Nicola Segata

Nicola Segata is a leading computational metagenomics researcher who contributed to the Cancer Microbiome Atlas, a comprehensive characterization of intratumoral microbiome composition across thousands of human tumors. His laboratory develops computational tools for analyzing complex microbiome datasets and has applied these to identify microbiome signatures associated with specific cancer types and outcomes. He has been involved in studies demonstrating that tumor microbiome can distinguish cancer subtypes and predict outcomes. His contributions have been foundational to establishing the cancer microbiome field.