Phd in CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

email: livia.perfetto@uniroma1.it
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building: via dei Sardi 70

NAME: Livia Perfetto

POSITION TITLE: Researcher and Assistant Professor at University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy

EDUCATION/TRAINING

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy BS 07/2007 Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy MS 03/2009 Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy PhD 04/2015 Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Rome Tor Vergata and Fondazione GIMEMA, Rome, Italy MS 02/2017 Clinical research in hematology
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy Post-Doctoral 12/2015 Bioinformatics
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy Post-Doctoral 12/2017 Bioinformatics
European Bioinformatic Institute, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, UK Post-Doctoral 10/2020 Bioinformatics
Fondazione Human Technopole, Milan, Italy Post-Doctoral 10/2022 Bioinformatics


A. Personal Statement

In approximately 15 years of experience gained in different prestigious institutes, such as EMBL-EBI and Fondazione Human Technopole, I have acquired extensive knowledge and experience in network analysis, multi-omics data integration, personalized medicine, machine learning and database development and maintenance. The group I coordinate, albeit small, is motivated, enthusiastic and characterized by interdisciplinarity. The group benefits of a close collaboration between members of the SIGNOR database and a bioinformatics unit, within a collaboration between University of Rome La Sapienza, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Fondazione Human Technopole. Over the last years I’ve successfully administered different projects, established solid and long-term international collaborations and produced several peer-reviewed publications.

From the beginning of my research I have focused on Biological Networks and on the functional insights we can gain from the analysis of physical and causal relationships between proteins. As detailed in the accompanying published manuscripts (see ‘Contribution to Science’), I have contributed to this general goal by looking at it from several angles. The observation that Network-based approaches to human diseases have multiple potential biological and clinical applications has offered me the opportunity to move to a more translational field.




B. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honors
Positions
2022-Present, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome (Italy), Researcher and Assistant Professor
2021-Present, University of Cambridge, Visitor Scientist
2020-2022, Fondazione Human Technopole, Milan (Italy), Scientific Consultant and SIGNOR project coordinator
2020-2022, European Bioinformatic Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge (UK), Visitor Scientist
2017-2020, European Bioinformatic Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge (UK), Staff member (senior curator and bioinformatician)
2016-2017, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome (Italy), Post-doc (AIRC personal fellowship GRANT)
2014-2016, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ Rome (Italy), Post-doc

Editorial appointments
2022-Present, ‘Frontiers in Bioinformatics’ Editorial Board, Research Topic Editor for the special issue “Approaches to modelling complex biological systems”
2021-Present, ‘Frontiers in Bioinformatics’ Editorial Board, Review Editor

Memberships
2022-Present, Member of the Elixir Systems Biology Focus Group.
2020-Present, Member of the VarioPath consortium
2020-Present, Member of the Disease map project
2017 Member, of the ISB (International Society of Biocuration)
2016-2022, Member of the GREEKC consortium (COST action CA15205)
2010-Present, Member of the HUPO-PSI (Proteomic Standard Initiative) community
2010-Present, Member of the IMEx consortium

Grants
2023. Awarded a My First AIRC Grant
2023. Awarded a PRIN PNRR Grant
2022. Awarded a University of Rome, La Sapienza Seed GRANT
2016. Awarded a COST action grant (within the COST Action CA15205) to organize the GREEKC Action Planning Meeting, Core Group Meeting.
2015. Awarded a triennial fellowship Starwood Hotels & Resorts (AIRC grant) selected on a peer-review basis
2011. Awarded a FEBS Youth Travel grant
2010, Awarded 5000 € Special Prize ‘Sebastiano and Rita Raeli’ as best student of the year.