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# 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](https://mobidb.org/)

Intrinsically disordered proteins (MobiDB 2.0, 230+ citations; cross-linked by UniProt).

### [RepeatsDB](https://repeatsdb.org/)

Tandem repeat protein structures.

## Publications

1.  2015BMC Genomicsfirst author
    
    ### [Exploration of alternative splicing events in ten different grapevine cultivars](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1922-5)
    
    E. Potenza et al.
    
    33+ citations
    
2.  2015Molecular Biotechnology
    
    ### [Identification of Low Temperature Stress Regulated Transcript Sequences and Gene Families in Italian Cypress](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-014-9833-2)
    
    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](https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12605)
    
    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](https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku982)
    
    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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-014-1849-1)
    
    G. Minervini, A. Masiero, E. Potenza, S.C.E. Tosatto
    
    4+ citations
    
6.  2014Nucleic Acids Research
    
    ### [RepeatsDB: a database of tandem repeat protein structures](https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkt1175)
    
    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)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2008.08.005)
    
    M. Berta, A. Giovannelli, E. Potenza, M.L. Traversi, M.L. Racchi
    
    39+ citations