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Matteo Pallocca
Socio Associato
Ricercatore
CNR-IEOS
Contact Information
RESEARCH AREA
biological data integration,biological ontologies,IT-ICT technology,sequence analysis
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
I am a Computer Scientist devoted to Bioinformatics and Clinical Research. I led the Bioinformatics activities of the National Cancer Centre in Rome (Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena) from 2018 to 2023. Since May 2023 I have been working as a Data Engineering Coordinator of the Italian BBMRI node, with the aim of supporting the data FAIRification transition of Italian Biobanks.
My main research interest are biomarker reduction and inference from Transcriptomics data, biotechnological optimization, and Molecular Real World Data Analysis.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Betti M, Salzano C, (...), Pallocca M*
Development of a somatic variant registry in a National Cancer Center: towards Molecular Real World Data preparedness
Journal of Biomedical Informatics 2023

Betti M, Massacci A, (...), Pallocca M*
Optimizing the Illumina COVIDSeq laboratorial and bioinformatics pipeline on thousands of samples for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern tracking
Computational and Structural Biotechnology 2022

Massacci A., (...), Pallocca M*
Design of a companion bioinformatic tool to detect the emergence and geographical distribution of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein genetic variants
Journal of Translational Medicine 2020

Pallocca M*, Angeli D*, et. al
Combinations of immuno-checkpoint inhibitors predictive biomarkers only marginally improve their individual accuracy.
Journal of Translational Medicine 2019

Angeli D, Fanciulli M, Pallocca M*
Reverse Engineering Cancer: Inferring Transcriptional Gene Signatures from Copy Number Aberrations with ICAro. Cancers 2019

Pallocca M*, Goeman F*, (...), Maugeri-Saccà, M.
Coexisting YAP expression and TP53 missense mutations delineates a molecular scenario unexpectedly associated with better survival outcomes in advanced gastric cancer.
Journal of Translational Medicine 2018

Aurisicchio, L.*, Pallocca, M.*, Ciliberto, G., Palombo, F.
The perfect personalized cancer therapy: Cancer vaccines against neoantigens Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research 2018

D'Antonio M., D'Onorio De Meo P., Pallocca M., Picardi E., D'Erchia AM., Calogero R.,Castrignanò T., Pesole G. RAP: RNA-Seq Analysis Pipeline, a new cloud-based NGS web application.
BMC Genomics. 2015
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cancer Research (JECCR)
MAIN TEACHINGS
Bioinformatics 2, Univ. Sapienza di Roma, 2018-2019
Bioinformatics 2, Univ. Sapienza di Roma, 2019-2020
OTHER TEACHINGS
Seminari per il corso "Bioingegneria per la Genomica", Corso di Laurea Ingegneria Biomedica, 2018-2019