Selected peer reviewed scientific publications:
A.D. Pourmorady, E.V. Bashkirova, A.M. Chiariello, H. Belagzhal, A. Kodra, R. Duffie, J. Kahiapo, K. Monahan, J. Pulupa, I. Schieren, A. Osterhoudt, J. Dekker, M. Nicodemi and S. Lomvardas, "RNA-mediated symmetry breaking enables singular olfactory receptor choice", Nature 625, 181 (2024)
A.M. Chiariello, A. Abraham, S. Bianco, A. Esposito, F. Vercellone, M. Conte, A. Fontana, M. Nicodemi, "Multiscale modelling of chromatin 4D organization in SARS-CoV-2 infected cells", Nature Comm. 15, 4014 (2024)
R.A., Beagrie, C.J., Thieme, C., Annunziatella, C. Baugher, Y. Zhang, M. Schueler, A. Kukalev, R. Kempfer, A.M. Chiariello, S. Bianco, Y. Li, T. Davis, A. Scialdone, L.R. Welch, M. Nicodemi and A. Pombo, "Multiplex-GAM: genome-wide identification of chromatin contacts yields insights overlooked by Hi-C", Nature Meth. 20, 1037 (2023)
A.R. Ringel, Q. Szabo, A.M. Chiariello, K. Chudzik, R. Schoepflin, P. Rothe, A. L. Mattei, T. Zehnder, D. Harnett, V. Laupert, S. Bianco, S. Hetzel, J. Glaser, M.H.Q. Phan, M. Schindler, D.M. Ibrahim, C. Paliou, A. Esposito, C.A. Prada-Medina, S.A. Haas, P. Giere, M. Vingron, L. Wittler, A. Meissner, M. Nicodemi, G. Cavalli, F. Bantignies, S. Mundlos, M.I. Robson, "Repression and 3D-restructuring resolves regulatory conflicts in evolutionarily rearranged genomes", Cell 185, 3689 (2022)
M. Conte, E. Irani, A. M. Chiariello, A. Abraham, S. Bianco, A. Esposito, M. Nicodemi, "Loop-extrusion and polymer phase-separation can co-exist at the single-molecule level to shape chromatin folding", Nature Comm. 13, 4070 (2022)
W. Winick-Ng, A. Kukalev, I. Harabula, L. Zea-Redondo, D. Szab, M. Meijer, L. Serebreni, Y. Zhang, S. Bianco, A.M. Chiariello, I. Irastorza-Azcarate, C. J. Thieme, T.M. Sparks, S. Carvalho, L. Fiorillo, F. Musella, E. Irani, E. Torlai Triglia, A.A. Kolodziejczyk, A. Abentung, G. Apostolova, E.J. Paul, V. Franke, R. Kempfer, A. Akalin, S.A. Teichmann, G. Dechant, M.A. Ungless, M. Nicodemi, L. Welch, G. Castelo- Branco, A. Pombo, "Cell-type specialization is encoded by specific chromatin topologies", Nature 599, 684 (2021)
L. Fiorillo, F. Musella, M. Conte, R. Kempfer, A.M. Chiariello, S. Bianco, A. Kukalev, I. Irastorza-Azcarate, A. Esposito, A. Abraham, A. Prisco, A. Pombo, M. Nicodemi, "Comparison of the Hi-C, GAM and SPRITE methods using polymer models of chromatin", Nature Methods 18, 482 (2021)
H. Huang, Q. Zhu, A. Jussila, Y. Han, B. Bintu, C. Kern, M. Conte, Y. Zhang, S. Bianco, A.M. Chiariello, M. Yu, R. Hu, M. Tastemel, I. Juric, M. Hu, M. Nicodemi, X. Zhuang and B. Ren, "CTCF mediates dosage- and sequence- context-dependent transcriptional insulation by forming local chromatin domains", Nature Genetics 53, 1064 (2021)
N. Kubo, H. Ishii, X. Xiong, S. Bianco, F. Meitinger, R. Hu, J.D. Hocker, M. Conte, D. Gorkin, M. Yu, B. Li, J.R. Dixon, M. Hu, M. Nicodemi, H. Zhao, B. Ren, "Promoter-proximal CTCF-binding Promotes Long-range-enhancer Dependent Gene Activation", Nature Str. Mol. Bio. 28, 152 (2021)
M. Conte, L. Fiorillo, S. Bianco, A. M. Chiariello, A. Esposito, M. Nicodemi, "Polymer physics indicates chromatin folding variability across single-cells results from state degeneracy in phase-separation", Nature Comm. 11, 3289 (2020)
G.I. Dellino, F. Palluzzi, R. Piccioni, A.M. Chiariello, S. Bianco, L. Furia, G. De Conti, B. Bouwman, G. Melloni, D. Guido, L. Giaco, L. Luzi, D. Cittaro, M.Faretta, M. Nicodemi, N. Crosetto and P.G. Pelicci, "Release of stalled RNA-Polymerase II at specific loci and chromatin domains favors spontaneous DNA double strand breaks formation and predicts cancer translocations", Nature Genetics 51, 1011 (2019)
B.K. Kragesteen, M. Spielmann, C. Paliou, V. Heinrich, R. Schoepflin, A. Esposito, C. Annunziatella, S. Bianco, A.M. Chiariello, I. Jerkovic, I. Harabula, P. Guckelberger, M. Pechstein, L. Wittler, W.-L. Chan, M. Franke, D.G. Lupianez, K. Kraft, B. Timmermann, M. Vingron, A. Visel, M. Nicodemi*, S. Mundlos*, G. Andrey*, "Dynamic 3D chromatin architecture contributes to enhancer specificity and limb morphogenesis", Nature Genetics 50, 1463 (2018)
S. Bianco, D.G. Lupianez, A.M. Chiariello, C. Annunziatella, K. Kraft, R. Schoepflin, L. Wittler, G. Andrey, M. Vingron, A. Pombo, S. Mundlos*, M. Nicodemi*, "Polymer Physics Predicts the Effects of Structural Variants on Chromatin Architecture", Nature Genetics 50, 662 (2018)
A.M. Oudelaar, J.O.J. Davies, L.P. Hanssen, J.M. Telenius, R. Schwessinger, Y. Liu, J.M. Brown, D.J. Downes, A.M. Chiariello, S. Bianco, M. Nicodemi, V.J. Buckle, J. Dekker, D.R. Higgs, J.R. Hughes, "Single- allele chromatin interactions reveal regulatory hubs in dynamic compartmentalized domains", Nature Genetics 50, 1744 (2018)
M.A. Marti-Renom, et al. (members of the EU 4DN consortium), "Challenges and guidelines toward 4D nucleome data and model standards", Nature Genetics 50, 1352 (2018)
M. Barbieri, S.Q. Xie, E. Torlai Triglia, A.M. Chiariello, S. Bianco, I. de Santiago, M.R. Branco, D. Rueda, M. Nicodemi*, A. Pombo*, "Active and poised promoter states drive folding of the extended HoxB locus in mouse embryonic stem cells", Nature Struct. Mol. Bio. 24, 515 (2017)
C.A. Brackley, J. Johnson, D. Michieletto, A. N. Morozov, M. Nicodemi, P. R. Cook, and D. Marenduzzo, "Nonequilibrium Chromosome Looping via Molecular Slip Links", Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 158103 (2017)
R.A. Beagrie, A. Scialdone, M. Schueler, D.C.A. Kraemer, M. Chotalia, S.Q. Xie, M. Barbieri, I. de Santiago, L.-M. Lavitas, M.R. Branco, J. Fraser, J. Dostie, L. Game, N. Dillon, P.A.W. Edwards, M. Nicodemi*, A. Pombo*, "Complex multi-enhancer contacts captured by Genome Architecture Mapping (GAM), a novel ligation-free approach", Nature 543, 519 (2017)
C. Ferrai, E. Torlai Triglia, J.R. Risner-Janiczek, T. Rito, I. de Santiago, A. Kukalev, O.J.L. Rackham, M. Nicodemi, A. Akalin, M. Li, M.A. Ungless, A. Pombo, "RNA polymerase II primes Polycomb-repressed developmental genes throughout terminal neuronal differentiation", Molecular Systems Biology 13, 946 (2017)
J. Dekker, et al. (members of the NIH 4DN consortium), "The 4D nucleome project", Nature 549, 219 (2017)
Andrea M. Chiariello, Carlo Annunziatella, Simona Bianco, Andrea Esposito and Mario Nicodemi, "Polymer physics of chromosome large-scale 3D organisation", Nature Sci. Rep. 6, 29775 (2016)
V. Proserpio, A. Piccolo, L. Haim-Vilmovsky, G. Kar, T. Loennberg, V. Svensson, J. Pramanik, K.N. Natarajan, W. Zhai, X. Zhang, G. Donati, M. Kayikci, J. Kotar, A.N.J. McKenzie, R. Montandon, O. Billker, S. Woodhouse, P. Cicuta, M. Nicodemi*, S.A. Teichmann*, "Single-cell analysis of CD4+ T-cell differentiation reveals three major cell states and progressive acceleration of proliferation", Genome Biology 17, 103 (2016)
J. Fraser, C. Ferrai, A.M. Chiariello, M. Schueler, T. Rito, G. Laudanno, M. Barbieri, B.L. Moore, D.C.A. Kraemer, S. Aitken, S.Q. Xie, K. Morris, M. Itoh, H. Kawaji, I. Jaeger, Y. Hayashizaki, P. Carninci, A.R.R. Forrest, FANTOM, C.A. Semple, J. Dostie, A. Pombo, and M. Nicodemi, "Hierarchical folding of chromosomes is linked to transcriptional changes in cellular differentiation", Molecular Systems Biology 11, 852 (2015)
A. Pombo and M. Nicodemi, "Models of chromosome structure", Current Opinion in Cell Biology 28, 90 (2014)
J.W. Armond, K. Saha, A.A. Rana, C.J. Oates, R. Jaenisch, M. Nicodemi*, S. Mukherjee*, "A stochastic model dissects cell states in biological transition processes", Nature Scientific Reports 4, 3692 (2014)
M. Barbieri, M. Chotalia, J. Fraser, L.-M. Lavitas, J. Dostie, A. Pombo, M. Nicodemi, "Complexity of chromatin folding is captured by the strings and binders switch model", PNAS 109, 16173 (2012)
A. Gamba, M. Nicodemi, J. Soriano, A. Ott, "Critical Behavior and Axis Defining Symmetry Breaking in Hydra Embryonic Development", Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 158103 (2012)
M. Nicodemi and A. Prisco, "Thermodynamic pathways to genome spatial organization in the cell nucleus", Biophys.Jou. 96, 2168 (2009)
D.S. Grebenkov, M. Pica Ciamarra, M. Nicodemi, A. Coniglio, "Flow, ordering, and jamming of sheared granular suspensions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 078001 (2008)
M. Nicodemi and A. Prisco, "A Symmetry Breaking Model for X Chromosome Inactivation", Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 108104 (2007)
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio, and M. Nicodemi, "Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of Dense Granular Media'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 158001 (2006)
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio, and M. Nicodemi, "Dynamically induced effective interaction in periodically driven granular mixtures'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 038001 (2006)
L. de Arcangelis, C. Godano, E. Lippiello, M. Nicodemi, "Universality in solar flare and earthquake occurrence'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 051102 (2006)
M. Pica Ciamarra, M.D. De Vizia, A. Fierro, M. Tarzia, A.Coniglio, and M. Nicodemi,"Granular Species Segregation under vertical Tapping: Effects of Size, Density, Friction, and Shaking Amplitude", Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 58001 (2006)
E. Piegari, V. Cataudella, R. Di Maio, L. Milano, and M. Nicodemi, "A cellular automaton for the factor of safety field in landslides modeling'', Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L01403 (2006)
M. Tarzia, A. Fierro, M. Nicodemi, M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio, "Size segregation in granular media induced by phase transition'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 078001 (2005)
M. Pica Ciamarra, A. Coniglio, and M. Nicodemi, "Shear instabilities in granular mixtures'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 188001 (2005)
P. Richard, M. Nicodemi, R. Delannay, P. Ribiere, D. Bideau, "Slow relaxation and compaction of granular systems'', Nature Materials 4, 121 (2005)
A. Caiazzo, A. Coniglio, and M. Nicodemi, "Glass glass transition and new dynamical singularity points in an analytically solvable p-spin glass like model", Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 215701 (2004)
M. Tarzia, A. Fierro, M. Nicodemi, A. Coniglio, "Segregation in fluidized versus tapped packs", Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 198002 (2004)
S.T. Bramwell, K. Christensen, J.-Y. Fortin, P.C.W. Holdsworth, H.J. Jensen, S. Lise, J. Lopez, M. Nicodemi, J.-F.Pinton, M. Sellitto, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 208902 (2002)
M. Nicodemi and H.J. Jensen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 259702 (2001)
S.T. Bramwell, K. Christensen, J.-Y. Fortin, P.C.W. Holdsworth, H.J. Jensen, S. Lise, J. Lopez, M. Nicodemi, J.-F.Pinton, M. Sellitto, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 188902 (2001)
H.J. Jensen and M. Nicodemi, "Creep of superconducting vortices in the limit of vanishing temperature: A fingerprint of off-equilibrium dynamics'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4378 (2001)
S.T. Bramwell, K. Christensen, J.-Y. Fortin, P.C.W. Holdsworth, H.J. Jensen, S. Lise, J. Lopez, M. Nicodemi, J.-F.Pinton, M. Sellitto, "Universal Fluctuations in Correlated Systems'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3744 (2000)
F. Corberi, M. Nicodemi, M. Piccioni, A. Coniglio, "Off-equilibrium dynamics in a singular diffusion model'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5054 (1999)
M. Nicodemi, "Dynamical response functions in models of vibrated granular media'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3734 (1999)
M. Nicodemi and A. Coniglio, "Aging in out of equilibrium dynamics of models for granular media", Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 916 (1999)
M. Nicodemi, "Force correlations and arches formation in granular assemblies", Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1340 (1998)
E. Caglioti, H.J. Herrmann, V. Loreto, M. Nicodemi, "A Tetris-like Model for the Compaction of Dry Granular Media'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1575 (1997)