Alessandra DiMauro

Program: Cancer Biology

Current advisor: Gregory D. Longmore, MD

Undergraduate university: University of Rochester, 2020

Enrollment year: 2020

Research summary
Determining functional roles of CAF subtypes in leader cell directed collective migration

Graduate publications
Morikis VA, Avila DB, DiMauro A, Cao Y, Hwang PY, Pathak A, Longmore GD. 2025 Cadherin-1-mediated communication at the leader-follower boundary controls mouse breast tumor organoid collective migration. Cell Rep, 44(12):116631. PMCID:

Lesage J, DiMauro A, Schab AM, Stidham S, Mullen MM, Fuh KC, Longmore G. 2025 DDR2 Confers Ferroptosis Resistance to Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts and Attenuates PARPi Sensitivity of Ovarian Tumor Cells. Mol Cancer Res, 23(12):1012-24. PMCID: PMC12700032