Liviana Ricci

Liviana Ricci is a Research Fellow at the Department of Cellular, Computational, and Integrative Biology (CIBIO) at the University of Trento. Her research focuses on human microbiome studies, particularly gut microbiome composition, bacterial strain isolation, and computational analysis.

• Current affiliation: University of Trento (CIBIO)
• Academic rank: Research Fellow

Research Interests: The field of expertise spans microbiome dynamics, taxonomic characterization of novel bacterial species, and AI applications in microbial cultivation. Key projects include analyzing coffee's impact on intestinal bacteria, mapping person-to-person microbiome transmission, and sequencing genomes of previously uncultured human gut microbes.

Recent Publications: Recent work includes six high-impact studies published in Nature Microbiology, Nature Biotechnology, and Nature, focusing on bacterial species like Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus and Neopoerus faecalis, as well as AI-driven microbiome cultivation techniques.

Collaborations: Frequently collaborates with Nicola Segata, Francesco Asnicar, and Federica Armanini on microbiome projects.