Davide Seruggia
Davide Seruggia, PhD, joined St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute as Principal Investigator of the Pediatric Leukemia Biology Group in January 2021. He graduated in Biotechnology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, and a obtained a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the CNB-CSIC in Madrid, where he studied non-coding regulatory DNA sequences in the mouse. During his postdoc with Stuart H. Orkin at the Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, he trained in hematology, epigenetics and genomics.
Among others, Seruggia has first-authored publications in high-ranked journals such as Nature Genetics and Molecular Cell. The scientist received several fellowships, awards and grants, most recently his research project was selected for funding with the prestigious ERC Starting grant.