Rate My Professor Nathalie Cella

Nathalie Cella serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology at the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas of Universidade de São Paulo. She earned a bachelor's degree in Biociências from Universidade de São Paulo in 1990, a master's degree in Biochemistry from the same university in 1993, and a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Basel in 1997. Her laboratory, the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of the Mammary Epithelial Cell, investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying elementary cell functions including proliferation, migration, differentiation, and cell death, and how these processes are altered in mammary gland neoplasia.

Cella's research centers on mechanisms regulating normal mammary gland development and breast cancer. Specific objectives include investigating the molecular and functional interactions of the protein maspin with its identified partners, exploring maspin's biological role in vivo through expression suppression and transplantation experiments in the mammary stroma, and examining the function of klotho in the murine mammary gland using deficient animal models. She participates in institutional committees such as the Comissão de Ética no Uso dos Animais at ICB-USP and maintains active involvement in postgraduate programs including Biologia de Sistemas.