Sofia Trocchianesi

Postdoctoral Researcher


Cancer Biology, Bacteria in Cancer, Methods Development


I am a molecular cancer biologist at BIMSB. I’m studying the relationship between bacteria and cancer cells. I established 3D co-culture model between bacteria and breast cancer cells, particularly triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). My purpose is to understand how bacteria can promote tumor progression and develop a novel bacteria targeted therapy. Moreover, I’m developing a spatial transcriptomic method to analyse both bacteria and host transcriptomic, improving the already developed spatial method openST in our lab.