Valeria Lucente is a medical student at La Sapienza University in Rome with a strong background in biology and laboratory techniques. Throughout her studies, Valeria has gained valuable experience working in surgical and internal medicine wards. Since 2020, Valeria has been employed as a laboratory technician in a biology laboratory at the Center for Life Nano and Neurosciences at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Rome. In this role, she has gained extensive experience in genetic crosses on C. elegans and applied this knowledge to investigate the biomolecular basis of the organism's olfactory system. Valeria has also conducted calcium imaging experiments and data analysis to further explore this system. Additionally, Valeria has acquired experience in gene editing techniques for yeast and related molecular biology techniques. She has conducted fluorescence experiments on yeast and developed proficiency in data analysis. .

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