Silvia Guglietta

Silvia Guglietta, Ph.D.


Associate Professor
Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology
Cancer Focus:

Investigating the mechanisms linking the dysregulation of components of the innate immune system to the induction of intestinal inflammation, alterations of the intestinal microbiota and the development of CRC in colorectal cancer.

Research Interest

I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC) Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology with a secondary appointment in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. I am also actively involved in the research portfolio of the Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) as member of multiple study groups including the MUSC Program for Human Microbiome Research, the Microbiome working group, the Cancer Biology and Immunology Program, and the Transdisciplinary Colon Cancer Team, which brings together faculty with different expertise with the aim to foster multidisciplinary collaboration in the fight against colon cancer.

Positions and Scientific Appointments

2025-Present: Tenure-track, Associate Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA 2022-2025: Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA 2019-2021: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA 2018-2020: Instructor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA 2010-2017: Postdoctoral fellow, European Institute of Oncology, Department of Experimental Oncology, Laboratory of Prof. Maria Rescigno, Milano (Italy) 2009-2010: Visiting Scientist, Department of Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Switzerland. Laboratory of Prof. Giuseppe Pantaleo.

Education

Postdoctoral
January 2017
Mucosal Immunology
European Institute of Oncology, Department of Experimental Oncology, Milano (Italy)
Other
January 2010
Virology
Department of Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Switzerland
PhD
March 2009
Immunology
University of Rome, Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Post-graduate
September 2005
Virology
University of Rome, Sapienza, Rome, Italy
MSc
January 2004
Biology
University of Rome, Sapienza, Rome, Italy