Cancer Biology & Genetics Program

The Andrea Ventura Lab

Research

Andrea Ventura, MD, PhD

One of the most exciting discoveries of the last two decades has been the identification of a large number of non-coding RNAs and the realization that they play essential roles in mammalian development and in diseases. Their study and the characterization of their contribution to the pathogenesis of human cancer is the central focus of our group. To learn more about our lab, please visit our blog and webpage at: www.venturalaboratory.com.

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Research Projects

Projects

Featured News

At Work: Cancer Biologist Andrea Ventura

In the Lab

Disorderly DNA: Researchers Simulate a Common Cause of Lung Cancer

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Video

A Look Inside the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center

Friday, July 19, 2013

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Publications

Li X., Pritykin Y., Concepcion C.P., Lu Y., La Rocca G., Zhang M., King B., Cook P.J., Au Y. W., Popow O., Paulo J.A., Otis G.A., Mastroleo C., Ogrodowski P., Schreiner R., Haigis K.M., Betel D., Leslie C.S., Ventura A. High-Resolution In Vivo Identification of miRNA Targets by Halo-Enhanced Ago2 Pull-Down Molecular Cell, June 3, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2020.05.009 PMID:32497493

Perez AR, Pritykin Y, Vidigal JA, Chhangawala S, Zamparo L, Leslie CS, Ventura A. GuideScan software for improved single and paired CRISPR guide RNA design. Nat Biotechnol. 2017 Mar 6. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3804. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28263296

Han YC, Vidigal JA, Mu P, Yao E, Singh I, González AJ, Concepcion CP, Bonetti C, Ogrodowski P, Carver B, Selleri L, Betel D, Leslie C, Ventura A. An allelic series of miR-17～92-mutant mice uncovers functional specialization and cooperation among members of a microRNA polycistron. Nat Genet. 2015 Jun 1. doi: 10.1038/ng.3321. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26029871.

Danilo Maddalo, Eusebio Manchado, Carla P. Concepcion, Ciro Bonetti, Joana A. Vidigal, Yoon-Chi Han, Paul Ogrodowski, Alessandra Crippa, Natasha Rekhtman, Elisa de Stanchina, Scott W. Lowe, and Andrea Ventura. In vivo engineering of oncogenic chromosomal rearrangements with the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Nature. 2014 Oct 22.

Concepcion CP, Han YC, Mu P, Bonetti C, Yao E, D’Andrea A, Vidigal JA, Maughan WP, Ogrodowski P, Ventura A. Intact p53-Dependent Responses in miR-34-Deficient Mice. PLoS Genet. 2012 Jul; 8 (7) :e1002797.

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People

Andrea Ventura, MD, PhD

Cancer biologist Andrea Ventura studies non-coding RNAs in cancer and development
MD, Catholic University of Rome (Italy)
PhD, European Institute of Oncology (Milan Italy), Open University (London, UK)
Postdoctoral, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

venturaa@mskcc.org: Email Address
646-888-3068: Office Phone
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Members

Andrea Ventura, MD, PhD — Andrea Ventura

Kim Huensuk, Research Fellow — Kim Huensuk
Research Fellow

Chiara Mastroleo, Research Technician, Sr. — Chiara Mastroleo
Research Technician, Sr.

Lab Alumni

Ciro Bonetti, PhD — Ciro Bonetti
Research Fellow

Joana DeCampos Vidigal, PhD — Joana DeCampos Vidigal
Postdoctoral Fellow

Danilo Maddalo, PhD — Danilo Maddalo
Lab Head, ONC Pharmacology Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

Stephanie Cervino
Administrative Assistant

Yoon-Chi Han, PhD — Yoon-Chi Han
Research Fellow

Francesca Infante
Administrative Assistant

Lab Affilations

Open Positions

Career Opportunities

We are always looking for highly motivated, talented, and enthusiastic people with an interest in contributing to further our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer and development.

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Research Technician position

Our laboratory is recruiting a research technician interested in applying cutting edge in vivo, ex-vivo and biochemical approaches to study cancer and non-coding RNAs.

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Get in Touch

venturaa@mskcc.org

Lab Head Email
646-888-3068

Office Phone
646-422-0871

Office Fax
646-888-3069

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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

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Andrea Ventura discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

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