Emilio Potenza

research

Before software, I was a scientist.

Bioinformatics, 2010–2015: machine-learning models, data pipelines, and reference databases that are still in use. It’s why I understand models from the inside.

  • 7peer-reviewed papers
  • 2as first author
  • 440+total citations*

* Google Scholar, July 2026.

Databases

MobiDB

Intrinsically disordered proteins (MobiDB 2.0, 230+ 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.

    33+ citations

  2. 2015Molecular 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

    10+ citations

  3. 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

    45+ citations

  4. 2015Nucleic 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

    230+ citations

  5. 2015Amino Acids

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

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

    4+ citations

  6. 2014Nucleic Acids Research

    RepeatsDB: a database of tandem repeat protein structures

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

    82+ citations

  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

    39+ citations