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Simone Maestri

Post Doc
Post Doc
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
About

I was trained in Bioengineering at University of Pavia and, since my first contact with Bioinformatics, I quickly got interested in sequencing data analysis. I got my Ph.D in Biotechnology under the supervision of prof. Massimo Delledonne at University of Verona, where I had the opportunity to set-up bioinformatic pipelines for the analysis of sequencing data. In particular, I am very passionate about the Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing platform, which we could exploit to tackle previously unaddressed biological questions, such as on-site species identification and the characterization of very long Short Tandem Repeats. Now, I am bringing my expertise in data analysis to contribute deciphering transcriptional and post-transcriptional RNA dynamics at isoform level. 


Education

Title: Ph. D. student
Institute: University of Verona
Location: Verona
Country: Italy
From: 2017 To: 2020

Title: Master of Science in Bioengineering
Institute: University of Pavia
Location: Pavia
Country: Italy
From: 2012 To: 2016

Title: Bachelor in Bioengineering
Institute: University of Pavia
Location: Pavia
Country: Italy
From: 2009 To: 2012

Title: High school degree
Institute: Liceo Scientifico A. Volta
Location: Castel San Giovanni (PC)
Country: Italy
From: 2004 To: 2009

Experience External

Title: Postdoctoral researcher
Institute: University of Verona
Location: Verona
Country: Italy
From: 2020 To: 2021

Title: Research fellow
Institute: University of Verona
Location: Verona
Country: Italy
From: 2017 To: 2017

Title: Bioinformatician
Institute: Biogenera
Location: Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO)
Country: Italy
From: 2016 To: 2017

Title: Internship in Bioinformatics
Institute: GlaxoSmithKline
Location: Siena
Country: Italy
From: 2016 To: 2016

All Publications
2023
Lopatriello G., Maestri S., Alfano M., Papa R., Di Vittori V., De Antoni L., Bellucci E., Pieri A., Bitocchi E., Delledonne M., Rossato M.
CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Enrichment Coupled to Nanopore Sequencing Provides a Valuable Tool for the Precise Reconstruction of Large Genomic Target Regions
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2022
Schilthuizen M., Thompson C. G., de Vries R., van Peursen A. D. P., Paterno M., Maestri S., Marcolungo L., Degli Esposti C., Delledonne M., Njunjic I.
A new giant keelback slug of the genus Limax from the Balkans, described by citizen scientists
Biodiversity Data Journal
2022
Alfano M., De Antoni L., Centofanti F., Visconti V. V., Maestri S., Degli Esposti C., Massa R., D'Apice M. R., Novelli G., Delledonne M., Botta A., Rossato M.
Characterization of full-length CNBP expanded alleles in myotonic dystrophy type 2 patients by Cas9-mediated enrichment and nanopore sequencing
eLife
Article Journal
2022
Maestri S., Gambino G., Lopatriello G., Minio A., Perrone I., Cosentino E., Giovannone B., Marcolungo L., Alfano M., Rombauts S., Cantu D., Rossato M., Delledonne M., Calderòn L.
‘Nebbiolo’ genome assembly allows surveying the occurrence and functional implications of genomic structural variations in grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.)
BMC Genomics
2022
Marcolungo L., Passera A., Maestri S., Segala E., Alfano M., Gaffuri F., Marturano G., Casati P., Bianco P. A., Delledonne M.
Real-Time On-Site Diagnosis of Quarantine Pathogens in Plant Tissues by Nanopore-Based Sequencing
Pathogens