Massimiliano Meli

1.9k total citations
43 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Massimiliano Meli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimiliano Meli has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Massimiliano Meli's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (13 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers). Massimiliano Meli is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (13 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers). Massimiliano Meli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Massimiliano Meli's co-authors include Giorgio Colombo, Giulia Morra, Dario C. Altieri, Janet Plescia, Marı́a Gasset, Marzia Pennati, Nadia Zaffaroni, Maria Grazia Daidone, Kristin Beebe and Byoung Heon Kang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Massimiliano Meli

41 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Massimiliano Meli Italy	21	1.3k	180	155	150	137	43	1.5k
Claus Spitzfaden United Kingdom	18	1.1k 0.9×	190 1.1×	249 1.6×	207 1.4×	163 1.2×	21	1.6k
Marjolein Thunnissen Sweden	22	967 0.8×	209 1.2×	247 1.6×	118 0.8×	341 2.5×	44	1.7k
Chin Yu Taiwan	24	1.2k 0.9×	156 0.9×	209 1.3×	50 0.3×	69 0.5×	83	1.5k
Irantzu Pallarès Spain	19	972 0.8×	357 2.0×	128 0.8×	66 0.4×	203 1.5×	44	1.4k
Agnieszka K. Bronowska United Kingdom	21	913 0.7×	76 0.4×	144 0.9×	140 0.9×	67 0.5×	42	1.5k
Karin Fritz‐Wolf Germany	23	1.3k 1.0×	80 0.4×	252 1.6×	333 2.2×	292 2.1×	38	2.0k
Till Maurer Germany	17	1.2k 0.9×	100 0.6×	148 1.0×	101 0.7×	319 2.3×	32	1.5k
Jeffrey P. Krise United States	24	802 0.6×	234 1.3×	63 0.4×	241 1.6×	248 1.8×	37	1.6k
Jaeki Min United States	27	1.2k 0.9×	169 0.9×	90 0.6×	451 3.0×	390 2.8×	55	2.0k

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Meli, Massimiliano, Kristy Swiderski, Ben Rollo, et al.. (2025). Ngn2-Induced Differentiation of the NG108-15 Cell Line Enhances Motor Neuronal Differentiation and Neuromuscular Junction Formation. Biomolecules. 15(5). 637–637.

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Atherton, Joseph, et al.. (2025). Microtubule association induces a Mg-free apo-like ADP pre-release conformation in kinesin-1 that is unaffected by its autoinhibitory tail. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6214–6214. 2 indexed citations

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Yousaf, Muhammad Abrar, Massimiliano Meli, Giorgio Colombo, Anna Savoia, & Annalisa Pastore. (2025). A computational study of the fold and stability of cytochrome c with implications for disease. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 308(Pt 2). 142336–142336.

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Tiwari, Om Shanker, Ruth Aizen, Massimiliano Meli, et al.. (2023). Entropically-Driven Co-assembly of l-Histidine and l-Phenylalanine to Form Supramolecular Materials. ACS Nano. 17(4). 3506–3517. 28 indexed citations

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Puglisi, Rita, Massimiliano Meli, Stephen R. Martin, et al.. (2022). Recipes for Inducing Cold Denaturation in an Otherwise Stable Protein. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(16). 7198–7207. 8 indexed citations

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Nitti, Andrea, Enrica Chiesa, Antxon Martı́nez de Ilarduya, et al.. (2021). Biocompatible graft copolymers from bacterial poly(γ-glutamic acid) and poly(lactic acid). Polymer Chemistry. 12(26). 3784–3793. 24 indexed citations

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Meli, Massimiliano, Giulia Morra, & Giorgio Colombo. (2020). Simple Model of Protein Energetics To Identify Ab Initio Folding Transitions from All-Atom MD Simulations of Proteins. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16(9). 5960–5971. 11 indexed citations

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Serapian, Stefano A., Giulia Morra, Massimiliano Meli, et al.. (2020). The Answer Lies in the Energy: How Simple Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations May Hold the Key to Epitope Prediction on the Fully Glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(19). 8084–8093. 36 indexed citations

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Meli, Massimiliano, Hamutal Engel, Dana Laor Bar‐Yosef, Ehud Gazit, & Giorgio Colombo. (2019). Mechanisms of Metabolite Amyloid Formation: Computational Studies for Drug Design against Metabolic Disorders. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 10(4). 666–670. 9 indexed citations

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Morra, Giulia, Massimiliano Meli, & Giorgio Colombo. (2018). How the Ligand-Induced Reorganization of Protein Internal Energies Is Coupled to Conformational Events. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 14(11). 5992–6001. 10 indexed citations

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Meli, Massimiliano, Marı́a Gasset, & Giorgio Colombo. (2018). Are Amyloid Fibrils RNA-Traps? A Molecular Dynamics Perspective. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 5. 53–53. 5 indexed citations

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Maggi, Maristella, Steven D. Mittelman, Giorgio Colombo, et al.. (2017). A protease-resistant Escherichia coli asparaginase with outstanding stability and enhanced anti-leukaemic activity in vitro. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14479–14479. 47 indexed citations

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Bertolani, Arianna, Andrea Pizzi, Lisa Pirrie, et al.. (2016). Crystal Structure of the DFNKF Segment of Human Calcitonin Unveils Aromatic Interactions between Phenylalanines. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(9). 1985–1985. 1 indexed citations

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Bertolani, Arianna, Andrea Pizzi, Lisa Pirrie, et al.. (2016). Crystal Structure of the DFNKF Segment of Human Calcitonin Unveils Aromatic Interactions between Phenylalanines. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(9). 2051–2058. 32 indexed citations

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Meneghini, Carlo, Loris Leboffe, Gabriella Fanali, et al.. (2014). The Five-To-Six-Coordination Transition of Ferric Human Serum Heme-Albumin Is Allosterically-Modulated by Ibuprofen and Warfarin: A Combined XAS and MD Study. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e104231–e104231. 26 indexed citations

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Meli, Massimiliano, Katiuscia Pagano, Laura Ragona, & Giorgio Colombo. (2014). Investigating the Dynamic Aspects of Drug-Protein Recognition through a Combination of MD and NMR Analyses: Implications for the Development of Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e97153–e97153. 9 indexed citations

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Secundo, Francesco, Marco W. Fraaije, Gonzalo de Gonzalo, et al.. (2010). Effects of water miscible organic solvents on the activity and conformation of the baeyer–villiger monooxygenases from Thermobifida fusca and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus: A comparative study. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 108(3). 491–499. 46 indexed citations

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Colombo, Giorgio, Massimiliano Meli, Giulia Morra, Ruth Gabizon, & Marı́a Gasset. (2009). Methionine Sulfoxides on Prion Protein Helix-3 Switch on the α-Fold Destabilization Required for Conversion. PLoS ONE. 4(1). e4296–e4296. 50 indexed citations

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Meli, Massimiliano, Marzia Pennati, Maria Grazia Daidone, et al.. (2006). Small-Molecule Targeting of Heat Shock Protein 90 Chaperone Function: Rational Identification of a New Anticancer Lead. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 49(26). 7721–7730. 66 indexed citations

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Colombo, Giorgio, Massimiliano Meli, F. Javier Cañada, Juan Luis Asensio, & Jesús Jiménez‐Barbero. (2003). Toward the understanding of the structure and dynamics of protein–carbohydrate interactions: molecular dynamics studies of the complexes between hevein and oligosaccharidic ligands. Carbohydrate Research. 339(5). 985–994. 20 indexed citations

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