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Biology and Biochemistry
Italy
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

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73
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21526
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National Ranking
133

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

Overview

Giovanni Giuliano is affiliated with the National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development in Italy. Their research contributions emphasize the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their scientific output includes significant work within the subfields of Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology. Key research topics covered include Plant Virus Research Studies, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and Plant Gene Expression Analysis.

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Giovanni Giuliano include the following papers:

  • "Tandem gene duplications drive divergent evolution of caffeine and crocin biosynthetic pathways in plants" (2020), published in BMC Biology
  • "Carotenoid biofortification in crop plants: citius, altius, fortius" (2020), published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
  • "Improved genome assembly and pan-genome provide key insights into eggplant domestication and breeding" (2021), published in The Plant Journal
  • "Global range expansion history of pepper (Capsicum spp.) revealed by over 10,000 genebank accessions" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A multi-omic Nicotiana benthamiana resource for fundamental research and biotechnology" (2023), published in Nature Plants

Giuliano collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, reflecting a consistent partnership network including:

  • Jaime Prohens
  • Lorenzo Barchi
  • Paola Ferrante
  • Maria Sulli
  • Giuseppe Aprea

The scientist's works have appeared in several recurrent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Journal
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Nature Plants
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Giuliano's research predominantly advances knowledge in genetics and molecular biology approaches to plant science, particularly concentrating on biofortification, genome assembly, domestication, and the molecular biology of important crop species.

Best Publications

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato.

    Xu X;Pan S;Cheng S

  • An evolutionarily conserved protein binding sequence upstream of a plant light-regulated gene.

    G Giuliano;E Pichersky;V S Malik;M P Timko

  • The coffee genome provides insight into the convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

    Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet;Alexis Dereeper;Gaëtan Droc

  • Regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis during tomato development.

    Giovanni Giuliano;Glenn E. Bartley;Pablo A. Scolnik

  • Manipulation of the Blue Light Photoreceptor Cryptochrome 2 in Tomato Affects Vegetative Development, Flowering Time, and Fruit Antioxidant Content

    Leonardo Giliberto;Gaetano Perrotta;Patrizia Pallara;James L. Weller

  • DNA methylation of embryogenic carrot cell cultures and its variations as caused by mutation, differentiation, hormones and hypomethylating drugs.

    F. LoSchiavo;L. Pitto;G. Giuliano;G. Torti

  • Metabolic engineering of beta-carotene and lycopene content in tomato fruit.

    Carlo Rosati;Riccardo Aquilani;Sridhar Dharmapuri;Patrizia Pallara

  • Metabolic Engineering of Potato Carotenoid Content through Tuber-Specific Overexpression of a Bacterial Mini-Pathway

    Gianfranco Diretto;Salim Al-Babili;Raffaela Tavazza;Velia Papacchioli

  • Lutein is needed for efficient chlorophyll triplet quenching in the major LHCII antenna complex of higher plants and effective photoprotection in vivo under strong light

    Luca Dall'Osto;Chiara Lico;Jean Alric;Giovanni Giuliano

  • Metabolic engineering of potato tuber carotenoids through tuber-specific silencing of lycopene epsilon cyclase

    Gianfranco Diretto;Raffaela Tavazza;Ralf Welsch;Daniele Pizzichini

  • Metabolic engineering of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants

    Giovanni Giuliano;Raffaela Tavazza;Gianfranco Diretto;Peter Beyer

  • Light‐dependent regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis occurs at the level of phytoene synthase expression and is mediated by phytochrome in Sinapis alba and Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings

    Johannes Von Lintig;Ralf Welsch;Michael Bonk;Giovanni Giuliano

  • Comparative 454 pyrosequencing of transcripts from two olive genotypes during fruit development

    Fiammetta Alagna;Nunzio D'Agostino;Laura Torchia;Maurizio Servili

  • Novel carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase catalyzes the first dedicated step in saffron crocin biosynthesis

    Sarah Frusciante;Gianfranco Diretto;Mark Bruno;Paola Ferrante

  • Carotenoid oxygenases: cleave it or leave it.

    Giovanni Giuliano;Salim Al-Babili;Johannes von Lintig

  • Carotenoid accumulation during tomato fruit ripening is modulated by the auxin-ethylene balance

    Liyan Su;Gianfranco Diretto;Eduardo Purgatto;Saïda Danoun

  • Study of 'Redhaven' peach and its white-fleshed mutant suggests a key role of CCD4 carotenoid dioxygenase in carotenoid and norisoprenoid volatile metabolism

    Federica Brandi;Einat Bar;Fabienne Mourgues;Györgyi Horváth

  • Dissection of tomato lycopene biosynthesis through Virus-Induced Gene Silencing

    Elio Fantini;Giulia Falcone;Sarah Frusciante;Leonardo Giliberto

  • A light-entrained circadian clock controls transcription of several plant genes.

    Giovanni Giuliano;N.E. Hoffman;K. Ko;P.A. Scolnik

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianfranco Diretto
Gianfranco Diretto National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Lorenzo Barchi
Lorenzo Barchi University of Turin
Sergio Lanteri
Sergio Lanteri University of Turin
Massimo Delledonne
Massimo Delledonne University of Verona
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Mondher Bouzayen
Mondher Bouzayen Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Peter Beyer
Peter Beyer University of Freiburg
Lukas A. Mueller
Lukas A. Mueller Boyce Thompson Institute
Ray Ming
Ray Ming University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
James J. Giovannoni
James J. Giovannoni Boyce Thompson Institute

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