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Post-doctoral Researcher
Genomics, Nutri-omics and Precision Health
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.Â
I am a post-doctoral researcher in the Human Nutrition Unit at the Department of Food and Drug of the University of Parma (Italy) sponsored by Fondazione Umberto Veronesi.
My research focuses on human genomics and nutrigenomics, applying genome-wide association studies (GWAS), genotype imputation and polygenic risk scores (PGS) to investigate rare and complex diseases, cancer, and human traits. Moreover, I am applying integrative multi-omics approaches and network analysis to develop personalised nutritional interventions and foster precision health.
I strongly support interdisciplinarity and knowledge contamination: I let curiosity shape my life and make me learn something new daily.
My journey in science
My journey in science
03/2026-ongoing - Post-doctoral researcher - Fondazione Veronesi and Human Nutrition Unit, University of Parma (IT)
11/2023 - ongoing - Visiting researcher - Lyons group, University of Cambridge (UK)
03/2024-03/2026 - Post-doctoral researcher - Human Nutrition Unit, University of Parma (IT)
10/2020 - 09/2024 - PhD in Applied Life and Health Sciences - GM Lab, University of Verona (IT)
08/2023 - 10/2023 - Visiting PhD student - Smith group, University of Cambridge (UK)
03/2023 - 05/2023 - Visiting PhD student - MolSysEpi group, Erasmus University Medical Center (NL)
10/2018 - 07/2020 - MSc in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology - University of Verona (IT)
10/2015 - 11/2018 - BSc in Bioinformatics - University of Verona (IT)
Italy
Latest news
Latest news
August 2026
Reconnecting in August: enjoying holidays, mountains and seaside, good books, friends and family. At the same time, pushing some side projects and finishing analysis. I am concluding this month with a travel to Poland, to attend and speak at NuGOweek 2026!
July 2026
At the beginning of the month, our project XENOPRED has been financed by the ERC Proof of Concept grant. A new scientific adventure will soon start! Late during the month, our review on multi-omics and precision nutrition has been accepted for publication in Food & Function! Can wait to see it online! It is now time to finish projects, start preparing slides and be ready to meet peers at the next conferences! And of course, enjoy some summer holidays.
June 2026
Summer has arrived and is hitting hard on Parma: sunny day at the price of high temperatures till very late. At the beginning of the month, our work on UGT1A gene and (poly)phenols has been presented at the PREDIMED Omics Symposium 2026. In the middle of the months, I attended to small conferences on mesothelioma and breast cancer, chairing a bioinformatics session in the second one (EMPOWERing talks: State of the Art and Translational Research in Breast Cancer). Finally, I am officially part of the NuGO's Early Career Network (ECN) and Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Working Groups.
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