Paola Benaglio
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolPaola Benaglio is a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist with 11 years of experience deciphering the genetic and regulatory architecture of human disease using molecular QTL analysis, GWAS, CRISPR screens, and single-cell functional genomics. Trained with a PhD in Life Sciences and postdoctoral work in genomics, she has led projects ranging from large hiPSC biobank characterization to single-cell ATAC‑seq mapping of immune cell regulatory mechanisms and CRISPR-KO discovery of pancreatic beta cell risk genes. At institutions including UC San Diego, Shoreline Biosciences, and now Human Technopole, she blends wet-lab insight with computational rigor to connect noncoding variation to transcription factor binding and cell-type specific responses. Based in San Diego, she is comfortable scaling multiomic workflows and interpreting high-throughput perturbation data—skills honed by sustained collaborations across genetics and functional genomics. An understated strength is her ability to navigate both experimental design and downstream statistical genetics, making her a bridge between bench and bioinformatics teams.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
University of MilanDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Life Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Life Science at University of Lausanne - UNIL
English, Italian, French, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
seq7
gene-expression7
single-cell-analysis7
sequencing7
bioinformatics5
assembly4
signal-processing4
machine-learning-algorithms4
pipeline4
genomics4
single-cell-genomics3
matching2
snap1
shiny1
python1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
frazer-lab/NKX2-5_ASE_iPSC-CM
Jun 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 3 months
Gaulton-Lab/pbmc_snATAC
Nov 2022 - Dec 2023
Repository for codes and notebooks used to perform caQTL mapping from PBMC snATAC-seq
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
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