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Overview

Andrea Giacometti is affiliated with Marche Polytechnic University in Italy. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Key subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

Their research topics focus heavily on Protein Structure and Dynamics as well as Enzyme Structure and Function. Additional areas of interest include Material Dynamics and Properties, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Origins and Evolution of Life, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Andrea Giacometti illustrate the range of their investigations and include:

  • "Topology in soft and biological matter," 2024, Physics Reports
  • "Local sequence-structure relationships in proteins," 2021, ARCA (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)
  • "Building blocks of protein structures: Physics meets biology," 2021, Physical Review E
  • "Can the roles of polar and non-polar moieties be reversed in non-polar solvents?" 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Can Polarity-Inverted Surfactants Self-Assemble in Nonpolar Solvents?" 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Andrea Giacometti collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Tatjana Škrbić
  • Amos Maritan
  • Jayanth R. Banavar
  • Trinh Xuan Hoang
  • Angelo Rosa

Their work appears frequently in various academic venues. Notable publication platforms include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Physical Review E
  • Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology and Microbiology of Surgical Wound Infections

    A. Giacometti;O. Cirioni;A. M. Schimizzi;M. S. Del Prete

  • Discovery of a Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcal Infections by Structure-Based Virtual Screening

    Madanahally D. Kiran;Nallini Vijayarangan Adikesavan;Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti

  • Microbial translocation predicts disease progression of HIV-infected antiretroviral-naive patients with high CD4+ cell count.

    Giulia Marchetti;Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Esther Merlini;Giusi M. Bellistrì

  • Cytomegalovirus Coinfection Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Severe Non–AIDS-Defining Events in a Large Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients

    Miriam Lichtner;Paola Cicconi;Serena Vita;Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri

  • Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infection by the Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor RIP

    Naomi Balaban;Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Roberto Ghiselli

  • Use of the Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor RNAIII-Inhibiting Peptide to Prevent Biofilm Formation In Vivo by Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Naomi Balaban;Naomi Balaban;Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Yael Gov

  • LL-37 Protects Rats against Lethal Sepsis Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria

    Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Roberto Ghiselli;Cristina Bergnach

  • Experimental Induction of Fluconazole Resistance in Candida tropicalis ATCC 750

    Francesco Barchiesi;David Calabrese;Dominique Sanglard;Luigi Falconi Di Francesco

  • Irritable bowel syndrome in patients with Blastocystis hominis infection.

    A. Giacometti;O. Cirioni;A. Fiorentini;M. Fortuna

  • RNA III Inhibiting Peptide Inhibits In Vivo Biofilm Formation by Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Yael Gov;Roberto Ghiselli

  • Low-frequency drug-resistant HIV-1 and risk of virological failure to first-line NNRTI-based ART: a multicohort European case–control study using centralized ultrasensitive 454 pyrosequencing

    Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Marc Noguera-Julian;Francesca Di Giallonardo;Rob Schuurman

  • Prevalence and clinical relevance of Blastocystis hominis in diverse patient cohorts.

    Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Davide Drenaggi;Fausto Ancarani

  • Prevalence of intestinal parasites among individuals with allergic skin diseases

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Leonardo Antonicelli;Giuseppina D'Amato

  • In-vitro activity of cationic peptides alone and in combination with clinically used antimicrobial agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    A. Giacometti;O. Cirioni;F. Barchiesi;M. Fortuna

  • In Vitro Susceptibility Tests for Cationic Peptides: Comparison of Broth Microdilution Methods for Bacteria That Grow Aerobically

    A. Giacometti;O. Cirioni;F. Barchiesi;M. S. Del Prete

  • RNAIII-Inhibiting Peptide Significantly Reduces Bacterial Load and Enhances the Effect of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Central Venous Catheter—Associated Staphylococcus aureus Infections

    Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Roberto Ghiselli;Giorgio Dell'Acqua

  • Suppression of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcal Infections by the Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor RNAIII-Inhibiting Peptide

    Giorgio Dell'Acqua;Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Roberto Ghiselli

  • Incidence of Adipose Tissue Alterations in First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy: The LipoICoNa Study

    Massimo Galli;Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Aana Lisa Ridolfo;Cristina Gervasoni

  • Prophylactic Efficacy of Topical Temporin A and RNAIII-Inhibiting Peptide in a Subcutaneous Rat Pouch Model of Graft Infection Attributable to Staphylococci With Intermediate Resistance to Glycopeptides

    Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Roberto Ghiselli;Giorgio Dell’Acqua

  • Combination studies between polycationic peptides and clinically used antibiotics against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Maria Simona Del Prete;Alessandra Mataloni Paggi

Frequent Co-Authors

Oscar Cirioni
Oscar Cirioni Marche Polytechnic University
Giorgio Scalise
Giorgio Scalise Marche Polytechnic University
Francesco Barchiesi
Francesco Barchiesi Marche Polytechnic University
Roberto Cauda
Roberto Cauda Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Andrea Gori
Andrea Gori University of Milan
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte University of Milan
Andrea Antinori
Andrea Antinori Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Andrea De Luca
Andrea De Luca University of Siena
Claudio Maria Mastroianni
Claudio Maria Mastroianni Sapienza University of Rome
Margherita Zanetti
Margherita Zanetti University of Udine

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