Miriam Formica

  • Postdoc

Miriam joined the group in July 2020 and is working on elucidating the molecular mechanisms regulating autophagy termination and their implications for human cancer using Drosophila as a model system.

 

Publications 2023

Johannessen JA, Formica M, Haukeland ALC, Bråthen NR, Al Outa A, Aarsund M, Therrien M, Enserink JM, Knævelsrud H (2023)
The human leukemic oncogene MLL-AF4 promotes hyperplastic growth of hematopoietic tissues in Drosophila larvae
iScience, 26 (10), 107726
DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107726, PubMed 37720104

Publications 2021

Formica M, Storaci AM, Bertolini I, Carminati F, Knævelsrud H, Vaira V, Vaccari T (2021)
V-ATPase controls tumor growth and autophagy in a Drosophila model of gliomagenesis
Autophagy, 17 (12), 4442-4452
DOI 10.1080/15548627.2021.1918915, PubMed 33978540

Publications 2019

Bertolini I, Terrasi A, Martelli C, Gaudioso G, Di Cristofori A, Storaci AM, Formica M, Braidotti P, Todoerti K, Ferrero S, Caroli M, Ottobrini L, Vaccari T, Vaira V (2019)
A GBM-like V-ATPase signature directs cell-cell tumor signaling and reprogramming via large oncosomes
EBioMedicine, 41, 225-235
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.01.051, PubMed 30737083

Terrasi A, Bertolini I, Martelli C, Gaudioso G, Di Cristofori A, Storaci AM, Formica M, Bosari S, Caroli M, Ottobrini L, Vaccari T, Vaira V (2019)
Specific V-ATPase expression sub-classifies IDHwt lower-grade gliomas and impacts glioma growth in vivo
EBioMedicine, 41, 214-224
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.01.052, PubMed 30737087