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Stefano Piccolo

Stefano Piccolo

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
72
Citations
45499
World Ranking
1297
National Ranking
22

Stefano Piccolo publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefano Piccolo sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 132 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Stefano Piccolo D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefano Piccolo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Stefano Piccolo is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research spans multiple domains within biological sciences, predominantly focusing on molecular and cell biology and their applications in medicine.

Piccolo's main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 52 publications, and Medicine with 22 publications. These fields are further specialized into subfields such as Cell Biology (23 publications), Molecular Biology (20 publications), Oncology (9 publications), Biophysics (5 publications), and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (5 publications).

The scientist's work centers around several key topics related to cancer biology and cellular mechanisms. Primary topics include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (28 publications), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (16 publications), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (12 publications), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (10 publications), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 publications), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (8 publications), and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 publications).

Stefano Piccolo has contributed research to various reputable publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Cancer Research (4 publications)
  • Nature Materials (2 publications)
  • Nature (2 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials (2 publications)

Recent research papers authored by or involving Piccolo include:

  • Reprogramming normal cells into tumour precursors requires ECM stiffness and oncogene-mediated changes of cell mechanical properties, 2020, Nature Materials
  • LifeTime and improving European healthcare through cell-based interceptive medicine, 2020, Nature
  • Single-cell analyses reveal YAP/TAZ as regulators of stemness and cell plasticity in glioblastoma, 2020, Nature Cancer
  • Epigenomic landscape of human colorectal cancer unveils an aberrant core of pan-cancer enhancers orchestrated by YAP/TAZ, 2021, Nature Communications
  • ATR is essential for preservation of cell mechanics and nuclear integrity during interstitial migration, 2020, Nature Communications

Collaboration is a notable aspect of the scientist's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Francesca Zanconato (14 joint publications)
  • Michelangelo Cordenonsi (13 joint publications)
  • Tito Panciera (10 joint publications)
  • Silvio Bicciato (8 joint publications)
  • Matteo Fassan (7 joint publications)

Stefano Piccolo has been recognized by the scientific community as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2019.

Best Publications

  • Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

    Sirio Dupont;Leonardo Morsut;Mariaceleste Aragona;Elena Enzo

  • YAP/TAZ at the Roots of Cancer

    Francesca Zanconato;Michelangelo Cordenonsi;Stefano Piccolo

  • The Biology of YAP/TAZ: Hippo Signaling and Beyond

    Stefano Piccolo;Sirio Dupont;Michelangelo Cordenonsi

  • A Mechanical Checkpoint Controls Multicellular Growth through YAP/TAZ Regulation by Actin-Processing Factors

    Mariaceleste Aragona;Tito Panciera;Andrea Manfrin;Stefano Giulitti

  • Dorsoventral Patterning in Xenopus: Inhibition of Ventral Signals by Direct Binding of Chordin to BMP-4

    Stefano Piccolo;Yoshiki Sasai;Bin Lu;Eddy M De Robertis

  • The Hippo Transducer TAZ Confers Cancer Stem Cell-Related Traits on Breast Cancer Cells

    Michelangelo Cordenonsi;Francesca Zanconato;Luca Azzolin;Mattia Forcato

  • MicroRNA control of signal transduction.

    Masafumi Inui;Graziano Martello;Stefano Piccolo

  • Mechanobiology of YAP and TAZ in physiology and disease

    Tito Panciera;Luca Azzolin;Michelangelo Cordenonsi;Stefano Piccolo

  • The head inducer Cerberus is a multifunctional antagonist of Nodal, BMP and Wnt signals.

    Stefano Piccolo;Stefano Piccolo;Eric Agius;Luc Leyns;Luc Leyns;Subha Bhattacharyya

  • Frzb-1 is a secreted antagonist of Wnt signaling expressed in the Spemann Organizer.

    Luc Leyns;Tewis Bouwmeester;Sung-Hyun Kim;Stefano Piccolo

  • Genome-wide association between YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 at enhancers drives oncogenic growth

    Francesca Zanconato;Mattia Forcato;Giusy Battilana;Luca Azzolin

  • YAP/TAZ Incorporation in the β-Catenin Destruction Complex Orchestrates the Wnt Response

    Luca Azzolin;Tito Panciera;Sandra Soligo;Elena Enzo

  • Transduction of mechanical and cytoskeletal cues by YAP and TAZ

    Georg Halder;Sirio Dupont;Stefano Piccolo

  • A Mutant-p53/Smad Complex Opposes p63 to Empower TGFβ-Induced Metastasis

    Maddalena Adorno;Michelangelo Cordenonsi;Marco Montagner;Sirio Dupont

  • YAP/TAZ upstream signals and downstream responses

    Antonio Totaro;Tito Panciera;Stefano Piccolo

  • Mapping Wnt/β-catenin signaling during mouse development and in colorectal tumors

    Silvia Maretto;Michelangelo Cordenonsi;Sirio Dupont;Paola Braghetta

  • A MicroRNA targeting dicer for metastasis control.

    Graziano Martello;Antonio Rosato;Francesco Ferrari;Andrea Manfrin

  • Metabolic control of YAP and TAZ by the mevalonate pathway

    Giovanni Sorrentino;Naomi Ruggeri;Valeria Specchia;Michelangelo Cordenonsi

  • FAM/USP9x, a Deubiquitinating Enzyme Essential for TGFβ Signaling, Controls Smad4 Monoubiquitination

    Sirio Dupont;Anant Mamidi;Michelangelo Cordenonsi;Marco Montagner

  • YAP/TAZ-Dependent Reprogramming of Colonic Epithelium Links ECM Remodeling to Tissue Regeneration

    Shiro Yui;Luca Azzolin;Martti Maimets;Marianne Terndrup Pedersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvio Bicciato
Silvio Bicciato University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Paolo Bonaldo
Paolo Bonaldo University of Padua
Matteo Fassan
Matteo Fassan University of Padua
Sarah E. Millar
Sarah E. Millar University of Pennsylvania
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Wolf Reik
Wolf Reik Babraham Institute
E. M. De Robertis
E. M. De Robertis University of California, Los Angeles
Giuseppe Basso
Giuseppe Basso University of Padua
Thierry Voet
Thierry Voet KU Leuven
Christoph Bock
Christoph Bock Austrian Academy of Sciences

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