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Francesco Lenci

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

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 (21):

Gratitude and acknowledgements: "Marina Diana Mercurio" Award 2018
Lenci F
Biophysical chemistry, 250, 2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2019.106147

Dolichol: A Component of the Cellular Antioxidant Machinery
Cavallini G.; Sgarbossa A.; Parentini I.; Bizzarri R.; Donati A.; Lenci F.; Bergamini E.
Lipids, 51, 2016
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-016-4137-x

A Study for the Cause of Ferulic Acid-Induced Quenching of Tyrosine Fluorescence and Whether it is a Reliable Marker of Intermolecular Interactions or Not
Sgarbossa A, Lenci F
Journal of fluorescence, 23, 2013
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-013-1180-3

beta-Amyloid Amorphous Aggregates Induced by the Small Natural Molecule Ferulic Acid
Bramanti E, Fulgentini L, Bizzarri R, Lenci F, Sgarbossa A
Journal of physical chemistry, 117, 2013
DOI: 10.1021/jp4079986

The Effects of Ferulic Acid on beta-Amyloid Fibrillar Structures Investigated through Experimental and Computational Techniques
Antonella Sgarbossa; Susanna Monti; Francesco Lenci; Emilia Bramanti; Ranieri Bizzarri; Vincenzo Barone
Biochimica et biophysica acta. G, General subjects, 1830, 2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.12.023

Effects of hypericin on the structure and aggregation properties of beta-amyloid peptides
Bramanti E, Lenci F, Sgarbossa A
European biophysics journal with biophysics letters, 39, 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-010-0607-x

Photosensitized Effects of Rose Bengal on Structure and Function of Lens Protein
Youssef T, Kassem M, Abdella T, Harith MA, Lenci F
Photochemistry and photobiology, 85, 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 MM, Checcucci G, Lenci F
Chemical physics letters, 483, 2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.10.059

In vitro perturbation of aggregation processes in beta-amyloid peptides: A spectroscopic study
Sgarbossa, Antonella (1); Lenci, Francesco (1); Buselli, Dario (1)
FEBS letters, 582, 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
Journal of physical chemistry b, 112, 2008
DOI: 10.1021/jp805815e

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, 7, 2008
DOI: 10.1039/b800848e

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, 185, 2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2006.06.030

Target analysis of primary photoprocesses involved in the oxyblepharismin-binding protein
Plaza P; Mahet M; Martin MM; Checcucci G; Lenci F.
Journal of physical chemistry b, 111, 2007
DOI: 10.1021/jp0642591

La vita ai tempi del buco nell’ozono.
F. Ghetti.
Sapere, 72, 2006

Una ricerca ad ampio spettro.
F. Ghetti, F. Lenci.
Sapere, 72, 2006

Circular Dichroism of the Photoreceptor Pigment Oxyblepharismin
Pieroni, O; Plaza, P; Mahet, M; Angelini, N; Checcucci, G; Malatesta, M; Martin, Mm; Lenci, F
PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY, 81, 2005
DOI: 10.1562/2005-04-28-RN-504

Spectroscopic study of the chromophore protein 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), 4, 2005
DOI: 10.1039/b417086e

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, 4, 2003
DOI: 10.1023/B:BGEN.0000006558.44482.a4

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, 77, 2003
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)077<0567:PSMOTL>2.0.CO;2

Photoresponsive polypeptides
Pieroni O. ; Fissi A. ; Angelini N. ; Lenci F.
ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH, 34, 2001
DOI: 10.1021/ar990141+

Spectroscopic study of visible-light effects on hypericin-lens proteins systems.
Sgarbossa A. ; Lenci F.
PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY, 74, 2001
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655