Dr. Iros Barozzi
Imperial College London (UK)
Professional Preparation
Senior Post-doctoral fellow, Imperial College London (UK) , 2017-present.
Postdoctoral fellow. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley, CA – USA), 2015-2017.
Postdoctoral fellow. IFOM-IEO Campus (Milan – Italy), 2014.
PhD student in Molecular Medicine, SEMM, European School of Molecular Medicine, IFOM-IEO Campus (Milan – Italy),
2010-2013.
Research Fellow in Genomics, IFOM-IEO Campus (Milan – Italy), 2009.
Research Intern in Bioinformatics, Stockholm University, Stockholm – Sweden, 2008.
MSc in Bioinformatics, Università di Bologna, Italy, 2006-2008.
BSc in Biotechnology, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria (Varese – Italy), 2003-2006
Selected Publications
R Monti*, I Barozzi* et al. “Limb-Enhancer Genie: An accessible resource of accurate enhancer predictions in the developing limb.” PLoS
Computational Biology (2017)
R Sheth*, I Barozzi* et al. "Distal limb patterning requires modulation of cis-regulatory activities by
HOX13." Cell Reports (2016)
L Austenaa*, I Barozzi*, M Simonatto* et al. "Transcription of mammalian cis-regulatory elements is
restrained by actively enforced early termination." Molecular Cell (2015)
V Nguyen*, I Barozzi* et al. “Differential epigenetic reprogramming in response to specific endocrine
therapies promotes cholesterol biosynthesis and cellular invasion.” Nature Communications (2015)
I Barozzi*, M Simonatto* et al. “Co-regulation of transcription factor binding and nucleosome occupancy
through DNA features of mammalian enhancers.” Molecular Cell (2014)
R Ostuni*, V Piccolo*, I Barozzi*, S Polletti* et al. “Latent enhancers activated by stimulation in differentiated cells.” Cell (2013)
F De Santa*, I Barozzi*, F Mietton* et al. “A large fraction of extragenic RNA pol II transcription
sites overlap enhancers.” PLoS biology (2010)
S Ghisletti*, I Barozzi*, F Mietton*, S Polletti* et al. “Identification and characterization of
enhancers controlling the inflammatory gene expression program in macrophages.” Immunity (2010)