Ignazio S. Piras

Ignazio S. Piras is an Associate Professor at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) within the Early Detection and Prevention Division. His expertise lies in computational biology and multi-omics research.

Education:

• Biology, University of Cagliari (2001)
• Ph.D. in Human Population Genetics, University of Cagliari (2006)

Dr. Piras focuses on uncovering molecular determinants of neurodegenerative and metabolic disorders through integrative bioinformatics, combining genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics, and network-based analysis. His work aims to identify early diagnostic biomarkers and advance precision medicine.

He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications since 2005, though specific titles are not listed in this profile. His research spans computational methods for multi-omics data integration.

Previously, he worked at the University of Corsica (France), SharDNA Life Sciences, and University Campus Bio-Medico (Italy) before joining TGen in 2015.