Activities
Visiting periods
Visiting PhD student at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2023)
Prof. Ken Smith and Dr. Paul Lyons - Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease (CITIID)Visiting PhD student at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2023)
Prof. Mohsen Ghanbari - Molecular and Systems Epidemiology group
Mentoring
Caterina Angelone, MSc in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, University of Verona (2023)
Thesis: Analysis of CFTR gene in Cystic fibrosis-like individuals by an exome sequencing approachAlessio Meneghini, MSc in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, University of Verona (2022)
Thesis: CNV calling on WES: analysis of an Italian family with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA)Benedetta Leoni, MSc in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, University of Verona (2021)
Thesis: Transcriptome analysis of Strongyloides stercoralis on a single Raspberry Pi platform
Teaching
Bioinformatics and Life Sciences: decode the future! - High School Don Lorenzo Milani Montichiari (2024)
Human DNA: an unexpected journey - High School Leonardo da Vinci Cerea (2024)
Human DNA: an unexpected journey - University of Verona (2024)
Human DNA: an unexpected journey - High School Don Lorenzo Milani Montichiari (2023)
Tutor of Genetics 1 Laboratory - BSc+MSc in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Verona (2023)
Tutor of Genetics 2 Laboratory - BSc+MSc in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Verona (2022)
Genomics: general concepts and sequencing technologies - High School Don Lorenzo Milani Montichiari (2019)
Scientific Committee
6th Symposium on Nephrolithiasis of the Fondazione Menarini - Faculty member
19th Conference on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics & Biostatistics (CIBB2024) - Programme Committee member
20th ISCB's Student Council Symposium (SCS2024) - Finance Committee chair
Young BITS-RSG Symposium - 18th Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Conference (BBCC2023)
PhD Day 2023 - PhD day of the Applied Life and Health Sciences course at the University of Verona
RSG-Italy Young Symposium - 18th Conference on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CIBB2023)
19th ISCB's Student Council Symposium (SCS2023) - Programme Committee member
Young BITS, RSG-Italy and CINI InfoLife Young Symposium - 19th Annual Meeting of the Bioinformatic Italian Society (BITS2023)
1st Young Minds at Work: Blending Biology and Bioinformatics (YMW2022) - Programme Committee member
7th European Student Council Symposium (ESCS2022) - Programme Committee co-chair
Young BITS-RSG Symposium - 18th Annual Meeting of the Bioinformatic Italian Society (BITS2022)
Journal Editor
"Current Microbial and Bioinformatics Methods in Microbial Genomics" - Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
Journal reviewer
Springer Lecture Note In Bioinformatics
BMC Urology
Conference reviewer
7th Youth Bioinformatics Symposium 2023 (YBS2023)
18th Conference on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics & Biostatistics (CIBB2023)
19th Student Council Symposium (SCS2023)
Young BITS, RSG-Italy and CINI InfoLife Young Symposium at BITS2023
12th ISCB Student Wikipedia Competition
6th Youth Bioinformatics Symposium 2022 (YBS2022)
7th European Student Council Symposium (ESCS2022)
17th International Meeting on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CIBB2021)
Membership
ERA: European Renal Association (2023-present)
BITS: Bioinformatics Italian Society (2023-present)
ISCB: International Society for Computational Biology (2022-present)
ISCB's RSG Italy: Regional Study Group of Italian bioinformaticians from ISCB (2022-present)
Roles and assignments
President of the ISCB's Regional Study Group Italy (RSG Italy) (2022-present)
PhD students representative for the Teaching board of the PhD course in Applied Life and Health Sciences, University of Verona (2021-2023)Â
Post-graduate representative in the Academic Senate, University of Verona (2022-2023)
Post-graduate representative in the Student Council, University of Verona (2022-2023)
Post-graduate representative for Life and Health Sciences area in the PhD School, University of Verona (2021-2023)
Awards
Best abstract - PhD Day 2023 of Applied Life and Health Sciences, University of Verona - 2023
Giovani Glorie Monteclarensi - Municipality of Montichiari - 2021
PhD fellowship - Italian Ministry of University and Research - funded period: 2020-2023
"Io merito" scholarship - Banca di Credito Cooperativo Brescia - 2020
MSc scholarship - University of Verona - funded period: 2019-2020
BSc scholarship - University of Verona - funded period: 2017-2018
"Education Aid" scholarship - Rotaract Club Brescia Sud Est Montichiari - 2015
Qualification
Teaching
Percorso Formativo 24 CFU: Italian teaching qualification for Middle and High school, University of Verona (2021)
English assessment
First Certificates in English (FCE): English level B2 certificate, Cambridge Assessment English (2014)
Preliminary English Test (PET): English level B1 certificate, Cambridge Assessment English (2013)
Grade 7: Graded Examination in Spoken English level B2.1, Trinity College London (2012)
Grade 5: Graded Examination in Spoken English level B1.1, Trinity College London (2011)