Silvia Deaglio

I obtained my MD degree (1998), Board Certifcation in Oncology (2002) and PhD in Genetics (2006) from the University of Turin. I then trained at the Transplant Immunology Unit of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of Harvard University, where we identifed molecular components and genetic regulation of the suppressive machinery of regulatory T cells. In 2006 I established my own laboratory at the University of Turin as Assistant (2005) and then Associate (2011) Professor. From 2010 to 2019 I was principal investigator (PI) of the Immunogenetics Unit of the Human Genetics Foundation (now Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine) in Turin, Italy. During that time, my lab contributed to the identifcation and functional characterization of recurrently mutated genes in CLL. From 2014 to 2016, I was visiting associate professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, to set up patient-derived xenograf models of CLL and Richter syndrome. Since September 2016 I joined the Immunogenetics and Transplant Biology Service of the Città della Salute e della Scienza University Hospital of Torino, with the aim of setting up a diagnostic platform to provide genetic diagnosis and counseling to patients in need of organ transplant with a suspected underlying monogenic disease. Starting July 1, 2022 I am Full Professor of Genetics and starting November 2023 I am Director of the Service.