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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Italy Leader Award
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Giorgio Bernardi is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, mainly focusing on social sciences and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The primary subfields of study include education, molecular biology, and health information management.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics related to science and education research, health education and validation, genomics and chromatin dynamics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, healthcare regulation, and education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bernardi has published research in various scholarly venues, with notable frequent publications in Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo and Life. Their recent academic papers include:

  • "The "Genomic Code": DNA Pervasively Moulds Chromatin Structures Leaving no Room for "Junk"" (2021, Life)
  • "Anatomia em foco: pranchas anatômicas como metodologia ativa no ensino e aprendizado" (2024, Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo)
  • "Anatomia no insta: o uso do instagram no ensino de Anatomia humana" (2024, Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo)

Research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with Ísis Gabryely Bonifácio Fuzinelli and Claudia Tatiana Araujo da Cruz-Silva, each appearing in multiple publications.

Bernardi's accolades include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2000, membership in the Academia Europaea since 1989, and affiliation as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • The 1993-94 Généthon human genetic linkage map.

    Gabor Gyapay;Jean Morissette;Alain Vignal;Colette Dib

  • Expression of ectonucleotidase CD39 by Foxp3+ Treg cells: hydrolysis of extracellular ATP and immune suppression

    Giovanna Borsellino;Markus Kleinewietfeld;Diletta Di Mitri;Alexander Sternjak

  • The mosaic genome of warm-blooded vertebrates.

    Giorgio Bernardi;Birgitta Olofsson;Jan Filipski;Marino Zerial

  • Cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: a consensus report.

    M. Andersson;J. Alvarezcermeno;G. Bernardi;I. Cogato

  • Loss of bidirectional striatal synaptic plasticity in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia

    Barbara Picconi;Diego Centonze;Kerstin Håkansson;Giorgio Bernardi

  • Long-term synaptic depression in the striatum: physiological and pharmacological characterization

    Paolo Calabresi;R Maj;A Pisani;Nb Mercuri

  • Isochores and the evolutionary genomics of vertebrates.

    Giorgio Bernardi

  • Mapping of Motor Cortical Reorganization After Stroke A Brain Stimulation Study With Focal Magnetic Pulses

    Raimondo Traversa;Paola Cicinelli;Andrea Bassi;Paolo Maria Rossini

  • Nigrostriatal dopaminergic deficits and hypokinesia caused by inactivation of the familial Parkinsonism-linked gene DJ-1.

    Matthew S. Goldberg;Antonio Pisani;Marian Haburcak;Timothy A. Vortherms

  • Post‐ischemic brain damage: pathophysiology and role of inflammatory mediators

    Diana Amantea;Giuseppe Nappi;Giorgio Bernardi;Giacinto Bagetta

  • The corticostriatal projection: from synaptic plasticity to dysfunctions of the basal ganglia

    Paolo Calabresi;Antonio Pisani;Nicola B. Mercuri;Giorgio Bernardi

  • Acetylcholine-mediated modulation of striatal function.

    Paolo Calabresi;Diego Centonze;Paolo Gubellini;Antonio Pisani

  • THE ISOCHORE ORGANIZATION OF THE HUMAN GENOME

    Giorgio Bernardi

  • THE HUMAN GENOME : ORGANIZATION AND EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY

    Giorgio Bernardi

  • Long-term Potentiation in the Striatum is Unmasked by Removing the Voltage-dependent Magnesium Block of NMDA Receptor Channels

    P. Calabresi;A. Pisani;N. B. Mercuri;G. Bernardi

  • Re-emergence of striatal cholinergic interneurons in movement disorders.

    Antonio Pisani;Giorgio Bernardi;Jun Ding;D. James Surmeier

  • Dopaminergic control of synaptic plasticity in the dorsal striatum

    Diego Centonze;Barbara Picconi;Paolo Gubellini;Giorgio Bernardi

  • The highest gene concentrations in the human genome are in telomeric bands of metaphase chromosomes

    S Saccone;A De Sario;G Della Valle;G Bernardi

  • Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32 kDa Controls Both Striatal Long-Term Depression and Long-Term Potentiation, Opposing Forms of Synaptic Plasticity

    Paolo Calabresi;Paolo Gubellini;Diego Centonze;Barbara Picconi

  • Inflammation Triggers Synaptic Alteration and Degeneration in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Diego Centonze;Luca Muzio;Silvia Rossi;Francesca Cavasinni

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Calabresi
Paolo Calabresi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Diego Centonze
Diego Centonze University of Rome Tor Vergata
Nicola B. Mercuri
Nicola B. Mercuri University of Rome Tor Vergata
Antonio Pisani
Antonio Pisani University of Pavia
Giuseppe Sancesario
Giuseppe Sancesario University of Rome Tor Vergata
Silvia Rossi
Silvia Rossi Chiesi (Italy)
Alessandro Stefani
Alessandro Stefani University of Rome Tor Vergata
Paolo Stanzione
Paolo Stanzione University of Rome Tor Vergata
Barbara Picconi
Barbara Picconi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Paolo Gubellini
Paolo Gubellini Aix-Marseille University

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