Mario Nicodemi
I am a theoretical physicist. My scientific activities concern Statistical Mechanics of Complex Systems in Physics and applications to Molecular Biology, with mathematical and computer approaches.
I worked at ESPCI in Paris, Imperial College London, and at the UK Complexity Science Centre in Warwick.
I am now the coordinator of the Statistical Mechanics Group of the Physics Department, and head of the INFN Section "Theoretical Physics Methods in Biology" at the University of Naples "Federico II". Among other international activities, I am currently in the EPJP Board.
Research Interests
STATISTICAL PHYSICS, COMPUTATIONAL AND SYSTEM BIOLOGY
We investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying genome regulation
in eukaryotes, by combining their Statistical Physics
description, computer simulations, and
high-throughput data analysis. In particular, we work on: chromatin
organization; gene regulation
(e.g., at X Chromosome Inactivation, see a recent
NATURE PHYS. N&V); stem cell differentiation and reprogramming.
STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS
In Physics, we work on equilibrium and off-equilibrium critical phenomena, disordered and glassy systems, spin glasses, vortices in superconductors, and in particular on granular media (see a review in NATURE MAT.).
DNA in Suono
"It's written into the DNA" is a common way of saying, but what is
really written into our DNA? The piece DNA IN SUONO
(DNA in Sound) explores the potential of music to disclose to the broader public the
discoveries of Genetics, starting from an unexpected link between
human DNA sequences and J.S. Bach "Art of The Fugue"...
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