Prof. Rosienne Farrugia

Prof. Rosienne Farrugia

Prof. Rosienne Farrugia

  B.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.(Cantab.)

Associate Professor

Room 12, Block A, Level 1
Mater Dei Hospital
Room 420
Biomedical Sciences Building
Msida
  +356 2340 1107, +356 2340 3281
Rosienne Farrugia is a senior lecturer in genetics, genomics, research methodology and haematology within the Department of Applied Biomedical Science and the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking

Ongoing research interests focus on the genomics of diseases including tetrahydrobiopterin deficiencies (a group of disorders resulting in impaired cognitive and motor development), idiopatic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (a spectrum of disorders causing delayed puberty and infertility), Polycystic kidney disease, Hirschprung disease, Parkinson's disease and Myocardial infarction.

Dr Farrugia is also the coordinator of TrainMALTA, an EU H2020 Twinning grant held with the University of Cambridge, UK and the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven focusing on Interdisciplinary Training in High-Throughput Sequencing, Bioinformatics and Model Systems: Moving towards Clinical applications of Genomics (https://www.um.edu.mt/project/trainmalta)
  • Molecular genetics
  • Genomics and transcriptomics
  • Inborn errors of metabolism
  • Genetics and genomics of rare disease
  • Myocardial infarcion
  • ABS5001 - Advanced Genetics and Molecular Techniques
  • ABS5002 - Research, Data Analysis and Interpretation
  • HSC2001 - Critical Thinking in Ethical Applications for Bioscientists
  • MDS1010 - Blood and Body Defence Mechanisms
  • MLS2002 - Molecular Biology/Genetics
  • MLS2018 - Haematopathology
  • MLS3013 - Research Methods
  • MLS3014 - Literature Review
  • PHB5030 - Molecular Biology and Genetics
Ongoing Projects
The Maltese Acute Myocardial Infarction (MAMI) Study

The Malta NGS Project
Genetics and genomics of Polycystic Kidney Disease
Genetics and genomics of Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

TargetID https://www.um.edu.mt/projects/targetid


Completed Projects
TrainMALTA (H2020 Twinning) https://www.um.edu.mt/project/trainmalta


COST actions
CardioRNA: Catalysing transcriptomics research in cardiovascular disease (CA17129)
PARQ: Sudden cardiac arrest prediction and resuscitation network: Improving the quality of
care (CA19137)

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