Curriculum

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENTS

May 2014- Currently: PostDoc in Human Genetics. Genetic section of the Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Sep 2013- Currently: Academic tutor in Advanced Biostatistics. Supervisor: Dr. Andrea Benazzo. Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

May 2013- Currently: Research visits (one week every two months). Supervisor: Dr. Inga Prokopenko, Dr. Andrew Morris. The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, UK; The Imperial College of London, London, UK.

Jan 2011- Feb 2014: Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology. Supervisor: Prof. Chiara Scapoli. Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Dec 2012- Sep 2013: Academic tutor in Biostatistics. Supervisor: Prof. Giorgio Bertorelle. Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Nov 2011- Dec 2012: Internship at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics during the PhD. Supervisors: Dr. Inga Prokopenko, Dr. Andrew Morris, Prof. Chiara Scapoli. The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, UK.

26 Aug-1 Sep 2012: Research visit. Supervisor: Dr. Reedik Magi. Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

Sep 2011- Nov 2011: Academic tutor in Biology. Supervisor: Prof. Maria Gabriella Marchetti. Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Oct 2008-Jul 2010: Honours Bachelor and Master Degree in Bio-Molecular Science at University of Ferrara, with final mark 110/110 cum laude. Supervisors: Prof. Silvia Fuselli and Prof. Michele Rubini. Thesis (in Italian): “Epistasis within folate metabolism genes in non-syndromic cleft palate”. Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Oct 2005-Jul 2008: Honours Bachelor and degree in Biological Science at University of Ferrara, with final mark 110/110 cum laude. Supervisor: Prof. Silvia Fuselli. Thesis (in Italian): “Genetic variability at ApoE locus and the response to pharmacological therapy for Alzheimer Disease”. Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Sept 2000-Jun 2005: High School qualification with final mark 94/100. Scientific Liceum “Istituto Statale di Istruzione Superiore Galileo Galilei”, Ostiglia (MN), Italy.

ATTENDED ADVANCED COURSES, CONFERENCES  AND WORKSHOPS

23-27 Sep 2013: European conference: “The 49th  European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting 2013”. Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain.

07-10 Sep 2013: Wellcome Trust Conference: “The Genomics of Common Diseases 2013 ”. Keble College, Oxford, UK.

08-11 Jun 2013: European conference: “European Society of Human Genetics conference 2013”. Palais des Congrès, 2 Place de la Porte Maillot, Paris, France.

22 Oct-2 Nov 2012: Advanced Course: “Statistical Data Analysis with R – Genomics”. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, UK.

24-28 Sep 2012: Wellcome Trust Advanced Course: “Design and Analysis of Genetic-based Association Studies”. Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.

27-29 Aug 2012 : The 3rd OpenGENE Young Investigator Workshop in The Baltic Region: “Biobanking, New Technologies, Complex Genetic Traits and Personalized Medicine”. Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

12 Jul 2012: Workshop: “The 8th Medical Sciences DPhil Day”. John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, UK.

23-26 Jun 2012: European conference: “European Society of Human Genetics conference 2012”. Nürnberg Convention Center Ost, Nürnberg, Germany.

16-18 May 2012: Workshop: “ENGAGE Pleiotropy Workshop”. Hotel Europa, Ferrara, Italy.

12-13 Apr 2012: European conference: “European Mathematical Genetics Meeting 2012”. Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany.

19-22 Sep 2011: Italian conference: “Convegno congiunto AGI-SIBV-SIGA”. Cittadella d’Assisi, Assisi (PG), Italy.

7-11 Feb 2011: Advanced course: “12th Bologna Winter School_ Deep Sequencing Data Analysis”. Bologna, Italy.

14-17 Oct 2010: Italian conference: “XIII Congresso Società Italiana di Genetica Umana SIGU 2010”. Firenze, Italy.

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

Apr 2014 – Currently: Member of European Society Of Human genetics (ESHG).

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014: Member of European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).

GRANTS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Sep 2013: Grant from University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy) as part of PhD Mobility Program 2013 + Bursary from The Wellcome Trust Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences Selection Committee (Hinxton, UK) for the participation in the  “The Genomics of Common Diseases 2013” conference. 4 days, 400€, 207£.

May 2013: Grant from the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes as part of Albert Renold Travel Fellowships for Young Scientists for a project  of collaboration with the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (Oxford, UK) and the Imperial College of London (London, UK). 9 months, 8000€.

Sep 2012: Grant from University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy) as part of PhD Mobility Program 2013 + Bursary from The Wellcome Trust Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences Selection Committee (Hinxton, UK) for the Wellcome Trust Advanced Course: “Design and Analysis of Genetic-based Association Studies” (Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK). 5 days, 350€, 337.50£.

Aug 2012: Funding from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics of Oxford (Oxford, UK) + Grant from the ENGAGE Exchange and Mobility Program for ENGAGE training funds for the project “Setting the pipelines for the final ENGAGE meta-analyses of cohort-specific results for GIPR, FADS1 and FTO loci within the ENGAGE Flagship Project Large-scale genotyping of selected causal variants” ” – ENGAGE project, grant agreement HEALTH-F4-2007-201413. 1 week, »250€, »450€.

Apr 2008-2012: Studentship from ARCA Nazionale (“Recreational, Cultural and Sporting Activities Association for ENEL Group employees”) in the context of the Studing and Educational Programme. This grant was assigned to me based on my University career. 1 year each, 700€ each.

Feb 2012: Grant from the University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy) and the National Research Office for the “Announcement for young non-employed researchers of the University of Ferrara for funding projects of research and international mobility” for the project “Identification and characterization of causal alleles for glycaemic traits using fine-mapping and longitudinal studying approaches”. This project is funded using “5 per mille” contribution, income tax return year 2009. 8 months, 6000€.

Nov 2011: 50% increase of the PhD Studentship from the University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy) for the Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology for research periods at foreign Universities or Institutes. 13 months, 6500€.

Sep 2011: Grant from University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy) as part of PhD Mobility Program 2013 for the participation in the : “Convegno congiunto AGI-SIBV-SIGA”. 4 days, 310€.

Jan 2011: PhD Studentship from the University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy) for the Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology (Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy). 3 years, »39000€.

MOST RELEVANT REFEREED CONFERENCE POSTER PUBLICATIONS AS FIRST AUTHOR

  1. 1. L Marullo, B Voight, C Fuchsberger, C Scapoli, J Dupuis, JB Meigs, AP Morris, I Prokopenko, on behalf of XC-Pleiotropy group. Dissecting the pleiotropic effects of established type 2 diabetes (T2D) and other cardiometabolic trait loci to define pathways and gene networks involved in T2D pathogenesis. “The 49th  European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting 2013” (Barcelona, Spain, 23-27 Sep 2013).
  2. 2. L Marullo, BK Cornes, TO Kilpeläinen, J Dupuis, C Scapoli, R Loos, JB Meigs, AP Morris, I Prokopenko. Dissecting the genetic architecture of loci with established effects on multiple cardio-metabolic traits. “The Genomics of Common Diseases 2013” (Oxford, UK, 07-10 Sep 2013).
  3. 3. L Marullo, A Antonov, AP Morris, C Scapoli, I Prokopenko. Discovery of new potentially associated loci from pathway analysis of known influencing genes for Type 2 Diabetes. “European Society of Human Genetics Conference 2013” (Paris, France, 8-11 Jun 2013).
  4. L Marullo, BK Cornes, J Dupuis, C Fuchsberger, B Voight, C Scapoli, JB Meigs, A Morris, I Prokopenko. Estimating the fraction of established metabolic trait loci with discernible pleiotropic effects. “European Society of Human Genetics Conference 2012” (Nürnberg, Germany, 23-26 Jun 2012).
  5. L Marullo, BK Cornes, J Dupuis, C Fuchsberger, B Voight, C Scapoli, JB Meigs, A Morris, I Prokopenko. Estimating the fraction of established metabolic trait loci with discernible pleiotropic effects. “European Society of Human Genetics Conference 2012” (Nürnberg, Germany, 23-26 Jun 2012).
  6. 2. L Marullo, E Mamolini, A Carrieri, MA Guarnelli, M Annunziata, L Guida, F Romano, M Aimetti, C Scapoli. Gene-gene interaction among cytokine polymorphisms influence susceptibility to aggressive periodontitis. “Convegno congiunto AGI-SIBV-SIGA” (Assisi (PG), Italy,  19-22 Sep 2011).
  7. Mihaescu R, Navarro P, Prokopenko I, Bragg-Gresham J, Strassburger K, […], Marullo L, […], Pramstaller PP, Wright AF, Wilson JF, McCarthy MI, Janssens ACJW. Comparison of Performance of Genetic Risk Prediction Models for Type 2 Diabetes in Nine European Samples. Plos genetics (in review).
  8. Scott RA, Lagou V, Welch RP, Wheeler E, […], Marullo L, […], Florez JC, Langenberg C, Ingelsson E, Prokopenko I, Barroso I, for the MAGIC investigators. Large-scale association study using the Metabochip array reveals new loci influencing glycemic traits and provides insight into the underlying biological pathways. Nat Genet 2012 Sep;44(9):991-1005.
  9. Casonato A, Daidone V, Barbon G, Pontara E, Di Pasquale I, Gallinaro L, Marullo L, Bertorelle G. A common ancestor more than 10,000 years old for patients with R854Q-related type 2N von Willebrand disease in Italy. Haematologica 2012 Aug 8.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

  1. L Marullo, BK Cornes, J Dupuis, C Fuchsberger, B Voight, C Scapoli, JB Meigs, A Morris, I Prokopenko. Estimating the fraction of established metabolic trait loci with discernible pleiotropic effects. “European Society of Human Genetics Conference 2012” (Nürnberg, Germany, 23-26 Jun 2012).
  2. 2. L Marullo, E Mamolini, A Carrieri, MA Guarnelli, M Annunziata, L Guida, F Romano, M Aimetti, C Scapoli. Gene-gene interaction among cytokine polymorphisms influence susceptibility to aggressive periodontitis. “Convegno congiunto AGI-SIBV-SIGA” (Assisi (PG), Italy,  19-22 Sep 2011).
  3. Mihaescu R, Navarro P, Prokopenko I, Bragg-Gresham J, Strassburger K, […], Marullo L, […], Pramstaller PP, Wright AF, Wilson JF, McCarthy MI, Janssens ACJW. Comparison of Performance of Genetic Risk Prediction Models for Type 2 Diabetes in Nine European Samples. Plos genetics (in review).
  4. Scott RA, Lagou V, Welch RP, Wheeler E, […], Marullo L, […], Florez JC, Langenberg C, Ingelsson E, Prokopenko I, Barroso I, for the MAGIC investigators. Large-scale association study using the Metabochip array reveals new loci influencing glycemic traits and provides insight into the underlying biological pathways. Nat Genet 2012 Sep;44(9):991-1005.
  5. Casonato A, Daidone V, Barbon G, Pontara E, Di Pasquale I, Gallinaro L, Marullo L, Bertorelle G. A common ancestor more than 10,000 years old for patients with R854Q-related type 2N von Willebrand disease in Italy. Haematologica 2012 Aug 8.

REFEREED FULL PAPERS PUBLICATIONS

  1. Mihaescu R, Navarro P, Prokopenko I, Bragg-Gresham J, Strassburger K, […], Marullo L, […], Pramstaller PP, Wright AF, Wilson JF, McCarthy MI, Janssens ACJW. Comparison of Performance of Genetic Risk Prediction Models for Type 2 Diabetes in Nine European Samples. Plos genetics (in review).
  2. Scott RA, Lagou V, Welch RP, Wheeler E, […], Marullo L, […], Florez JC, Langenberg C, Ingelsson E, Prokopenko I, Barroso I, for the MAGIC investigators. Large-scale association study using the Metabochip array reveals new loci influencing glycemic traits and provides insight into the underlying biological pathways. Nat Genet 2012 Sep;44(9):991-1005.
  3. Casonato A, Daidone V, Barbon G, Pontara E, Di Pasquale I, Gallinaro L, Marullo L, Bertorelle G. A common ancestor more than 10,000 years old for patients with R854Q-related type 2N von Willebrand disease in Italy. Haematologica 2012 Aug 8.