Valerio Licursi

Bioinformatics I:

Lessons will be delivered in Aula Psicologia I (CU026, E01PS1L101).

PRESENT POSITION
Full time Researcher
Institute of Biology and Molecular Pathology (IBPM-CNR), National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
c/o Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology “C. Darwin”, "Sapienza" University of Rome

EDUCATION
2023 ASN Associate Professor, 05/E2 – SSD BIO/11 Molecular Biology
2011 Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Research activity: Transcriptome and proteome analysis in superior cervical ganglion of dystrophic mdx mice
2007 Master’s Degree in Genomic Biotechnology with 110/110 cum laude, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

PREVIOUS RESEARCH POSITIONS
2019–Jan 2022: Researcher (RTDA) at the Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology “C. Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome.
2016–2018: Post-Doc position at the Institute for Systems Analysis and Computer Science “Antonio Ruberti”, National Research Council, EPIGEN project. Research activity: Development of computational models for functional genomics applied to the study of tumors.
May 2015–Aug 2016: Post-Doc position at the Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology “C. Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome. Research activity: Dissecting the role of potential inhibitor drug of histone H3 lysine 4 demethylases using genome-wide approaches.
Jan 2011–Sep 2014: Post-Doc position at the Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology “C. Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome.

RESEARCH FUNDING
In the last 10 years, scientific collaborations have been developed and maintained with several Italian and International groups.
2023-2025: Unit PI of PRIN 2022: “Nr2f1-dependent regulation of Mitochondrial Function in Neural Development and Disease”
2023-2025: Unit PI of PRIN 2022 PNRR: “The role of miR-211 in neuronal aging: From Disease Mechanisms to Therapy”
2020-2022: Member of the project founded by Regione Lazio: “Progetto Genoma Trisomia 21 (HGP-T21)”
2019-2022: Member of the project founded by ASI: "MARS-PRE: MARcatori biologici e funzionali per la biomedicina”
2019-2021: PI of the project founded by Sapienza University of Rome: “Role of the chromatin remodeller histone demethylase KDM5B and its isoforms in breast cancer and melanoma”
2016: PI of the project founded by Sapienza University of Rome. Title of the project: “The Cop9 Signalosome Complex as a therapeutic target in human cancer”
2011-2013: Member of the project PRIN: “Ruolo dei Fattori Regolativi Generali (GRF) di S.cerevisiae nell’organizzazione strutturale e dinamica della cromatina”

PRIZES AND AWARDS
2014 - Fellowship from "Istituto Pasteur - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti"
2011 - Fellowship from "Istituto Pasteur - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti"

ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION:
Scientific Supervisor of 1 Ph.D. student. Tutor of 2 Ph.D. students and more than 10 M.Sc. and B.Sc. students belonging to the Bioinformatics, Biotechnology and Genetic and Molecular Biology courses of the Sapienza University of Rome.

REVIEWER ACTIVITIES:
Reviewer for the international journals “Plos One” ISSN 1932-6203, “DATABASE” ISSN 1758-0463

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
2019-present: Holder of the course: "Bioinformatics I" (6 CFU). Degree in "Bioinformatics". Sapienza University of Rome.
2019-2021: Practical training for the course “Statistics for Biologists”, Scuola di Dottorato in Biologia e Medicina Molecolare (BEMM)", Sapienza University of Rome
2014-2018: Practical training in statistics with R for the course “Statistica”, Scuola di Dottorato in Biologia e Medicina Molecolare (BEMM)", Sapienza University of Rome
2012-2014: Lessons and practical training in Microarray data analysis using R/Bioconductor during Trascrittomica course of the postgraduate Master’s course: "Bioinformatica: applicazioni biomediche e farmaceutiche", Sapienza University of Rome.

BIBLIOMETRIC INDEXES:
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8172-1437
Total number of publications: 49
Citations: >1200
h-index: 21
Source: Scopus