Alessandro Coppe

Bioinformatics Group Leader at 5000genomi@VdA | Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Smiley face I'm the Bioinformatics group leader at 5000genomi@VdA, analyzing human cancer genomics with the goal of discovering and interpreting the effects genome variantions in tumor. Currently, I'm working with whole-genome and RNA-Seq data generated by Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies, including both Illumina and Nanopore.

Specialities:

  • Next-generation sequencing data analysis and pipelines development.
  • Strong programming skills (Python, R/bioconductor among others).
  • Large scale genomic and biomedic data integration.
  • Cancer genomics.
  • Data and knowledge integration for biological hypothesis generation.

Last publications:

 Poggiali B, Ponzetti A, Malerba M, Landuzzi F, Furia F, Charrance D, Trova S, Perseghin V, Falcone PA, Alliod V, Malossi A, Carassai P, Familiari U, Vecchi M, Gustincich S, Schena M, Cavalli A, Coppe A. Multiomic analysis of HER2-enriched and AR-positive breast carcinoma with apocrine differentiation and an oligometastatic course: a case report. . BFront Oncol. 2023 Jul 31;13:1240865.
Binatti A, Bresolin S, Bortoluzzi S, Coppe A. iWhale: A Computational Pipeline Based on Docker and SCons for Detection and Annotation of Somatic Variants in Cancer WES Data . Briefings in Bioinformics. 2020 May 20:bbaa065. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbaa065.
Gasparini VR, Binatti A, Coppe A, Teramo A, Vicenzetto C, Calabretto G, Barila' G, Barizza A, Giussani E, Facco M, Mustjoki S, Semenzato G, Zambello R, Bortoluzzi S. A High Definition Picture of Somatic Mutations in Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorder of Natural Killer Cells . Blood Cancer Journal. 2020 Apr 22;10(4):42. doi: 10.1038/s41408-020-0309-2.
Lovisa F, Binatti A, Coppe A, Primerano S, Carraro E, Pillon M, Pizzi M, Guzzardo V, Buffardi S, Porta F, Farruggia P, De Santis R, Bulian P, Basso G, Lazzari E, d'Amore ESG, Bortoluzzi S, Mussolin L. A high definition picture of key genes and pathways mutated in pediatric follicular lymphoma. . Haematologica. 2019 Feb 18. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.211631. PMID: 30819919.
Esposito MR, Binatti A, Pantile M, Coppe A, Mazzocco K, Longo L, Capasso M, Lasorsa VA, Luksch R, Bortoluzzi S, Tonini GP. Somatic mutations in specific and connected subpathways are associated with short neuroblastoma patients' survival and indicate proteins targetable at onset of disease. Int J Cancer. 2018 Jul 11. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31748. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29992558.
Salvoro C, Bortoluzzi S, Coppe A, Valle G, Feltrin E, Mostacciuolo ML, Vazza G. Rare Risk Variants Identification by Identity-by-Descent Mapping and Whole-Exome Sequencing Implicates Neuronal Development Pathways in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. Mol Neurobiol. 2018 Sep;55(9):7366-7376. doi: 10.1007/s12035-018-0922-2. Epub 2018 Feb 6. PubMed PMID: 29411265.
Coppe A, Nogara L, Pizzuto MS, Cani A, Cesaro S, Masetti R, Locatelli F, Te Kronnie G, Basso G, Bortoluzzi S, Bresolin S. Somatic mutations activating Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein concomitant with RAS pathway mutations in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia patients. Hum Mutat. 2018 Apr;39(4):579-587u doi: 10.1002/humu.23399. Epub 2018 Jan 19. PubMed PMID: 29316027.

Location:

You can find me at area Espace Aosta in Via Lavoratori - Vittime del Col du Mont, 28. Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Italy.