Publications and Awards
Rehab Technologies Lab is an award-winning research line of IIT and our teams actively support the scientific community with many publications, dissemination talks and other accomplishments.
Publications
2025
Rinaldi F., Bernetti M., Bresciani V., Veronesi M., Masetti M., Girotto S., Cavalli A.
The mechanistic understanding of the BRCA2-RAD51 interaction: an integrated structural biophysics study
Mammalian DNA Repair Gordon Research Seminar: Unraveling the Intricacies of DNA Repair in the Context of Chromatin and Genome Organization
Poster
Conference
2025
Rinaldi F., Bernetti M., Bresciani V., Veronesi M., Masetti M., Girotto S., Cavalli A.
The mechanistic understanding of the BRCA2-RAD51 interaction: an integrated structural biophysics study
Mammalian DNA Repair Gordon Research Conference: DNA Repair: Fundamental Mechanisms and Human Biology
Poster
Conference
2024
Bagnolini G., Poppi L., Previtali V., Ferrandi G., Rinaldi F., Girotto S., Hirsch A.K.H., Roberti M., Cavalli A.
A journey through targeting BRCA2-RAD51 protein-protein interaction to establish synthetic lethality as paradigm for anticancer drug discovery
National Congress of the Italian Chemistry Society 2024
Poster
Conference
2024
Myers S.H., Poppi L., Rinaldi F., Veronesi M., Ciamarone A., Previtali V., Bagnolini G., Schipani F., Ortega Martinez J.A., Girotto S., Di Stefano G., Farabegoli F., Walsh N., De Franco F., Roberti M., Cavalli A.
An 19F NMR fragment-based approach for the discovery and development of BRCA2-RAD51 inhibitors to pursuit synthetic lethality in combination with PARP inhibition in pancreatic cancer
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 265
2024
Rinaldi F., Bernetti M., Bresciani V., Girotto S., Cavalli A.
An integrated structural approach reveals novel insights on the BRCA2 - RAD51 interaction
EMBO Practical Course on Small Angle Neutron and X-ray Scattering from biomacromolecules in solution
Poster
Conference
2024
Balboni B., Marotta R., Rinaldi F., Milordini G., Varignani G., Girotto S., Cavalli A.
An integrative structural study of the human full-length RAD52 at 2.2 Å resolution
Communications Biology, vol. 7, (no. 1)
2024
Bresciani V., Rinaldi F., Bernetti M., Masetti M.
Combining computational and experimental methods to characterize the RAD51-BRC repeats interaction
The 4th Masbic Annual Symposium
Poster
Conference
2024
Bresciani V., Rinaldi F., Bernetti M., Masetti M.
Elucidating the RAD51-BRC repeats interaction by integrating computational and experimental approaches
Summer School on Biomolecular Simulations
Poster
Conference
2024
Previtali V., Bagnolini G., Ciamarone A., Ferrandi G., Rinaldi F., Myers S.H., Roberti M., Cavalli A.
New Horizons of Synthetic Lethality in Cancer: Current Development and Future Perspectives
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2024
Rinaldi F., Girotto S.
Structure-based approaches in synthetic lethality strategies
Current Opinion in Structural Biology, vol. 88
2023
Poppi L., Myers S.H., Previtali V., Rinaldi F., Farabegol F., Di Stefano G., Walsh N., Roberti M., Cavalli A.
A RAD51/BRCA2 small molecule inhibitor enhances the antineoplastic effect of the PARPi talazoparib in pancreatic cancer
EACR
2023
Rinaldi F., Bernetti M., Bresciani V., Girotto S., Cavalli A.
Dissecting the BRCA2 - RAD51 interaction by integrating computational and experimental biophysics
EMBO Practical Course Integrative modelling of protein interactions
Poster
Conference
2023
Rinaldi F., Bernetti M., Bresciani V., Girotto S., Cavalli A.
Integration of computational and experimental biophysics reveals novel insights on the BRCA2 - RAD51 interaction
EMBO Workshop: Computational structural biology
Poster
Conference
2023
Rinaldi F., Schipani F., Balboni B., Catalano F., Marotta R., Myers S.H., Previtali V., Veronesi M., Scietti L., Cecatiello V., Pasqualato S., Ortega J.A., Girotto S., Cavalli A.
Isolation and Characterization of Monomeric Human RAD51: A Novel Tool for Investigating Homologous Recombination in Cancer
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, vol. 62, (no. 51)
2023
Balboni B., Rinaldi F., Previtali V., Ciamarone A., Girotto S., Cavalli A.
Novel Insights into RAD52’s Structure, Function, and Druggability for Synthetic Lethality and Innovative Anticancer Therapies
Cancers, vol. 15, (no. 6)
Awards
2024
Macaluso A., Bottino A., Pratticò F.G., Lamberti F., Galletti C., Storchi C., Podda J., Tacchino A., Brichetto G., Boccardo N., et al.
Best Session Presentation - Executive Control in a Mixed Reality Exergame for Motor-Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis
2022
Maludrottu S., Laffranchi M., Vassallo C., Vaccaro R., De Michieli L.
iF DESIGN AWARD 2022 - Twin Exoskeleton
2021
Laffranchi M., Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Maludrottu S., Poli F., De Bartolomeis L., Diamanti G., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
Good Design
2020
Laffranchi M.
Robotics 2020 Young Investigator Award
2020
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., et al.
XXVI Compasso d'oro
2019
Colombi I.
PhD thesis award in Neuroengineering "MASSIMO GRATTAROLA" (17^ Ed.)
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lince A., Canepa M., Saglia J., Gruppioni E., Sacchetti R., Diamanti G., Poli F., et al.
ADI Design Index
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., et al.
ADI Design Index
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., et al.
Good Design
2018
Semprini M.
selected as "reviewer of the year" for Journal of Neural Engineering