Regulation of iron metabolism

Laura Silvestri

Laura Silvestri

Email: silvestri.laura@hsr.it
Location: DIBIT1 A3, Floor 4, Room 83

Project leader, Regulation of iron metabolism Unit
Adjunct professor, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

After graduation in “Chimica e Tecnologia Farmaceutiche”, LS obtained her PhD in Biotechnology at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. She carried out her post-doctoral training at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy in the “Molecular mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders” Unit. Then she moved to the “Regulation of Iron Metabolism Unit” as senior post-doc and then as research associate since 2015. She was appointed as Project leader in 2016. She is actively involved in the following International Societies as the American Society of Hematology (Vice chair-Scientific Committee on Iron and Heme, ASH; 2022-2023) and the European Hematology Association (Committee member of the Scientific Working Group on Red cells and Iron, EHA; 2022-).