Honors & Awards
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Best Poster Award, Bay Area Aging Meeting (2019)
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Stanford Bio-X Travel Award, Stanford Bio-X (2017)
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Best Poster Award, Baxter Laboratory Retreat (2017)
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Stem Cell Research Grant, BD Biosciences (2012-2015)
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Oral Presentation Award, Leiden International Medical Students Conference (LIMSC) (2011)
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LIMSC Travel Fellowship, Leiden International Medical Students Conference (LIMSC) (2011)
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Transcontinental FEBS Youth Travel Fund (YTF) Fellowship, Federation of European Biochemical Society (FEBS) (2010)
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International Thesis Research Fellowship, University of Bologna Medical School (2002)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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President, AWIS Palo Alto (2016 - 2020)
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Guest Instructor, Stanford CyTOF/Immune Monitoring Course, Stanford University School of Medicine (2017 - 2017)
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Guest Instructor, BME 177: Engineering Stem Cells, University of California Santa Cruz (2016 - 2016)
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Ad hoc reviewer, The FASEB Journal (2012 - Present)
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Member, International Society for Stem Cell Research (2012 - Present)
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Ad hoc grant reviewer, Italian Ministry of Health, Department of Public Health and Innovation (2011 - Present)
Professional Education
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Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School, Hematology/Cell Signaling (2011)
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B.S./M.S., University of Bologna Medical School, Medical Biotechnology (2003)
Patents
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Helen M. Blau, Ermelinda Porpiglia, David Burns. "United States Patent 63/042,379 Rejuvenation of muscle stem cell function", US Provisional Patent Application, Jun 22, 2020