Cancer metabolism
Simone Cardaci
Dr. Simone Cardaci is the principal investigator of the Cancer Metabolism Research Unit at the IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (HSR), since 2018. He is a biochemist with research interests in cancer and immunometabolism fields. He acquired trained expertise in metabolomics and stable isotopic labelling approaches based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) during a successful long-term postdoctoral training at the CRUK Beatson Institute in Glasgow (UK), under the supervision of Prof. Eyal Gottlieb, world leader expert in cancer metabolism research area. He is involved as student supervisor in the PhD program in Molecular Medicine at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele (UniSR). He teaches courses on metabolism in cancer and immunity as well as biochemistry at the UniSR and Humanitas University.
2009 PhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Rome, Italy)
2006 Second Level Degree, Cellular and Molecular Biology, 110/110 cum laude, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Rome, Italy)
2004 First Level Degree, Cellular and Molecular Biology, 110/110 cum laude, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Rome, Italy)
2021-present Group Leader, Cancer Metabolism Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan (Italy)
2020-present Lecturer (Professore a contratto), Humanitas University, Milan (Italy)
2018-present Lecturer (Professore a contratto), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan (Italy)
2018-2021 Principal Investigator, Cancer Metabolism Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan (Italy)
2012-2018 Post-doctoral Research Scientist, CRUK Beatson Institute, Glasgow (UK)
2010-2012 Post-doctoral fellow, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome (Italy)
2007 Medicine Research Intern (vising scientist), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA (USA)
2006-2009 Graduate (PhD) student , University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome (Italy)
2023-2026 Bando PNRR: Age-it - Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca
Role: partner
Principal Investigator: Prof. Simone Cenci
Length: 3 years
Total budget funded: € 2,879,131
Budget allocated: € 161.000,00
2023-2025 Bando PNRR: M6/C2_CALL 2022 (project. n. PNRR-MAD-2022-12376413) - Ministero della Salute
Role: collaborator of UO1
Principal Investigator: Prof. Paolo Manunta
Length: 2 years (2023-2025) + 6-month extension
Total budget funded: € 1000.000,00
Budget allocated: € 30.000,00
2020 Bando COVID-19 (project. n. COVID-2020-12371617 – SAN RAFFAELE MILANO) - Ministero della Salute
Role: collaborator of UO3
Principal Investigator: Prof. Fabio Ciceri
Length: 1 year
Total budget funded: € 715.301,40
Budget allocated: € 17.000,00
2021-2025 Ricerca Finalizzata e Giovani Ricercatori 2019 (project n. GR-2019-12369583) - Ministero della Salute
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator: Dr. Antonella Nai
Length: 3 years + 1-year extension
Total budget funded: € 450,000.00
Budget allocated: € 100.000,00
2020-2024 Ricerca Finalizzata e Giovani Ricercatori 2018 (project n. GR-2018-12365954) - Ministero della Salute
Role: Principal Investigator
Length: 3 years + 1-year extension
Total budget funded: € 450,000.00
Budget allocated: € 400,000.00
2018-2024 AIRC Start-up Grant 2017 (project n: 20464) - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
Role: Principal Investigator
Length: 5 years + 1-year extension
Total budget funded: €999.999,95
Budget allocated: €999.999,95
2017 Career Development Fellowship, Cancer Research UK
Role: Principal Investigator
Length: 6 years
Total budget funded: £1,333,069.60 – Grant declined due to financial incompatibility with AIRC Start-up Grant 2017.
2013-2015 FEBS Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellowship - Federation of European Biochemical Societies
Length: 2 years
Personal salary funded: £29,416/year
2010 Temporary research contract (assegno di ricerca) (ssd BIO/10) - University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome (Italy)
Length: 1 year
Personal salary funded: €16.138,00
2007 "Sebastiano e Rita Raeli" master degree award - University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome (Italy) (€5000,00)