Postdoctoral Associate

Born and raised in Bologna (in Italy of course!), where I got my degree in Molecular Biotechnology. During my undergrad studies, I started to be fascinated by pathogens and the strategies they evolved to cope with their hosts. I then spent a summer in Tanzania and decided I wanted to work on tropical parasites. For this reason, I moved to Switzerland, where I did my PhD at the University of Bern, studying the parasite Trypanosoma brucei and its peculiar transcriptional machinery. Almost one year ago, staying faithful to the parasites world, I moved again to NYC for my Postdoc in Kirk Deitsch’s lab.

Outside work, I love all sports, with a deep passion for soccer, and I am very proud of my title of “Social Queen”, which I worked hard for!

Publications:

Flagellar cAMP signaling controls trypanosome progression through host tissues. Shaw S, DeMarco SF, Rehmann R, Wenzler T, Florini F, Roditi I, Hill KL. Nat Commun. 2019 Feb 18;10(1):803.

Unexpected diversity in eukaryotic transcription revealed by the retrotransposon hotspot family of Trypanosoma brucei. Florini F, Naguleswaran A, Gharib WH, Bringaud F, Roditi I. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019 Feb 28;47(4):1725-1739.