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Maria Giovanna Riparbelli

Maria Giovanna Riparbelli

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Biology and Biochemistry

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46
Citations
7270
World Ranking
18968
National Ranking
607

Overview

Maria Giovanna Riparbelli is affiliated with the University of Siena in Italy, focusing on research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, and Insect Science.

Their work centers on topics such as Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Plant Reproductive Biology, Retinal Development and Disorders, and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Frequent coauthors include Giuliano Callaini, Veronica Persico, Marco Gottardo, Levente Kovács, and David M. Glover.

Publication venues where Riparbelli has contributed multiple works include Cells, Cytoskeleton, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The EMBO Journal, and Cell stem cell.

Recent publications by or including Maria Giovanna Riparbelli are:

  • "Human brain organoids assemble functionally integrated bilateral optic vesicles", 2021, Cell stem cell
  • "The Microtubule Cytoskeleton during the Early Drosophila Spermiogenesis", 2020, Cells
  • "Generation of iPSC-derived human forebrain organoids assembling bilateral eye primordia", 2023, Nature Protocols
  • "Centrioles and Ciliary Structures during Male Gametogenesis in Hexapoda: Discovery of New Models", 2020, Cells
  • "Tissue specific requirement of Drosophila Rcd4 for centriole duplication and ciliogenesis", 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology

Best Publications

  • SAK/PLK4 is required for centriole duplication and flagella development.

    M. Bettencourt-Dias;A. Rodrigues-Martins;L. Carpenter;M. Riparbelli

  • Intraflagellar transport is required for polarized recycling of the TCR/CD3 complex to the immune synapse.

    Francesca Finetti;Silvia Rossi Paccani;Maria Giovanna Riparbelli;Emiliana Giacomello

  • Asterless is a scaffold for the onset of centriole assembly

    Nikola S. Dzhindzhev;Quan D. Yu;Kipp Weiskopf;Kipp Weiskopf;George Tzolovsky

  • Recent Zika Virus Isolates Induce Premature Differentiation of Neural Progenitors in Human Brain Organoids

    Elke Gabriel;Anand Ramani;Ulrike Karow;Marco Gottardo

  • Revisiting the role of the mother centriole in centriole biogenesis.

    A. Rodrigues-Martins;M. Riparbelli;M. Riparbelli;M. Riparbelli;G. Callaini;G. Callaini;G. Callaini;D. M. Glover;D. M. Glover;D. M. Glover

  • The SCF/Slimb Ubiquitin Ligase Limits Centrosome Amplification through Degradation of SAK/PLK4

    Inês Cunha-Ferreira;Inês Cunha-Ferreira;Ana Rodrigues-Martins;Ana Rodrigues-Martins;Inês Bento;Maria Riparbelli

  • Drosophila Polo Kinase Is Required for Cytokinesis

    Mar Carmena;Maria Giovanna Riparbelli;Gianluca Minestrini;Álvaro M. Tavares

  • Wolbachia-induced delay of paternal chromatin condensation does not prevent maternal chromosomes from entering anaphase in incompatible crosses of Drosophila simulans

    Giuliano Callaini;Romano Dallai;Maria Giovanna Riparbelli

  • DSAS-6 organizes a tube-like centriole precursor, and its absence suggests modularity in centriole assembly

    Ana Rodrigues-Martins;Mónica Bettencourt-Dias;Mónica Bettencourt-Dias;Maria Riparbelli;Cláudia Ferreira;Cláudia Ferreira

  • Human brain organoids assemble functionally integrated bilateral optic vesicles

    Elke Gabriel;Walid Albanna;Walid Albanna;Giovanni Pasquini;Anand Ramani

  • Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) in the human prostate and prostate cancer cells: expression, distribution, and calcium binding activity.

    Felice Arcuri;Stefania Papa;Antonietta Carducci;Roberta Romagnoli

  • Citron kinase controls a molecular network required for midbody formation in cytokinesis

    Zuni I. Bassi;Morgane Audusseau;Maria Giovanna Riparbelli;Giuliano Callaini

  • Conserved Molecular Interactions in Centriole-to-Centrosome Conversion

    Jingyan Fu;Zoltan Lipinszki;Hélène Rangone;Mingwei Min

  • A requirement for the Abnormal Spindle protein to organise microtubules of the central spindle for cytokinesis in Drosophila

    Maria Giovanna Riparbelli;Giuliano Callaini;David M. Glover;Maria do Carmo Avides

  • Fertilization inDrosophila melanogaster:Centrosome Inheritance and Organization of the First Mitotic Spindle

    Giuliano Callaini;Maria Giovanna Riparbelli

  • Centriole and centrosome cycle in the early Drosophila embryo.

    G. Callaini;M.G. Riparbelli

  • Centriole and centrosome dynamics during the embryonic cell cycles that follow the formation of the cellular blastoderm in Drosophila.

    Giuliano Callaini;William G.F. Whitfield;Maria Giovanna Riparbelli

  • Centrosome inheritance in insects: fertilization and parthenogenesis.

    Giuliano Callaini;Maria Giovanna Riparbelli;Romano Dallai

  • Mitotic Defects Associated with Cytoplasmic Incompatibility inDrosophila simulans

    Giuliano Callaini;Maria Giovanna Riparbelli;Rosanna Giordano;Romano Dallai

  • Human brain organoids assemble functionally integrated bilateral optic vesicles

    Elke Gabriel;Walid Albanna;Walid Albanna;Giovanni Pasquini;Giovanni Pasquini;Anand Ramani

Frequent Co-Authors

Romano Dallai
Romano Dallai University of Siena
David M. Glover
David M. Glover California Institute of Technology
Cayetano Gonzalez
Cayetano Gonzalez Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Cosima T. Baldari
Cosima T. Baldari University of Siena
Haitao Li
Haitao Li Tsinghua University
Jean-Charles Sanchez
Jean-Charles Sanchez University of Geneva
Toni Schneider
Toni Schneider University of Cologne
Martin Krönke
Martin Krönke University of Cologne
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit Universität Hamburg
Janine Altmüller
Janine Altmüller University of Cologne

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