MIHAELA CHIVU-ECONOMESCU, PhD

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER I

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MIHAELA CHIVU-ECONOMESCU is senior researcher I at Cellular and Molecular Pathology Department.

Expertise area includes oncology, signal transduction, RNA interference, targeted anti-tumor therapy, and immunotherapy.

Research interests: (1) Identification of new biomarkers involved in the progression and metastasis of gastro-intestinal cancers that have the potential to become new targets for tumor therapy; (2) In vitro and in vivo validation of cancer biomarkers by RNA-interference method; (3) The development and optimization of in vitro and ex vivo models for immunotherapy and targeted-therapy research.

Additional research interests are: humoral and cellular immune response following COVID-19 vaccination and natural infection.