Dr Marta Milo

Research Fellow

Department of Biomedical Science
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield S10 2TN
United Kingdom

  • Room: B1 220 Alfred Denny
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 2386

email : m.milo@sheffield.ac.uk

Research Interests

Development of computational tools to assist in improving accuracy in the analysis of biological data. Propagation of uncertainty, associated to low-level data, in downstream analysis of microarray data. Quantification and inference of gene expression levels using probabilistic models. Inference of gene networks using regulatory data and gene expression data.

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History

  • 2004-present: Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK.
  • 2003-2004: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, UK.
  • 2001-2003: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dept of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK.
  • 1996-2000: PhD in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Naples 'Federico II'.
  • 1995-1996: Computer Science and Statistics Consulting at FORMEZ c/o OLIVETTI Research Centre, Arco Felice, Italy.
  • 1994-1995: Qualification in Computer Science and Statistics applied to Public Administrative systems, at FORMEZ c/o OLIVETTI Research Centre, Arco Felice, Italy..
  • 1989-1994: Degree in Mathematics, University of Naples "Federico II'', Italy.

Activities and Distinctions

  • Collaboration with PUMA project (Propagating Uncertainty in Microarray Analysis)
  • Referee of Bioinformatics
  • Referee of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Funding

Recent Publications

  • Sanchez-Calderon H, Rodriguez-de la Rosa L, Milo M, Pichel JG, Holley M, Varela-Nieto I
    RNA microarray analysis in prenatal mouse cochlea reveals novel IGF-I target genes: implication of MEF2 and FOXM1 transcription factors.
    PLoS One, 2010 5:e8699
  • Milo M, Cacciabue-Rivolta D, Kneebone A, Van Doorninck H, Johnson C, Lawoko-Kerali G, Niranjan M, Rivolta M, Holley M.
    Genomic analysis of the function of the transcription factor gata3 during development of the mammalian inner ear.
    PLoS One, 2009 4:e7144.
  • Packham IM, Gray C, Heath PR, Hellewell PG, Ingham PW, Crossman DC, Milo M, Chico TJ.
    Microarray profiling reveals CXCR4a is downregulated by blood flow in vivo and mediates collateral formation in zebrafish embryos.
    Physiol Genomics. 2009 Jun 9. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Hortensia Sánchez-Calderón, Marta Milo, Yolanda León and Isabel Varela-Nieto (2007)
    A network of growth and transcription factors controls neuronal differentation and survival in the developing ear.
    Int. J. Dev. Biol. ,i:10.1387/ijdb.072373hs
  • Holley, MC, Kneebone, A., Milo, M. (2007)
    Information for gene networks in inner ear development: A study centered on the transcription factor gata2.
    Hear Res. 227(1-2):32-40
  • Liu, X., Milo, M., Lawrence, N. D. and Rattray, M. (2006)
    Probe-level measurement error improves accuracy in detecting differential gene expression.
    Bioinformatics 22(17): 2107-2113
  • Sanguinetti, G., Milo, M., Rattray, M. and Lawrence, N. D. (2005)
    Accounting for probe-level noise in principal component analysis of microarray data.
    Bioinformatics 21(19): 3748-3754
  • Liu, X., Milo, M., Lawrence, N. D. and Rattray, M. (2005)
    A tractable probabilistic model for Affymetrix probe-level analysis across multiple chips.
    Bioinformatics 21(18): 3637-3644
  • Lawoko-Kerali G, Milo M, Davies D, Halsall A, Helyer R, Johnson CM, Rivolta MN, Tones MA, Holley MC (2004)
    Ventral otic cell lines as developmental models of auditory epithelial and neural precursors.
    Dev Dyn. 231(4): 801-14.
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