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Vera Pancaldi PhD
Course and current status
Date of birth: 11.12.1981. Nationality: Italian
ACADEMIC CAREER
2021: HDR- Qualification to direct doctoral theses, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France.
2008: PhD Dep. of Physics and Earth Sciences Eng., Imperial College London, UK
2004: Undergraduate MSci degree in Physics, Imperial College London, UK
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITION(S)
2021 - Tenured researcher INSERM Chargé de Recherche Classe Normal (1st in selection Commission).
2018 - Team leader: NetB(IO)² Network Biology for Immuno-oncology, Cancer Research Center of
Toulouse (CRCT), INSERM/CNRS/University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France,
2018 - 2024 Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain, Senior staff scientist, Life Science Department
(BioInfo4women Scheme)
2016 - 2017 Post-doctoral staff scientist, Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
2012 - 2015 Post-doctoral FEBS fellow, Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
2011 - 2012 Post-doctoral Fellow, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK
2007 - 2010 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College
London and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
AWARDS:
2018-2023 Chair of bioinformatics in immuno-oncology of the CRCT
2016-2018 Friends of CNIO fellowship Post-doctoral fellowship, Spain.
2012-2015 FEBS Long-Term Fellowship, Spain.
2000-2004 Ph.D. Department scholarship, Earth Sciences & Engineering, Imperial College London
Scientific summary
SCIENTIFIC FOCUS AND TOTAL NUMBER OF CAREER PUBLICATIONS
My main current focus is relating patient heterogeneity, for example in tumour infiltrating immune cells, to patient prognosis, mainly in lung, pancreatic, and other cancers. My team uses multi-omics integrative approaches, machine learning and network theory, as well as mathematical models, to describe and simulate the tumour microenvironment. We have multiple collaborations with experts in immunotherapy and cancer metabolism and several ongoing projects on fundamental cancer processes, including epigenomic alterations, and translational research on response biomarkers. Following my passion for network theory, which I have applied to different biological questions, I am involved in organizing network medicine workshops internationally, publishing regularly on the topic.
Scientific production: 62 peer-reviewed journal articles since 2007.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7433-624X
Scopus Author ID: 16043223200, 2,645 Citations H-index 21
