Mauro Prato PhD

Dr. Mauro Prato attended from 1996 to 2001 the School of Biotechnology at the University of Turin, Italy, achieving the Graduate Degree in Medical Biotechnology ( final grade: 110 out of 110, with honors and print dignity) with a final dissertation titled "Anti-angiogenetic role of IL12: in vitro study of the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) activity", performed at the Molecular Angiogenesis Division of the Institute for Research and Therapy of Cancer of Candiolo, Torino, Italy.

From 2001 to 2005 he attended PhD studies in Biochemistry and Cellular Biotechnology at the University of Torino achieving the PhD Degree in Biochemistry and Cellular Biotechnology with a final dissertation titled "Involvement of matrix metalloproteinases in malaria pathology; study of the MMP-9-mediated regulation of TNFalpha and IL-1beta in human monocytes and their environment after phagocytosis of hemozoin", performed at the Biochemistry Division of the Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, Medical School, University of Turin, Italy.