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Dr. Arfa Moshiri completed his Ph.D thesis in Molecular Medicine in the laboratory of Dr. Roberto Gherzi at San Martino Hospital of Genova. There, he focused on the role of RNA- binding proteins in the process of epithelial mesenchymal transition. In the Saloura Lab, Dr. Moshiri’s research focuses on SUV420H1 (KMT5B), a recurrently amplified chromatin modifier, and its function in the oncogenesis, cancer progression and the tumor microenvironment in human-papilloma-virus negative squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.