CAUSAL GENES AND PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS UNDERLYING GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
Professor Mauro D’Amato
Professor of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine and Surgery,
LUM University in Casamassima, Italy &
Ikerbasque Research Professor and Head of the Gastrointestinal Genetics Lab
CIC bioGUNE, Derio, Spain
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed online | January 2025
Mauro D’Amato is Professor of Medical Genetics at the Department of Medicine and Surgery at LUM University in Casamassima – Italy, and Ikerbasque Research Professor and Head of the Gastrointestinal Genetics Lab in CIC bioGUNE, Derio – Spain. His career has developed through an important international trajectory, holding research and academic positions at several institutions including the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics in Oxford – UK, the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm – Sweden, Biodonostia HRI in San Sebastian – Spain and Monash University in Melbourne – Australia.
Professor D’Amato has more than 25 years research experience in the field of human genetics and complex diseases, with activities most recently geared towards a translational application for therapeutic precision in gastroenterology. His team, the Gastrointestinal Genetics Laboratory, combine leading expertise in genomic, computational and pre-clinical research, and have contributed important breakthroughs linking specific genes and pathogenetic mechanisms to a number of gastrointestinal diseases like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), microscopic colitis (MC) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
He is also the coordinator of the bellygenes initiative on the genetics of IBS, and biobank-scale research from his lab contributes to multiple scientific consortia and collaborative networks studying the genetic makeup of millions of people across EU, USA and Australasia.
Professor D’Amato has an H-index of 74, has edited 2 books and published extensively in the field of human genetics and gastrointestinal disease; he provides expert feedback to international journals and research funding agencies, and has supervised more than 40 PhD students and postdocs.
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