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Alessandro Pinto

University of East Anglia

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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Alex Sparks· 1 shared Aziz FarhatiD· 1 shared Bonnie WangiD· 1 shared Charlotte Bartleet-Cross· 1 shared Cheng ZhangiD· 1 shared Chuen Zhang LeeiD· 1 shared David Richardson· 1 shared David Yu ZhangiD· 1 shared

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Scaling Multiplex qPCR Primer Design to 1000-plex using the Degenerate Incomplete Multiplex Primer List Extension (DIMPLE) Algorithm

Alessandro Pinto, Xue Dong, Wei Wu, Sara J. Johnson, Qin Wen, Cheng Zhang, Jana Havey, Bonnie Wang, Guilin Tang, Aziz Farhat, David Yu Zhang, Ghayas C. Issa, Xi Zhang

The paper introduces DIMPLE, a scalable qPCR primer design algorithm that enables 10,000+ primers in a single reaction, achieving low VAF detection and multiplex applications.

bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

A Seychelles warbler genomic toolkit

Kiran Gok Lune Lee, Charlotte Bartleet-Cross, Sen Dong, Sergio González‐Mollinedo, Alessandro Pinto, Chuen Zhang Lee, Alex Sparks, Marco van der Velde, Marie-Elena Manarelli, Tom Holden, Rachel M. Tucker, Kathryn H. Maher, Helen Hipperson, Jon Slate, Jan Komdeur, , Terry A. Burke

The paper develops a genomic toolkit for Seychelles warblers, enabling genetic pedigree assignment and correcting sample identity errors using high-quality genomic data.

bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2026 · PreprintGenomics