Pasquale Luca Curci

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Research interest

My main interest is to leverage large-scale experimental datasets and data integration to discover and understand new biology.

Research areas

Genomics, Transcriptomics and Network Biology.

Education and Training

• 2019: Research Scientist, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR) - Italian National Research Council (CNR), Bari (Italy).
• 2017: Industrial Postdoctoral Researcher, Plant Systems Biology (PSB) - Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Ghent (Belgium).
• 2014: Research Fellow, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR) - Italian National Research Council (CNR), Bari (Italy).
• 2014: PhD degree in Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR) - Italian National Research Council (CNR), Bari (Italy).
• 2010: Master degree in Biological Sciences, University "Aldo Moro", Bari (Italy).
• 2008: Bachelor degree in Biological Sciences, University "Aldo Moro", Bari (Italy).

Research collaborations

• Integrative network analysis for gene function discovery in wheat. In collaboration with BASF Agricultural Solutions (Belgium). Project coordination.
• Cross-species network biology in plants. In collaboration with SweTree Technologies (Sweden). Project coordination.
• Transcriptomics and regulatory networks controlling nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in durum wheat. In collaboration with Sequentia Biotech SL, Barcelona (Spain).
• Phenotypization and genomic analysis of durum wheat cultivars. In collaboration with Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna (Italy).
• Asparagine synthetase genes (AsnS1 and AsnS2) in durum wheat. In collaboration with the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA-CNRGV), Toulouse (France).

Publications

Please find the full list of my publications at the following URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Curci+PL

Selected Publications

(full list available at CNR People)

Identification of growth regulators using cross-species network analysis in plants

Curci PL, Zhang J, Mähler N, Seyfferth C, Mannapperuma C, Diels T, Van Hautegem T, Jonsen D, Street N, Hvidsten TR, Hertzberg M, Nilsson O, Inzé D, Nelissen H, Vandepoele K

Year: 2022

R2R3-MYBs in Durum Wheat: Genome-Wide Identification, Poaceae-Specific Clusters, Expression, and Regulatory Dynamics Under Abiotic Stresses

Emanuela Blanco, Pasquale Luca Curci, Andrea Manconi, Adele Sarli, Diana Lucia Zuluaga, Gabriella Sonnante

Year: 2022

Identification of growth regulators using cross-species network analysis in plants

Pasquale Luca Curci, Jie Zhang, Niklas Mähler, Carolin Seyfferth, Chanaka Mannapperuma, Tim Diels, Tom Van Hautegem, David Jonsen, Nathaniel Street, Torgeir R Hvidsten, Magnus Hertzberg, Ove Nilsson, Dirk Inzé, Hilde Nelissen, Klaas Vandepoele

Year: 2022

Asparagine synthetase genes (AsnS1 and AsnS2) in durum wheat: structural analysis and expression under nitrogen stress

Curci PL, Bergès H, Marande W, Maccaferri M, Tuberosa R, Sonnante G

Year: 2018

Genotyping-by-sequencing highlights patterns of genetic structure and domestication in artichoke and cardoon

Pavan S, Curci PL, Zuluaga DL, Blanco E, Sonnante G

Year: 2018

MicroRNAs in durum wheat seedlings under chronic and short-term nitrogen stress

Zuluaga DL, Liuzzi V, Curci PL, Sonnante G

Year: 2018

Differential representation of albumins and globulins during grain development in durum wheat and its possible functional consequences

Arena S, D’Ambrosio C, Vitale M, Mazzeo F, Mamone G, Di Stasio L, Maccaferri M, Curci PL, Sonnante G, Zambrano N, Scaloni A

Year: 2017

Transcriptomic response of durum wheat to nitrogen starvation

Curci PL, Aiese Cigliano R, Zuluaga DL, Janni M, Sanseverino W, Sonnante G

Year: 2017

Collecting, characterizing and promoting vegetable genetic resources in Apulia, Southern Italy

Sonnante G, Blanco E, Cifarelli S, Curci PL, Di Renzo P, Lioi L, Liuzzi V, Losavio F, Morgese A, Quattromini A, Sonnante Gi, Zuluaga DL

Year: 2017

Artichokes from Apulia region, a source of genetic variation

Sonnante G, Curci PL, Pavan S, Blanco E, Zuluaga DL, Losavio F, Morgese A

Year: 2017

Durum wheat miRNAs in response to nitrogen starvation at the grain filling stage

Zuluaga DL, De Paola D, Janni M, Curci PL, Sonnante G

Year: 2017

The chloroplast genome as a tool for exploring genetic relationships among globe artichoke, leafy cardoons and wild artichokes

Curci P, De Paola D, Sonnante G

Year: 2016

Development of chloroplast genomic resources for Cynara

Curci PL, De Paola D, Sonnante G

Year: 2016

Chloroplast genome diversity in Cynara

Curci PL, De Paola D, Danzi D, Sonnante G

Year: 2015

Complete Chloroplast Genome of the Multifunctional Crop Globe Artichoke and Comparison with Other Asteraceae

Curci PL, De Paola D, Danzi D, Vendramin GG, Sonnante G

Year: 2015

Development of chloroplast genomic resources for Cynara

Curci PL, De Paola D, Sonnante G

Year: 2015

The complete chloroplast genome of Cynara humilis

Curci PL, Sonnante G

Year: 2015