TERESA COLOMBO

Research Interests
Cancer genomics, biological functional networks, non-coding RNAs, artificial intelligence

Team Coordination and Project Management
Currently, I lead a dynamic team of students and young researchers working on the follow- ing active projects:

Identification of phenotypic clusters predictive of susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and covid disease outcomes
Description: Utilization of machine learning methodologies for analyzing extensive serological, epidemiological, and clinical datasets to pinpoint distinct phenotypic clusters among individuals, categorized by their encounters with and responses to SARS-CoV-2.
Principal investigator: Dr. Donald Baku (research fellow)
Project reference: SerGenCovid, Cnr

RNA-Based Strategies for Cancer Therapy: In Silico Design and Evaluation of ASOs for Targeted Exon Skipping
Description: Development of a comprehensive computational procedure to aid the development of ES-based cancer treatments.
This work is part of a broader research proposal developed by Prof. Michele Milella (Verona University) and carried out by a team of researchers from various Italian research institutions and universities.
Principal investigator: Dr. Chiara Pacelli (post-doc fellow)
Collaboration: ISS, Verona University, ELIXIR Italy

Alteration of metabolic pathways in cancer
Description: Investigation of metabolism-related genes with deregulated expression in cancer
This project constitutes a PhD thesis for the Biochemistry degree program at the Sapienza University of Rome.
Principal investigator: Dr. Giulia Toti (Doctoral Fellow, Cycle XXXVIII)
Collaboration: Sapienza University and the Toulouse Cancer Research Center

Primary and secondary roles of moonlighting proteins in biology and medicine
Description: Investigation of transcript-dependent gene regulation mediated by miRNA in cancer.
This project constitutes a PhD thesis in the Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology degree program at the Sapienza University of Rome.
Principal investigator: Dr. Davide Gotta (Doctoral Fellow, Cycle XL)
Collaboration: Sapienza University and the Aix-Marseille University.

Scientific Education
02/2011 Doctorate in Human Biology and Genetics, Dr.
Sapienza University of Rome
09/2007 Master of Philosophy - Center of Genomics & Systems Biology, MPhil
New York University
10/2003 Master in Bioinformatics, MSc
Sapienza University of Rome
10/2002 Diploma in Biology, BSc
Sapienza University of Rome

Publications and Research metrics
Full list of publications available at the following link: bit.ly/tcolombo_pubblications.
Scopus h-index:23. Documents: 38; Citations: 2.240 by 2.148 documents. Last Update: 2024-10-28.