Emilio Potenza

research

Before software, I was a scientist.

A short academic career in bioinformatics (2009–2015): machine-learning models, data pipelines, and reference databases still used today. It’s not my profession anymore — but it’s why I understand models from the inside.

  • 7peer-reviewed papers
  • 3as first author
  • 220+total citations*

* citation counts vary by source; to be re-checked on Google Scholar before go-live.

Databases

MobiDB

Intrinsically disordered proteins (MobiDB 2.0, 160+ citations; cross-linked by UniProt).

RepeatsDB

Tandem repeat protein structures.

Publications

  1. 2015BMC Genomicsfirst author

    Exploration of alternative splicing events in ten different grapevine cultivars

    E. Potenza et al.

  2. 2015Scientific Reports

    Isoform-specific interactions of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein

    G. Minervini, G.M. Mazzotta, A. Masiero, E. Sartori, S. Corrà, E. Potenza, … S.C.E. Tosatto

  3. 2014Molecular Biotechnology

    Identification of Low Temperature Stress Regulated Transcript Sequences and Gene Families in Italian Cypress

    N. La Porta, G. Sablok, G. Emiliani, A.M. Hietala, A. Giovannelli, P. Fontana, E. Potenza, P. Baldi

  4. 2014Nucleic Acids Researchfirst author

    MobiDB 2.0: an improved database of intrinsically disordered and mobile proteins

    E. Potenza, T. Di Domenico, I. Walsh, S.C.E. Tosatto

    160+ citations

  5. 2014Amino Acids

    Structural protein reorganization and fold emergence investigated through amino acid sequences permutations

    G. Minervini, A. Masiero, E. Potenza, S.C.E. Tosatto

  6. 2013Nucleic Acids Research

    RepeatsDB: a database of tandem repeat protein structures

    T. Di Domenico, E. Potenza, I. Walsh, … S.C.E. Tosatto

  7. 2009Journal of Plant Physiology

    Type 3 metallothioneins respond to water deficit in leaf and in the cambial zone of white poplar (Populus alba)

    M. Berta, A. Giovannelli, E. Potenza, M.L. Traversi, M.L. Racchi