Riccardo Nifosì
CNR Researcher
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riccardo.nifosi
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Address
NEST CNR-NANO
Piazza San Silvestro 12
56127 PISA
Running projects
PRIN PNRR 2022 - A molecular platform for intracellular nitric oxide sensing "PLINIOS" (P2022F4WR8) Unit coordinator
Research interests
1. Photophysical properties of Fluorescent Proteins
2. Computational modeling and design of molecular vectors for intracellular delivery
Riccardo Nifosì on Researchgate
Biographical sketch
Education
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".
Professional experience
Jan 2002 - Jul 2004: Scholarship of the INFM on "Modeling Green Fluorescent Proteins with classical and ab-initio molecular dynamics".
Jul 2004 -Feb 2009: Tenure track research scientist at CNR-INFM NEST, Pisa, Italy
Feb 2009 - now: Research scientist at CNR-NANO NEST, Pisa, Italy
Selected publications
L Marchetti, R Nifosì, P L Martelli, E Da Pozzo, V Cappello, F Banterle, M L Trincavelli, C Martini, M D’Elia, "Quantum computing algorithms: getting closer to critical problems in computational biology" Briefings in Bioinformatics, 23,bbac437 (2022)
R Nifosì, B Mennucci, C Filippi, "The key to the yellow-to-cyan tuning in the green fluorescent protein family is polarisation" Phys Chem Chem Phys 21, 18988 (2019).
B Storti, E Margheritis, G Abbandonato, G Domenichini, J Dreier, I Testa, G Garau, R Nifosì, and R Bizzarri, "Role of Gln222 in Photoswitching of Aequorea Fluorescent Proteins: A Twisting and H-Bonding Affair?" ACS Chem Bio 13, 2082 (2018).