Youssef T, Kassem M, Abdella T, Harith MA, Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2009
Picosecond Transient Circular Dichroism of the Photoreceptor Protein of the Light-Adapted Form of Blepharisma japonicum
Hache F.; Khuc M.; Brazard J.; Plaza P.; Martin M. M.; Checcucci G.; Lenci F.
Chemical physics letters (Print), 2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.10.059
Steady-state and femtosecond photoinduced processes of blepharismins bound to alpha-crystallin
Youssef T. (1), Brazard J. (2), Ley C. (2), Lacombat F. (2), Plaza P.(2), M. Martin M. (2), Sgarbossa A. (3), Checcucci G. (3) and Lenci F. (3)
Photochemical & photobiological sciences (Print), 2008
DOI: 10.1039/b800848e
In vitro perturbation of aggregation processes in beta-amyloid peptides: A spectroscopic study
Sgarbossa, Antonella (1); Lenci, Francesco (1); Buselli, Dario (1)
FEBS letters (Print), 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.08.039
Primary Photoprocesses Involved in the Sensory Protein for the Photophobic Response of Blepharisma japonicum
J. Brazard; C. Ley; F. Lacombat; P. Plaza; M. M. Martin; G. Checcucci; F. Lenci
The journal of physical chemistry. B, 2008
DOI: 10.1021/jp805815e
Target analysis of primary photoprocesses involved in the oxyblepharismin-binding protein
Plaza P; Mahet M; Martin MM; Checcucci G; Lenci F.
The journal of physical chemistry. B, 2007
DOI: 10.1021/jp0642591
Primary photoprocesses in oxyblepharismin interacting with its native protein partner
Mahet M.; Plaza P.; Martin M. M.; Checcucci G.; Lenci F.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. A, Chemistry (Print), 2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2006.06.030
Una ricerca ad ampio spettro.
F. Ghetti, F. Lenci.
La vita ai tempi del buco nell'ozono.
F. Ghetti.
Sapere (Bari), 2006
Spectroscopic study of the chromophoreprotein association and primary photoinduced events in the photoreceptor of Blepharisma japonicum
Plaza P.; Mahet M.; Martin Monique M.; Angelini N.; Malatesta M.; Checcucci G.; Lenci F.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences (Print), 2005
DOI: 10.1039/b417086e
Circular Dichroism of the Photoreceptor Pigment Oxyblepharismin
Pieroni O.; Plaza P.; Mahet M.; Angelini N.; Checcucci G.; Malatesta M.; Martin M.M.; Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2005
DOI: 10.1562/2005-04-28-RN-504
Photosensitized structural modifications of the lens protein alfa-crystallin: do all modifications impair chaperone-like activity?
Sgarbossa A., Youssef T., Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2003
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)077<0567:PSMOTL>2.0.CO;2
Dolichol: a solar filter with UV-absorbing properties which can be photoenhanced
Sgarbossa A., Lenci F., Bergamini E., Bizzarri R., Cerbai B., Signori F., Gori Z., Maccheroni M.
Biogerontology (Dordrecht), 2003
DOI: 10.1023/B:BGEN.0000006558.44482.a4
Photoreception and photomovements of microorganisms
Sgarbossa, Antonella and Checcucci, Giovanni and Lenci, Francesco
Photochemical & photobiological sciences (Print), 2002
DOI: 10.1039/B110629E
Spectroscopic study of visible-light effects on hypericin-lens proteins systems.
Sgarbossa A. , Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2001
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655
Photoresponsive polypeptides
Pieroni O. 1, Fissi A. 2, Angelini N. 3, Lenci F. 2
Accounts of chemical research, 2001
DOI: 10.1021/ar990141+
The uptake, location and fluorescence of hypericin in bovine intact lens
A. Sgarbossa, N. Angelini, D. Gioffré, T. Youssef, F. Lenci and J.E. Roberts Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1076/0271-3683%28200008%292121-VFT597
Current eye research (Print), 2000
DOI: 10.1076/0271-3683(200008)2121-VFT597
Action Spectra for UVB Impacts on Blepharisma japonicum Motility and Photobehavior
Checcucci, Giovanni and Sgarbossa, Antonella and Gioffré, Domenico and Lenci, Francesco and Ghetti, Francesco
Photochemistry and photobiology, 1999
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb05310.x
Photoresponsive polypeptides, photochromic and conformational behavior of spiropyran-containing poly(L-glutamate)s under acid conditions
Fissi, A (Fissi, A); Pieroni, O (Pieroni, O); Angelini, N (Angelini, N); Lenci, F (Lenci, F)
Macromolecules (Print), 1999
DOI: 10.1021/ma990796q
Chemical structure of blepharismin, the photosensor pigment for Blepharisma japonicum
Checcucci G., Shoemaker R.K., Bini E., Cerny R., Tao N., Hyon J.-S., Gioffré D., Ghetti F., Lenci F., Song P.-S.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (Print), 1997
Artificial models of biological photoreceptors: effect of quenchers on the fluorescence properties of hypericin embedded in liposomes
Nicola Angelini and Rinaldo Cubeddu and Francesco Lenci and Aba Losi and Antonio Pifferi and Antonella Sgarbossa and Paola Taroni and Arnaldo Vecli and Cristiano Viappiani
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1997
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(96)07475-1
Sensory perception and transduction of UV-B radiation by the ciliate Blepharisma japonicum
Francesco Lenci and Giovanni Checcucci and Francesco Ghetti and Domenico Gioffrè and Antonella Sgarbossa
Biochimica et biophysica acta. G, General subjects (Print), 1997
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(97)00005-6
Effects of UV-B irradiation on motility and photoresponsiveness of the coloured ciliate Blepharisma japonicum
Antonella Sgarbossa and Sabina Lucia and Francesco Lenci and Domenico Gioffré and Francesco Ghetti and Giovanni Checcucci
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1995
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(94)07070-5
SPECTROSCOPIC AND PHOTOACOUSTIC STUDIES OF HYPERICIN EMBEDDED IN LIPOSOMES AS A PHOTORECEPTOR MODEL
F. Lenci, N. Angelini, F. Ghetti, A. Sgarbossa, A. Losi, A. Vecli, C. Viappiani, P. Taroni, A. Pifferi, R. Cubeddu
Photochemistry and photobiology, 1995
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1995.tb05259.x
Effects of UVB irradiation on pigment systems and photomotile responses of the colored ciliate Blepharisma japonicum
Sgarbossa A., Lucia S., Lenci F., Gioffré D., Ghetti F., Checcucci G.
Médecine. Biologie. Environnement, 1994
Action spectra of the photophobic response of blue and red forms of Blepharisma japonicum
Checcucci G., Damato G., Ghetti F., Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 1993
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb02938.x
Photosensory transduction in ciliates. Role of intracellular pH and comparison between Stentor Coeruleus and Blepharisma japonicum
Fabczak H., Fabczak S., Song P.-S., Checcucci G., Ghetti F., Lenci F.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1993
A laser flash photolysis study of the triplet states of the red and the blue forms of Blepharisma japonicum pigment
Ghetti F., Checcucci G., Lenci F., Heelis P.F.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1992
A videomicroscopic study of the effect of a singlet oxygen quencher on Blepharisma japonicum photobehavior
Checcucci G., Lenci F., Ghetti F., Song P.-S.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1991
Francesco Lenci
Associate
Francesco Lenci is a Physicist, retired Research Director at CNR (National Research Council) now CNR Research Associate; former Director of CNR Biophysics Institute (from 1990 to 2002) and former Member of CNR General Scientific Council (from 2006 to 2011). Senior Fellow of the Centro Interdisciplinare Scienze per la Pace (CISP - Interdisciplinary Centre for Peace Studies), Pisa University; Member of the Scientific Council of Unione degli Scienziati Per Il Disarmo (USPID, Union of Scientists for Disarmament), USPID National Secretary from 1983 to 1990; Member of SICA Working Group of Accademia Lincei; Member of the ""Initiative Committee"" preparing the Moscow Forum of 1987; Member of Pugwash Council
Contact:
- Email francesco.lenci@ibf.cnr.it
- Phone +39-050-3153020
- Location Pisa
Key publications:
Francesco Lenci “La scienza come ponte di pace: le attività dell’USPID e del Pugwash”, in “Per un mondo libero da armi nucleari”, a cura di Enza Pellecchia, pag. 307-3016, Pisa University Press, 2016
Francois Hache, Mai-Thu Khuc, Johanna Brazard, Pascal Plaza, Monique M. Martin, Giovanni Checcucci, Francesco Lenci (2009) Picosecond Transient Circular Dichroism of the Photoreceptor Protein of the Light-Adapted Form of Blepharisma Japonicum Chemical Physics Letters, 483, 133-137
Brazard, C. Ley, F. Lacombat, P. Plaza, M. M. Martin, G. Checcucci and F. Lenci (2008) “Primary Photoprocesses Involved in the Sensory Protein for the Photophobic Response of Blepharisma japonicum” J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 15182-15194
Horspool, W. H. and F. Lenci (Eds.) (2003) Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology”, CRC, Boca Raton, USA
Pieroni, O., A. Fissi, N. Angelini and F. Lenci (2001) “Photoresponsive Polypeptides”, Acc. Chem. Res. 34, 9
Publications (29):
Photosensitized Effects of Rose Bengal on Structure and Function of Lens ProteinYoussef T, Kassem M, Abdella T, Harith MA, Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2009
Picosecond Transient Circular Dichroism of the Photoreceptor Protein of the Light-Adapted Form of Blepharisma japonicum
Hache F.; Khuc M.; Brazard J.; Plaza P.; Martin M. M.; Checcucci G.; Lenci F.
Chemical physics letters (Print), 2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.10.059
Steady-state and femtosecond photoinduced processes of blepharismins bound to alpha-crystallin
Youssef T. (1), Brazard J. (2), Ley C. (2), Lacombat F. (2), Plaza P.(2), M. Martin M. (2), Sgarbossa A. (3), Checcucci G. (3) and Lenci F. (3)
Photochemical & photobiological sciences (Print), 2008
DOI: 10.1039/b800848e
In vitro perturbation of aggregation processes in beta-amyloid peptides: A spectroscopic study
Sgarbossa, Antonella (1); Lenci, Francesco (1); Buselli, Dario (1)
FEBS letters (Print), 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.08.039
Primary Photoprocesses Involved in the Sensory Protein for the Photophobic Response of Blepharisma japonicum
J. Brazard; C. Ley; F. Lacombat; P. Plaza; M. M. Martin; G. Checcucci; F. Lenci
The journal of physical chemistry. B, 2008
DOI: 10.1021/jp805815e
Target analysis of primary photoprocesses involved in the oxyblepharismin-binding protein
Plaza P; Mahet M; Martin MM; Checcucci G; Lenci F.
The journal of physical chemistry. B, 2007
DOI: 10.1021/jp0642591
Primary photoprocesses in oxyblepharismin interacting with its native protein partner
Mahet M.; Plaza P.; Martin M. M.; Checcucci G.; Lenci F.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. A, Chemistry (Print), 2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2006.06.030
Una ricerca ad ampio spettro.
F. Ghetti, F. Lenci.
La vita ai tempi del buco nell'ozono.
F. Ghetti.
Sapere (Bari), 2006
Spectroscopic study of the chromophoreprotein association and primary photoinduced events in the photoreceptor of Blepharisma japonicum
Plaza P.; Mahet M.; Martin Monique M.; Angelini N.; Malatesta M.; Checcucci G.; Lenci F.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences (Print), 2005
DOI: 10.1039/b417086e
Circular Dichroism of the Photoreceptor Pigment Oxyblepharismin
Pieroni O.; Plaza P.; Mahet M.; Angelini N.; Checcucci G.; Malatesta M.; Martin M.M.; Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2005
DOI: 10.1562/2005-04-28-RN-504
Photosensitized structural modifications of the lens protein alfa-crystallin: do all modifications impair chaperone-like activity?
Sgarbossa A., Youssef T., Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2003
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)077<0567:PSMOTL>2.0.CO;2
Dolichol: a solar filter with UV-absorbing properties which can be photoenhanced
Sgarbossa A., Lenci F., Bergamini E., Bizzarri R., Cerbai B., Signori F., Gori Z., Maccheroni M.
Biogerontology (Dordrecht), 2003
DOI: 10.1023/B:BGEN.0000006558.44482.a4
Photoreception and photomovements of microorganisms
Sgarbossa, Antonella and Checcucci, Giovanni and Lenci, Francesco
Photochemical & photobiological sciences (Print), 2002
DOI: 10.1039/B110629E
Spectroscopic study of visible-light effects on hypericin-lens proteins systems.
Sgarbossa A. , Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2001
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655
Photoresponsive polypeptides
Pieroni O. 1, Fissi A. 2, Angelini N. 3, Lenci F. 2
Accounts of chemical research, 2001
DOI: 10.1021/ar990141+
The uptake, location and fluorescence of hypericin in bovine intact lens
A. Sgarbossa, N. Angelini, D. Gioffré, T. Youssef, F. Lenci and J.E. Roberts Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1076/0271-3683%28200008%292121-VFT597
Current eye research (Print), 2000
DOI: 10.1076/0271-3683(200008)2121-VFT597
Action Spectra for UVB Impacts on Blepharisma japonicum Motility and Photobehavior
Checcucci, Giovanni and Sgarbossa, Antonella and Gioffré, Domenico and Lenci, Francesco and Ghetti, Francesco
Photochemistry and photobiology, 1999
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb05310.x
Photoresponsive polypeptides, photochromic and conformational behavior of spiropyran-containing poly(L-glutamate)s under acid conditions
Fissi, A (Fissi, A); Pieroni, O (Pieroni, O); Angelini, N (Angelini, N); Lenci, F (Lenci, F)
Macromolecules (Print), 1999
DOI: 10.1021/ma990796q
Chemical structure of blepharismin, the photosensor pigment for Blepharisma japonicum
Checcucci G., Shoemaker R.K., Bini E., Cerny R., Tao N., Hyon J.-S., Gioffré D., Ghetti F., Lenci F., Song P.-S.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (Print), 1997
Artificial models of biological photoreceptors: effect of quenchers on the fluorescence properties of hypericin embedded in liposomes
Nicola Angelini and Rinaldo Cubeddu and Francesco Lenci and Aba Losi and Antonio Pifferi and Antonella Sgarbossa and Paola Taroni and Arnaldo Vecli and Cristiano Viappiani
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1997
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(96)07475-1
Sensory perception and transduction of UV-B radiation by the ciliate Blepharisma japonicum
Francesco Lenci and Giovanni Checcucci and Francesco Ghetti and Domenico Gioffrè and Antonella Sgarbossa
Biochimica et biophysica acta. G, General subjects (Print), 1997
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(97)00005-6
Effects of UV-B irradiation on motility and photoresponsiveness of the coloured ciliate Blepharisma japonicum
Antonella Sgarbossa and Sabina Lucia and Francesco Lenci and Domenico Gioffré and Francesco Ghetti and Giovanni Checcucci
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1995
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(94)07070-5
SPECTROSCOPIC AND PHOTOACOUSTIC STUDIES OF HYPERICIN EMBEDDED IN LIPOSOMES AS A PHOTORECEPTOR MODEL
F. Lenci, N. Angelini, F. Ghetti, A. Sgarbossa, A. Losi, A. Vecli, C. Viappiani, P. Taroni, A. Pifferi, R. Cubeddu
Photochemistry and photobiology, 1995
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1995.tb05259.x
Effects of UVB irradiation on pigment systems and photomotile responses of the colored ciliate Blepharisma japonicum
Sgarbossa A., Lucia S., Lenci F., Gioffré D., Ghetti F., Checcucci G.
Médecine. Biologie. Environnement, 1994
Action spectra of the photophobic response of blue and red forms of Blepharisma japonicum
Checcucci G., Damato G., Ghetti F., Lenci F.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 1993
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb02938.x
Photosensory transduction in ciliates. Role of intracellular pH and comparison between Stentor Coeruleus and Blepharisma japonicum
Fabczak H., Fabczak S., Song P.-S., Checcucci G., Ghetti F., Lenci F.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1993
A laser flash photolysis study of the triplet states of the red and the blue forms of Blepharisma japonicum pigment
Ghetti F., Checcucci G., Lenci F., Heelis P.F.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1992
A videomicroscopic study of the effect of a singlet oxygen quencher on Blepharisma japonicum photobehavior
Checcucci G., Lenci F., Ghetti F., Song P.-S.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (Print), 1991