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Luana is associate professor at the Department of Biology of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the coordinator of MINT, the Molecular INTeraction database. MINT is part of the ELIXIR-Core Data Resources and of the Global Biodata Coalition Resources. She also co-coordinated the SIGNOR database (ELIXIR-IT service), a resource that annotates causal relationships between biological entities. Her research activity focuses on the analysis of the impact of pathogenic variants at the molecular interactions level to understanding the relationships between genotype and phenotype and characterize the molecular mechanisms underlying diseases.

Manuela Helmer Citterich is Professor of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics in the University of Rome Tor Vergata, for the Degree in Biological Sciences, for the Degree in Biotechnology and for the Master Degree in Bioinformatics. She is the Italian representative in the 3D Bioinfo Community. Her research interests comprise: the development of tools for the functional and structural annotation of lncRNA, for the inference of protein-RNA interaction, and more.