Damiano Fantini
Director Of Bioinformatics
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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SeniorDamiano Fantini is Director of Bioinformatics with a decade of experience fusing bioinformatics, molecular biology, and software development to extract genomics-driven insights into cancer and human disease. Based in Boston, he brings strong experimental design and hands-on lab expertise—cloning, cell culture, protein purification and interaction assays—paired with 6+ years of R/Bioconductor and additional Python, Java, PHP, and MySQL skills. He focuses on cancer biology, immunology, DNA repair and mutational signatures, translating wet‑lab findings into computational analyses that inform therapeutic discovery. Known for delivering under pressure, he combines collaborative team leadership with learning agility to bridge research and product goals. Notably, his profile reflects a rare dual fluency in both bench science and production-ready bioinformatics pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (21)
r9
r-package9
single-cell-analysis8
shiny7
transcriptomics7
boxplot6
igraph6
ggplot6
plot6
dataframe6
java6
confusion-matrix6
rjava6
jupyter-notebook5
user-friendly2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dami82/TCGAretriever
Jul 2016 - Feb 2026
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 4 branches in 9 years 9 months
cran/mutSignatures
Jan 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:3 commits in 3 years 10 months
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