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Italy

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Freelance Bioinformatician with 10+ years experience in cancer research. Expert in NGS, R data analysis and Shiny App

Profile Summary

Bioinformatician with molecular biology background. Deep knowledge of NGS data analysis. Expert in statistical and clinical data analysis with R. Strong focus on data reporting and visualisation (also with interactive shiny applications). Excellent communicator with a wealth of report writing and presenting experience. Analytical, logical and creative thinker, used to working in international and interdisciplinary environment. Committed and enthusiastic team player with the ability to work independently.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Omics
• ★ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ★ Data Visualization
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Big Data Analytics
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Precision Medicine
• ☆ Immunotherapy
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Cancer Biology
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Science Communication

Services

• Research
• Data & AI

Research Scientific and Technical Research

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing

Work Experience

Post-doctoral Bioinformaticist

LMU Munich, Germany

December 2017 - December 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher

Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry

August 2016 - December 2016

Education

PhD

Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry

February 2012 - August 2016

Masters of Science

University of Padova

October 2009 - October 2011

Bachelor of Science

University of Padova

October 2006 - October 2009

Certifications

• Data analysis with R

  LMU Munich

  June 2016 - Present

• Designing and presenting a poster

  BioScript

  April 2015 - Present

• Statistic and introduction to R

  LMU Munich

  January 2015 - Present

• Advanced scientific writing

  BioScript

  February 2014 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Verena Passerini, Michael Mentz, William Keay, Carolin D Strobl, Martina Antoniolli, Louisa Adolph, Michael Heide, Axel Lechner, Sarah Haebe, Elisa Vanessa Osterode, et al.(2022). PARP14 is a novel target in STAT6 mutant follicular lymphoma . Leukemia. 36. (9). p. 2281--2292. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Verena Passerini, Erik Gaitzsch, Elham Khatamzas, Carolin D. Strobl, Maximilian Muenchhoff, Clemens Scherer, Andreas Osterman, Michael Heide, Anna Reischer, Marion Subklewe, et al.(2021). COVID-19 in Patients Receiving CD20-depleting Immunochemotherapy for B-cell Lymphoma . HemaSphere. 5. (7). p. e603. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Verena Passerini, Stefan Karl Christian Alig, Vindi Jurinovic, Mohammad Shahrokh Esfahani, Sarah Haebe, Johannes C. Hellmuth, Erik Gaitzsch, William Keay, Natyra Tahiri, Anna Zoellner, et al.(2020). Evaluating upfront high-dose consolidation after R-CHOP for follicular lymphoma by clinical and genetic risk models . Blood Advances. 4. (18). p. 4451--4462. American Society of Hematology

Verena Passerini, Deepak Bararia, Johannes A. Hildebrand, Sebastian Stolz, Sarah Haebe, Stefan Alig, Christopher P. Trevisani, Francisco Osorio-Barrios, Michael D. Bartoschek, Michael Mentz, et al.(2020). Cathepsin S Alterations Induce a Tumor-Promoting Immune Microenvironment in Follicular Lymphoma . Cell Reports. 31. (5). p. 107522. Elsevier {BV}

Verena Passerini, Maja Kneissig, Kristina Keuper, Mirjam S de Pagter, Markus J van Roosmalen, Jana Martin, Hannah Otto, Aline Campos Sparr, Ivo Renkens, Fenna Kropveld, et al.(2019). Micronuclei-based model system reveals functional consequences of chromothripsis in human cells . eLife. 8. {eLife} Sciences Publications, Ltd

Verena Passerini, Xiaoyu Qu, Hongli Li, Rita M. Braziel, Lisa M. Rimsza, Eric D. Hsi, John P. Leonard, Sonali M. Smith, Robert Kridel, Oliver W. Press, et al.(2019). Genomic alterations important for the prognosis in patients with follicular lymphoma treated in SWOG study S0016 . Blood. 133. (1). p. 81--93. American Society of Hematology

Verena Passerini, Jason M. Sheltzer, Julie H. Ko, John M. Replogle, Nicole C. Habibe Burgos, Erica S. Chung, Colleen M. Meehl, Nicole M. Sayles, Zuzana Storchova, Angelika Amon(2017). Single-chromosome Gains Commonly Function as Tumor Suppressors . Cancer Cell. 31. (2). p. 240--255. Elsevier {BV}

Verena Passerini, Zuzana Storchová(2016). Too much to handle — how gaining chromosomes destabilizes the genome . Cell Cycle. 15. (21). p. 2867--2874. Informa {UK} Limited

Verena Passerini, Efrat Ozeri-Galai, Mirjam S. de Pagter, Neysan Donnelly, Sarah Schmalbrock, Wigard P. Kloosterman, Batsheva Kerem, Zuzana Storchová(2016). The presence of extra chromosomes leads to genomic instability . Nature Communications. 7. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Verena Passerini, Milena Dürrbaum, Anastasia Yurievna Kuznetsova, Silvia Stingele, Gabriele Stoehr, Zuzana Storchová(2014). Unique features of the transcriptional response to model aneuploidy in human cells . BMC Genomics. 15. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Verena Passerini, Neysan Donnelly, Milena D&#252;rrbaum, Silvia Stingele, Zuzana Storchov&#225;(2014). <scp>HSF</scp> 1 deficiency and impaired <scp>HSP</scp> 90‐dependent protein folding are hallmarks of aneuploid human cells . The EMBO Journal. 33. (20). p. 2374--2387. {EMBO}