Simone Maestri
Postdoctoral Researcher at Università degli Studi di Milano
Castel San Giovanni, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Top SchoolSimone Maestri is a biomedical engineer and Ph.D. with a decade of bioinformatics experience, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Milan focusing on single-cell transcriptional profiling and Short Tandem Repeat characterization. He has driven research at top Italian institutes (INGM, IIT, Verona) applying Oxford Nanopore, Illumina, PacBio and 10x platforms to problems from metagenomics and DNA/RNA barcoding to epitranscriptomics and structural variant detection. Simone develops and publishes open-source pipelines (e.g., ONTrack, MetONTIIME, CharONT) for MinION-based barcoding, metagenomics and tandem repeat analysis, reflecting a strong emphasis on reproducible computational workflows. His work uniquely spans both method development for long-read sequencing and applied pathogen/biodiversity monitoring, with hands-on experience in Xdrop and CRISPR-Cas9 enrichment strategies. Known for translating complex sequencing technologies into usable pipelines, he blends rigorous academic research with practical tooling used by the community. Based in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, he pairs deep technical skills with cross-disciplinary collaboration in neurodegeneration and epigenomics projects.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Liceo Scientifico "A. Volta" - Castel San Giovanni (PC)Laurea Magistrale in Bioingegneria // Master of Science in Bioengineering, Bioingegneria delle Cellule e dei Tessuti // Cells and tissues Bioengineering, 110/110 cum laude, Laurea Magistrale in Bioingegneria // Master of Science in Bioengineering, Bioingegneria delle Cellule e dei Tessuti // Cells and tissues Bioengineering, 110/110 cum laude at Università degli Studi di Pavia
Italian, English
Github Skills (94)
biodiversity10
meta10
bioinformatics10
next-generation-sequencing9
pipeline9
structural-variation9
genomes9
genome-assembly9
genomics9
phasing9
qiime9
caller9
fasta8
systems-biology8
rna-seq8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
MaestSi/QIIME2_Illumina
Nov 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:1 release, 36 commits, 25 pushes in 1 year 2 months
MaestSi/ONToHap
Aug 2019 - Apr 2021
An ONT-based pipeline for haplotype phasing
Contributions:65 commits, 2 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 8 months
bioinformaticspipelinephasingont
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