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Andrea Crisanti

Andrea Crisanti

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Biology and Biochemistry
Italy
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
26379
World Ranking
3661
National Ranking
72

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Andrea Crisanti is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. The scientist's research covers multiple aspects of medicine with a significant focus on infectious diseases and molecular biology.

Crisanti's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, Crisanti has contributed extensively to several subfields such as:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Biology
  • Insect Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The primary topics of work explored in Crisanti's research encompass:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Crisanti has published multiple papers, including prominent ones such as:

  • Suppression of a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in the Italian municipality of Vo', 2020, published in Nature
  • COVID-19 pulmonary pathology: a multi-institutional autopsy cohort from Italy and New York City, 2020, published in Modern Pathology
  • Suppression of COVID-19 outbreak in the municipality of Vo', Italy, 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, 2020, published in Nature Biotechnology
  • Gene-drive suppression of mosquito populations in large cages as a bridge between lab and field, 2021, published in Nature Communications

The frequent venues where Crisanti's research is published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PLoS Genetics
  • Pathogens and Global Health

Among frequent collaborators, Andrea Crisanti has worked with:

  • Claudia Del Vecchio
  • Enrico Lavezzo
  • Elisa Franchin
  • Stefano Toppo
  • Tony Nolan

Best Publications

  • A CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system targeting female reproduction in the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae

    Andrew Hammond;Roberto Galizi;Kyros Kyrou;Alekos Simoni

  • Suppression of a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in the Italian municipality of Vo'.

    Enrico Lavezzo;Elisa Franchin;Constanze Ciavarella;Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg

  • TRAP is necessary for gliding motility and infectivity of plasmodium sporozoites.

    Ali A Sultan;Vandana Thathy;Ute Frevert;Kathryn J.H Robson

  • A CRISPR–Cas9 gene drive targeting doublesex causes complete population suppression in caged Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

    Kyros Kyrou;Andrew M Hammond;Roberto Galizi;Nace Kranjc

  • Highly evolvable malaria vectors: The genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes

    Daniel E. Neafsey;Robert M. Waterhouse;Mohammad R. Abai;Sergey S. Aganezov

  • Products of random matrices in statistical physics

    Andrea Crisanti;G. Paladin;Angelo Vulpiani

  • The sphericalp-spin interaction spin glass model: the statics

    A. Crisanti;H. J. Sommers

  • PCR-RFLP analysis of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene discriminates between C. wrairi and C. parvum, and between C. parvum isolates of human and animal origin

    Furio Spano;Lorenza Putignani;James McLauchlin;David P Casemore

  • Stable germline transformation of the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi

    Flaminia Catteruccia;Tony Nolan;Thanasis G. Loukeris;Claudia Blass

  • Spectrum of large random asymmetric matrices

    H. J. Sommers;A. Crisanti;H. Sompolinsky;Y. Stein

  • COVID-19 pulmonary pathology: a multi-institutional autopsy cohort from Italy and New York City.

    Alain C. Borczuk;Steven P. Salvatore;Surya V. Seshan;Sanjay S. Patel

  • Predictability in the large: an extension of the concept of Lyapunov exponent

    E Aurell;G Boffetta;A Crisanti;G Paladin

  • Violation of the fluctuation–dissipation theorem in glassy systems: basic notions and the numerical evidence

    A Crisanti;F Ritort

  • A synthetic homing endonuclease-based gene drive system in the human malaria mosquito

    Nikolai Windbichler;Miriam Menichelli;Philippos Aris Papathanos;Summer B. Thyme

  • Impact of genetic manipulation on the fitness of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes.

    Flaminia Catteruccia;H. Charles J. Godfray;Andrea Crisanti;Andrea Crisanti

  • A synthetic sex ratio distortion system for the control of the human malaria mosquito

    Roberto Galizi;Lindsey A. Doyle;Miriam Menichelli;Federica Bernardini

  • Products of Random Matrices

    Andrea Crisanti;Giovanni Paladin;Angelo Vulpiani

  • Bee Venom Phospholipase Inhibits Malaria Parasite Development in Transgenic Mosquitoes

    Luciano A. Moreira;Junitsu Ito;Anil Kumar Ghosh;Martin Devenport

  • The sphericalp-spin interaction spin-glass model

    A. Crisanti;H. Horner;H. J. Sommers

  • Suppression of COVID-19 outbreak in the municipality of Vo, Italy

    Enrico Lavezzo;Elisa Franchin;Constanze Ciavarella;Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg

Frequent Co-Authors

Flaminia Catteruccia
Flaminia Catteruccia Harvard University
Austin Burt
Austin Burt Imperial College London
Francesco Bistoni
Francesco Bistoni University of Perugia
Kathryn J. H. Robson
Kathryn J. H. Robson University of Oxford
Lorenza Putignani
Lorenza Putignani Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences
Haim Sompolinsky
Haim Sompolinsky Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Klaus Früh
Klaus Früh Oregon Health & Science University
Rita Tewari
Rita Tewari University of Nottingham
Laurent Rénia
Laurent Rénia Nanyang Technological University
Hermann Bujard
Hermann Bujard Heidelberg University

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