PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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PUBLICATIONS

2026D'Angelo E, Mandrile G, Tesio N, Cecere F, et al. Adult-Onset β-Thalassemia Major as Acquired Imprinting Disorder. Am J Hematol, 101(3):633–638. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.70177

2026Givol O, Han IS, Cecere F, et al. Missense substitutions in the BTB domain of ZBTB24 can lead to protein instability and cause ICF2 syndrome. Hum Mol Genet, 35(2):ddaf182. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddaf182

2025D'Angelo E, Pignata L, Cecere F, et al. Hypomethylation of the MEG8:Int2-DMR in patients with pathogenic PLAG1 variants. Clin Epigenetics, 18(1):2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-025-02024-6

2025Cecere F, Pignata L, D'Angelo E, et al. Highly variable genomic methylation in the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome associated with multi-locus imprinting disturbances. Clin Epigenetics, 17(1):160. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-025-01971-4

2025Del Bene M, Diana A, Corsello A, Cecere F, et al. New generation of paediatricians in the health care system. BMJ Open, 15(7):e097799. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097799

2025Cecere F, Relator R, Levy M, et al. Identification of genetic and non-genetic modifiers of genomic imprinting. Epigenetics Chromatin, 18(1):47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-025-00612-7

2025Benedetti C, Giaccari C, Cecere F, et al. Single-cell multiomic analysis reveals methylome and transcriptome deviations following oocyte maturation in vitro. Reproduction. https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-25-0011

2024Giaccari C, Cecere F, Argenziano L, et al. New insights into oocyte cytoplasmic lattice-associated proteins. Trends Genet. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2024.06.002

2024Lullo V, Cecere F, Batti S, et al. A novel iPSC-based model of ICF syndrome subtype 2 recapitulates the molecular phenotype of ZBTB24 deficiency. Front Immunol, 15:1419748.

2024Cillo F, Coppola E, Habetswallner F, Cecere F, et al. Understanding the Variability of 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: The Role of Epigenetic Factors. Genes, 15(3):321. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15030321

2024Giaccari C, Cecere F, et al. A maternal-effect Padi6 variant causes nuclear and cytoplasmic abnormalities in oocytes. Genes Dev, 38(3-4):131–150. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.351238.123

2023Verma A, Poondi Krishnan V, Cecere F, et al. ICF1-Syndrome-Associated DNMT3B Mutations Prevent De Novo Methylation at a Subset of Imprinted Loci during iPSC Reprogramming. Biomolecules, 13(12):1717. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13121717

2023Pignata L, Cecere F, Acquaviva F, et al. Co-occurrence of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1B. Front Cell Dev Biol, 11:1237629. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.1237629

2023Cecere F, Pignata L, Hay Mele B, et al. Co-Occurrence of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome and Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer. Cancers, 15(7):1944. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15071944

2022Pignata L*, Cecere F*, Verma A, et al. Novel genetic variants of KHDC3L and other members of the subcortical maternal complex. Clin Epigenetics, 14(1):71. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-022-01292-w (*co-first author)

2022Passaretti F, Pignata L, Vitiello G, Cecere F, et al. Different Mechanisms Cause Hypomethylation of Both H19 and KCNQ1OT1. Genes, 13(10):1875. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13101875

2022Acurzio B*, Cecere F*, Giaccari C, et al. The mismatch-repair proteins MSH2 and MSH6 interact with the imprinting control regions through ZFP57-KAP1. Epigenetics Chromatin, 15(1):27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-022-00462-7 (*co-first author)

2021Freschi A, Del Prete R, Pignata L, Cecere F, et al. The number of CTCF binding sites of the H19/IGF2:IG-DMR correlates with DNA methylation and expression imprinting. Hum Mol Genet. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddab132

2021Acurzio B, Verma A, Polito A, Giaccari C, Cecere F, et al. Zfp57 inactivation illustrates the role of ICR methylation in imprinted gene expression during neural differentiation of mouse ESCs. Sci Rep, 11(1):13802. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93297-3

2021Russo R, Russo V, Cecere F, et al. ZBTB2 protein is a new partner of the Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex. Int J Biol Macromol, 168:67–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.12.029

TEACHING

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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

2025 · Cecere F, et al. Screening for modifiers of genomic imprinting in human blood reveals a role for several genetic and non-genetic factors. Genomic Imprinting – From Biology to Disease, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK, 10–12/03/2025.

2024 · Cecere F, Saadat A, Riccio A, Angelini C. GIMP - A Comprehensive R package for exploring Genomic Imprinting Methylation Patterns in Imprinting Disorders. BBCC 2024, Naples, 27–29/11/2024. 🏆 Best Poster Award

2023 · Cecere F, et al. Prioritization and characterization of genetic variants in BWS patients with MLID. Genomic Imprinting 2023, Wellcome Genome Campus, 22–24/03/2023.

2023 · Cecere F, et al. Co-occurrence of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome and early-onset colorectal cancer. Genomic Imprinting 2023, Wellcome Genome Campus, 22–24/03/2023.

2023 · Giaccari C, Cecere F, et al. Molecular analysis of a mouse line carrying a hypomorphic variant of Padi6. Genomic Imprinting 2023, Wellcome Genome Campus, 22–24/03/2023.

2023 · Relator R, Cecere F, et al. Screening for genomic imprinting modifiers reveals a role for epigenetic regulators. Genomic Imprinting 2023, Wellcome Genome Campus, 22–24/03/2023.

2023 · Pignata L, D'Angelo E, Cecere F, et al. A new possible molecular mechanism in Silver-Russell Syndrome. Genomic Imprinting 2023, Wellcome Genome Campus, 22–24/03/2023.

2023 · Saadat A, Cecere F, et al. Distinct profiles of epigenetic alterations in Chr11p15.5 defects in Wilms tumor. Genomic Imprinting 2023, Wellcome Genome Campus, 22–24/03/2023.

2022 · Riccio A, Pignata L, Cecere F, et al. Recent advances in multi-locus methylation disturbances in BWS. XXV Congresso Nazionale SIGU 2022, Trieste.

2021 · Pignata L, Cecere F, et al. Novel pathogenic variants in BWS and Silver-Russell syndrome. XXIV Congresso Nazionale SIGU 2021, Virtual.

2020 · Del Prete R, Cecere F, et al. H19 overexpression drives an inflammatory response in mice. Genomic Imprinting 2020, Virtual, 28/09–01/10/2020.

NETWORKS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Società Italiana di Genetica Umana (SIGU) – Epigenetics GdL, Oct 2024 – Present
Bioinformatics ITalian Society (BITS), Apr 2025 – Present
Young-InfoLife (CINI), 2023 – Present
Telethon Foundation – "Un Assist alla Ricerca" (Volunteer), 2018 – Present