Welcome!

This is the official page of the RNA Regulatory Networks in Translational Oncology laboratory. The lab was originally established in 2019 at the Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), located within the Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO IRCCS (IT), where it was known as the Cancer Genomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory. In 2024, it became part of the Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology at the University of Milan "La Statale". Since October 2025, the lab has been based @ IFOM ETS – The AIRC Institute for Molecular Oncology, in Milan (IT).

Artenatively have a look here: R2NiTO @ IFOM


What do we do?

The lab follows three main directions

RNA Regulatory Networks

Deciphering RNA processing regulation in disease

Tumor resistance

Assessing tumor plasticity that foster disease progression

Data Science

Designing novel algorithms to gain information from genomic Big Data


The future is unwritten 


Joe Strummer, songwriter

 Lab team

1

Mariachiara

SEMM Ph.D. student

1

Tommaso

SEMM Ph.D. student

1

Federica

M.D. SEMM Ph.D. Student

1

Gabriele

Research fellow

1

Vivian

Ph.D. student

1

Valeria

Ph.D.

1

Raffaella

M.D. Ph.D.

1

Irene

Research Fellow

1

Laura

Master Thesis Student

1

Erika

Master Thesis Student

1

Debora

Ph.D. student

0

 Our News

The R2NiTO highlights

IFOM

The lab is embracing a new beginning!

From October 2025, we embark on a new adventure at IFOM – the AIRC Institute for Molecular Oncology! Our research will focus on unraveling the RNA regulatory networks that drive tumor plasticity and disease progression. This marks an exciting new chapter in our scientific journey and mission toward understanding cancer biology through the lens of RNA regulation.

RNAsaloon

Milan RNA salon is finally starting!

We are mote than pleased to be one of 26 laboratories from 12 institutions in the Milan area supporting the RNA salon , or meetings fully dedicated to discuss new findings on RNA biology and its future! The RNA salon will be the special chance for young scientists willing to contribute to this exciting field of research in the upcoming years! A special thanks to Ivano Legnini @ Human Technopole that made this possible!

EMBO

Great feedback for our EMBO workshopThe Spatial Biology of Cancer @ The Francis Crick Institute London!

We spent three days catching up on the spatial biology of cancer with top-notch scientists, early and late career ones. We learnt a lot about spatial omics, generative AI, and modern pathology. Great feeback from all partecipants. It was really a blast! Thanks to the best co-organizer Prof Francesca Ciccarelli and Prof Maria Secrier @ the Francis Crick Institute in London!

Funding Agencies 


All our research efforts are possible thanks to the support of the following agencies: