UMBERTO PALATINI

About

I am interested in tropical and emerging infectious diseases spread by arthropod vectors, with a emphasis on arboviruses. Mosquito competence for arboviruses is a complex and evolving phenotype that depends on the interaction between RNA viruses. mosquito vectors and the environment. I use molecular biotechnology, genetic engineering and bioinformatics to investigate biology of vector-mediated pathogen transmission, with a focus on mosquito genomics, small-RNA mediated antiviral immunity and metaviromics.

Work

Institut Pasteur
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Visiting Scientist

France

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The Rockefeller University
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HFSP Postdoctoral Fellow

US

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University of Pavia
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Postdoctoral Associate

Italy

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The Pennsylvania State University
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IGTRCN peer-to-peer Fellow

US

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Southern Medical University
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Visiting Scholar

China

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Education

University of Pavia
Italy

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PhD in Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology

University of Pavia
Italy

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Master of Science

University of Pavia
Italy

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Bachelor of Science

Publications

Adaptive genomic signatures of globally invasive populations of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

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Nature Ecology & Evolution

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Aedes aegypti VLG-1challenges the assumed antiviral nature ofVagogenes

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Molecular signature of domestication in the arboviral vectorAedes aegypti

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preprint

Virome and nrEVEome diversity of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes from La Reunion Island and China

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preprint

Profile of Small RNAs, vDNA Forms and Viral Integrations in Late Chikungunya Virus Infection of Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes

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Viruses

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Profile of Small RNAs, vDNA Forms and Viral Integrations in Late Chikungunya Virus Infection of <i>Aedes albopictus</i> Mosquitoes

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Viruses

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Profile of Small RNAs, vDNA Forms and Viral Integrations in Late Chikungunya Virus Infection of Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes

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Viruses

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Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector <i>Aedes albopictus</i> (vol 21, 215, 2020)

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Genome Biology

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Leaning Into the Bite: The piRNA Pathway as an Exemplar for the Genetic Engineering Need in Mosquitoes

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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

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Computational methods for the discovery and annotation of viral integrations

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Cross Talk between Viruses and Insect Cells Cytoskeleton

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Viruses

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Cross Talk between Viruses and Insect Cells Cytoskeleton

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Viruses

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Leaning Into the Bite: The piRNA Pathway as an Exemplar for the Genetic Engineering Need in Mosquitoes.

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Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

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Population genomics in the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti reveals the genomic architecture and evolution of endogenous viral elements

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Molecular Ecology

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Population genomics in the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti reveals the genomic architecture and evolution of endogenous viral elements.

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Molecular ecology

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Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus.

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Genome biology

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Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus

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Genome Biology

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Polymorphism analyses and protein modelling inform on functional specialization of Piwi clade genes in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus.

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PLoS neglected tropical diseases

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Polymorphism analyses and protein modelling inform on functional specialization of Piwi clade genes in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus

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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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piRNA-Guided CRISPR-like Immunity in Eukaryotes

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Trends in Immunology

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piRNA-Guided CRISPR-like Immunity in Eukaryotes

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Trends in Immunology

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Comparative genomics shows that viral integrations are abundant and express piRNAs in the arboviral vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

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BMC Genomics

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Comparative genomics shows that viral integrations are abundant and express piRNAs in the arboviral vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

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BMC Genomics

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Evaluation of TTV load kinetics among kidney transplant recipients in the first year post-transplant period

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Journal of Clinical Virology

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UMBERTO PALATINI