these movies need to be analysed and a lot of my day would go also sitting in front of the PC and extracting measurements out of these videos.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Passionate, kind, planner
What did you want to be after you left school?
Research
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Not really
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Bob Marley
What's your favourite food?
Pasta
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
- have a nice garden and a dog, - have my own research lab, - live by the sea
Tell us a joke.
A guy walks into a dentist's office and says, "I think I'm a moth." And the dentist says, "Well, if you think you're a moth, why are you at a dentist's office?" "The light was on"!
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