Benedetto Polimeni
Research Scientist Bioinformatics
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolBenedetto Polimeni is a research scientist in bioinformatics with 8 years of experience studying the non-coding genome in immune systems and cancer, now based in Milan. He combines deep expertise in bulk and single-cell transcriptomics and epigenomics with hands-on experience in both short- and long-read sequencing, developing novel computational methods for emerging technologies. His PhD work produced the IRescue Python package to quantify transposable element expression in single-cell RNA-seq, and his research has helped define a new class of RNAs that regulate T cell quiescence and exhaustion. At the National Institute of Molecular Genetics he led integrative multi-omics studies and supervised junior bioinformaticians; he now advances bioinformatics at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. Known for translating complex datasets into biological insight, he is currently investigating how transposable elements shape human cell differentiation and identity.
8 years of coding experience
University of MilanDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Translational and Molecular Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Translational and Molecular Medicine at Università degli Studi di Milano-BicoccaMaster's degree Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, Master's degree Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology at Università degli Studi di TorinoBachelor's degree Biology/Biological Sciences General, Bachelor's degree Biology/Biological Sciences General at Università di Catania
Italian, English
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Github Skills (92)
package-management10
windows10
seq10
tray10
structural-variation10
genomics10
nextflow10
rna-seq10
powershell10
bioconda10
cli10
conda10
pairwise10
installer10
filesystem10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
bepoli/modules
Sep 2022 - Jan 2025
Repository to host tool-specific module files for the Nextflow DSL2 community!
Contributions:23 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 4 months
hostnextflow-dsl2nextflowdsl2workflow
bodegalab/irescue
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Uncertainty-aware quantification of Transposable Elements expression in scRNA-seq
Contributions:9 releases, 2 reviews, 33 commits in 4 months
elementsscrnaseqscrna-seqbioinformaticstransposable-elements
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