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I am a Biotechnologist specialised in recombinant protein characterisation with a strong background in molecular cloning, cell culturing, and protein purification for structural and functional characterisation using biophysical techniques and X-ray crystallography.
Currently, I hold a permanent Researcher position at the Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, of the Italian National Research Council, working on characterisation of novel targets in infective pathologies, with regards to opportunistic pathogens responsible for nosocomial infection. 
In 2021 I was awarded with a MSCA-Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF-H2020) working at the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Naples "Federico II".
From 2016 to 2019, I worked at the Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) as post-doc in Konstantinos Beis's group (Membrane protein crystallography, Imperial College of London). My research spotlights the ABCs of multi-drug resistance and it was mainly focused in understanding the structure and the function of membrane proteins, such as antibacterial ABC transporters and outer membrane proteins (Romano et. al 2018, ​Wong LC et al. 2019) involved in drugs transport across the membrane.
Before that, I was awarded a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology (Second University of Naples), working with Rita Berisio at the Italian National Research Council in Naples (CNR). My PhD project was mainly focused on structural and functional characterisation of proteins involved in M. tuberculosis pathogenicity (Romano et. al 2014). In the same lab, I joined several projects working on other virulent factors involved in infective pathologies (Dennehy and Romano et. al 2016).
During my Master degree course in Genetic Sciences and Technologies, I spent one year in the Oncology lab of the Biogem Consortium (Italy), working on a very challenging project entitled "Cytoplasmic localisation of Cdk inhibitor p27kip1 and its implication in tumor progression", where I gained good skills in eukaryotic cell cultures, western blot and biochemical assay in vivo and in vitro.
Prior to that, I obtained a B.Sc. in Biotechnology from University of Sannio, Department of Science and Technology (DST) in Benevento (my birthplace), with an experimental thesis focused on preparation and characterisation of proteins involved in M. tuberculosis pathogenicity.

Benevento, Italy (my birthplace)