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Meet the Researcher: Martina Paladino UNA

August 18 2023

Meet ENLIGHT Researcher Martina Paladino, University of Naples “Federico II” (UNA), PhD student in Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology!

Martina, what societal/medical issue does your research address?

Within Enlight, my role is to test the functionality of bioprinted pancreatic organoids. Meanwhile I’m developing a reporter system to follow the commitment towards alpha and beta cells of stem cells. This will be accomplished by gene editing.

What do you like most about your role?

I’m very excited to be part of this team because it allows me to investigate on diabetes affecting several individuals worldwide to find alternative strategies for the treatment which could hopefully improve the lifestyle of patients.