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Gerry Melino, Cambridge University, England
Gerry Melino is Head of the Apoptosis & Cancer Laboratory, Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, UK; and Professor of Molecular Biology (Medicine), University of Rome "Tor Vergata". He was awarded the Academia Lincei "Feltrinelli" Prize, the highest distinction by the President of Italy. His scientific interest focuses upon programmed cell death in cancer and skin. On the epidermis he works on the molecular events leading to death of keratinocytes, both in animal models as well as in human pathologies. Gerry's major work investigates the two recently identified members of the p53 family – p63 and p73. The molecular events driven by DNA damage to elicit the function of p63/p73 is investigated in vitro (transcriptional targets, proteosomal degradation, inhibitors) as well in ad hoc transgenic animal models.
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Prediction and mechanistic analysis of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) based on chemical structure
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An ensemble learning approach for modeling the systems biology of drug-induced injury
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Conserved sequence motifs in human TMTC1, TMTC2, TMTC3, and TMTC4, new O-mannosyltransferases from the GT-C/PMT clan, are rationalized as ligand binding sites
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Integration of human cell lines gene expression and chemical properties of drugs for Drug Induced Liver Injury prediction
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The ancient Virus World and evolution of cells
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A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes: computational analysis of the predicted enzymatic machinery, functional analogies with eukaryotic RNAi, and hypothetical mechanisms of action
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Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses
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A novel virus genome discovered in an extreme environment suggests recombination between unrelated groups of RNA and DNA viruses
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On the origin of life in the Zinc world: 1. Photosynthesizing, porous edifices built of hydrothermally precipitated zinc sulfide as cradles of life on Earth
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Speed
173 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
134 days to first decision for all manuscripts
164 days from submission to acceptance
23 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
2.193 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.721 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.679 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.316 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
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