Mirko Treccani
Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Parma
GWASer - PRScorer - Human Genomicist
My name is Mirko Treccani, a young scientist from Montichiari, a little town in the southeast province of Brescia, between the Po Valley and the Garda Lake.
Currently, I am a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Parma (Italy) and a PhD candidate in Applied Life and Health Sciences at the GM Lab, University of Verona (Italy),
My research focuses on human genomics, applying genome-wide association studies (GWAS), genotype imputation and polygenic risk scores (PGS) to investigate rare and complex diseases and human traits.
I strongly support interdisciplinarity and knowledge contamination: I let curiosity shape my life and make me learn something new daily!
I graduated in bioinformatics with a thesis regarding protein modelling. Then, in my master's in molecular and medical biotechnology, I moved into genomics, joining the GM Lab first as a trainee student and then as a PhD student. In 2023, I took the chance to be a visiting PhD student, first at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam (NL) and then at the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease in Cambridge (UK). From March 2024, I am a post-doc on personalised genomics and nutrigenomics in Parma.
My journey in science
03/2024-ongoing - Post doctoral researcher - Human Nutrition Unit and Medical Genetics Unit, University of Parma (Italy)
10/2020 - ongoing - PhD in Applied Life and Health Sciences - GM Lab, University of Verona (Italy)
11/2023 - ongoing - Visiting researcher - Smith group, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
08/2023 - 10/2023 - Visiting PhD student - Smith group, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
03/2023 - 05/2023 - Visiting PhD student - MolSysEpi group, Erasmus University Medical Center (The Netherlands)
10/2018 - 07/2020 - MSc in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology - University of Verona (Italy)
10/2015 - 11/2018 - BSc in Bioinformatics - University of Verona (Italy)
Latest news
May 2024
May started in Ljubljana, where I attended Fondazione Menarini's 6th symposium on nephrolithiasis as a Faculty member and Invited speaker. It was an amazing opportunity to meet top-level scientists and nephrologists. At the GM Lab, we officially ended our course on AI and bioinformatics in high schools: meeting with possible future scientists has been inspiring, hopefully on both sides.
April 2024
Time is flying fast! A lot of work, many projects and hopefully a lot of publications. Only the future has the answer. Together with the SCS2023 team, we finally published our Community report on Bioinformatic Advances. Have a look at it!
March 2024
What a month! I am officially a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Parma, working in Prof. Mena's and Prof. Barili's groups. I am excited to start this new scientific adventure. Together with the GM Lab, we started our course on "Bioinformatics and Life Sciences: Decode the future!" for third-year high school students in Montichiari. Moreover, I am part of three different boards: as a young mentor for BE in HU-BS Martinengo, as chair of the finance committee in ISCB's SCS2024, and as a member of the programme committee at CIBB2024. Finally, my trainee student Caterina has graduated in the M.Sc. in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology: congrats!
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