Irene Vacca

Phase-variable methylation and epigenetic regulation by type I restriction-modification systems.

S. Bentley, N. Croucher, R. Haigh, 2017, FEMS microbiology reviews.

Automatic quantification of juvenile zebrafish aggression

W. Norton, Héctor Carreño Gutiérrez, I. Vacca, 2018, Journal of Neuroscience Methods.

Neisserial Heparin Binding Antigen (NHBA) Contributes to the Adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to Human Epithelial Cells

L. Hartley-Tassell, V. Masignani, D. Serruto, 2016, PloS one.

LytM Proteins Play a Crucial Role in Cell Separation, Outer Membrane Composition, and Pathogenesis in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

R. Rappuoli, M. Pizza, M. Soriani, 2015, mBio.

Neisseria meningitidis NalP cleaves human complement C3, facilitating degradation of C3b and survival in human serum

R. Rappuoli, S. Ram, D. Serruto, 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Microbiome: The microbiota maintains oxygen balance in the gut

Irene Vacca, 2017, Nature Reviews Microbiology.

Screening for drugs to reduce zebrafish aggression identifies caffeine and sildenafil

Matthew O. Parker, A. Young, Madeleine Cleal, 2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology.

Pathogenic Differences of Type 1 Restriction-Modification Allele Variants in Experimental Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis

R. Haigh, M. Oggioni, S. Leib, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.