Riccardo Nifosì
Professor
Physics
Istituto Nanoscienze Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Pisa
Italy
Biography
1992-1997: Undergraduate fellowship from the Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, Italy 1997: Laurea (MSc) in Physics from the University of Pisa, Italy. Supervisor: Prof. M. P. Tosi 2004: PhD in Physics from the Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, Italy. Supervisors: Prof. F. Beltram and Dott. V. Tozzini. Title of the thesis: "Molecular Mechanisms of Green Fluorescent Protein Photophysics".
Research Interest
Photophysical properties of Fluorescent Proteins, Computational modeling and design of molecular vectors for intracellular delivery.
Publications
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Signore G, Nifosì R, Lorenzo A, Barbara S, Ranieri B (2010) Polarity-sensitive coumarins tailored to live cell imaging. J Am Chem Soc 132: 1276-1288.
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Voliani V, Ricci F, Signore G, Nifosì R, Luin S, et al. (2011) Multiphoton Molecular Photorelease in Click-Chemistry Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles. Small 7: 3271-3275
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Salomone F, Cardarelli F, Luca MD, Boccardi C, Nifosì R, et al. (2012) A novel chimeric cell-penetrating peptide with membrane-disruptive properties for efficient endosomal escape. J Control Release 163: 293-303.
