Fabio Piano

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Fabio Piano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabio Piano has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Aging and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Fabio Piano's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (38 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (18 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Fabio Piano is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (38 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (18 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Fabio Piano collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Arab Emirates and Germany. Fabio Piano's co-authors include Kristin C. Gunsalus, Kenneth J. Kemphues, Aaron J. Schetter, David Fitch, Karin Kiontke, Johji Miwa, Yo Tabuse, Yasushi Izumi, Shigeo Ohno and Yevgeniy Raynes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Fabio Piano

61 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Unlocking the secrets of the genome 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Unlocking the secrets of the genome
    2009 609 citations S Celniker, Laura A. L. Dillon et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Fabio Piano
Craig P. Hunter United States
Thomas R. Bürglin Sweden
Yanhui Hu United States
John I. Murray United States
John Spieth United States
Stephanie E. Mohr United States
Tong Hao China
Ben Lehner Spain
Junho Lee South Korea
Zachary Pincus United States
Craig P. Hunter United States
Fabio Piano
Citations per year, relative to Fabio Piano Fabio Piano (= 1×) peers Craig P. Hunter

Countries citing papers authored by Fabio Piano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fabio Piano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fabio Piano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fabio Piano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fabio Piano based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Fabio Piano. Fabio Piano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Piano, Fabio, et al.. (2025). TeloSearchLR: an algorithm to detect novel telomere repeat motifs using long sequencing reads. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 15(6). 1 indexed citations
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Fahs, Hala, Suma Gopinadhan, Hin Hark Gan, et al.. (2025). A new class of natural anthelmintics targeting lipid metabolism. Nature Communications. 16(1). 305–305. 3 indexed citations
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Hunashal, Yamanappa, Giuseppe Battaglia, Hala Fahs, et al.. (2025). Analytical characterization and biological assay of avocado lipids with nematocidal activity. Food Chemistry. 491. 145215–145215. 1 indexed citations
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Sapudom, Jiranuwat, Yamanappa Hunashal, Marc Arnoux, et al.. (2025). Hydrogel‐Based Tumor Tissue Microarchitecture Reshapes Dendritic Cell Metabolic Profile and Functions. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(12). e2500681–e2500681. 2 indexed citations
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Gutwein, Michelle, Hin Hark Gan, Jia‐Xuan Chen, et al.. (2021). Novel LOTUS-domain proteins are organizational hubs that recruit C. elegans Vasa to germ granules. eLife. 10. 16 indexed citations
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West, Sean M., Frédéric Schütz, Pierre Gönczy, et al.. (2019). Tissue- and sex-specific small RNAomes reveal sex differences in response to the environment. PLoS Genetics. 15(2). e1007905–e1007905. 15 indexed citations
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Benyettou, Farah, Hala Fahs, Rana A. Bilbeisi, et al.. (2017). Selective growth inhibition of cancer cells with doxorubicin-loaded CB[7]-modified iron-oxide nanoparticles. RSC Advances. 7(38). 23827–23834. 32 indexed citations
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Chen, Jia‐Xuan, Desirea Mecenas, Jolanta Polanowska, et al.. (2016). In Vivo Interaction Proteomics in Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos Provides New Insights into P Granule Dynamics. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 15(5). 1642–1657. 22 indexed citations
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Stoeckius, Marlon, Dominic Grün, Marieluise Kirchner, et al.. (2014). Global characterization of the oocyte‐to‐embryo transition in C aenorhabditis elegans uncovers a novel m RNA clearance mechanism. The EMBO Journal. 33(16). 1751–1766. 58 indexed citations
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Celniker, S, Laura A. L. Dillon, Mark Gerstein, et al.. (2009). Unlocking the Secrets of the Genome. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). 1 indexed citations
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Maruyama, Rika, Scott M. Gordon, Pavan Kadandale, et al.. (2007). EGG-3 Regulates Cell-Surface and Cortex Rearrangements during Egg Activation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Biology. 17(18). 1555–1560. 63 indexed citations
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Fernandez, Anita & Fabio Piano. (2006). MEL-28 Is Downstream of the Ran Cycle and Is Required for Nuclear-Envelope Function and Chromatin Maintenance. Current Biology. 16(17). 1757–1763. 66 indexed citations
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Min, Jaeki, Yun Kyung Kim, Sonya M. Khersonsky, et al.. (2006). Forward chemical genetic approach identifies new role for GAPDH in insulin signaling. Nature Chemical Biology. 3(1). 55–59. 68 indexed citations
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Gunsalus, Kristin C., Hui Ming Ge, Aaron J. Schetter, et al.. (2005). Predictive models of molecular machines involved in Caenorhabditis elegans early embryogenesis. Nature. 436(7052). 861–865. 194 indexed citations
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Schetter, Aaron J., Peter Askjaer, Fabio Piano, Iain W. Mattaj, & Kenneth J. Kemphues. (2005). Nucleoporins NPP-1, NPP-3, NPP-4, NPP-11 and NPP-13 are required for proper spindle orientation in C. elegans. Developmental Biology. 289(2). 360–371. 30 indexed citations
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Feng, Ning, et al.. (2005). Toward automatic phenotyping of developing embryos from videos. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 14(9). 1360–1371. 187 indexed citations
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Kiontke, Karin, et al.. (2004). Caenorhabditis phylogeny predicts convergence of hermaphroditism and extensive intron loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(24). 9003–9008. 309 indexed citations
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Gunsalus, Kristin C. & Fabio Piano. (2004). RNAi as a tool to study cell biology: building the genome–phenome bridge. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 17(1). 3–8. 30 indexed citations
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Piano, Fabio, Aaron J. Schetter, Diane G. Morton, et al.. (2002). Gene Clustering Based on RNAi Phenotypes of Ovary-Enriched Genes in C. elegans. Current Biology. 12(22). 1959–1964. 202 indexed citations
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Walhout, Albertha J.M., Jérôme Reboul, Olena Shtanko, et al.. (2002). Integrating Interactome, Phenome, and Transcriptome Mapping Data for the C. elegans Germline. Current Biology. 12(22). 1952–1958. 134 indexed citations

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