Arianna Cuoco

PhD Student

Arianna Cuoco

Y13-K-76 / Lab Y13-K-48

Arianna was born in Rimini, Italy. She completed her BSc in Biotechnology at the University of Bologna, continued her studies there with a MSc in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and graduated, after a period abroad at the University of Southern Denmark, in 2022. After her graduation, Arianna joined the Bachmann group at the University of Zurich as a PhD student. Her project is focused on the effect of genetic modifiers, which have been one of her main research interests since the beginning of her studies, with a special focus on ciliopathies.

CV:

• Present: PhD Candidate in Bachmann-Gagescu lab – Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich

• 2022: Master thesis – SDU - University of Southern Denmark
  “Biopharmaceutical evaluation of bile salts effect on dissolution and permeation of nanoformulated poorly soluble drugs: development of an in-vitro system”

• 2020 – 2022: MSc Pharmaceutical Biotechnology – Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (Graduated cum laude)

• 2017 – 2020: BSc Biotechnology – Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (Graduated cum laude)
  Bachelor thesis: “Development of neuronal models obtained from iPSCs to highlight phenotypic differences of Huntington's disease”