Instruments
  • Upright Fluorescence Optical Microscopes – Leica/Nexcope
  • Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) – Zeiss Gemini 360
  • Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) – Jeol JEM1400 FLASH
  • Inverted Confocal Optical Microscope – Leica Stellaris WLL
  • Ultramicrotome – Leica Ultracut Ultratome CT
  • Flow Cytometer – BD FACSARIA II

2025

  1. Bon, C., Maretti, A., Pulze, L., Paris, N., Santoro, O., Pragliola, S., Izzo, L., Baranzini, N., & Grimaldi, A. (2025). The exposure to polypropylene micro- and nanoplastics impairs wound healing and tissue regeneration in the leech Hirudo verbana. Microplastics, 4(3), 56.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics4030056
  2. Bruno, D., Manas, F., Bonelli, M., Gold, M., Marzari, M., Roma, D., Valoroso, M. C., Montali, A., Guillaume, J. B., Rebora, M., Bressac, C., Herman, N., Caccia, S., Casartelli, M., & Tettamanti, G. (2025). BugBook: Life cycle, reproduction, and morphofunctional characterisation of the gut, fat body, and haemocytes in the black soldier fly. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed.
    https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2025.0013
  3. Dengo, N., Macias-Pinilla, D. F., Anzini, P., Colombo, M., Virga, S., Brambilla, A., Zecca, P. A., Monticelli, D., Giannici, F., & Bertolotti, F. (2025). Atomistic insights into halide double perovskite nanocrystals obtained by multistep synthesis and efficient compositional engineering. ACS Nano, 19(33), 30241–30253.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c04187
  4. Gallo, D., Piantanida, E., Bombelli, R., Lepanto, S., Bruno, A., Gallazzi, M., Bilato, G., Borgese, M., Baci, D., Mortara, L., & Tanda, M. L. (2025). Natural Killer Cells in Graves' Disease: Increased Frequency but Impaired Degranulation Ability Compared to Healthy Controls. International journal of molecular sciences, 26(3), 977. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26030977
  5. Hristodor, A. M., Cappelli, E., Baldisseri, E., Valli, R., Montalbano, G., Micheloni, G., Porta, G., Frattini, A., Ravera, S., Fioredda, F., Lippi, G., Dufour, C., Cipolli, M., & Bezzerri, V. (2025). Development of translational read-through-inducing drugs as novel therapeutic options for patients with Fanconi anemia. Cell death discovery, 11(1), 286. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-025-02571-0
  6. Marcolli, G., Baranzini, N., Barone, L., Rossi, F., Pulze, L., Pagiatakis, C., Papait, R., Grimaldi, A., & Gornati, R. (2025). Nanostructured Scaffold, Combined with Human Dental Pulp Stem Cell Secretome, Induces Vascularization in Medicinal Leech Model. Micromachines, 16(10), 1150.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/mi16101150
  7. Marcolli, G., Barone, L., Baranzini, N., Rossi, F., Nebuloni, A. M., Pulze, L., Sadia, S., Zecca, P. A., Pagiatakis, C., Papait, R., Grimaldi, A., & Gornati, R. (2025). Tissue regenerative potential of human dental pulp mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium in wound healing of the medicinal leech. Stem cell research & therapy, 16(1), 673. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-025-04683-x
  8. Marinaccio, J., Rossi, E., Micheli, E., Udroiu, I., Baranzini, N., Marcolli, G., & Sgura, A. (2025). TERT translocation to mitochondria: Exploring its role in mitochondrial homeostasis. PLOS Genetics, 21(10), e1011923.
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011923
  9. Mastore, M., Broggio, E., Banfi, D., Machado, R. A. R., Bhat, A. H., Kallel, S., Reguzzoni, M., Quadroni, S., & Brivio, M. F. (2025). Evaluation of the insecticidal potential of Lysinibacillus fusiformis against Drosophila suzukii larvae. Insects, 16(11), 1090. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111090
  10. Roncoroni, R., Baci, D., Cucchiara, M., de Vito, A., Gallazzi, M., Palano, M. T., Olmeo, F., Rubuano, C., Giannatiempo, A., Monti, L., Bombelli, R., Mercatelli, D., Finzi, G., Franzi, F., La Rosa, S., Noonan, D. M., Bassani, B., Mortara, L., Bruno, A., & Acquati, F. (2025). The human RNASET2 alarmin-like molecule differentially affects prostate cancer cells behavior in both cell autonomous and non-cell autonomous manners. Journal of translational medicine, 23(1), 560.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-025-06540-0
  11. Satriano, A., Martucci, A., Adornetto, A., Benfatto, E., Tettamanti, G., Bruno, D., Corasaniti, M. T., Bagetta, G., Nucci, C., & Russo, R. (2025). Metformin protects retinal ganglion cells in a preclinical model of retinal ischemia/reperfusion injury and stabilizes visual field in diabetic patients with glaucoma. Cell death discovery, 11(1), 546. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-025-02824-y
  12. Volpe, G., Di Lelio, I., Bruno, D., Becchimanzi, A., Barra, E., Russo, E., Gebiola, M., Magoga, G., Jesu, G., Di Giorgi, S., Perrone, M., Montagna, M., Tettamanti, G., Gigliotti, S., & Pennacchio, F. (2025). RNAi-mediated suppression of embryos as a promising strategy to control Spodoptera littoralisJournal of Pest Science, 98, 2177–2189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-025-01932-z
  13. Zecca, P. A., Scurati, E. I., Zara, F., Raspanti, M., Baranzini, N., Binda, G., Serafin, M., Caprioglio, A., & Borgese, M. (2025). Microscopic acid-induced degradation and elemental release from thermoformed and 3D-printed orthodontic aligners in a simulated gastric environment. journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials, 113(10), e35674. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.35674

2024

  1. Caramella, S., Baranzini, N., Bruno, D., Orlandi, V. T., Mohamed, A., Bolognese, F., Grimaldi, A., & Tettamanti, G. (2024). Exploring the role of RNASET2 in the immune response of black soldier fly larvae. Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology, 116(4), e22146. https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.22146
  2. Frattini, A., Micheloni, G., Musio, A., Bini Antunes, M., Barbot, J., Costa, E., Seabra, P., Righi, R., Orsini, F., Montalbano, G., Acquati, F., Porta, G., Pasquali, F., & Valli, R. (2024). A distinctive type of mosaic variegated aneuploidy: case report and review of the literature. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajm
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Prof. Gianluca Tettamanti
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E-mail: gianluca.tettamanti@uninsubria.it  

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