Maurizio Bocchetta, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pathology Breast Cancer Basic Science Program Cancer Immunology Research Program Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center (888) LUHS-888

Dr. Bocchetta graduated in Biology in 1991 at the University of Rome (Italy) "La Sapienza". After a fellowship at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (Palo Alto, CA), he received his Ph.D. in human molecular biology at the University of Rome (Italy)"La Sapienza" in 1996. Dr Bocchetta was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry of the University of Illinois at Chicago (1996-1998) working under the mentorship of Dr. Alexander S. Mankin. During these years Dr. Bocchetta studied the structure and function of the peptidyl-transferase center of the E.colilarge ribosomal sub-unit. In 1998 he joined the Loyola University Chicago Medical Center as a Research Assistant Professor.

Dr Bocchetta's primary research interests involve the following: mechanisms of malignant transformation caused by oncogenic DNA viruses, interaction of the major Simian Virus 40 (SV40) oncogenes with cellular proteins, pathogenesis of mesothelioma.

Dr Bocchetta's finding have been published in high quality scientific journals, including Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Cancer Res, Oncogene and others.

Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Bocchetta's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.