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Alessandra Vigilante

Alessandra Vigilante

Reader in Bioinformatics, King's College London

Alessandra Vigilante is a Reader in Bioinformatics at the Centre for Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, with a focus on genotype-phenotype interactions and data integration. She obtained her PhD in Bioinformatics in Naples (2008–2011) before moving to the UK to join Nicholas Luscombe's group, first at the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute as a visiting student (2011–2012) and then as a postdoctoral fellow at UCL (2012–2017). Alessandra's group has significant expertise and experience in the analysis and integration of large-scale genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic data (e.g. single-cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq datasets, ChIP-seq), and in the implementation of novel computational methods for various bespoke analyses to gain biological insights. Alessandra is actively involved in a broad network of collaborations to develop multidisciplinary approaches to research, working with faculty members within King's and other research institutes.

Alessandra is Head of the Hub for Applied Bioinformatics (HAB), a new Faculty initiative aiming to enhance bioinformatics networking, support key research projects, and provide training and engagement activities.

Alessandra teaches biomedical undergraduate students and established the interdisciplinary MSc in Applied Bioinformatics. Committed to supporting early career researchers, she has successfully supervised and mentored many BSc, MSc, and PhD students in bioinformatics.

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