For the seminar on the 20th of March Viola Hollek invited Francesco Iorio to give us a talk on his recent work. If you are interested in joining write an e-Mail to compcancer at charite dot de to receive the zoom link.
Dr. Francesco Iorio, a Research Group Leader in Computational Biology Research Center at Human Technopole (Milan, Italy), with a rich background in computer science and a Ph.D. from the University of Salerno and the TeleThon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, has dedicated his career to advancing the fields of drug discovery and computational pharmacogenomics. His post-doctoral research at the prestigious EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Sanger Institute has paved the way for innovative computational frameworks to predict and dissect drug sensitivity in cancer. He’s presenting his latest work published in Cancer Cell on constructing a map of cancer dependencies, integrating comprehensive multi-omics data with CRISPR-Cas9 screens across 930 cancer cell lines. This work illuminates the intricate relationships between molecular markers and cancer vulnerabilities and opens new avenues for drug development against cancer.
The research training group CompCancer (RTG2424) is a DFG funded PhD programme in Berlin, focussing on computational aspects of cancer research.
Contact: compcancer at charite dot de
@CompCancerRTG