Curriculum Vitae
Valentina Riva
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Valentina Riva
Citation names
- Riva, Valentina
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 4212-8716-02D6
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7686-4230
Email addresses
- vriva@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
- valentina.riva01@universitadipavia.it (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- (+351) 932254564 (Personal)
Addresses
- Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
- Calçada da Palma de Baixo 39, 1600-175, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Personal)
Websites
- linkedin.com/in/valentina-riva-924574b1 (Professional)
- @Valenti87505685 (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italian (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2016/10 - 2020/01
Concluded
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PhD Program in Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
"Antiviral potential coupled to genome stability: the multifaceted roles of DDX3X protein" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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PhD |
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2014/10 - 2016/09
Concluded
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Molecular Biology and Genetics (Laurea Magistrale)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
"Development of inhibitors of human RNA helicase DDX3X as broad antiviral agents" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Master degree |
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2011/10 - 2014/10
Concluded
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Scienze Biologiche (Bachelor)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
"Stabilità mitotica di un cromosoma di cavallo con centromero privo di DNA satellite" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Bachelor degree |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/10/01 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
| 2020/02/01 - 2020/09/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Genetica Molecolare Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza, Italy |
| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Genetica Molecolare Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza, Italy |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/05/01 - Current | Regulatory RNA-proteins interactions in telomeres (de)protection
10.54499/2022.08332.CEECIND/CP1727/CT0002
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/10/01 - 2023/04/30 | Dissecting the composition and function of the telomeric deoxyribo/ribonucleoprotein: the missing building block of the puzzle
EMBO ALTF 878-2020
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/01/10 - 2020/09/30 | RNA processing meets DNA stability
AIRC IG2017-20762
Post-doc Fellow
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Genetica Molecolare Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza, Italy
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Concluded
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| 2016/10/01 - 2020/01/09 | Antiviral potential coupled to genome stability: the multifaceted roles of DDX3X
AIRC IG2017-20762
PhD Student Fellow
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Genetica Molecolare Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza, Italy
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2020/02/20 | Antiviral potential coupled to genome stability: the multifaceted roles of the human RNA helicase DDX3X protein | Life Science 2020
Università degli Studi di Pavia - Campus Aquae (Pavia, Italy)
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| 2019/09/09 | A unique domain for a unique target: a novel strategy to develop selective DDX3X RNA helicase inhibitors to fight emerging viruses | Emerging Viruses 2019
St Hilda's College (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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| 2018/09/25 | Targeting a host factor to control both human viral infection and insect vector competence: the case of the human RNA helicase DDX3X and the RNA helicase Belle of Aedes albopictus | Innovative Approaches for Identification of Antiviral Agents Summer School (IIAAASS)
Hotel Flamingo (Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/12/14 - 2021/12/17 | I attented "Telomeres & Telomerase" CSHL meeting (Virtual)
Meeting
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
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| 2020/12/18 - 2020/12/18 | I was among the partecipants of the virtual conference "COVID-19 studies at the DSB" where my supervisor presented our work
giving a talk titled: "The DDX family RNA helicases and SARS-COV-2: targeting host-virus interactions" (Authors: Valentina
Riva, Anna Garbelli, Virginia Sinigiani, Bartolo Bono, Rita Berisio, Antonella De Palma, Pierluigi Mauri, Giovanni Maga).
Conference
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COVID-19 studies at the DSB
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Italy
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| 2019/09/19 - 2019/09/21 | Bartolo Bono was among the partecipants of the Biennial Congress of the Italian Associationof Cell Biology and Differentiation
(ABCD) where he presented our work in poster P.C10 titled: "Kinetic characterization of CK1e and DDX3X interplay" (Authors:
Bartolo Bono, Giulia Franco, Valentina Riva, Anna Garbelli, Giovanni Maga).
Congress
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Biennial Congress of the Italian Associationof Cell Biology and Differentiation (ABCD) 2019 |
| 2018/09/09 - 2018/09/12 | I was among the partecipants of the EMBO Conference "Enzymes, biocatalysis and chemical biology: The new frontiers" (Pavia,
Italy) for which I prepared a poster titled "Targeting a host factor to control both human viral infection and insect vector
competence: the case of the human RNA helicase DDX3X and the RNA helicase Belle of Aedes albopictus".
Conference
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Enzymes, biocatalysis and chemical biology: The new frontiers
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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| 2018/09/09 - 2018/09/12 | I was among the partecipants of the EMBO Conference "Enzymes, biocatalysis and chemical biology: The new frontiers" where
my supervisor presented our work giving a talk titled: "Tales of an hybrid genome: when RNA processing meets DNA stability"
(Authors: Anna Garbelli, Valentina Riva, Elisa Mentegari, Emmanuele Crespan, Shana Sturla, Barbara van Loon, Giovanni Maga).
Conference
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Enzymes, biocatalysis and chemical biology: The new frontiers
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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| 2017/06/14 - 2017/06/16 | I was among the partecipants of the conference "From single cells to 3D-cell culture" (Milan, Italy) for which I prepared
a poster titled: "New insights into DDX3 roles: from RNA viruses to RNA metabolism of human normal and tumor cells".
Conference
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From Single Cells to 3D-Cell Culture
The Italian Society of Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Italy
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| 2017/04/10 - 2017/04/12 | I was among the partecipants of the "Third international Workshop on Aedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito" organized
at Palazzo Bellisomi-Vistarino (Pavia, Italy) and hosted by the University of Pavia. My supervisor presented our work giving
a talk titled "Reflections at the mirror: looking back from the host to the vector for new strategies" (Authors: Valentina
Riva, Anna Garbelli, Alessandro Di Cosimo, Giuliano Gasperi, Anna Malacrida, Maurizio Botta, Giovanni Maga).
Workshop
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The third International Workshop on Aedes albopictus
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/07 | Targeting DDX3X to develop new effective therapeutic approaches against DDX3X syndrome and glioblastoma
Supervisor
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Virginia Sinigiani (Master)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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| 2020/09 | Development of a new class of inhibitors for the RNA helicase DDX5: a potential antiviral and antitumoral target
Supervisor
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Francesca Arena (Master)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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| 2020/09 | DDX3X as a therapeutic target for antiviral chemotherapy and characterization of two missense mutations present in DDX3X syndrome
patients
Supervisor
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Emanuele Maria Nola (Master)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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| 2018/11 | The human RNA helicase DDX3X: a new target for the antiviral chemotherapy
Supervisor
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Carla Pennisi (Master)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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| 2018/09 | The human RNA helicase DDX3X as antitumoral target: correlation between protein level and tumour sensitivity
Supervisor
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Francesca Arena (Other)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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| 2018/07 | Targeting a host factor to control both human viral infection and insect vector competence: the case of the human RNA helicase
DDX3X and the RNA helicase Belle of Aedes albopictus
Supervisor
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Federica Casiraghi (Master)
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/10 - 2020/10 | Academic session 2019/2020, Course: Biologia Molecolare II (502270 BIO/11), University of Pavia | Scienze Biologiche (Bachelor) | Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy |
| 2018/10 - 2019/10 | Academic session 2018/2019, Course: Biologia Molecolare II (502270 BIO/11), University of Pavia | Scienze Biologiche (Bachelor) | Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/10 - 2021/07 | Targeting DDX3X to develop new effective therapeutic approaches against DDX3X syndrome and glioblastoma | Virginia Sinigiani |
| 2019/10 - 2020/10 | Tutoring of Genetics | Biological Sciences students |
| 2018/10 - 2020/09 | Development of a new class of inhibitors for the RNA helicase DDX5: a potential antiviral and antitumoral target | Francesca Arena |
| 2018/10 - 2020/09 | DDX3X as a therapeutic target for antiviral chemotherapy and characterization of two missense mutations present in DDX3X syndrome patients | Emanuele Maria Nola |
| 2018/10 - 2019/10 | Tutor of Genetics | Biological Sciences students |
| 2017/03 - 2018/12 | The human RNA helicase DDX3X as antitumoral target: correlation between protein level and tumour sensitivity | Francesca Arena |
| 2016/10 - 2018/07 | Targeting a host factor to control both human viral infection and insect vector competence: the case of the human RNA helicase DDX3X and the RNA helicase Belle of Aedes albopictus | Federica Casiraghi |
| 2017 - 2018 | The human RNA helicase DDX3X: a new target for the antiviral chemotherapy | Carla Pennisi |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/10 - 2020/10 | Exam commission member for the exam "Biologia Molecolare II" (502270 BIO/11) | Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy |
| 2018/10 - 2019/10 | Exam commission member for the exam "Biologia Molecolare II" (502270 BIO/11) | Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy |
Distinctions
Award
| 2017 | Best student award from University of Pavia
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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| 2011 | Best student award from Fondazione Achille e Giulia Boroli (XIII edition) |
Other distinction
| 2020 | EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship ALTF 878-2020 |
| 2018 | PhD traineeship fellowship DR. N 3237/2017
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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