Daniele Capocefalo

I am a bioinformatician with a solid biology background and strong expertise in the analysis of many types of omics data (mainly transcriptomics, genomics and epigenetics) both single-cell and bulk.

After a bachelor in Molecular Biology and a MS in Bioinformatics, I became a bioinformatician in an Italian hospital (Ospedale Casa Sollievo, IT), working on several research projects mostly in he context of cancer research.

During my PhD in Life Sciences and omics at ‘La Sapienza’ University (Rome), I worked on graph-based approaches and the use of network-based rationale to tackle biological challenges.

I later continued this work during a joint Postdoc (University of Milan, Human Technopole and European Institute of Oncology, Milan) where I worked on frameworks for the integration of network mined from public databases or inferred from omics data in the fields of developmental biology and cancer research.

I joined the Bioinformatics HUB on October 2023 and I am now detached in the ML4IG lab of Dr. Laura Cantini, where I apply the computational methods developed in the lab to internal collaborations.

2019-2023: Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Milan / Human Technopole / European Institute of Oncology (IEO) – Milan, IT

Description

Development of graph-based frameworks for integrating several layers of information at once from single-cell and bulk omics data in the context of fetal brain and craniofacial development.

2014-2019: Bioinformatics Scientist

Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza – Rome, IT

Description

Creation of pipelines for analyses of  different omics  data for both clinical and diagnostic purposes; Bioinformatics support for wet-lab researchers.

2014-2019: PhD  – Life Scientist

Sapienza University, Rome IT

Description

Development of graph-based methods for non-canonical analyses of biological networks

2014: Master of Science – Bioinformatics

Tor Vergata University, Rome IT

2010: Bachelor – Cell and Molecular Biology

Tor Vergata University, Rome IT