Experimental Immunology
Giulia Casorati
Giulia Casorati graduated summa cum laude and honors in Biology and obtained a PhD in Human Genetics at the University of Torino, working on the genetic structure of TCR and Ig variable regions. Between 1988-91, she joined Klaus Karjalainen lab at the Basel Institute for Immunology, where she studied the structure of the TCRs ab and gd (Casorati J Exp Med 1989; Casorati Eur J Immunol 1993) and contributed to the identification of CD1-estricted T and iNKT cells together with Paolo Dellabona and Antonio Lanzavecchia (Dellabona J Exp Med 1993; J Exp Med 1994). Since 1992 she joint-heads with Paolo Dellabona the Experimental Immunology Unit at San Raffaele, where they have been investigating fundamental mechanisms and translational aspects of the T cell immune response in cancer, focusing on CD1-restricted T and iNKT cells, both in Tg mouse models generated in the laboratory, or in physiologic and pathologic human contexts.
She is member of the Italian Society of immunology and clinical Immunology and Allergology-SIICA, of the European Hematology Association (EHA) and of the Italian Network for Tumor Biotherapy (NIBIT).
She is listed among the top most cited Italian scientists
http://www.topitalianscientists.org/TIS_HTML/Top_Italian_Scientists_Biomedical_Sciences.htm
Giulia Casorati has published 137 papers on peer reviewed international journals (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=casorati+g&sort=date) with a total h index = 50 (ISI Web of Science 2024).
1992 Ph.D in Human Genetics, University of Torino Medical School, Italy
1987 Degree in Biological Science, summa cum laude and honorum (110/110), University of Torino, Italy
1992–present Joint head with Paolo Dellabona of Experimental Immunology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute.
2024 Scientific committee member of CICON 8th International Cancer, 2024, USA Immunotherapy Conference.
2023 Local organizing committee member of CICON 7th International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference, Milano, Italy.
2022 Scientific committee member of XX NIBIT Annual Meeting “Translating knowledge into the clinic”, Padova,Italy .
2022-present Board member of the Italian Network for Tumor Biotherapy (NIBIT).
2022-present Board member of L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Awards.
2016-present Scientific Advisory Panel member of CD1 and MR1 International Meeting series.
1988-91 Doctoral fellow, Dr. Klaus Karjalainen lab, Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland.
1987-88 Doctoral fellow, Medical Genetics lab, Department of Genetics, Biology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Torino, Italy;
1984-87 Undergraduate Student, Medical Genetics lab, Department of Genetics, Biology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Torino, Italy;
Giulia Casorati is listed among the most cited Italian scientists
http://www.topitalianscientists.org/TIS_HTML/Top_Italian_Scientists_Biomedical_Sciences.htm
1988 Short Term EMBO Fellowship
1988 PhD fellowship from the University of Torino, Italy
1987 Fellowship from the Fondazione Anna Villa Rusconi, Italy
1987 Fellowship from the Italian Association for Cancer Research-AIRC, Italy
Institutional responsibilities: 2024 Committee for Appointment and Promotion, San Raffaele Scientific Institute.
2022 Member of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute Team GEnder, Diversity and Inclusion in medicine, research and governance - GEDI.
2009, 2020 -2021 PhD selection committee, Vita salute San Raffaele University
2014-present Immunology Seminar Series Organizing committee, San Raffaele Scientific Institute
2014-2020 International Post-Doc Program committee, San Raffaele Scientific Institute
2005-2015 External Seminar committee, San Raffaele Scientific Institute