Dr. Roberta Oliveri completed her Master’s degree in Functional Genomics at the University of Trieste in 2024. During her studies, she undertook a 13-month internship at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan, working in the laboratory of Prof. Pier Paolo Di Fiore and Prof. Sara Sigismund. There, she conducted research for her experimental thesis titled “Investigating the Post-Translational Modification of Lactylation: EGFR as a Case Study.”

Following her Master’s, she continued her research in the same laboratory through a six-month fellowship.

Since January 2025, Dr. Oliveri has been a PhD student at the Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences, and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND) at the University of Palermo, under joint supervision with the Advanced Data Analysis group of the Ri.MED Foundation.

Dr. Oliveri’s PhD project investigates the role of lipid droplets (LDs) in chronic diseases, examining their modulation through epigenetic modifications and RNA-targeted approaches. It also evaluates the therapeutic potential of natural compounds to influence key enzymes in lipid metabolism, with applications in cancer and liver diseases.