Francesca Cavalieri MSc. PhD

E-mail:francesca.cavalieri@uniroma2.it

Researcher unique identifier(s) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-5069

TITOLI DI STUDIO

2014                 PhD in Chemistry

                        Science/ Chemistry, The University of Melbourne/ Australia (certificate attached)

1995                 Laurea in Industrial Chemistry 110/110 cum laude

                        Chemistry, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy (certificate attached)

POSIZIONE ACCADEMICA

• Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry, The University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy
• Honorary Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne Australia

PRECEDENTI POSIZIONI ACCADEMICHE

2019-2024        Vice Chancellor Senior Research Fellow, School of Science, RMIT University, Australia

2015-2019        Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia

2007-2008     ARC Linkage Fellow, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne/ Australia

2002-2022        Researcher, Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata

1998-2002       Researcher at ENEA the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Environment and Energy, Italy.

1998                Research Fellow University of Trieste/University of Rome Tor Vergata

1997                Research Fellow, Whistler Centre for Carbohydrate Research, Food Science Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

1996                Research Fellow University of Rome Tor Vergata/-Menarini Ricerche.

BORSE DI STUDIO COMPETITIVE

2019               Vice Chancellor Senior Research Fellowship, Science, RMIT University, Australia

2015                Future Fellowship, Australian Research Council, Australia

2014                Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Global Fellowship (awarded and invited to negotiation)

2014                Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Education Department

2010                Victoria International Research Scholarship, Australia

2010                Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship, Tsukuba, Japan

2007                ARC International Linkage Fellowship, University of Melbourne, Australia.

CORSI TENUTI DAL DOCENTE

2003–2015       Lecturer – Polymer Science and Physical Chemistry I & Lab in Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Material Science, University of Rome, “Tor Vergata”, Italy.

2022- current Lecturer Colloids chemistry

ORGANIZZAZIONE CONVEGNI

2015                Member of organizing committee and Session Chair of “Theo Murphy Australian Frontier of Science Symposium”, Materials for the 21st Century: From Design to Application, hosted by the Australian Academy of Science, Dec 9-11, 2015, Melbourne. Australia

2018                Member of organizing committee of ICYRAM 2018 International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials, Chair of the Biology& Health Session 5-7 November 2018 Adelaide, South Australia

2022             Member of organizing committee and Chair of the MTM meeting and workshop RISE Horizon2020, PEPSA-MATE “Nanopeptides and nanosaccharides for Advanced and Sustainable Materials”, 5/6 July 2022, Frascati, Italy.

2023                Member of organizing committee Sorrento 2013 – Sorrento 2023: A Decade of Peptide Materials. October 26-29, 2023

AFFILIAZIONI A CONSORZI E SOCIETA'

CSGI Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase

INSTM Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali

SIBPA Societa’ Italiana di Biofisica Pura e Applicata

ATTIVITA' EDITORIALE E DI VALUTAZIONE PROGETTI INTERNAZIONALI

2022-current     Evaluator of European Research Council, the Starting Grant scheme

2013-current    Evaluator of Research projects EU Directorate General Research FP7 programme, Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe on nanotechnology-ICT funding and FET OPEN/ FET Pathfinder

2015-current    Evaluator of Research projects, Australian Research Council, Australia

2014                Evaluator of Research projects Russian Academy of Science

2014              Evaluator of Research projects Romanian Research Council

2016                Evaluator of Research projects Canadian Research Council

2016               Editor of biomaterials section, Handbook of Ultrasonics and Sonochemistry”, Springer

2017–current   Member of the Editorial Board of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (2017–present) and ChemPhysMater(2021-).

2022                Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry on Biomaterals&Sonochemistry

PARTECIPAZIONE A CONVEGNI E CONFERENZE

• 13th INTERNATIONAL NANOMEDICINE CONFERENCE19-21 June 2023, Pier One Sydney Harbour Hotel, Sydney, Australia.,Title: An Engineered Nanosugar Enables Rapid and Sustained Glucose-Responsive Insulin Delivery in Diabetic Mice. (Invited Speaker).
• Sorrento 2013 – Sorrento 2023: A Decade of Peptide Materials. October 26-29, 2023 ( Invited Speaker)

•  EPNOE workshop Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery- On the road to innovations, 27-28 October 2022, Rone, Title: GLYCOGEN NANOFACTORY: TOWARDS ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS (Invited Speaker)

• India-Australia Workshopon Nano & Biomaterials: Synthesis & Applications, 2021, 21-25 June, Tiruchirapalli, India. Engineering nanomaterials for biomedical applications and new microscopy techniques to study the intracellular behaviour of nanomaterials (Invited Speaker).

• International webinar: ultrasonic and nanotechnology for food and drug development 21 November 2020, Jakarta (Invited Speaker).
• Emerging Polymer Technologies Summit 2019,6-8 November, Melbourne, Australia (Invited Speaker)
• Biomimetics in Bioengineering Conference 2019, 4-6 August, Brisbane, Australia (Plenary Presentation)
• 10th International Nanomedicine Conference, 24-26 June 2019, Sydney, Australia (Invited Speaker)
• International Conference on Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (ICONAN2018), Rome, Italy, 26–28 September 2018 (outstanding oral presentation award)

# PUBBLICAZIONI e HIndex

# peer-reviewed articles= 133

H-index #39 with citations 5021 (Scopus/Google Scholar).

PROGETTI DI RICERCA FINANZIATI  (CI=Chief Investigator, Lead CI=Primary CI)

Provincial Key Project for International Collaborations, Shandong Universityfrom July 2022 to June 2025. Sonochemistry for the engineering of functional biomaterials. Role: CI

Centro Nazionale di Ricerca – Sviluppo di Terapia Genica e Farmaci con Tecnologia a RNA”, nell’ambito del Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) –Missione 4 Componente 2, “Dalla ricerca all’impresa” Investimento 1.4, “Potenziamento strutture di ricerca e creazione di "campioni nazionali di R&S" su alcune Key Enabling Technologies”  codice identificativo MUR CN_00000041

Role Participant

Australian Research Council (ARC) LIEF, LE220100140 Near Infrared Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging Facility, (2022), $792,687. This is a grant to acquire equipment.

Role: CI

ARC Discovery Project 210101792Bioprogramming the behaviour of nanoparticles in live cells by nanoscopy, (2021-2024), $401,955. This is a research grant.

Role: Lead CI

ARC LIEF LE210100001A 3-photon imaging system for deep live imaging, (2021), $920,277.

Role: CI. This is a grant to acquire equipment.

National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC) APP1181440Self-regulated, glucose-responsive nanomaterials for smart insulin delivery, (2020-2023), $944,796. This is a research grant.

Role: Lead CIB

ARC LIEF (LE200100163),‘Live cell Super Resolution Imaging Facility, $700,000, (2020). This is a grant to acquire equipment.

Role: CI

H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019

European Commission (EU) 2020-03 to 2025-09 | Grant number: 872233

Title: Nanopeptides and nanosaccharides for Advanced and Sustainable Materials. PEPSA-MATE

Total funding amountEUR 961,400 (UNITOV Unit EUR 474K). This is a research, training and mobility grant.

Role: Lead CI/Project Coordinator

SPARC 2019 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur: Ultrasonically synthesised microspheres for biomedical and Food industries, Total funding amount: AUD 40,000. This is a research and mobility grant.

Role: Co-Investigator

Bill&Melinda Gates foundation, 2018

Grand Challenge Explorations:Edible micro balloons to enhance the nutritional values of common food products. Total funding: $ 130,000. This is a research grant.

Role: Co-Investigator

LIEF 180100163, 2017 Nano-bioscience imaging facility

Total funding amount: $639,000. This is a grant to acquire equipment.

Role: CI

ARC TRAINING CENTRE FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES 2017-2021

Total funding amount: AUD 4,752,084. This is a grant for recruiting industrial master students.

Role: CI

FAPESP grant number: 2016-2018/50188-4

The University of Melbourne- São Paulo Research Foundation

Total funding amount: AUD 20,000. This is a research and mobility grant.

Fabrication and characterization of peptide-polymer hybrid hydrogels for bioanalytical applications

Role: Lead CI

H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 European Commission (EU)

2016-03 to 2020-02 | Grant number: 690901

Title: Tracking nano-bioprocesses using super-resolution microscopy technique. NANOSUPREMI.

Total funding amountEUR 724,500 (UNITOV Unit EUR 600K). This is a research, training, and mobility grant.

Role: Lead CI/Project Coordinator

Future Fellowship 2014

Australian Research Council 

2015-06 to 2019-06 | Grant number: FT140100873

Title: Engineering Bioresponsive Hybrid nanodevices using RNA, Peptide and Synthetic Polymers

Total funding amountAUD 772,104. This is an individual research grant.

Role: Lead CI

Establishment Grant

The University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Engineering

2015-06 to 2019-06 | Grant number: FT140100873

Total funding amountAUD 300,000. This is an individual research grant.

Role: Lead CI

International Joint Chairs

University of Rome Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy)/University of Melbourne

2014 Teaching/Research Grant

Total funding amount: EUR 14,000

Role: Lead CI

PRIN 2013-2014

Total funding amount: EUR 40,000. This is a research grant.

Role: Participant

IRSES Marie Curie 7th UE Framework Programme

2010-2013,Nanosirna

Total funding amount: EUR 47,000. This is a research, training, and mobility grant.

Role: Coordinator of Unit/CI

IRSES Marie Curie 7th UE Framework Programme

2009-2010,Sonocaps

Total funding amount: EUR 30,000. This is a research, training, and mobility grant.

Role: Project Coordinator/Lead CI

S.I.G.H.T. Strep 6th Framework Programme

2006-2009, Total funding amount: EUR 300,000.This is a research grant.

 Role: Participant

PUBBLICAZIONI (2014-2024)

1. Tracking the Endosomal Escape of Nanoparticles in Live Cells Using a Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotide Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Liviana Mummolo, Soraia Fernandes, Alessia Amodio, Agata Radziwon, Brendan Dyett, Marco Savioli, Nitin Mantri, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Frank Caruso*, Francesca Cavalieri*. Advanced Functional Materials 2024 doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202311240(IF 19).

1. Supramolecular Polyphenol?DNA Microparticles for In Vivo Adjuvant and Antigen Co?Delivery and Immune StimulationY Qu, R De Rose, CJ Kim, J Zhou, Z Lin, Y Ju, SK Bhangu, C Cortez?Jugo, Francesca Cavalieri*, Frank Caruso* Angewandte Chemie, 2023,135 (12), e202214935. (IF 16).

1. Supramolecular Assembly of Polyphenols and Nucleic Acids by Thermal Cycling for Immune Cell Activation Y. Qu, H. Zhu,Z.Lin, D. Vanni, S. K.Bhangu, B. Dyett, M.A. Sani, C. Cortez-Jugo, F. Caruso*, F. Cavalieri* Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 17, 7103- 7112 (IF10)

1. An Engineered Nanosugar Enables Rapid and Sustained Glucose?Responsive Insulin Delivery in Diabetic Mice. Rong Xu, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Karly C Sourris, Domitilla Vanni, Marc?Antoine Sani, John A Karas, Karen Alt, Be'eri Niego, Anukreity Ale, Quinn A Besford, Brendan Dyett, Joshua Patrick, Irena Carmichael, Jonathan E Shaw, Frank Caruso, Mark E Cooper, Christoph E Hagemeyer*, Francesca Cavalieri*. Adv.Mater.2023, 35, 2210392 (IF 32).

1. YAP signaling regulates the cellular uptake and therapeutic effect of nanoparticles.

Marco Cassani, Soraia Fernandes, Jorge Oliver-De La Cruz, Helena Durikova, Jan Vrbsky, Marek Patocka, Veronika Hegrova, Simon Klimovic, Jan Pribyl, Doriana Debellis, Petr Skladal, Francesca Cavalieri, Frank Caruso, Giancarlo Forte.  Adv. Sci.2023, 23029652302965 (1 of 16) (IF 17.5)

1. Transforming the chemical structure and bio?nano activity of doxorubicin by ultrasound for selective killing of cancer cells.

Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Soraia Fernandes, Giovanni Luca Beretta, Stella Tinelli, Marco Cassani, Agata Radziwon, Marcin Wojnilowicz, Sophia Sarpaki, Irinaios Pilatis, Nadia Zaffaroni, Giancarlo Forte, Frank Caruso, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*, Francesca Cavalieri* Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2107964. (IF 32).

1. Alginate Microsponges as a Scaffold for Delivery of a Therapeutic Peptide against Rheumatoid Arthritis D. Ariaudo,  F.Cavalieri , A. Rinaldi, A. Aguilera, M.Lopez , H. Garay Perez, A.Felipe , M. Del Carmen Dominguez , O. Ruiz , G. Martinez , Mariano Venanzi.  Nanomaterials, 2023, 5;13(19):2709. (IF 5.3).

1. Ultrasonic Transformation of Antibiotic Molecules into a Selective Chemotherapeutic Nanodrug. H. Zhu, S.K. Bhangu, M. Ashokkumar*, F. Cavalieri* Molecules 2023, 28(13), 4927. (IF 4.6).
2. Ultrasound-driven Fabrication of Hybrid Magnetic Tryptophan Nanoparticles. A. Baral, H. Zhu, B. A. Moffat, S.Chattopadhyay,  F. Cavalieri * and M. Ashokkumar*Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 4463-4471. (IF 5)
   1. Origins of Structural Elasticity in Metal–Phenolic Networks Probed by Super-Resolution Microscopy and Multiscale Simulations. Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Patrick Charchar, Benjamin B Noble, Chan-Jin Kim, Shuaijun Pan, Irene Yarovsky*, Francesca Cavalieri*, Frank Caruso*. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 1, 98–110. (IF 18, 3 Citations)
   2. Triggering the nanophase separation of albumin through multivalent binding to glycogen for drug delivery in 2D and 3D multicellular constructs.

Agata Glab, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Soraia Fernandes, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Robert De Rose, Brendan Dyett, Marcin Wojnilowicz, Petra Laznickova, Jan Fric, Giancarlo Forte, Frank Caruso*, Francesca Cavalieri*. Nanoscale, 2022,14, 3452-3466. (IF 8.3, 0 Citations, Open Access).

1.   Nanoscale probing and imaging of HIV-1 RNA in cells with a chimeric LNA–DNA sensor.

Alessia Amodio, Marco Cassani, Liviana Mummolo, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Jori Symons, Chantelle L Ahlenstiel, Giancarlo Forte, Francesco Ricci, Anthony D Kelleher, Sharon R Lewin, Francesca Cavalieri*, Frank Caruso*. Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 3049-3061. (IF 8.3, 0 Citations).

1.   Influence of protein corona on the interaction of glycogen–siRNA constructs with ex vivo human blood immune cells.

Marcin Wojnilowicz, Petra Laznickova, Yi Ju, Ching-Seng Ang, Federico Tidu, Kamila Bendickova, Giancarlo Forte, Magdalena Plebanski, Frank Caruso, Francesca Cavalieri*, Jan Fric*.

Biomaterials Advances, 2022, 140, 213083 (IF 7.3, 0 Citations)

1.  The Transdermal Delivery of Therapeutic Cannabinoids.  Haleh Mahmoudinoodezh, Srinivasa Reddy Telukutla  , Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu , Ava Bachari, Fran cesca Cavalieri  and Nitin Mantri. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 438. (IF 6.5, 1 Citation, Open Access).
2.   Formulation matters! A spectroscopic and molecular dynamics investigation on the peptide CIGB552 as itself and in its therapeutical formulation. M Savioli, L Antonelli, G Bocchinfuso, F Cavalieri, R Cimino, E Gatto et al. Journal of Peptide Science, 2022, 28: e3356.(IF 2.4, 0 Citation, Open Access).
3.   Aggregation properties of a therapeutic peptide for rheumatoid arthritis: A spectroscopic and molecular dynamics study. Rita Cimino, Marco Savioli, Noemi Ferrante Carrante, Ernesto Placidi, Hilda Garay-Perez, Matilde López-Abad, Alexis Musacchio Lasa, Maria Del Carmen Domínguez-Horta, Emanuela Gatto, Francesca Cavalieri*, Gianfranco Bocchinfuso, Mariano Venanzi*. ChemPhysMater 2022, 1, 62-70. (IF new journal, 0 Citation, Open Access)

1.   Lysozyme microspheres incorporated with anisotropic gold nanorods for ultrasound activated drugdelivery. Bharat Bhargawa, Varsha Sharma, Munuswamy-Ramanujam Ganesh, Francesca Cavalieri, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Bernaurdshaw Neppolian, Anandhakumar Sundaramurthy.Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2022, 86, 106016. (IF 9.3, 0 Citation, Open Access).

1. Sonosynthesis of nanobiotics with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. H Zhu, Q Wen, SK Bhangu, M Ashokkumar*, F Cavalieri*. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2022, 86, 106029.(IF 9.3, 0 Citation, Open Access).

1. Chemoenzymatic surface decoration of Nisin-shelled nanoemulsions: Novel targeted drug-nanocarriers for cancer applications

Rania A Hashad, Ritu Singla, Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Edwina Jap, Haiyan Zhu, Anton Y Peleg, Luke Blakeway, Christoph E Hagemeyer, Francesca Cavalieri, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Karen Alt. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2022, 90, 106183. (IF 9.3)

1. Generation and Maturation of Human iPSC-derived Cardiac Organoids in Long Term Culture

Ece Ergir, Jorge Oliver-De La Cruz, Soraia Fernandes, Marco Cassani, Francesco Niro, Daniel Sousa, Jan Vrbský, Vladimír Vinarský, Ana Rubina Perestrelo, Doriana Debellis, Francesca Cavalieri, Stefania Pagliari, Heinz Redl, Peter Ertl, Giancarlo Forte. 2022, Scientific Reports 12 (1), 17409(2 Citation, Open Access).

1. The mechanical regulation of RNA binding protein hnRNPC in the failing heart. Fabiana Martino, Ana Rubina Perestrelo, Vaclav Hejret, Nandan Mysore Varadarajan, Helena Durikova, Vladimir Horvath, Francesca Cavalieri, Frank Caruso, Waleed S Albihlal, Andre P Gerber, Mary A O'Connell, Stepanka Vanacova, Stefania Pagliari, Giancarlo Forte. Science Translational Medicine, 2022, 14 (672), eabo5715

1. Ultrasonic microencapsulation of oil-soluble vitamins by hen egg white and green tea for fortification of food.Haiyan Zhu, Srinivas Mettu, Francesca Cavalieri*, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*. Food Chemistry, 2021, 353, 129432.(IF 9.2, 7 Citation, Open Access).

1. Insight into the structural, chemical and surface properties of proteins for the efficient ultrasound assisted co-encapsulation and delivery of micronutrients

H Zhu, S Mettu, MA Rahim, F Cavalieri*, M Ashokkumar*. Food Chemistry,362, 15 November 2021, 130236. (IF 9.2, 2 Citation).

1. NFAT signaling in human mesenchymal stromal cells affects extracellular matrix remodeling and antifungal immune responsesF Tidu, M De Zuani, SS Jose, K Bendí?ková, L Kubala, F Caruso,Francesca Cavalieri, Giancarlo Forte, Jan Fri?. Iscience, 2021, 24, 6,102683. (IF 6.1, 0 Citation, Open Access).

1. Ultrasound-Assisted Microencapsulation of Soybean Oil and Vitamin D Using Bare Glycogen NanoparticlesR Cimino, SK Bhangu, A Baral, M Ashokkumar, F Cavalieri*. Molecules 2021, 26 (17), 5157. (IF 4.9, 3 Citation, Open Access

1. Sound methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles from biological molecules

SK Bhangu, A Baral, H Zhu, M Ashokkumar*, F Cavalieri* Nanoscale Advances,2021,3 (17), 4907-4917. (IF 5.6, 1 Citation, Open Access).

1. Synthesis of Gold Nanosheets with Controlled Morphology by Combining a Natural Amino Acid with High-Frequency Ultrasound. A Baral,F Cavalieri*, S Chattopadhyay, M Ashokkumar

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9 (41), 13953-13962. (IF 9.2, 1 Citation).

1. Sound-driven dissipative self-assembly of aromatic biomolecules into functional nanoparticles

Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Gianfranco Bocchinfuso, Muthpandian Ashokkumar*, Francesca Cavalieri*Nanoscale Horizons 2020, 5, 553-563. (IF 11.7, 16 Citations, Open Access)

1. Catalytically Active Copper Phosphate–Dextran Sulfate Microparticle Coatings for Bioanalyte SensingP Pacchin Tomanin, SK Bhangu, F Caruso*, F Cavalieri*

Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2020, 37 (12), 2000210. (IF 3.5, 1 Citation, Open Access)

1. Dissecting the intracellular signalling and fate of a DNA nanosensor by super-resolution and quantitative microscopy

A Glab, A Bertucci, F Martino, M Wojnilowicz, A Amodio, M Venanzi, ...F. Caruso*, F Cavalieri* Nanoscale 2020, 12 (28), 15402-15413.(IF 8.3, 1 Citation,

1. Protein Component of Oyster Glycogen Nanoparticles: An Anchor Point for Functionalization

QA Besford, ACG Weiss, J Schubert, TM Ryan, M F. Maitz, ...F. Caruso*, F. Cavalieri*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces2020, 12, 35, 38976–38988. (IF 8.7, 5 Citations, Open Access)

1. Glycogen as a Building Block for Advanced Biological Materials

QA Besford, F Cavalieri*, F Caruso*

Advanced Materials, 2020,32 (18), 1904625. (IF 32, 26 Citations)

1. Nanoporous Microsponge Particles (NMP) of Polysaccharides as Universal Carriers for Biomolecules Delivery.MF Caso, F Carotenuto, P Di Nardo, A Migliore, A Aguilera, CM Lopez, ...F. Cavalieri*, A. Rinaldi*

Nanomaterials, 202010(6): 1075.(IF 5.7, 3 Citations, Open Access)

1. Sono-Assembly of the [Arg-Phe] 4 Octapeptide into Biofunctional Nanoparticles

A Baral, SK Bhangu, R Cimino, JNBD Pelin, WA Alves, S Chattopadhyay, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*, Francesca Cavalieri* Nanomaterials, 2020, 10 (9), 1772.(IF 5.7, 3 Citations, Open Access)

1. Template?Mediated Assembly of DNA into Microcapsules for Immunological Modulation

Y Qu, Y Ju, C Cortez?Jugo, Z Lin, S Li, J Zhou, Y Ma, A Glab, SJ Kent, ...F Cavalieri*, F. Caruso*.

Small, 2020, 37, 2002750.(IF 15, 8 Citations)

1. Tumor in 3D: In Vitro Complex Cellular Models to Improve Nanodrugs Cancer Therapy. S Fernandes, M Cassani, S Pagliari, P Filipensky, F Cavalieri, G Forte

Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 27, 7234-7255. (IF 4.7, 2 Citations)

1. RNAi therapeutics: an antiviral strategy for human infectionsAD Kelleher, C Cortez-Jugo, F Cavalieri, Y Qu, AR Glanville, F Caruso et al Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 2020, 54, 121-129. (IF 4.8, 10 Citations, Open Access)

1. Modular Assembly of Host–Guest Metal–Phenolic Networks Using Macrocyclic Building Blocks

S Pan, R Guo, N Bertleff?Zieschang, S Li, QA Besford, QZ Zhong, G Yun, F, Cavalieri… F. Caruso. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59 (1), 275-280. (IF 16.8, 30 Citations)

1. Distribution of Particles in Human Stem Cell-Derived 3D Neuronal Cell Models: Effect of Particle Size, Charge, and Density. E Czuba-Wojnilowicz, S Miellet, A Glab, S Viventi, F Cavalieri, ...F. Caruso.Biomacromolecules, 2020, 21, 8, 3186–3196. (IF 6.9, 1 Citation)

1. Synthesis of bio-functional nanoparticles from sono-responsive amino acids using high frequency ultrasound. SK Bhangu, M Ashokkumar, F Cavalieri*

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2020, 63, 104967. (IF 6.5, 11 Citations)

1. Combining nanomaterials and developmental pathways to design new treatments for cardiac regeneration: the pulsing heart of advanced therapies

M Cassani, SM Fernandes, J Vrbsky, E Ergir, F Cavalieri, G Forte

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.,2020, 8 323.(IF 4.2, 5 Citations)

1. Nanoengineering multifunctional hybrid interfaces using adhesive glycogen nanoparticles

PP Tomanin, J Zhou, A Amodio, R Cimino, A Glab, F Cavalieri*, F Caruso*

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020,8, 4851-4858.(IF 7.5, 5 Citations)

1. Metal–Phenolic Coatings as a Platform to Trigger Endosomal Escape of Nanoparticles

Jingqu Chen, Jianhua Li, Jiajing Zhou, Zhixing Lin, Francesca Cavalieri, Ewa Czuba-Wojnilowicz, Yingjie Hu, Agata Glab, Yi Ju, Joseph J Richardson, Frank Caruso

ACS nano, 2019, 13, 11653-11664. ( IF 14, 66 Citations)

1. Exploring new applications of lysozyme-shelled microbubbles L Lee, F Cavalieri*, M Ashokkumar*, Langmuir 2019, 35 (31) 9997-10006. ( IF 3.7, 13 Citations)

1. Super-Resolution Imaging of Proton Sponge-Triggered Rupture of Endosomes and Cytosolic Release of siRNA.  Marcin Wojnilowicz, Agata Glab, Alessandro Bertucci, Frank Caruso*, Francesca Cavalieri*

ACS Nano 2019, 13, 1, 187–202 ( IF 15, 86 Citations)

1. Sono-polymerization of poly (ethylene glycol)-based nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery Z Gao, H Zhu, X Li, P Zhang, M Ashokkumar, F Cavalieri, J Hao, J Cui ACS Macro Letters 8 (10), 1285-1290. (IF 7, 12 Citations).
2. Hierarchical Self?Assembly of Peptides and its Applications in Bionanotechnology

Barbara B Gerbelli, Sandra V Vassiliades, Jose EU Rojas, Juliane NBD Pelin, Rodrigo SN Mancini,      Wallace SG Pereira, Andrea M Aguilar, Mariano Venanzi, Francesca Cavalieri, Francesca Giuntini, Wendel A AlvesMacromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2019, 220 (14), 1900085. (IF 3, 12 Citations, 25 Citations)

1. Cobalt Phosphate Nanostructures for Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensing at Physiological pH

PP Tomanin, PV Cherepanov, QA Besford, AJ Christofferson, A. Amodio,Chris F McConville, Irene Yarovsky, Frank Caruso*, Francesca Cavalieri*.

ACS applied materials & interfaces2018, 10 (49), 42786-42795 (IF 10.4, 38 Citations)

1. Ultrasound?Assisted Synthesis of Cross?Linked Poly (ethylene glycol) Nanostructures with Hydrophobic Core and Hydrophilic Shell. H Zhu, F Cavalieri*, M Ashokkumar* Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2018DOI: 10.1002/macp.201800353. (IF 3, 6 Citations)
2. Probing Transcription Factor Binding Activity and Downstream Gene Silencing in Living Cells with a DNA Nanoswitch A Bertucci, J Guo, N Oppmann, A Glab, F Ricci, F Caruso* and F Cavalieri* Nanoscale 2018, 10 (4), 2034-2044. (IF 7.4, 10 Citations)
3. Glycogen-nucleic acid constructs for gene silencing in multicellular tumor spheroids.

Wojnilowicz M, Besford QA, Wu YL, Loh XJ, Braunger JA, Glab A, Cortez-Jugo C, Caruso F*, Cavalieri F#. Biomaterials2018, 176, 34-49 (IF 15 , 22 Citations).

1. Sono-transformation of tannic acid into biofunctional ellagic acid micro/nanocrystals with distinct morpho-logies.  Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu,  Ritu Singla,  Enrico Colombo,  Muthupandian Ashokkumar*  and  Francesca Cavalieri* , GreenChemistry, 2018,  20 (4), 816-821( IF 11, 22 Citations).

1. Hybrid Conjugates Formed between Gold Nanoparticles and an Amyloidogenic Diphenylal nine-Cysteine PeptideJ. N. B. D. Pelin, E. Gatto, M. Venanzi, F. Cavalieri, C. L. P. Oliveira, H. Martinho, E. R. Silva, A. M. Aguilar, J. S. Souza, Wendel A. Alves.ChemistrySelect,2018,3 (24), 6756-6765. (IF 2.3, 3 Citations)

1. Self-Assembled Metal-Phenolic Networks on Emulsions as Low-Fouling and pH-Responsive Particles Quinn A. Besford, Yi Ju, Ting-Yi Wang, Gyeongwon Yun, Pavel Cherepanov, Christoph E. Hagemeyer, Francesca Cavalieri, and Frank Caruso,Small, 2018, 14 (39) 1892342. (IF 15, 30 Citations)

55.A Simple One-Step Ultrasonic Route To Synthesize Antioxidant Molecules and Fluorescent Nanoparticle from Phenol and Phenol-Like Molecules. Sukhvir Kaur Bhangu, Muthupandian Ashokkumar*, and Francesca Cavalieri*ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5 (7), 6081–6089 (IF 9.1, 10 Citations)

56.Lactosylated Glycogen Nanoparticles for Targeting Prostate Cancer Cells Quinn Alexander Besford, Marcin Wojnilowicz, Tomoya Suma, Nadja Bertleff-Zieschang, Frank Caruso*, and Francesca Cavalieri* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (20), 16869–16879, (IF 10, 34 Citations)

1. Hyaluronic Acid Nanoporous Microparticles with Long in vivo Joint Residence Time and Sustained Release. Graziana Palmieri,Antonio Rinaldi,Luisa Campagnolo, Mariarosaria Tortora, Maria Federica Caso,  Maurizio Mattei, Andrea Notargiacomo, Nicola Rosato, Massimo Bottini,* and Francesca Cavalieri*. Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2017, 34, 1600411(IF 4.4, 6 Citations).

1. Biofunctional metal–phenolic films from dietary flavonoids.

Nadja Bertleff-Zieschang, Md Arifur Rahim, Yi Ju, Julia A Braunger, Tomoya Suma, Yunlu Dai, Shuaijun Pan, Francesca Cavalieri, Frank Caruso. Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 1068-1071. (I.F. 6.6, 40 Citations)

59.Achieving HIV-1 Control through RNA-Directed Gene Regulation. Vera Klemm, Jye Mitchell, Christina Cortez-Jugo, Francesca Cavalieri, Geoff Symonds, Frank Caruso, Anthony Dominic Kelleher, Chantelle Ahlenstiel. Genes (Basel). 2016, 7(12): 119. (IF 4, 8 Citations, Open Access).

1. Probing cell internalisation mechanics with polymer capsules. Xi Chen, Jiwei Cui, Yuan Ping, Tomoya Suma, Francesca Cavalieri, Quinn A Besford, George Chen, Julia A Braunger, Frank Caruso. Nanoscale, 2016, 8,17096-17101. (I.F.7.8,15 Citations)

1. A combined approach for predicting the cytotoxic effect of drug-nanoaggregatesMarcin Wojnilowicz, Mariarosaria Tortora, BG Bobay, Erik Santiso, Mario Caruso, L Micheli, M Venanzi, S Menegatti, F Cavalieri* J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016, 4, 6516-6523 (I.F. 4.5, 3 Citations)

1. Sono-assembly of nanostructures via tyrosine–tyrosine coupling reactions at the interface of acoustic cavitation bubbles

Francesca Cavalieri,Enrico Colombo, Eleonora Nicolai, Nicola Rosato, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Mater. Horiz., 2016,3, 563-567 (I.F 13.6, 26 Citations)

1. Engineering Nanomedicines to Overcome Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Therapy.

Beretta GL, Cavalieri F*. Curr Med Chem. 2016;23(1):3-22. (IF 3.9, 28 Citations.

1. .Redox-Sensitive PEG–Polypeptide Nanoporous Particles for Survivin Silencing in Prostate Cancer Cells. Francesca Cavalieri, Giovanni L. Beretta, Jiwei Cui, Julia A. Braunger, Yan Yan, Joseph J. Richardson, Stella Tinelli, Marco Folini, Nadia Zaffaroni, and Frank Caruso. Biomacromolecules, 201516 (7):2168-78. (IF 5.6, 37 Citations)

1. Role of Counterions in Controlling the Properties of Ultrasonically Generated Chitosan-Stabilized Oil-in-Water Emulsions.Colombo E, Cavalieri F, Ashokkumar M. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015, 7(23):12972-80(IF 7.1, 16 Citations)

65. .Ultrasonic fabrication of TiO2/chitosan hybrid nanoporous microspheres with    antimicrobial properties. Meifang Zhou, Bandar Babgi, Shweta Gupta, Francesca Cavalieri, Yousef Alghamdi, Mecit Aksu, Muthpandian AshokkumarRSC Advances , 2015, 5, 26, 20265-20269. (IF 3.7, 13 Citations)

66.Unravelling "off-target" effects of redox-active polymers and polymer multilayered capsules inprostate cancer cells. Beretta GL, Folini M, Cavalieri F, Yan Y, Fresch E, Kaliappan S, Hasenöhrl C, Richardson JJ, Tinelli S, Fery A, Caruso F, Zaffaroni N. Nanoscale. 20157, 6261-6270(I.F. 7.8, 6 Citations).

67.Nanomedicines for antimicrobial interventions. Cavalieri F.* Tortora M, Stringaro A., Colone M. Baldassarri L. J. Hospital Infection,  2014, 88, 183-190. (I.F. 8.9, 46 Citations).

1. A Comparison of the Physical Properties of Ultrasonically Synthesized Lysozyme- and BSA-     Shelled Microbubbles.  Vong F., Son Y, Bhuiyan S., Zhou M. Cavalieri F., Ashokkumar M. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2014, 21, 23-28 (IF 4.5, 14 Citations).

1. Ultrasound Driven Assembly of Lignin into Microcapsules for Storage and Delivery of Hydrophobic Molecules.Mariarosaria Tortora, Francesca Cavalieri, Pasquale Mosesso, Flavia Ciaffardini, Federica Melone, and Claudia Crestini. Biomacromolecules2014, 15, 1634-1643 (I.F 5.6, 170 Citations).