Federico Lupo

EDUCATION: University of Glasgow: Integrated Master (Msci) in Immunology  September 2015 – Present 3rd year courses: Immunology Fundamentals and Immune system and disease – results pending. 2nd year courses: Essential Immunology (A5), Infection and Immunity (B1), Microbiology (B3), Molecular Biology (A2), Developmental Biology (B1), Essential Genetics (B1), Bioengineering and Global Change (A3), Cells and Tissues in Health and Disease (A3), Spanish Courses level basic (A4) and intermediate (A3). Summer school at the Tec de Monterrey in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico   July 2017 1-month courses in Business in Latin America and in Spanish language. ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS: Got selected both in 2016 and 2017 in the Head of College Scholars List Scheme for placing among the top 10% students of the whole Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (MVLS) college for my academic performance. Held a 15-minute presentation at Boyd Orr lecture theatre in front of MVLS professors and Head of College members. Was awarded a bursary both for my six-week research project at the laboratory of Professor Simon Milling from the judging panel of the Head of College and for my education at Tec de Monterrey by the University of Glasgow. Advanced evaluation in the Spanish language competency certified by the SIELE 2017 international exam. Achieved the UK Royal Life Saving Society National Pool Lifeguard Qualification and worked as University lifeguard. RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AND TECHNICAL SKILLS: Worked in a funded six-week summer internship at the laboratory of Prof. Simon Milling in the Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre in an appendix of a three-year doctorate research project concerning the further characterization of Alopecia Areata for clinical purposes. Worked in a voluntary eight-week summer placement at the laboratory of Dr. Paolo Colombo on a project concerning the cloning of one of the Parietaria Judaica proteins with allergenic activity at the IBIM (Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology) of the CNR (National Centre of Researches) in Palermo. During my studies and laboratory projects I have had experience on: immune cells flow cytometry markers analysis, ELISAs, cell counting and immunostaining, obtaining recombinant proteins from transformed E. coli, phenotyping the model organism A. thaliana, gram and malachite green staining methods, virus plaque assay, latex agglutination assay, diagnosis methods for infectious diseases, mammalian tissue dissection, whole blood sample processing and scientific applications of Microsoft Office and Prism Graphpad software. By the end of this academic year I should also be confident with the following techniques: serum antibodies purification, western blotting, complement fixation assay, real-time quantitative PCR, gene sequences investigation by mean of Immunological Genome Project and BLAST databases. WORK EXPERIENCE: Part-time attendant in the University of Glasgow ‘Stevenson Building’ Sport Complex                February – May 2016 The job consisted in undertaking a range of duties in wet, dry and other areas within leisure services which included customer care, lifeguarding, cleaning, controlling the facilities, laundry, locker maintenance and assembling and dismantling of equipment. REFERENCES: Prof. Simon Milling, Professor of Immunology, Life Sciences School associate, University of Glasgow, Research Project Supervisor. E-mail: Simon.Milling@glasgow.ac.uk Phone: +441413306419 Prof. Robert Nibbs, Professor of Chemokine Biology, Life Sciences School and Institute of Cancer sciences associate, University of Glasgow, Msci Programme Mentor. E-mail: Robert.Nibbs@glasgow.ac.uk Phone: +441413303960