Education and Training
6/04/2015 PhD in Agricultural, Environmental and Food Science and Technology
3/10/2011 MSc Degree in Bioinformatics Bologna University
4/11/2008 Bachelor Degree in Biotechnologies for Human health Naples University
Training schools: Genotyping by
sequencing at TGAC, RGB-Net COST Action Training School
- RGB-Net Training School in Genomic Selection Rabbit Breeding
- RGB-Net - COST Action Training School in Genomics/Bioinformatics
with EuroPRRSnet RGB-Net - COST Action
Main research topics and skills: The main topic of
research is genomic analysis for the identification of markers
related to meat quality and production. Analysis of data coming
from next generation sequence technologies. Sample collection in
the abattoir and subsequent samples processing, computational
analysis of resulting data by managing alignment tools, population
genetics, statistical tools; SNPcalling, population genetics
analyses. Programming languages: good knowledge of bash scripting,
Python, “R” Good knowledge of the most used bioinformatics
tools and databases: Blast, ClustalW, Modeller, ProCheck, RasMol;
Ensembl, Uniprot, UCSC genome browser, HapMap. Basic knwoledge of
alignment managing and population genetics tools: BWA, SAMtools,
PHASE, Haploview, Structure
