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Claudio Bandi

Claudio Bandi

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Biology and Biochemistry
Italy
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
79
Citations
19765
World Ranking
1232
National Ranking
28

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Claudio Bandi is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has contributed extensively to research spanning multiple disciplines within the biological and medical sciences. The scientist's work is characterized by a diverse range of studies, often focusing on infectious diseases, molecular biology, and epidemiology, with a methodological emphasis on genomics and phylogenetic analysis.

Bandi's publication record includes papers in notable venues such as Scientific Reports, Pharmacological Research, Frontiers in Endocrinology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and others. Selected publications include:

  • "Serological follow-up of SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic subjects" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Boosting immunity to treat parasitic infections: Asaia bacteria expressing a protein from Wolbachia determine M1 macrophage activation and killing of Leishmania protozoans" (2020, Pharmacological Research)
  • "Precocious puberty and microbiota: The role of the sex hormone-gut microbiome axis" (2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology)
  • "A Journey on the Skin Microbiome: Pitfalls and Opportunities" (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "Morphology, ultrastructure, genomics, and phylogeny of Euplotes vanleeuwenhoeki sp. nov. and its ultra-reduced endosymbiont 'Candidatus Pinguicoccus supinus' sp. nov." (2020, Scientific Reports)

The main fields of study covered by Bandi include Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad categories, more specific subfields of work address Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Insect Science, and Epidemiology.

Bandi's research topics can be outlined as follows:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Frequent scientific collaborators include:

  • Sara Epis
  • Paolo Gabrieli
  • Francesco Comandatore
  • Ilaria Varotto-Boccazzi
  • Gianvincenzo Zuccotti

Bandi has published prolifically in several scientific journals, with multiple papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Parasites & Vectors, Scientific Reports, Pharmacological Research, and Communications Biology. This distribution reflects a focus on parasitic diseases, microbiomes, and infectious pathogens.

Best Publications

  • Phylogeny of Wolbachia in filarial nematodes

    Claudio Bandi;Tim J. C. Anderson;Claudio Genchi;Mark L. Blaxter

  • A phylogenetic analysis of filarial nematodes: comparison with the phylogeny of Wolbachia endosymbionts

    M. Casiraghi;T.J.C. Anderson;C. Bandi;C. Bazzocchi

  • Bacteria of the genus Asaia stably associate with Anopheles stephensi, an Asian malarial mosquito vector

    Guido Favia;Irene Ricci;Claudia Damiani;Noura Raddadi

  • Wolbachia bacterial endosymbionts of filarial nematodes.

    Mark J. Taylor;Claudio Bandi;Achim Hoerauf

  • An obligately endosymbiotic mycorrhizal fungus itself harbors obligately intracellular bacteria.

    V Bianciotto;C Bandi;D Minerdi;M Sironi

  • Evidence from multiple gene sequences indicates that termites evolved from wood-feeding cockroaches

    Nathan Lo;Gaku Tokuda;Hirofumi Watanabe;Harley Rose

  • How Many Wolbachia Supergroups Exist

    Nathan Lo;Maurizio Casiraghi;Emanuela Salati;Chiara Bazzocchi

  • Acetic Acid Bacteria, Newly Emerging Symbionts of Insects

    Elena Crotti;Aurora Rizzi;Bessem Chouaia;Irene Ricci

  • Mapping the presence of Wolbachia pipientis on the phylogeny of filarial nematodes: evidence for symbiont loss during evolution.

    Maurizio Casiraghi;Odile Bain;Ricardo Guerrero;Coralie Martin

  • Molecular evidence for a close relative of the arthropod endosymbiont Wolbachia in a filarial worm

    M. Sironi;C. Bandi;C. Bandi;L. Sacchi;B. Di Sacco

  • Effects of tetracycline on the filarial worms Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria immitis and their bacterial endosymbionts Wolbachia

    Claudio Bandi;John W McCall;Claudio Genchi;Silvia Corona

  • Integrated taxonomy: traditional approach and DNA barcoding for the identification of filarioid worms and related parasites (Nematoda)

    Emanuele Ferri;Michela Barbuto;Odile Bain;Andrea Galimberti

  • Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study

    Achim Hoerauf;Sabine Specht;Marcelle Büttner;Kenneth Pfarr

  • Wolbachia in filarial nematodes: evolutionary aspects and implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of filarial diseases.

    Claudio Bandi;Alexander J Trees;Norbert W Brattig

  • The Major Surface Protein of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Filarial Nematodes Elicits Immune Responses through TLR2 and TLR4

    Norbert W. Brattig;Chiara Bazzocchi;Carsten J. Kirschning;Norbert Reiling

  • 'Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii', an endosymbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus with a unique intramitochondrial lifestyle

    Davide Sassera;Tiziana Beninati;Claudio Bandi;Edwin A. P. Bouman

  • Evidence for Cocladogenesis Between Diverse Dictyopteran Lineages and Their Intracellular Endosymbionts

    Nathan Lo;Claudio Bandi;Hirofumi Watanabe;Christine Nalepa

  • Phylogeny of Wolbachia pipientis based on gltA, groEL and ftsZ gene sequences: clustering of arthropod and nematode symbionts in the F supergroup, and evidence for further diversity in the Wolbachia tree.

    M. Casiraghi;S. R. Bordenstein;L. Baldo;N. Lo

  • RAPD Fingerprints for identification and for taxonomic studies of elite poplar (Populus spp.) clones

    S. Castiglione;G. Wang;G. Damiani;C. Bandi

  • Delayed larval development in Anopheles mosquitoes deprived of Asaia bacterial symbionts.

    Bessem Chouaia;Paolo Rossi;Sara Epis;Sara Epis;Michela Mosca

  • Taxonomic status of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis.

    Nathan Lo;C Paraskevopoulos;K Bourtzis;Scott Leslie O'Neill

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Genchi
Claudio Genchi University of Milan
Daniele Daffonchio
Daniele Daffonchio King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Alberto Alma
Alberto Alma University of Turin
Nathan Lo
Nathan Lo University of Sydney
Marco Genchi
Marco Genchi University of Parma
Christine A. Nalepa
Christine A. Nalepa North Carolina State University
Vittorio Sambri
Vittorio Sambri University of Bologna
Kostas Bourtzis
Kostas Bourtzis International Atomic Energy Agency
Luigi Gradoni
Luigi Gradoni Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Renato Fani
Renato Fani University of Florence

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