Gina Turco, PhD

About Gina

Gina is passionate about systems biology, explicitly integrating molecular datasets to better predict the mechanism of action. She has over a decade of expertise in multi-omics analysis alongside experimental design and execution. After completing her systems biology PhD in the Brady Lab at UC Davis, Gina spent four years doing research in computational biology at Calico Labs. Her highly methodological work culminated in a new understanding of yeast knockout phenotypes that ultimately led to her winning the 2024 Parasite Award. Gina excels at finding otherwise hidden patterns in complex molecular data. Her skills and background provide Golgi with valuable insights for developing powerful computational research tools.

Select Publications

1. Turco, G., Chang, C., Wang, R. Y., Kim, G., Stoops, E. H., Richardson, B., ... & Baryshnikova, A. (2023). Global analysis of the yeast knockout phenome. Science Advances, 9(21), eadg5702.
2. Turco, G. M., Rodriguez-Medina, J., Siebert, S., Han, D., Valderrama-Gómez, M. Á., Vahldick, H., ... & Brady, S. M. (2019). Molecular mechanisms driving switch behavior in xylem cell differentiation. Cell reports, 28(2), 342-351.
3. Taylor-Teeples, M., Lin, L., De Lucas, M., Turco, G., Toal, T. W., Gaudinier, A., ... & Brady, S. M. (2015). An Arabidopsis gene regulatory network for secondary cell wall synthesis. Nature, 517(7536), 571-575.