Francesco Asnicar
Researcher At Department CIBIO at Università di Trento
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
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Top SchoolFrancesco Asnicar is a bioinformatics researcher with 12 years of experience, combining a PhD in Computer Science (bioinformatics) from Università di Trento with hands-on roles in both academic and industry teams. Currently a Researcher at CIBIO and a bioinformatician for ZOE, he bridges computational method development and applied analysis for large-scale microbiome and health datasets. His postdoc at the Segata Lab reflects deep expertise in sequencing-driven microbiome research and reproducible computational workflows. Based in Trentino-Alto Adige, he pairs rigorous research training with product-oriented bioinformatics work, making him comfortable moving between exploratory science and production pipelines. An early IT background and varied short-term technical roles hint at practical, systems-oriented problem solving beyond pure research.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Bioinformatics at Università di TrentoITIS V.E. Marzotto
Italian, English
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Github Skills (57)
taxonomy10
package-management10
python10
conda10
shotgun10
ncbi10
minhash10
genomes10
tsne10
representations10
bioconductor10
sequencing10
phylogenetic-trees10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
SegataLab/export2graphlan
Dec 2015 - Feb 2022
Contributions:23 commits, 3 pushes, 4 comments in 6 years 2 months
SegataLab/hclust2
Jun 2014 - Jul 2018
Hclust2 is a handy tool for plotting heat-maps with several useful options to produce high quality figures that can be used in publication.
Contributions:15 commits in 4 years 2 months
pythonheatfigureshigh-qualityoptions
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