Summary
I was born in Italy in 1981. After graduating in Molecular Biology at the University of Padova, I moved to England, first at Leicester, then to London where I obtained my PhD at the Queen Mary University of London studying the genetic pathways that lead to synchronization of the circadian clock of Drosophila melanogaster. I then joined Imperial in 2011 as a PostDoc Research Associate in the lab of Andrea Crisanti, focused on developing novel strategy to control malaria.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Hammond A, Pollegioni P, Persampieri T, et al. , 2021, Gene-drive suppression of mosquito populations in large cages as a bridge between lab and field., Nature Communications, Vol:12, ISSN:2041-1723, Pages:1-9
Garrood WT, Kranjc N, Petri K, et al. , 2021, Analysis of off-target effects in CRISPR-based gene drives in the human malaria mosquito, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol:118, ISSN:0027-8424
Annas GJ, Beisel CL, Clement K, et al. , 2021, A Code of Ethics for Gene Drive Research, Crispr Journal, Vol:4, ISSN:2573-1599
Simoni A, Hammond AM, Beaghton AK, et al. , 2020, A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, Nature Biotechnology, Vol:38, ISSN:1087-0156, Pages:1054-1060
Hammond A, Galizi R, Kyrou K, et al. , 2016, A CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system-targeting female reproduction in the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae, Nature Biotechnology, Vol:34, ISSN:1087-0156, Pages:78-83
Dritsou V, Topalis P, Windbichler N, et al. , 2015, A draft genome sequence of an invasive mosquito: an Italian Aedes albopictus, Pathogens and Global Health, Vol:109, ISSN:2047-7724, Pages:207-220
Simoni A, Siniscalchi C, Chan Y-S, et al. , 2014, Development of synthetic selfish elements based on modular nucleases in Drosophila melanogaster, Nucleic Acids Research, Vol:42, ISSN:1362-4962, Pages:7461-7472
Simoni A, Wolfgang W, Topping MP, et al. , 2014, A Mechanosensory Pathway to the <i>Drosophila</i> Circadian Clock, Science, Vol:343, ISSN:0036-8075, Pages:525-528
Wolfgang W, Simoni A, Gentile C, et al. , 2013, The Pyrexia transient receptor potential channel mediates circadian clock synchronization to low temperature cycles in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol:280, ISSN:0962-8452, Pages:20130959-20130959
Gentile C, Sehadova H, Simoni A, et al. , 2013, Cryptochrome Antagonizes Synchronization of Drosophila’s Circadian Clock to Temperature Cycles, Current Biology, Vol:23, ISSN:0960-9822, Pages:185-195
Wolfgang W, Simoni A, Joerg AT, et al. , 2012, Synchronization of the Drosophila circadian clock by temperature, humidity and mechanical stimulation, Journal of Neurogenetics, Vol:26, ISSN:0167-7063, Pages:12-13
Simoni A, Stanewsky R, 2010, The DN2 clock neurons regulate period and phase of eclosion rhythms during temperature entrainment, Journal of Neurogenetics, Vol:24, ISSN:0167-7063, Pages:26-26
Wolfgang W, Gentile C, Simoni A, et al. , 2010, Trp-channels affect temperature entrainment of the circadian clock in Drosophila melanogaster, Journal of Neurogenetics, Vol:24, ISSN:0167-7063, Pages:55-56
Sehadova H, Glaser FT, Gentile C, et al. , 2009, Temperature Entrainment of Drosophila's Circadian Clock Involves the Gene nocte and Signaling from Peripheral Sensory Tissues to the Brain, Neuron, Vol:64, ISSN:0896-6273, Pages:251-266