Dr. Stefania Nicoli

Biography

Stefania Nicoli is an Associate Professor at Yale University with joint appointments in the Departments of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Genetics. She serves as the Director of the Yale Zebrafish Phenotyping Core in Precision Medicine and the Co-Director of the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center. Dr. Nicoli earned her Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology from the University of Milan in 2002 and her PhD in Biomedical Biotechnology from the University of Brescia in 2007. Following her PhD, she completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, focusing on microRNAs and vascular development. Since joining Yale School of Medicine in 2012, she has been instrumental in utilizing zebrafish models to investigate the role of non-coding RNAs in gene expression regulation and their influence on blood vessel formation and function. Her research has significant implications for understanding diseases such as cancer, atherosclerosis, and stroke. Throughout her career, Dr. Nicoli has received numerous awards, including the Springer Junior Investigator Award from the North American Vascular Biology Organization in 2016 and the Judah Folkman Award in 2022. She is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of scientists, fostering interdisciplinary collaborations, and promoting equity in research. Her lab is actively engaged in ongoing projects focusing on zebrafish models to decipher the genetic networks driving vascular development.

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