Masucci Maria MD, PhD

Dr. G. Masucci is currently Professor at Karolinska Institutet. She has received MD, PhD degrees from University of Ferrara, Italy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. She is specialized in Microbiology, Virology, Pathogens. Her research interests are Molecular Medicine, Microbiology, Virology and Pathogens, Immunology. She has received Concern Foundation for Cancer Research, California, USA – Young investigator award (1991-1993), Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research – Senior Investigator award in Biomedical Sciences (1998-2003), Swedish Research Council – Award for excellence in medical research (2004-2005), Karolinska Institutet – Distinguished Professor Award (2010-2014).

His publications are as follows:
de Campos-Lima, P.-O., R. Gavioli, Q.-J. Zhang, L. Wallace, M. Rowe, A. B. Rickinson and M. G. Masucci (1993). "HLA-A11 epitope loss isolates of Epstein-Barr virus from a highly A11+ population." Science 260: 98-100.
Levitskaya, J., m. Coram, V. Levitsky, S. Imreh, P. M. Stegerwald-Mullen, G. Klein, M. G. Kurilla and M. G. Masucci (1995). "Inhibition of antigen processing by the internal repeat region of the Epstein-Barr Virus nuclear antigen-1." Nature (Lond.) 375: 685-688.
Sharipo, A., M. Imreh, A. Leonchiks, S. Imreh and M. G. Masucci (1998). "A minimal glycine-alanine repeat prevents the interaction of ubiquitinated I kappaB alpha with the proteasome: a new mechanism for selective inhibition of proteolysis." Nature Med. 4(8): 939-944.
Dantuma, N., K. Lindsten, R. Glas, M. Jellne and M. G. Masucci (2000). "Short-lived green fluorescent proteins for quantification of ubquitin/proteasome-dependent proteolysis in living cells." Nature Biotech. 18: 538-543.
Gavioli, R., Frisan, T., Vertuani, S., Bornkamm, G.W., and Masucci, M.G. (2001). C-myc overexpression activates alternative pathways for maintenance of intracellular proteolysis in lymphoma cells. Nature Cell Biol. 3, 283-288.