{"id":2695,"date":"2026-04-12T16:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913.jpg"},"modified":"2026-07-19T15:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T15:55:25","slug":"img_20260412_180913","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/?attachment_id=2695","title":{"rendered":"Elena"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"class_list":["post-2695","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-197x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-768x1172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-655x999.jpg 655w, https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913.jpg 956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elena was born in a small village in the Orobic Alps, Italy. She later moved to Milan to pursue a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca, where she developed a strong interest in genetics. Her undergraduate thesis in Molecular Genetics focused on hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin, investigating the regulatory mechanisms governing globin gene expression.<br \/>\nShe continued at the same university for her Master\u2019s degree in Biology, completing her final year in Carolina Florian\u2019s lab in Barcelona through the Erasmus Traineeship program. There, she worked on the epigenetic remodeling of hematopoietic stem cells during aging and rejuvenation. During this time, she was also exposed to emerging research on the interplay between physical forces and chromatin organization, which sparked a broader interest in mechanobiology.<br \/>\nDriven by a desire to explore this field, Elena joined ICFO as a PhD student in the NMSB group. Working with C. elegans allows her to build on her background in genetics, taking advantage of its versatility and tractability, while addressing biophysical questions in vivo.<br \/>\nOutside the lab, Elena enjoys hiking and cycling. As a personal challenge alongside her PhD, she plans to cycle from Barcelona back to her hometown in Italy.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Elena Vitali<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":956,"height":1459,"file":"IMG_20260412_180913.jpg","filesize":89698,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"IMG_20260412_180913-197x300.jpg","width":197,"height":300,"filesize":12112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-197x300.jpg"},"large":{"file":"IMG_20260412_180913-671x1024.jpg","width":671,"height":1024,"filesize":85318,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-671x1024.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"IMG_20260412_180913-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":5025,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-150x150.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"IMG_20260412_180913-768x1172.jpg","width":768,"height":1172,"filesize":105144,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-768x1172.jpg"},"hemingway-rewritten-featured":{"file":"IMG_20260412_180913-655x999.jpg","width":655,"height":999,"filesize":82208,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-655x999.jpg"},"hemingway-rewritten-header":{"file":"IMG_20260412_180913-956x416.jpg","width":956,"height":416,"filesize":31201,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913-956x416.jpg"},"full":{"file":"IMG_20260412_180913.jpg","width":956,"height":1459,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":778,"source_url":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20260412_180913.jpg","filename":"IMG_20260412_180913.jpg","filesize":89698,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attached-to":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"page","id":778,"href":"https:\/\/livinglight.icfo.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}