Dr. Cristiano Giordani
Research Fellow
Cristiano obtained a Laurea in Physics from the University of Rome la Sapienza, Italy, in 2000 with experimental thesis work on modelling of membranes applying the Langmuir-Blodgett and Patch-Clamp techniques. In the same year, he moved to the University of Nottingham (UK) where he performed research on bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a) by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. For a couple of years up to 2004 he worked at the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) in Rome, Italy, where he studied the interaction between an essential oil (Tea Tree Oil) with planar models of lipid rafts and melanoma cancer cells. In April 2004, he began his PhD in Japan at Kyoto University sponsored by the Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho-Mext). The PhD work focused on the study of aggregation and location of cholesterol in organic solvents and large unilamellar vesicles mimicking the lipid rafts by solution-state NMR spectroscopy. Cristiano was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from Kyoto University in September 2007. Cristiano joined the Nanoscale Function Group in 2008. Current Research Interests Amyloid Interactions with Model Membranes
Publications Characterisation of amyloid nanostructures in the natural adhesive of unicellular subaerial algae, Mostaert, A. S., Giordani, C., Crockett, R., Karsten, U., Schumann R., Jarvis, S. P., Journal of Adhesion, 85, 465-483, (2009). Cholesterol Location and Orientation in Acqueous Suspension of Large Unilamellar Vesicles of Phospholipid Revealed by Intermolecular Nuclear Overhauser Effect, Giordani, C., Wakai, C., Yoshida, K., Okamura, E., Matubayasi, N., Nakahara, M., Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 12, 2622-2628, (2008). Dynamic and 2D NMR Studies on Hydrogen-bonding Aggregates of Cholesterol in Low-polarity Organic Solvents, Giordani, C., Wakai, C., Okamura, E., Matubayasi, N., Nakahara, M., Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110, 15205-15211, (2006). Interaction of Tea Tree Oil with Model and Cellular Membranes, Giordani, C., Molinari, A., Toccacieli, L., Calcabrini, A., Stringaro, A., Chistolini, P., Arancia, G., Diociaiuti, M., Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 49, 4581-4588, (2006). Distribution of GD3 in DPPC Monolayers: a Thermodynamic and Atomic Force Microscopy Combined Study, Diociaiuti, M., Ruspantini, I., Giordani, C., Bordi, F., Chistolini, P., Biophysical Journal, 86, 321-328, (2004). Contact Details Phone: +353-1-716-6913 Fax: +353-1-716-6777 Email: cristiano.giordani-at-ucd.ie