Researcher
Link Campus University - Rome
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0171-7495
Dr. Lorenzo Colombini is a fixed-term researcher in Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology (SSD MEDS-03/A) at the Department of Life Sciences, Health, and Health Professions at Link Campus University.
He attained a Master’s Degree in Medical Biotechnologies with honors and special mention, and a Ph.D. in Medical Biotechnologies with honors from the University of Siena.
He conducted research at the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology at the University of Siena, participating in national projects (PRIN 2017 and PNRR INF-ACT) and international scientific collaborations with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Aberdeen.
From 2023 to 2026, he served as a Type A Fixed-Term Researcher (RTDA, SSD BIOS15/A) in the Department of Medical Biotechnology at the University of Siena.
His research focuses on bacterial genetics and genomics, with a particular emphasis on genome evolution and mobile genetic elements. His research primarily concerns Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the human microbiota and of clinical interest, integrating nucleic acid sequencing technologies and bioinformatics approaches.
He has taught at the University of Siena and the “Giuseppe Degennaro” Free Mediterranean University (LUM), as well as in national bioinformatics courses organized by the Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM).
He authored scientific publications in international journals, a section editor for the Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, and a reviewer for several international scientific journals.
Throughout his scientific career, he has received awards from the Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM) and the Adriano Buzzati-Traverso Foundation.
He is a member of the Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM) and the Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology (SIMGBM).
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