2005-2009

406. Stano, P.; Bufali, S.; Domazou, A. S.; Luisi, P. L.

Effect of tryptophan oligopeptides on the size distribution of POPC liposomes: a dynamic light scattering and turbidimetric study.

J. Lipos. Res. 2005, 15 (1-2), 29-47.

 

407. Thomas, C. F.; Luisi, P. L.

RNA Selectively Interacts with Vesicles Depending on Their Size.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 14544-14550.

 

408. Osfouri, S.; Stano, P.; Luisi, P. L.

Condensed DNA in Lipid Microcompartments.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 19929-19935.

 

409. Luisi, P. L.

Dall’origine della vita sulla terra all’evoluzione della cognizione umana. Ovvero sull’apparente confitto tra scienze molecolari e aspetti umanistici.

In: Il Futuro. Previsione, pronostico e profezia (Proceedings of the Conference – Venice, October 19-21, 2000). Lepschy, A; Pastore-Stocchi, M. (eds.). 2005, Venezia: Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti. pp. 363-381.

 

410. Luisi, P. L.; Ferri, F.; Stano, P.

Approaches to semi-synthetic minimal cells: a review.

Naturwissenschaften 2006, 93, 1-13.

 

411. Stano, P.; Wehrli, E., Luisi, P. L.

Insights on the oleate vesicles self-reproduction.

J. Physics: Condensed Matter 2006, 18, S2231-S2238.

 

412. Ferreri, C.; Pierotti, S.; Barbieri, A.; Zambonin, L.; Landi, L.; Rasi, S.; Luisi, P. L.; Barigelletti, F.; Chatgilialoglu, C.

Comparison of phosphatidylcholine vesicle properties related to geometrical isomerism.

Photochemistry and Photobiology 2006, 82, 274-280.

 

413. Ruiz-Mirazo, K.; Stano, P.; Luisi, P. L.

Lysozyme effect on oleic acid/oleate vesicles.

J. Lipos. Research 2006, 16, 143-154.

 

414. Luisi, P. L.

The Emergence of Life: from Chemical Origin to Synthetic Biology

Cambridge University Press, 2006.

 

415. Chiarabelli, C.; Vrijbloed, J. W., Thomas, R. M., Luisi, P. L.

Investigation of de novo Totally Random Biosequences. Part I. A General Method for in vitro Selection of Folded Domains from a Random Polypeptide Library Displayed on Phage.

Chemistry & Biodiversity 2006, 3, 827-839.

 

416. Chiarabelli, C.; Vrijbloed, J. W., De Lucrezia, D., Thomas, R. M.; Stano, P., Polticelli, F., Ottone, T.; Papa, E.; Luisi, P. L.

Investigation of de novo Totally Random Biosequences. Part II. On the Folding Frequency in a Totally Random Library of de novo Proteins Obtained by Phage Display.

Chemistry & Biodiversity 2006, 3, 840-859.

 

417. De Lucrezia, D.; Franchi, M.; Chiarabelli, C.; Gallori, E.; Luisi, P. L.

Investigation of de novo Totally Random Biosequences. Part III. RNA Foster: A Novel Assay to Investigate RNA Folding Structural Properties.

Chemistry & Biodiversity 2006, 3, 860-868.

 

418. De Lucrezia, D.; Franchi, M.; Chiarabelli, C.; Gallori, E.; Luisi, P. L.

Investigation of de novo Totally Random Biosequences. Part IV. Folding Properties of de novo, Totally Random RNAs.

Chemistry & Biodiversity 2006, 3, 869-877.

 

419. Stano, P.; Ferri, F.; Luisi, P. L.

From the minimal genome to the minimal cell: theoretical and experimental investigations.

In “Life as we know it (Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology; vol. 10)”, ed. J. Seckbach, Springer, Berlin, 2006, pp. 181-198.

 

420. Chessari, S.; Thomas, R. M.; Polticelli, F.; Luisi, P. L.

The Production of de novo Folded Proteins by a Stepwise Chain Elongation: A Model for Prebiotic Chemical Evolution of Macromolecular Sequences.

Chemistry & Biodiversity 2006, 3, 1202-1210.

 

 

422. Luisi, P. L.; Chiarabelli, C.; Stano, P.

From the Never Born Proteins to the Minimal Living Cell: Two Projects in Synthetic Biology.

Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 2006, 36, 605-616.

 

 

423. Luisi, P. L.

Viaggio nel mondo delle molecole mai nate.

Darwin 2007, 18, (anno 4, III-IV 2007), 50-54.

 

424. Luisi, P. L.

Chemical Aspects of Synthetic Biology.

Chemistry and Biodiversity 2007, 4, 603-621.

 

424b. Stano, P.; Luisi, P. L. (Eds.)

Special Issue: International School on Complexity – Basic Questions about the Origins of Life

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, Volume 37, Nos. 4-5; October 2007; pp. 303-476.

 

425. Stano, P.; Luisi, P. L.

Basic Questions About the Origins of Life: Proceedings of the Erice International School of Complexity (Fourth Course).

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 2007, 37, 303-307.

 

426. Chiarabelli, C.; De Lucrezia, D.

Question 3: The Worlds of the Prebiotic and Never Born Proteins.

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 2007, 37, 357-361.

 

427. Luisi, P. L.

Question 3: The Problem of Macromolecular Sequences: The Forgotten Stumbling Block.

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 2007, 37, 363-365.

 

428. De Lucrezia, D.; Anella, F.; Chiarabelli, C.

Question 5: On the Chemical Reality of the RNAWorld.

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 2007, 37, 379-385.

 

 

433. Murtas, G.; Kuruma, Y.; Bianchini, P.; Diaspro, A.; Luisi, P. L.

Protein synthesis in liposomes with a minimal set of enzymes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2007, 363, 12-17.

 

434. Luisi, P. L.; Stano, P.; Murtas, G.; Kuruma, Y.; Ueda, T.

En route to semi-synthetic minimal cells.

In: “Proceedings of the Bordeaux Spring School on Modelling Complex Biological Systems in the Context of Genomics. April 3rd - 7th 2006”. P. Amar; F. Képès; V. Norris; M. Beurton-Aimar; J.-P. Mazat (eds.). EDP Sciences, 2007, Les Ulis (Paris), pp. 19-30.

 

 

436. Fiordemondo, D.; Stano, P.

Lecithin-Based Water-In-Oil Compartments as Dividing Bioreactors

ChemBioChem 2007, 8, 1965-1973.

 

 

438. Damiano, L.; Luisi, P. L.

Reconsidérer l’autopoïese: conditions nécessaire es suffisantes pour l’apparition de la vie.

In : Comment définir la vie ? Les résponses de la biologie, de l’intelligence artificielle et de la philosophie des sciences. H. Bersini and J. Reisse (eds.), Vuibert, 2007, Paris. Pp. 33-40.

 

439. Evangelista, G.; Minervini, G.; Luisi, P.L.; Polticelli, F.

Randomblast a tool to generate random “never born protein” sequences.

Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems 2007, 3, 27-31.

 

440. Minervini, G.; La Rocca, G.; Luisi, P.L.; Polticelli, F.

High throughput protein structure prediction in a grid environment.

Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems 2007, 3, 39-43.

 

441. Murtas, G.

Cellule minime all’origine della vita.

Darwin 2007, 22

 

441a. Damiano, L.

Unità in dialogo I – La scienza in dialogo

Dedalus 2007, 1, 40-48.

 

441b. Damiano, L.

Unità in dialogo II – Co-evoluzioni: la conoscenza che crea unità.

Dedalus 2008, 2, 72-80.

 

442. Luisi, P.L.

Two Pillars of Buddhism: Consciousness & Ethics From the Preceedings of Mind and Life XII.

Journal of Consciousness Studies 2008, 15(1), 84-108.

 

 

446. Bich, L.; Damiano, L.

Order in the nothing: Autopoiesis and the Organizational Characterization of the Living

In: EJTP, Special Issue 2007, Physics of Emergence and Organization, 4 (16 I); Licata, I.; Sakaji, A. J. (Eds.), World Scientific, 2008, pp. 343-373.

 

447. Stano, P.; Luisi, P. L.

Self-reproduction of micelles, reverse micelles and vesicles. Compartments disclose a general transformation pattern.

In: Advances on Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, A. Leitmannova Liu (Ed.)., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008, pp. 221-263.

 

448. Luisi, P. L.

Chemical Aspects of Synthetic Biology

In: Origin of Life: Chemical Approach, P. Herdewijn, M. V. Kisakürek (Eds.), VHCA: Zurich and Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA, Weinheim, 2008. Pp. 95-113.

 

449. Stano, P., Luisi, P. L.

Precellular Evolution: Vesicles and Protocells.

In: Prebiotic Evolution and Astrobiology. J.T. Wong and A. Lazcano (eds.), Landes Bioscience, Austin, Texas US, 2009. Pp. 94-105.

 

450. Stano, P.

Approaches to the Construction of the Minimal Cell.

In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference “Smart Material Structures Systems” (CIMTEC 2008); P. Vincenzini and S. Graziani (Eds.).

Advances in Science and Technology 2008, 58, 10-19.

 

451. Luisi, P. L.; Souza, T.; Stano, P.

Vesicle Behavior: In Search of Explanations

J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 14655-14664.

 

452. Damiano, L.; Luisi, P. L.

Co-emergenze: Vita, evoluzione e cognizione nel paesaggio teorico della biologia autopoietica.

Dedalus 2008, 4, 31-37.

 

453. Damiano, L.

Unità in dialogo. Genealogia e attualità di un oggetto teorico rivoluzionario.

Dedalus 2008, 4, 72-79.

 

454. Gorlero, M.; Wieczorek, R.; Adamala, K.; Giorgi, A.; Schininà, M. E.; Stano, P.; Luisi, P. L.

Ser-His catalyses the formation of peptides and PNAs.

FEBS Letters 2009, 583, 153-156.

 

455. Bich, L.; Damiano, L.

Order in the nothing: Autopoiesis and the Organizational Characterization of the Living

In: Physics of Emergence and Organization, I. Licata, A. Sakaji (ed.), World Scientific Publishing Company, 2008, pp. 339-370.

 

456. Kuruma, Y.; Stano, P.; Ueda, T.; Luisi, P. L.

A synthetic biology approach to the construction of membrane proteins in semi-synthetic minimal cells.

Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2009, 1788, 567-574.

 

457. Stano, P.; Murtas, G.; Luisi, P. L.

Semi-Synthetic Minimal Cells: New Advancements and Perspectives.

In:“Protocells: Bridging Nonliving and Living Matter”, Rasmussen, S.; Bedau, M. A.; Chen, L.; Deamer, D.; Krakauer, D. C.; Packard, N. H.; Stadler, P. F. (Eds.), MIT Press, 2009, Cambridge, Massachusetts; pp. 39-70.

 

458. Stano P.

Self-reproduction of vesicles and other compartments: a review.

In CRC Handbook of Surface and Colloid Chemistry – Third Edition – 2009, K. S. Birdi (ed.) CRC PRESS, Taylor and Francis Group LLC, Boca Raton, FL, USA; pp. 681-701.

 

459. Luisi, P. L.; Houshmand, Z.

Mind and Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality

Columbia University Press, New York, US; 2009.

 

460. La Rocca, G.; Minervini, G.; Evangelista, G.; Luisi, P. L.; Polticelli, F.

Porting Biological Applications in Grid: An Experience within the EUChinaGRID Framework.

In: Grid Computing (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Grid Computintg (ISGC 2007: Acad Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan), S. C. Lin (Ed.), Springer US, New York, 2009; pp. 67-71.

 

461. Damiano, L.

Unità in dialogo. Un nuovo stile per la conoscenza.

Mondadori, Milano; 2009.

 

462. Souza, T.; Stano, P.; Luisi, P. L.

The minimal size of liposome-based model cells brings about a remarkably enhanced entrapment and protein synthesis.

ChemBioChem 2009, 10, 1056-1063.

 

463. Luisi, P. L.

Il nostro ambiente cosmico: l’emergenza della vita.

In: Geni e Comportamenti. Scienza e Arte della Vita. Bottaccioli F. (Ed.). Edizioni Red, Milano, 2009. Pp. 157-168.

 

464. Minervini, G.; Evangelista, G.; Villanova, L.; Slanzi, D.; De Lucrezia, D.; Poli, I.; Luisi, P. L.; Polticelli, F.

Massive non-natural proteins structure prediction using grid technologies.

BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10(Suppl 6), S22.

 

466. Chiarabelli, C.; Stano, P.; Luisi, P. L.

Chemical approaches to synthetic biology.

Curr. Opin. Biotechnology 2009, 20, 492-497.

 

467. Luisi, P. L.

Nei giardini della contingenza.

Sapere 2009, 5, 9-11.

 

468. Stano, P.; Ruiz-Mirazo, K.

I quesiti di San Sebastián.

Sapere 2009, 5, 14-16.

 

471. Luisi, P. L.; Ferri, F.; Stano, P.

Approaches to semi-synthetic minimal cells: a review (reprinted)

In: The Nature of Life: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives. M. Bedau and C. E. Cleland (eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010, pp. 272-288.

 

472. Damiano, L.; Luisi, P. L.

An Autopoietic View of Death: Drawing the Concept of Autopoietic Negemergence

In: What is Death? A Scientific, Philosophical and Theological Exploration of Life’s End. Aguilar, A. (curatore); Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City 2009, pp. 67-82.

 

473. Murtas, G.

Artificial assembly of a minimal cell.

Molecular Biosystems 2009, 5, 1292-1297.

 

474. Stano, P.; Luisi, P. L.

Semi-synthetic minimal cells.

In: Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. Proceedings of Wivace 2008, R. Serra, M. Villani, I. Poli (Eds.), World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010, 315-324.

 

475. Stano, P.

Cellule artificiali: dall’attuale quadro teorico-sperimentale al loro uso come robot molecolari.

In: Modelli, sistemi e applicazioni di Vita Artificiale e Computazione Evolutiva – Atti del Convegno WIVACE 2009. O. Miglino, M. Ponticorvo, A. Rega, F. Rubinacci (eds.); Fridericiana Editrice Universitaria, Napoli, 2009. Pp. 193-198.

 

476. Murtas, G.

Internal lipid synthesis and vesicle growth as a step toward self-reproduction of the minimal cell.

Systems and Synthetic Biology 2010, 4, 85-93.

 

476bis. Luisi, P. L.

Contributions of synthetic biology to the field of the origin of life

In: Advanced Topics in Cell Model Systems; A. Macagnano, A. R. Orlando, F. A. Farrelly, A. Petri, M. Girasole (Eds.); Nova Science Publisher, Hauppauge, NY 2009. Pp. 59-73.