Roberto Bei
Roberto Bei
Roberto Bei
Associate Professor
Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences
University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Italy
Tel. 39-06-72596514
Fax: 39 06-72596506
Biography
Roberto Bei, MD, PhD is Associate Professor of General Pathology at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Italy). He got his Degree in Medicine and his PhD at the University of Rome "Sapienza" in 1989 and 1998, respectively. He is specialist in Medical Oncology and in Clinical Pathology. He joined, as post-doctoral fellow (1992-1996), the LTIB at NIH (Director: Dr J. Schlom) where he started to work in the field of cancer immunotherapy. The teaching activity of Prof. Bei includes lectures of General Pathology in the School of Medicine, Human Nutrition, Medicine Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Dietician, Radiology Technician, Residency in Endocrinology and Oncology.He is a Member of the Editorial Board of The Open Path. J., Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov, J. Chinese Clin Med. He serves as ad hoc reviewer for several journals. He is the Principal Investigator of funded research grants.Prof. Bei research interests include the analysis of immune response to tumor associated antigens (TAAs) (ErbB receptors, AFP, CEA, PSA) in cancer patients and cancer immunotherapy; the expression of TAAs in tumors and normal tissues; the production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to viral proteins. Recently, he has been involved on studying the effect of natural compounds on cancer cell growth.
Research Interest
Analysis of immune response to tumor associated antigens (TAAs) (ErbB receptors, AFP, CEA, PSA) in cancer patients.
Liver Cancer immunotherapy. Expression of TAAs in tumors and normal tissues.
Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to viral proteins.
Analysis of the effect of natural compounds on cancer cell growth.
