Extracellular Microenvironment
Massimo Alfano
Email: alfano.massimo@hsr.it
Location: DIBIT2 A1, Floor 2, Room 23
Group Leader, Extracellular Microenvironment Unit
Massimo Alfano is a biologist with experience in the field of preclinical and translational research.
He has developed extensive scientific expertise and gained managerial skills which promoted a fruitful ability to interact with national and international granting agencies, industrial companies, as well as with multi- and inter-disciplinary scientists to design integrated approaches to different diseases, in non-oncology and oncology fields.
Following the scientific contributions and accomplishments, Massimo Alfano has been granted with a number of competitivel Horizon Europe projects;
- Coordinator and PI for the Ospedale San Raffaele of the Horizon Europe study named PHIRE (September 1 2023-August 31 2026) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101113193
- Coordinator and PI for the Ospedale San Raffaele of the H2020 study named EDIT (ended September 30 2022) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/801126
- Partner and PI for Ospedale San Raffaele of the AIR3D study (FetLaunchpad, ended September 30 2022) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101034880
- Partner and PI for the Ospedale San Raffaele of the ITN study named Phys2BioMed (ended December 30 2022) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/812772
Since 2000, supervisor of more than 50 students (graduates and doctorates).
Inventor of 5 patents.
2001 PhD in Physiopathology, Clinics and Diagnostics of the Immunocompromized Host
1995 Post-Graduate Course in Scientific Communication
1993 State License in Biological Sciences
1992 M.SC. in Biological Sciences
2024 - present Scientific reviewer for the European Commission. ID; EX2024D952931
2023 - present Member, Disease Unit “Bladder cancer”, Cancer Center, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, https://www.hsr.it/cancer-center/disease-units/disease-unit-tumori-vescica
2022-2032 ASN, Teaching qualification as “Associate Professor” SSD 06/N1, Sciences of the health professions and of applied medical technologies.
2020 Group Leader “Extracellular Microenvironment, URI-Urological Research Institute, Division of Experimental Oncology - IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan. Director: Andrea Salonia, MD, PhD
2015-2018 Adjunct Professor, “Host and hostile extracellular microenvironments” course, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
2014 - present Teaching qualification as “Associate Professor” in Molecular Biology (Bando 2012, DD n. 222/2012, s.c. 05/E2, SSD BIO11).
2014 - present Senior Scientist, URI-Urological Research Institute, Division of Experimental Oncology. IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan. Director: Andrea Salonia, MD, PhD
2007 Scientific Tutor (code number C0000410, protocol number 00027 January 19, 2007), 2 INGENIO projects (Regione Lombardia, Milan, Italy; www.ingenio-lombardia.it).
2006 - 2012 Adjunct Professor, “Immunotoxins” course, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
2005 -2012 Adjunct Professor, “General Pathology and Immunology” course, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
2005-2014 Senior scientist, AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, DIBIT, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Head: Guido Poli, MD
2002-2005 Researcher, AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, DIBIT, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Head: Prof. Guido Poli, MD
2000 Adjunct Scientist, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, NICHD, National Institute of Health (NIH), Washington D.C., USA. Head: Leonid Margolis, MD
2000-2001 Post-Doctoral Scientist, AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, DIBIT. IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Head: Guido Poli, MD
1997-2000 Postdoctoral Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Biology of HIV. The Picower Institute for Medical Research, New York, U.S.A. Head: Michael Bukrinsky, MD, PhD
1995-1996 Research fellow, AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, DIBIT, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Head: Guido Poli, MD
1995-1996 Consulting biologist, Experimental Endocrinology Laboratory, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Head: Antonio Pecile MD, PhD
1992-1995 Research fellow, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Scientific Institute H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Head: Michelangelo Murone, MD
1990-1992 Research internship, Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, “Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research”, Bergamo, Italy. Head: Andrea Remuzzi, PhD