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Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Clinical Trial Documentation,
Technical Writing
Research
Feasibility Study,
Gray Literature Search,
Secondary Data Collection
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis,
Data Visualization
Product Development
Formulation
Work Experience
Assistant professor, Wellcome ISSF Fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
January 2020 - Present 
Postdoctoral Fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
July 2018 - March 2020
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow
Imperial College London
July 2016 - June 2018
phD student
Universiteit Leiden
January 2012 - May 2016
Education
phD student (Institute of Biology)
Universiteit Leiden
January 2012 - Present
Master of Science Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology (Chemistry and Biology)
Università degli Studi di Salerno
September 2009 - August 2011
Bachelor of Science Molecular and Computational Biology (Chemistry and Biology)
Università degli Studi di Salerno
September 2007 - December 2009
Certifications
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National Scientific Qualification in Clinical Microbiology
Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca, Rome, Italy
July 2020 - Present
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National Scientific Qualification in Microbiology
Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca, Rome, Italy
July 2020 - Present
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AfN certified Diet Specialist course
Diet Specialist, Birmingham, UK
February 2019 - Present
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Home Office Personal Licence (PiL A/B, E1/L)
Royal Society of Biology & University College London, London, UK
July 2018 - Present
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FELASA (Federation of Laboratory Animal Science Associations) Level C
Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
June 2016 - Present
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Vincenzo Torraca, Frida Sommer, Yufei Xie, Aliede E. in ‘t Veld, Joost Willemse, Annemarie H. Meijer (2021). Disruption of Cxcr3 chemotactic signaling alters lysosomal function and renders macrophages more microbicidal . Cell Reports.
Vincenzo Torraca, David R. Stirling, Oniz Suleyman, Eliza Gil, Philip M. Elks, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Gillian S. Tomlinson(2020). Analysis tools to quantify dissemination of pathology in zebrafish larvae . Scientific Reports. 10. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Vincenzo Torraca, Håkon Høgset, Conor C. Horgan, James P. K. Armstrong, Mads S. Bergholt, Qu Chen, Timothy J. Keane, Laurence Bugeon, Margaret J. Dallman, Serge Mostowy, et al. (2020). In vivo biomolecular imaging of zebrafish embryos using confocal Raman spectroscopy . Nature Communications.
Vincenzo Torraca, Kathryn Holt, Serge Mostowy(2020). Shigella sonnei . Trends in Microbiology. 28. (8). p. 696--697. Elsevier {BV}
Vincenzo Torraca, Rui Zhang, Monica Varela, Gabriel Forn-Cuní, Michiel van der Vaart, Annemarie H. Meijer(2020). Deficiency in the autophagy modulator Dram1 exacerbates pyroptotic cell death of Mycobacteria-infected macrophages . Cell Death & Disease. 11. (4). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Vincenzo Torraca, Myrsini Kaforou, Jayne Watson, Gina M. Duggan, Hazel Guerrero-Gutierrez, Sina Krokowski, Michael Hollinshead, Thomas B. Clarke, Rafal Mostowy, Gillian S. Tomlinson, et al. (2020). Shigella sonnei infection of zebrafish reveals that O-antigen mediates neutrophil tolerance and dysentery incidence . Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Sommer, Frida, Meijer, Annemarie H. (2020). Chemokine Receptors and Phagocyte Biology in Zebrafish . Frontiers in Immunology.
Vincenzo Torraca, Matthew A. Mulvey, Myrsini Kaforou, Jayne Watson, Gina M. Duggan, Hazel Guerrero-Gutierrez, Sina Krokowski, Michael Hollinshead, Thomas B. Clarke, Rafal J. Mostowy, et al.(2019). Shigella sonnei infection of zebrafish reveals that O-antigen mediates neutrophil tolerance and dysentery incidence . PLOS Pathogens. 15. (12). p. e1008006. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})
C. Tulotta, C. Stefanescu, Q. Chen, V. Torraca, A. H. Meijer, B. E. Snaar-Jagalska(2019). CXCR4 signaling regulates metastatic onset by controlling neutrophil motility and response to malignant cells . Scientific Reports. 9. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Vincenzo Torraca, Samrah Masud, Tomasz K. Prajsnar, Gerda E.M. Lamers, Marianne Benning, Michiel Van Der Vaart, Annemarie H. Meijer(2019). Macrophages target Salmonella by Lc3-associated phagocytosis in a systemic infection model . Autophagy. 15. (5). p. 796--812. Informa {UK} Limited
Annemarie Meijer (2019). CXCR4 signaling regulates metastatic onset by controlling neutrophil motility and response to malignant cells . Scientific Reports.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Sommer, Frida, Kamel, Sarah M., Lombardi, Amber, Meijer, Annemarie H. (2019). Frontline Science: Antagonism between regular and atypical Cxcr3 receptors regulates macrophage migration during infection and injury in zebrafish . Journal of Leukocyte Biology.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Gomes, Margarida C., Sarris, Milka, Mostowy, Serge (2019). Meeting report: Zebrafish Infection and Immunity 2019 . Lab Animal.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Rougeot, Julien, Zakrzewska, Ania, Kanwal, Zakia, Jansen, Hans J., Sommer, Frida, Spaink, Herman P., Meijer, Annemarie H. (2019). RNAseq Profiling of Leukocyte Populations in Zebrafish Larvae Reveals a cxcl11 Chemokine Gene as a Marker of Macrophage Polarization During Mycobacterial Infection . Frontiers in Immunology.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Watson, Jayne L., Sanchez-Garrido, Julia, Goddard, Philippa J., Mostowy, Serge, Shenoy, Avinash R., Clements, Abigail (2019). Shigella sonnei O-Antigen Inhibits Internalization, Vacuole Escape, and Inflammasome Activation . mBio.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Masud, Samrah, Prajsnar, Tomasz K., Lamers, Gerda E. M., Benning, Marianne, Van der Vaart, Michiel, Meijer, Annemarie H. (2019). Macrophages target Salmonella by Lc3-associated phagocytosis in a systemic infection model . Autophagy.
Willis AR, Torraca V, Gomes MC, Shelley J, Mazon-Moya M, Filloux A, Lo Celso C, Mostowy S(2018). Shigella-Induced Emergency Granulopoiesis Protects Zebrafish Larvae from Secondary Infection . mBio.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Willis, Alexandra R., Gomes, Margarida C., Shelley, Jennifer, Mazon-Moya, Maria, Filloux, Alain, Lo Celso, Cristina, Mostowy, Serge (2018). Shigella-Induced Emergency Granulopoiesis Protects Zebrafish Larvae from Secondary Infection . mBio.
Vincenzo Torraca, Serge Mostowy (2018). Zebrafish Infection: From Pathogenesis to Cell Biology . Trends in Cell Biology.
Vincenzo Torraca, Maria J. Mazon-Moya, Dana J. Philpott, Alexandra R. Willis, Laurent Boucontet, Avinash R. Shenoy, Emma Colucci-Guyon, Serge Mostowy(2017). Septins restrict inflammation and protect zebrafish larvae from Shigella infection . PLOS Pathogens. 13. (6). p. e1006467. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})
Vincenzo Torraca, Maria J. Mazon-Moya, Alexandra R. Willis, Laurent Boucontet, Avinash R. Shenoy, Emma Colucci-Guyon, Serge Mostowy, Dana J. Philpott(2017). Septins restrict inflammation and protect zebrafish larvae from Shigella infection . PLOS Pathogens. 13. (6). p. e1006467. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})
Vincenzo Torraca, Antonia Chatzopoulou, Peter J. Schoonheim, Annemarie H. Meijer, Herman P. Spaink, Marcel J.M. Schaaf(2017). Functional analysis reveals no transcriptional role for the glucocorticoid receptor β-isoform in zebrafish . Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 447. p. 61--70. Elsevier {BV}
Vincenzo Torraca, Antonia Chatzopoulou, Peter J. Schoonheim, Annemarie H. Meijer, Herman P. Spaink, Marcel J.M. Schaaf(2017). Functional analysis reveals no transcriptional role for the glucocorticoid receptor β-isoform in zebrafish . Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. Elsevier {BV}
Vincenzo Torraca, Claudia Tulotta, B. Ewa Snaar-Jagalska, Annemarie H. Meijer(2017). The chemokine receptor CXCR4 promotes granuloma formation by sustaining a mycobacteria-induced angiogenesis programme . Scientific Reports. 7. p. 45061. Springer Nature
Vincenzo Torraca, Natasja A. Otto, Aidin Tavakoli-Tameh, Annemarie H. Meijer(2017). The inflammatory chemokine Cxcl18b exerts neutrophil-specific chemotaxis via the promiscuous chemokine receptor Cxcr2 in zebrafish . Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 67. p. 57--65. Elsevier {BV}
Vincenzo Torraca, Natasja A. Otto, Aidin Tavakoli-Tameh, Annemarie H. Meijer(2017). The inflammatory chemokine Cxcl18b exerts neutrophil-specific chemotaxis via the promiscuous chemokine receptor Cxcr2 in zebrafish . Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 67. p. 57--65.
Annemarie Meijer (2017). The chemokine receptor CXCR4 promotes granuloma formation by sustaining a mycobacteria-induced angiogenesis programme . Scientific Reports.
Vincenzo Torraca, Maria J. Mazon-Moya, Alexandra R. Willis, Laurent Boucontet, Avinash R. Shenoy, Emma Colucci-Guyon, Serge Mostowy(2017). Septins restrict inflammation and protect zebrafish larvae from Shigella infection . PLOS Pathogens. 13. (6). p. e1006467.
Vincenzo Torraca, Maria J. Mazon-Moya, Alexandra R. Willis, Laurent Boucontet, Avinash R. Shenoy, Emma Colucci-Guyon, Serge Mostowy (2017). Septins restrict inflammation and protect zebrafish larvae from Shigella infection . PLOS Pathogens.
Vincenzo Torraca, Claudia Tulotta, B. Ewa Snaar-Jagalska, Annemarie H. Meijer(2017). The chemokine receptor CXCR4 promotes granuloma formation by sustaining a mycobacteria-induced angiogenesis programme . Scientific Reports. 7. p. 45061.
Vincenzo Torraca, Maria J. Mazon-Moya, Alexandra R. Willis, Laurent Boucontet, Avinash R. Shenoy, Emma Colucci-Guyon, Serge Mostowy(2017). Septins restrict inflammation and protect zebrafish larvae from Shigella infection . PLOS Pathogens. 13. (6). p. e1006467.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Otto, Natasja A., Tavakoli-Tameh, Aidin, Meijer, Annemarie H. (2017). The inflammatory chemokine Cxcl18b exerts neutrophil-specific chemotaxis via the promiscuous chemokine receptor Cxcr2 in zebrafish . Developmental & Comparative Immunology.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Chatzopoulou, Antonia, Schoonheim, Peter J., Meijer, Annemarie H., Spaink, Herman P., Schaaf, Marcel J. M. (2017). Functional analysis reveals no transcriptional role for the glucocorticoid receptor beta-isoform in zebrafish . Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Masud, Samrah, Meijer, Annemarie H. (2017). Modeling Infectious Diseases in the Context of a Developing Immune System . Current Topics in Developmental Biology.
Vincenzo Torraca, Antonia Chatzopoulou, Peter J. Schoonheim, Annemarie H. Meijer, Herman P. Spaink, Marcel J.M. Schaaf(2017). Functional analysis reveals no transcriptional role for the glucocorticoid receptor β-isoform in zebrafish . Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.
Torraca, V., Mostowy, S.(2017). Zebrafish Infection: From Pathogenesis to Cell Biology . Trends in Cell Biology.
Vincenzo Torraca, Serge Mostowy(2016). Septins and Bacterial Infection . Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 4. Frontiers Media {SA}
Vincenzo Torraca, Natasja A. Otto, Aidin Tavakoli-Tameh, Annemarie H. Meijer(2016). The inflammatory chemokine Cxcl18b exerts neutrophil-specific chemotaxis via the promiscuous chemokine receptor Cxcr2 in zebrafish . Developmental & Comparative Immunology. Elsevier {BV}
Torraca, Vincenzo, Mostowy, Serge (2016). Septins and Bacterial Infection . Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.
Vincenzo Torraca, Natasja A. Otto, Aidin Tavakoli-Tameh, Annemarie H. Meijer(2016). The inflammatory chemokine Cxcl18b exerts neutrophil-specific chemotaxis via the promiscuous chemokine receptor Cxcr2 in zebrafish . Developmental & Comparative Immunology.
Vincenzo Torraca, Serge Mostowy(2016). Septins and Bacterial Infection . Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 4.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Cui, Chao, Boland, Ralf, Bebelman, Jan-Paul, van der Sar, Astrid M., Smit, Martine J., Siderius, Marco, Spaink, Herman P., Meijer, Annemarie H. (2015). The CXCR3-CXCL11 signaling axis mediates macrophage recruitment and dissemination of mycobacterial infection . Disease Models & Mechanisms.
Torraca, V., Cui, C., Boland, R., Bebelman, J.-P., Van Der Sar, A.M., Smit, M.J., Siderius, M., Spaink, H.P., Meijer, A.H.(2015). The CXCR3-CXCL11 signaling axis mediates macrophage recruitment and dissemination of mycobacterial infection . DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms. 8. (3). p. 253-269.
(2015). The CXCR3/CXCL11 signaling axis mediates macrophage recruitment and dissemination of mycobacterial infection . Disease Models and Mechanisms.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Masud, Samrah, Spaink, Herman P., Meijer, Annemarie H. (2014). Macrophage-pathogen interactions in infectious diseases: new therapeutic insights from the zebrafish host model . Disease Models & Mechanisms.
Torraca, V., Masud, S., Spaink, H.P., Meijer, A.H.(2014). Macrophage-pathogen interactions in infectious diseases: New therapeutic insights from the zebrafish host model . DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms. 7. (7). p. 785-797.
(2014). Macrophage-pathogen interactions in infectious diseases: new therapeutic insights from the zebrafish host model . Disease Models and Mechanisms.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Spaink, Herman P., Cui, Chao, Wiweger, Malgorzata I., Jansen, Hans J., Veneman, Wouter J., Marin-Juez, Ruben, de Sonneville, Jan, Ordas, Anita, van der Ent, Wietske, et al. (2013). Robotic injection of zebrafish embryos for high-throughput screening in disease models . Methods.
Spaink, H.P., Cui, C., Wiweger, M.I., Jansen, H.J., Veneman, W.J., Marín-Juez, R., De Sonneville, J., Ordas, A., Torraca, V., van der Ent, W., et al.(2013). Robotic injection of zebrafish embryos for high-throughput screening in disease models . Methods. 62. (3). p. 246-254.
(2013). Robotic injection of zebrafish embryos for high-throughput screening in disease models. Methods . Methods.
Vincenzo Torraca, Xiang Zhou, Fabrice Laroche, Gerda E. M. Lamers, Patrick Voskamp, Tao Lu, Fuqiang Chu, Herman P. Spaink, Jan Pieter Abrahams, Zunfeng Liu(2012). Ultra-small graphene oxide functionalized with polyethylenimine (PEI) for very efficient gene delivery in cell and zebrafish embryos . Nano Research. 5. (10). p. 703--709. Springer Nature
(2012). Ultra-small graphene oxide functionalized with polyethylenimine (PEI) for very efficient gene delivery in cell and zebrafish embryos . Nano Research.
Vincenzo Torraca, Xiang Zhou, Fabrice Laroche, Gerda E. M. Lamers, Patrick Voskamp, Tao Lu, Fuqiang Chu, Herman P. Spaink, Jan Pieter Abrahams, Zunfeng Liu(2012). Ultra-small graphene oxide functionalized with polyethylenimine (PEI) for very efficient gene delivery in cell and zebrafish embryos . Nano Research. 5. (10). p. 703--709.
Torraca, Vincenzo, Zhou, Xiang, Laroche, Fabrice, Lamers, Gerda E. M., Voskamp, Patrick, Lu, Tao, Chu, Fuqiang, Spaink, Herman P., Abrahams, Jan Pieter, Liu, Zunfeng (2012). Ultra-small graphene oxide functionalized with polyethylenimine (PEI) for very efficient gene delivery in cell and zebrafish embryos . Nano Research.
Vincenzo Torraca Recommendation of [Cronan MR et al., Immunity 2016 45(4):861-876] .
DATA SET
Vincenzo Torraca, Frida Sommer, Annemarie H. Meijer (2020). Supplementary RNAseq dataset files . Zenodo.
Vincenzo Torraca, Frida Sommer, Annemarie H. Meijer (2020). Supplementary RNAseq dataset files . Zenodo.
Vincenzo Torraca, Frida Sommer, Annemarie H. Meijer (2020). Supplementary RNAseq dataset files . Zenodo.
Vincenzo Torraca, Rui Zhang, Gabriel Forn-Cuní, Michiel van der Vaart, Annemarie H. Meijer (2019). Enrichment of gene sets altered in dram1 mutant zebrafish larvae . Zenodo.
Vincenzo Torraca, Rui Zhang, Gabriel Forn-Cuní, Michiel van der Vaart, Annemarie H. Meijer (2019). Enrichment of gene sets altered in dram1 mutant zebrafish larvae . Zenodo.
Vincenzo Torraca, Rui Zhang, Gabriel Forn-Cuní, Michiel van der Vaart, Annemarie H. Meijer (2019). Enrichment of gene sets altered in dram1 mutant zebrafish larvae . Zenodo.
Vincenzo Torraca, Serge Mostowy(2017). Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Macrophage Epithelial Reprogramming Underlies Mycobacterial Granuloma Formation and Promotes Infection . F1000 - Post-publication peer review of the biomedical literature. Faculty of 1000, Ltd.
OTHER
Vincenzo Torraca, Jayne L Watson, Julia Sanchez-Garrido, Philippa J Goddard, Serge Mostowy, Avinash R Shenoy, Abigail Clements(2019). Shigella sonnei O-antigen inhibits internalisation, vacuole escape and inflammasome activation . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Vincenzo Torraca, Jayne L Watson, Julia Sanchez-Garrido, Philippa J Goddard, Serge Mostowy, Avinash R Shenoy, Abigail Clements(2019). Shigella sonnei O-antigen inhibits internalisation, vacuole escape and inflammasome activation . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Vincenzo Torraca, Frida Sommer, Sarah Kamel, Amber Lombardi, Annemarie H. Meijer(2019). Antagonism between regular and atypical Cxcr3 receptors regulates macrophage migration during infection and injury in zebrafish . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Vincenzo Torraca, Frida Sommer, Sarah Kamel, Amber Lombardi, Annemarie H. Meijer(2019). Antagonism between regular and atypical Cxcr3 receptors regulates macrophage migration during infection and injury in zebrafish . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Vincenzo Torraca, David R. Stirling, Oniz Suleyman, Eliza Gil, Philip M. Elks, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Gillian S. Tomlinson(2019). Analysis tools to quantify dissemination of pathology in zebrafish larvae . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Vincenzo Torraca, David R. Stirling, Oniz Suleyman, Eliza Gil, Philip M. Elks, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Gillian S. Tomlinson(2019). Analysis tools to quantify dissemination of pathology in zebrafish larvae . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Vincenzo Torraca, Rui Zhang, Monica Varela, Gabriel Forn-Cuni, Michiel van der Vaart, Annemarie H. Meijer(2019). Deficiency in the autophagy modulator Dram1 exacerbates pyroptotic cell death of Mycobacteria-infected macrophages . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Vincenzo Torraca, Serge Mostowy(2017). Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Macrophage Epithelial Reprogramming Underlies Mycobacterial Granuloma Formation and Promotes Infection . F1000 - Post-publication peer review of the biomedical literature.
Vincenzo Torraca, Samrah Masud, Annemarie H. Meijer(2017). Modeling Infectious Diseases in the Context of a Developing Immune System . Current Topics in Developmental Biology. p. 277--329.
Vincenzo Torraca, Samrah Masud, Annemarie H. Meijer(2017). Modeling Infectious Diseases in the Context of a Developing Immune System . Zebrafish at the Interface of Development and Disease Research. p. 277--329. Elsevier
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