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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.
I am a post-doctoral researcher in the Human Nutrition Unit at the Department of Food and Drug 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. 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
03/2024-ongoing - Post-doctoral researcher - Human Nutrition Unit, University of Parma (Italy)
11/2023 - ongoing - Visiting researcher - Lyons 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)
Latest news
Latest news
October 2025
October was calm, like Autumn. At the beginning of the month, I attended the 5th Annual Research Day of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Parma at Paderna Castle. In the middle, some nights out with friends and colleagues made everything better. We are working to finalise a couple of nutrigenomics researcher studies on (poly)phenols and human metabolism; let's push them!
September 2025
September means deadline, but together with them, I had received a lot of satisfaction. At the Human Nutrition Unit, we submitted a couple of grants: fingers crossed! I have attended the annual meeting of the Italian Society of Human Genetics (SIGU2025) and presented our nutri-omics investigation with an oral talk, while my PhD student Lucia was in Dublin, presenting a poster at NuGOweek 2025. In the last few days of September, I have been part of my first European Researchers' Night with the Human Nutrition Unit at the University of Parma. Finally, our manuscript has been accepted for publication in Food and Function.
August 2025
Summertime is passing by! August has been spent meeting with friends, playing some padel, and setting everything up for the last part of the year. Some projects, some applications, and some papers are being prepared; it's just a matter of meeting deadlines and crossing fingers.
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