Francesco Ferrari joined IFOM in 2015 and here he coordinates a new research group focusing on computational genomics.
Francesco Ferrari graduated in Medical Biotechnology at the University of Modena in 2004, with a thesis on microarray-based gene expression profiling of melanocytes from melanoma patients in the laboratory of prof. Enrico Tagliafico. read more
Our research group name "computational genomics" reflects our area of technical expertise in computational biology and genomics, but our research interests and biological expertise are focused on chromatin three-dimensional (3D) architecture. The 3D organization of chromatin within the cell nucleus is crucial for regulating genome functionality. The knowledge of its role has greatly advanced over the few years thanks to the development of novel imaging, molecular biology, computational data analysis and modelling techniques. read more