Postdoctoral 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.
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Human Nutrition Unit and the Medical Genetics Unit of the University of Parma (Italy).
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 and human traits and foster personalised nutrition and precision health intervention.
I strongly support interdisciplinarity and knowledge contamination: I let curiosity shape my life and make me learn something new daily.
03/2024-ongoing - Post doctoral researcher - Human Nutrition Unit, University of Parma (Italy)
11/2023 - ongoing - Visiting researcher - Smith group, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
10/2020 - 09/2024 - PhD in Applied Life and Health Sciences - GM Lab, University of Verona (Italy)
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)
June 2025
Alice has joined the group as a new MSc trainee: she will work on expression data in (poly)phenols bioavailability. Thanks to my dear friend Dr. Tobia Fantoni, I had the opportunity to give a lecture for the Asomi College of Sciences in the "RIS Inspire - Deep Tech in Regenerative Agriculture", where I talked about nutrigenomics and one health approaches. Finally, on the very last day of the month, I have been awarded the "Novogene Italian Sequencing Project Award 2025"!
May 2025
May brought interesting news: my collaboration with Dr. Paul Lyons at the University of Cambridge has been extended by one year; moreover, I obtained two oral communications in Liverpool at the ISCB ISMB/ECCB2025 during the Student Council Symposium (SCS2025) and in the Translational Medical Informatics (TransMed) track. In the middle of the month, I attended the 7th edition of the Yakult Academy on Nutrition Communication in Milan.
April 2025
At the beginning of the month, we published a new article in which we performed a GWAS on first episode psychoses. I am officially part of the CIBB2025 Program Committee. Some relaxation during Easter time has triggered new ideas and projects: can't wait to explore them!
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