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Daniele Merico

Contact

Location: Common Lab Area, 6th Floor (CCBR)
Email: <daniele DOT merico AT gmail DOT com>
Skype: the-amerigo
Linked-In: Daniele Merico

Research Projects

Present Reasearch Projects

Projects @CCBR:

Mouse Heart Pathway Project (Main Directory of my work)
With: Ruth Isserlin. Supervised by: Andrew Emili and Gary Bader.
I am specifically working on the gene expression analysis using:
- Set-enrichment
- Identification of active miRNAs
- Pathway profiling
- Network profiling
Active Cell Map (pathway & network: topology, expression profiling, activity patterns, etc...)
Supervised by: Gary Bader.
- Enrichment Method for Time-Series

Ongoing Collaborative Projects:

Biomedical Ontologies, bridging clinics and molecular biosciences

Past Research Projects

Projects @UNIMIB:

Analysis of Time-course Microarray Data
With Italo Zoppis. Supervised by: Marco Antoniotti.
- enahncements of the GOALIE approach to time-course data analysis
- the PIFS data-set analysis (with the CDC of Atlanta & University of South Wales)
Clinical Phenotype Ontology for Cerebrovascular Disorders (NEUROWEB Project)
With Gianluca Colombo, Giuseppe "Beppe" Frisoni, Flavio De Paoli, Marco Antoniotti. Supervised by: Giancarlo Mauri.
Ref & Links:
- NETTAB 2007 presentation;
- published papers & proceedings.

Projects @UNIMI:

The p63 Network
With Alessandra Viganò. Supervised by: Roberto Mantovani (code-name Mantor).
Ref & Links: p63 EMBO Paper
The Landscape of NF-Y Binding
With: Michele Ceribelli, Diletta Dolfini. Supervised by: Roberto Mantovani.
Ref & Links:
- The histone like NF-Y is a bifunctional transcription factor.
- A balance between NF-Y and p53 governs the pro- and anti-apoptotic transcriptional response.
Link to the Mantor Works Directory

Activity Reports

Work logs, concerning on-going reserach activity, will be visible only to lab members.
Memoranda, concerning paper and seminar summaries, or more general considerations, will be kept more open.

Knowledge Sharing

Here's the knowledge & expertise I wish to share with anybody who wants to.

Computational techniques & resources:

PCA (Principal Correspondence Analysis) & CA (Correspondence Analysis)
Correlation Measures (Pearson, Spearman)
- Pearson Correlation and the Dot Product
Distance Measures (continuous data: Euclidean, correlation-based; binary data: Hamming, Jaccard-based; sets: Jaccard-based)
- a few tips on distances (especially for binary strings)
Standard Affymetrix Microarray Analysis
- (CEL files handling, Normalization, Signal computation (e.g. rma), Exploratory Analysis, Differentially Expressed Genes)
Clustering (hierarchical, K-means, CLICK, etc...)
Statistical tests (t-test, Fisher's, Kolmogorov-Smirnov)
Gene Ontology

I usually program with:

R (see also Bioconductor)

Go to my How To Directory for tips with R programming.

Cytoscape Memos

Biological Systems and Pathologies I've been working on (in order of confidence):

Mammalian Immune System (focus on Dendritic Cells)
Ischemic Stroke & Atherosclerosis
Mammalian Chromatin Modification
Yeast Cell Cycle

Resume & CV

I was born in Saronno (VA, Italy) in 29/07/1981. I lived, studied and worked in the Milan metropolitan area till November 2007. I got my BSc in Molecular Biotechnologies (July 2003) and my MSc Bioinformatics (July 2005) at Università di Milano-Bicocca. I started my PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Università di Milano in 2005.
My scientific interests are:

Pathways and Networks
Human Phenotypes
Expression Data and Transcriptional Regulation
Biomedical Knowledge Engineering & Representation
Philosophy and Sociology of Science

For more details, please have a look at my CV: CV.PDF.

Affiliations

CCBR - Banting & Best Dept. of Medical Research
- Visiting PhD student
Università di Milano (UNIMI) - Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie (DSBB)
- PhD student (Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology)
  Roberto Mantovani's Lab
Università di Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB) - Dipartimento di Informatica (DISCo)
- External PhD student
  BiMIB Group (Bioinformatics at Milano-Bicocca)

Trivia & Amenities

The Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge's Taxonomy: how not to build an ontology

I like to...

travel, and discover new cultures
meet people
discuss ideas
take more than 45' to have lunch or dinner
swim, walk, trek
write runes (still have to learn ideograms...)
drink beer
throw snowballs (look out...)
laugh

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__Email__: [[MailTo(daniele DOT merico AT gmail DOT com)]][[BR]]
__Skype__: the-amerigo[[BR]]
__Linked-In__: [http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=4048991&goback=%2Econ-*3conbro*40*4*051*4false*4*02*40%2Ebcc_2220874_1/ Daniele Merico][[BR]]
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__Email__: <<MailTo(daniele DOT merico AT gmail DOT com)>><<BR>>
__Skype__: the-amerigo<<BR>>
__Linked-In__: [[http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=4048991&goback=%2Econ-*3conbro*40*4*051*4false*4*02*40%2Ebcc_2220874_1/|Daniele Merico]]<<BR>>
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-=== Research Projects ===
__Current Projects @CCBR__:
 * '''Active Cell Map''' (pathway & network: topology, expression profiling, activity patterns, etc...)
   Supervised by: [:GaryBader:Gary Bader].
 * '''MouseHeartPathwayProject'''
   With: [:RuthIsserlin:Ruth Isserlin]. Supervised by: [http://lambda.med.utoronto.ca/Emili.htm/ Andrew Emili] and [:GaryBader:Gary Bader].
+== Research Projects ==
=== Present Reasearch Projects ===
__Projects @CCBR__: <<BR>>
 * '''Mouse Heart Pathway Project''' 
 ([[MouseHeartPathwayProject/NetworkProfilingTrack|Main Directory of my work]])<<BR>>
 With: [[RuthIsserlin|Ruth Isserlin]]. 
 Supervised by: [[http://lambda.med.utoronto.ca/Emili.htm/|Andrew Emili]] and [[GaryBader|Gary Bader]]. <<BR>>
 I am specifically working on the gene expression analysis using:
   * Set-enrichment
   * Identification of active miRNAs
   * Pathway profiling 
   * Network profiling
 * '''Active Cell Map''' (pathway & network: topology, expression profiling, activity patterns, etc...) <<BR>>
 Supervised by: [[GaryBader|Gary Bader]].
   * [[DanieleMerico/Enrichment_Time| Enrichment Method for Time-Series]]
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-__Almost-completed or on-going Projects @UNIMI/UNIMIB__:
 * Knowledge Engineering of Human Phenotypes
   With Gianluca Colombo. Supervised by: Giancarlo Mauri.
 * Analysis of Time-course Microarray Data 
   With Italo Zoppis. Supervised by: Marco Antoniotti.
+__Ongoing Collaborative Projects__: <<BR>>
 * [[DanieleMerico/OntoBioMed| Biomedical Ontologies]], bridging clinics and molecular biosciences
 
=== Past Research Projects ===
__Projects @UNIMIB__:
 * Analysis of Time-course Microarray Data<<BR>> 
 With Italo Zoppis. Supervised by: Marco Antoniotti.
   * enahncements of the GOALIE approach to time-course data analysis
   * the PIFS data-set analysis (with the CDC of Atlanta & University of South Wales)

 * Clinical Phenotype Ontology for Cerebrovascular Disorders (NEUROWEB Project)
 With Gianluca Colombo, Giuseppe "Beppe" Frisoni, Flavio De Paoli, Marco Antoniotti. Supervised by: Giancarlo Mauri.<<BR>>
 Ref & Links: 
   * [[http://www.nettab.org/2007/slides/SemanticWeb_Frisoni.pdf|NETTAB 2007 presentation]]; 
   * [[http://nuke.neurowebkc.eu/Dissemination/tabid/66/Default.aspx/|published papers & proceedings]].
 
__Projects @UNIMI__:
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-   With Alessandra Viganò. Supervised by: Roberto Mantovani.
   Ref & Links: [http://www.nature.com/emboj/journal/v25/n21/pdf/7601375a.pdf p63 EMBO Paper]
+ With Alessandra Viganò. Supervised by: Roberto Mantovani (code-name ''Mantor'').<<BR>>
 Ref & Links: [[http://www.nature.com/emboj/journal/v25/n21/pdf/7601375a.pdf|p63 EMBO Paper]]
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-__Completed Projects @UNIMI/UNIMIB__:
 * Clinical Phenotype Ontology for Cerebrovascular Disorders (NEUROWEB Project)
  With Gianluca Colombo, Flavio De Paoli, Marco Antoniotti. Supervised by: Giancarlo Mauri.
  Ref & Links: [http://www.nettab.org/2007/slides/SemanticWeb_Frisoni.pdf/ NETTAB 2007 presentation]; 
  [http://nuke.neurowebkc.eu/Dissemination/tabid/66/Default.aspx/ published papers & proceedings].
 * The Landscape of NF-Y Binding
  With: Michele Ceribelli, Diletta Dolfini. Supervised by: Roberto Mantovani.
  Ref & Links: (2 accepted papers)
+ * The Landscape of NF-Y Binding<<BR>>
 With: Michele Ceribelli, Diletta Dolfini. Supervised by: Roberto Mantovani.<<BR>>
 Ref & Links: 
   * [[http://mcb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/MCB.01861-07v1?view=long&pmid=18212061|The histone like NF-Y is a bifunctional transcription factor.]]
   * [[http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/gkm1046v2|A balance between NF-Y and p53 governs the pro- and anti-apoptotic transcriptional response.]]
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-=== Work Logs ===
(To be filled yet...)
+ * [[DanieleMerico/Mantor| Link to the Mantor Works Directory]]

=== Activity Reports ===
[[DanieleMerico/WorkLogDirectory| Work logs]], concerning on-going reserach activity, will be visible only to lab members.<<BR>>
[[DanieleMerico/MemorandaDirectory| Memoranda]], concerning paper and seminar summaries, or more general considerations, will be kept more open.
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+   * [[DanieleMerico/HowtoDirectory/PearsonDotP| Pearson Correlation and the Dot Product]]
 * Distance Measures (continuous data: Euclidean, correlation-based; binary data: Hamming, Jaccard-based; sets: Jaccard-based)<<BR>>
   * [[DanieleMerico/HowtoDirectory/Distances| a few tips on distances]] (especially for binary strings)
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- * Clustering (hirerarchical, K-means, CLICK, etc...)
 * Statistical tests (t-test, Fisher's)
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 * Statistical tests (t-test, Fisher's, Kolmogorov-Smirnov)
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- * [http://cran.r-project.org/ R] (see also [http://www.bioconductor.org/ Bioconductor])
+ * [[http://cran.r-project.org/|R]] (see also [[http://www.bioconductor.org/|Bioconductor]])
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-Go to my [:DmHowtoDirectory: How To Directory] for tips with R programming.
+Go to my [[DanieleMerico/HowtoDirectory| How To Directory]] for tips with R programming.

[[DanieleMerico/CytoMemo| Cytoscape Memos]]
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-I got my BSc in Molecular Biotechnologies (July 2003) and my MSc Bioinformatics (July 2005) at Università di Milano-Bicocca. I started my PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Università di Milano in 2005.[[BR]]
+I got my BSc in Molecular Biotechnologies (July 2003) and my MSc Bioinformatics (July 2005) at Università di Milano-Bicocca. I started my PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Università di Milano in 2005.<<BR>>
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-For more details, please have a look at my CV: [attachment:DanieleMericoCV.PDF CV.PDF].
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- * Università di Milano ([http://www.unimi.it UNIMI]) - Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie ([http://www.sbb.unimi.it/ DSBB])
   PhD student (Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology)[[BR]]
   [http://www.bsb.unimi.it/gene_expression.htm Roberto Mantovani's Lab]
 * Università di Milano-Bicocca ([http://www.unimib.it UNIMIB]) - Dipartimento di Informatica ([http://www.disco.unimib.it/ DISCo])
   External PhD student[[BR]]
   [http://bimib.disco.unimib.it/ BiMIB Group] (Bioinformatics at Milano-Bicocca)
+ * Università di Milano ([[http://www.unimi.it|UNIMI]]) - Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie ([[http://www.sbb.unimi.it/|DSBB]])
   PhD student (Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology)<<BR>>
   [[http://www.bsb.unimi.it/gene_expression.htm|Roberto Mantovani's Lab]]
 * Università di Milano-Bicocca ([[http://www.unimib.it|UNIMIB]]) - Dipartimento di Informatica ([[http://www.disco.unimib.it/|DISCo]])
   External PhD student<<BR>>
   [[http://bimib.disco.unimib.it/|BiMIB Group]] (Bioinformatics at Milano-Bicocca)
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