Biography:

Sergio Marchini was born in 1969 and graduated summa cum laude, in Biological Science, University of Milan in 1993. In 2000 he was awarded in advanced studies in Pharmacology, University of Pavia, Italy and in 2003 he got the Ph.D. degree at the Open University, London UK. From 2001 to 2021 he has a permanent position as researcher at the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Department of Oncology. Since 2011 he was appointed Head of Translational Genomic Unit, Laboratory of Cancer Chemotherapy. From 2021 up to now, he moved to Humanitas research Hospital (Rozzano, Italy) as Director of the Humanitas Genomic Facility, and head of Translational Genomic Unit. The two main areas of research activities are idenitifaction of molecular biomarkers for early diagnosis of ovarian cancer and use of liquid biopsy to track minimal residual disease over time and tumor evolution, in ovarian and mesothelioma patients.