Dr Antonella Manca graduated in Biological Science at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1988; after a PostDoc period in Netherland and Germany, where she was involved in the Human Genome Mapping Project particularly in Xq28 region mapping studies, she started working at the CNR in 1994. 

Her research activity focuses mainly on oncology studies, specifically on identification and characterization of molecular genetic alterations in candidate genes involved in solid tumor pathogenesis with particular focus on Malignant Melanoma. She’s also involved in molecular diagnostic of Glioblastoma for the purpose of addressing patients to personalized therapy.  

Expertise in sequencing and NGS analyses with multigene panel of tumor samples.