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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Bruno Dallapiccola is affiliated with the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their scholarly output emphasizes Genetics and Molecular Biology with additional focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Immunology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The primary research topics covered by Dallapiccola include:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies

Dallapiccola's notable recent papers are:

  • "Enhanced MAPK1 Function Causes a Neurodevelopmental Disorder within the RASopathy Clinical Spectrum," 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "SPRED2 loss-of-function causes a recessive Noonan syndrome-like phenotype," 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Solving patients with rare diseases through programmatic reanalysis of genome-phenome data," 2021, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "SCUBE3 loss-of-function causes a recognizable recessive developmental disorder due to defective bone morphogenetic protein signaling," 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Frameshift mutations at the C-terminus of HIST1H1E result in a specific DNA hypomethylation signature," 2020, Clinical Epigenetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dallapiccola include:

  • Marco Tartaglia
  • Antonio Novelli
  • Francesca Clementina Radio
  • M. Cristina Digilio
  • Andrea Ciolfi

Dallapiccola has contributed to multiple publications in prominent venues such as:

  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Clinical Genetics
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Hereditary Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease Caused by Mutations in PINK1

    Eriza Maria Valente;Patrick M. Abou-Sleiman;Viviana Caputo;Miratul M K Muqit

  • LDL Receptor-Related Protein 5 (LRP5) Affects Bone Accrual and Eye Development

    Y. Q. Gong;R. B. Slee;N. Fukai;G. Rawadi

  • Spectrum of clinical features associated with interstitial chromosome 22q11 deletions: a European collaborative study.

    A K Ryan;J A Goodship;D I Wilson;N Philip

  • Gain-of-function RAF1 mutations cause Noonan and LEOPARD syndromes with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Bhaswati Pandit;Anna Sarkozy;Len A Pennacchio;Claudio Carta

  • Gut microbiota profiling of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and obese patients unveiled by an integrated meta-omics-based approach

    Federica Del Chierico;Valerio Nobili;Pamela Vernocchi;Alessandra Russo

  • PINK1 mutations are associated with sporadic early-onset parkinsonism.

    Enza Maria Valente;Sergio Salvi;Tamara Ialongo;Roberta Marongiu

  • Gain-of-function SOS1 mutations cause a distinctive form of Noonan syndrome

    Marco Tartaglia;Len A Pennacchio;Len A Pennacchio;Chen Zhao;Kamlesh K Yadav

  • Mandibuloacral Dysplasia Is Caused by a Mutation in LMNA-Encoding Lamin A/C

    Giuseppe Novelli;Antoine Muchir;Federica Sangiuolo;Anne Helbling-Leclerc

  • Common variants at five new loci associated with early-onset inflammatory bowel disease.

    Marcin Imielinski;Robert N. Baldassano;Anne Griffiths;Richard K. Russell

  • Mitochondrial import and enzymatic activity of PINK1 mutants associated to recessive parkinsonism

    Laura Silvestri;Viviana Caputo;Emanuele Bellacchio;Luigia Atorino

  • Transmembrane 6 superfamily member 2 gene variant disentangles nonalcoholic steatohepatitis from cardiovascular disease

    Paola Dongiovanni;Salvatore Petta;Cristina Maglio;Anna Ludovica Fracanzani

  • Mutations in CEP290 , which encodes a centrosomal protein, cause pleiotropic forms of Joubert syndrome

    Enza Maria Valente;Jennifer L Silhavy;Francesco Brancati;Francesco Brancati;Giuseppe Barrano;Giuseppe Barrano

  • Joubert Syndrome and related disorders

    Francesco Brancati;Bruno Dallapiccola;Enza Maria Valente;Enza Maria Valente

  • Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Prognostic Index for One-Year Mortality from Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Hospitalized Older Patients

    Alberto Pilotto;Luigi Ferrucci;Marilisa Franceschi;Luigi P. D'Ambrosio

  • Grouping of multiple-lentigines/LEOPARD and Noonan syndromes on the PTPN11 gene.

    Maria Cristina Digilio;Emanuela Conti;Anna Sarkozy;Rita Mingarelli

  • Mutation of SHOC2 promotes aberrant protein N-myristoylation and causes Noonan-like syndrome with loose anagen hair

    Viviana Cordeddu;Elia Di Schiavi;Len A. Pennacchio;Len A. Pennacchio;Avi Ma’ayan

  • Parkes Weber syndrome, vein of galen aneurysmal malformation, and other fast-flow vascular anomalies are caused by RASA1 mutations

    Nicole Revencu;Laurence M. Boon;John B. Mulliken;Odile Enjolras

  • Mutations in the Pericentrin (PCNT) Gene Cause Primordial Dwarfism

    Anita Rauch;Christian T. Thiel;Detlev Schindler;Ursula Wick

  • The origin of the major cystic fibrosis mutation (ΔF508) in European populations

    N. Morral;J. Bertranpetit;X. Estivill;V. Nunes

  • Leopard syndrome

    Anna Sarkozy;Maria Cristina Digilio;Bruno Dallapiccola

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Novelli
Giuseppe Novelli University of Rome Tor Vergata
Maria Cristina Digilio
Maria Cristina Digilio University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Novelli
Antonio Novelli Boston Children's Hospital
Enza Maria Valente
Enza Maria Valente University of Pavia
Antonio Pizzuti
Antonio Pizzuti Sapienza University of Rome
Francesco Brancati
Francesco Brancati University of L'Aquila
Marco Tartaglia
Marco Tartaglia Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Alessandro De Luca
Alessandro De Luca Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
Francesca Capon
Francesca Capon King's College London
Enrico Bertini
Enrico Bertini Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital

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