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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
May 2026
In an extremely hot Italian spring, our commentary paper on the 20 years of ISCB Student Council has been published in Bioinformatic Advances. I finished the seminars on nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics at my former High School, looking forward attending the final event this autumn. Different side activities are happening, spanning from wine tasting to crowd funding evaluation: never stop learning.
April 2026
Easter time to recharge and face April to dos. I was elected vice-representative of the BCC Garda's Young Board and Community Reviewer for Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology for the Intestinal Microbiome section. Finally, I had the opportunity to be part for the first time of a Degree Panel where Alice - my first MSc trainee student in Parma - graduated in Genomic, Molecular and Industrial Biotechnologies.
March 2026
An eventful March is ending. We brilliantly carried out the 3rd edition of Young Minds at Work, where I presented our work on GWAS and PGS on phenolic metabotypes and their impact on cardiometabolic traits and diseases. Other network activities took place, such as the AperiScience in Parma and some mentoring activities with high school students; at the Don Milani we are also starting a new activity on nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. And finally, our research work on the genetics of serum electrolytes has been published by NDT - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.
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