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Giovanni Stracquadanio is a Professor of Engineering Biology at the University of Edinburgh, where he serves as a UKRI EPSRC Fellow and co-director of the Edinburgh Genome Foundry. Stracquadanio obtained his PhD in Informatics from the University of Catania, Italy, in 2010. Following his doctoral studies, he completed postdoctoral training in synthetic biology at Johns Hopkins University, contributing significantly to the Synthetic Yeast (Sc2.0) genome project. His research has focused on cancer genetics and developing statistical genetics methods for analyzing inherited mutations. In 2016, he relocated to the University of Edinburgh, establishing a computational biology lab and receiving a Wellcome Trust Seed Award in 2017. Stracquadanio has authored over 40 research articles in prestigious journals, including Science and Nature Reviews Cancer, and serves as an Associate Editor for BMC Genomics. His primary research interests include synthetic genomics, enzyme engineering, and the application of AI in biological engineering, particularly in developing therapies for lysosomal storage diseases.
University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh, UK
Leading research in Engineering Biology and supervising a lab focused on synthetic biology and AI applications.
Ludwig Institute Cancer Research, University of Oxford • Oxford, UK
Conducted research on cancer genetics under the supervision of Gareth Bond.
Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, USA
Worked on synthetic biology, focusing on the Synthetic Yeast (Sc2.0) genome project.
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