Paolo Facci

Research staff

Paolo Facci is Research Director at IBF-CNR. Scientific interests: electron transport proteins, biomolecular electronics, enabling technologies for biosensors. -Degree in Physics and PhD in Biophysics UniGE. -Post-doc at the Department of Physics, UniPR. -1999 Senior Scientist at INFM. -2001 INFM research unit c/o Dept. of Physics UniMoRe (since 2005 Nano-CNR). -2002 awarded “Premio Campisano” by INFM. -2014 IBF, Genova. PI of EU, national, regional, and industrial projects. Author of more than 100 papers, 7 patents, one book, editor of special issues. -32 invited talks/key note lectures at international conferences and schools. -4100 citations, h-index 36 (Google Scholar, September 2021). Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience.

orcid://0000-0001-6407-2730,

Contact:

- Email paolo.facci@ibf.cnr.it
- Phone +39-010-6475535
- Location Genova

Website:

http://users.ge.ibf.cnr.it/facci/nanobiolab/people.html

Research interests:

- Electrical control of biological reactions (Principal investigator)
- Facultative photosynthtic bacteria for waste water purification (Principal investigator)
- BioPlastics Europe (Principal investigator)

Further collaborations:

- Università di Genova, DISC, Paola Ghisellini, Roberto Eggenhöffner
- Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, DFIM, Andrea Alessandrini
- Zuccato HC s.r.l. (Verona)
- STA s.r.l. (Mantova)

Financial support:

- Lab congiunto IBF-Zuccato HC

Key publications:

DOI 10.1038/srep37779

DOI 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.12.018

DOI 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.01.017

DOI 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.01.002

DOI 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.06.013

Publications (11):

An overview on microfluidic systems for nucleic acids extraction from human raw samples
Obino D.; Vassalli M.; Franceschi A.; Alessandrini A.; Facci P.; Viti F.
sensors (basel)issn: 1424-8220molecular diversity preservation international (mdpi),, 21, 2021
DOI: 10.3390/s21093058

A new approach for the separation, characterization and testing of potential prionoid protein aggregates through hollow-fiber flow field-flow fractionation and multi-angle light scattering
Marassi V, Beretti F, Roda B, Alessandrini A, Facci P, Maraldi T, Zattoni A, Reschiglian P, Portolani M
Analytica chimica acta, 1087, 2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.08.003

Complex Phase Behavior of GUVs Containing Different Sphingomyelins
Balleza D, Mescola A, Marín-Medina N, Ragazzini G, Pieruccini M, Facci P, Alessandrini A
Biophysical journal, 116, 2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.12.018

Controlled single-cell cyclic compression and transcription analysis: A pilot study
Gavazzo P, Petecchia L, Facci P, Vassalli M, Viti F
Biophysical chemistry , 229, 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.07.010

Bio-functional surfaces for the immunocapture of AGO2-bound microRNAs
Vaghi V, Potrich C, Lunelli L, Facci P, Pasquardini L, Vanzetti L, Pederzolli C
Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces (online), 146, 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.06.059

Direct electrical control of IgG conformation and functional activity at surfaces
Ghisellini P, Caiazzo M, Alessandrini A, Eggenhöffner R, Vassalli M, Facci P
Scientific reports , 6, 2016
DOI: 10.1038/srep37779

Effects of neurosteroids on a model membrane including cholesterol: A micropipette aspiration study
D. Balleza, M. Sacchi, G. Vena, D. Galloni, G. Puia, P. Facci, A. Alessandrini
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes, 1848, 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.01.017

The biophysics of piezo1 and piezo2 mechanosensitive channels
Soattin L.; Fiore M.; Gavazzo P.; Viti F.; Facci P.; Raiteri R.; Difato F.; Pusch M.; Vassalli M.
Biophysical chemistry, 208, 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.06.013

Surface Immobilized His-tagged Azurin as a Model Interface for the Investigation of Vectorial Electron Transfer in Biological Systems
Casalini, Stefano; Berto, Marcello; Kovtun, Alessandro; Operamolla, Alessandra; Di Rocco, Giulia; Facci, Paolo; Liscio, Andrea; Farinola, Gianluca M.; Borsari, Marco; Bortolotti, Carlo A.
Electrochimica acta , 178, 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.07.156

Phase transitions in supported lipid bilayers studied by AFM
Alessandrini A.; Facci P.
Soft matter, 10, 2014
DOI: 10.1039/c4sm01104j

y-Hemolysin oligomeric structure and effect of its formation on supported lipid bilayers: an AFM investigation
Alessandrini A; Viero G; Dalla Serra M; Prévost G; Facci P
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes, 1828, 2013