People

Giovanni Capranico is currently a Professor of Molecular Biology in the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Italy. He received his "Laurea" degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Perugia in 1982. He was a Fellow at the National Cancer Institute of Milan from 1983 to 1987 and a Guest Researcher for two years at the Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. In 1990, he returned to Italy and was appointed as a Senior Investigator at the National Cancer Institute, Milan. In 1998, he moved to the University of Bologna as an Associate Professor, where he was appointed as a Full Professor in 2006. His research has been supported by several grants from the “Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro” (AIRC), Milan.

Jessica Marinello received her Master’s degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology in 2005 from the University of Padova, Italy. She obtained a Ph.D. in Molecular Sciences in 2009 from the University of Padova working on HIV integrase. In 2007 and 2008, she worked in the Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA, with Y. Pommier as part of her Ph.D. program. She was a postdoctoral fellow from 2009 to 2014 at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, where she is currently a Associate Professor.