{"id":157762,"date":"2025-05-12T14:42:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/gabriele-usai-151165-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:58:50","slug":"gabriele-usai-151165-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/gabriele-usai-151165-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriele Usai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ricercatore a tempo determinato L.240\/2010  &#8211; Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro-ambientali | Tel.: 050 2216669 &#8211; Email: gabriele.usai@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"151165","unipi-persone-nome":"Gabriele","unipi-persone-cognome":"Usai","unipi-persone-email":"gabriele.usai@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Sono un Biotecnologo appassionato di Bioinformatica e di Biologia Computazionale. Lavoro principalmente su Genomica Strutturale e Funzionale di intriganti colture vegetali (e.g. girasole, olivo, fico), con particolare attenzione alla produttivit\u00e0 e all'impatto ambientale. Sono un grande sostenitore del lavoro di squadra e delle collaborazioni come via per condurre la ricerca verso nuove e sorprendenti scoperte.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSpecialit\u00e0: Assemblaggio Genomico, Annotazione Genomica, Genomica Comparativa, Analisi di Sequenze Ripetute, Genome Skimming, Analisi di Metilazione, Analisi di Espressione Genica, Variant Calling, Analisi di Dati NGS e TGS, Colture In Vitro.","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"\r\n","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"\r\nEdificio di Genetica del Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro-ambientali, I piano","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"\r\nTutti i giorni previo appuntamento","unipi-persone-telefono":"050 2216669","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gabriele-usai-phd-b9655b148\/","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=029807","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=029807&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Genetica Agraria AGRI-06\/A","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Ricercatore a tempo determinato L.240\/2010 ","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp31750","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1354831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Ficus carica L. reveals allele-specific expression in the fruit<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Usai, Gabriele; Giordani, Tommaso; Vangelisti, Alberto; Castellacci, Marco; Simoni, Samuel; Bosi, Emanuele; Natali, Lucia; Mascagni, Flavia; Cavallini, Andrea - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1330991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Improving Crop Tolerance to Abiotic Stress for Sustainable Agriculture: Progress in Manipulating Ascorbic Acid Metabolism via Genome Editing<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Rogo, Ugo; Viviani, Ambra; Pugliesi, Claudio; Fambrini, Marco; Usai, Gabriele; Castellacci, Marco; Simoni, Samuel - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1282601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genome-Wide Characterization of Class III Peroxidases and Their Expression Profile During Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Phosphorus Deprivation in Lettuce [Lactuca sativa L.]<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Simoni, Samuel; Castellacci, Marco; Usai, Gabriele; Rogo, Ugo; Mascagni, Flavia; Giordani, Tommaso; Natali, Lucia; Cavallini, Andrea; Vangelisti, Alberto - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1268548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exploring the patterns of evolution: Core thoughts and focus on the saltational model<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Usai, Gabriele; Fambrini, Marco; Pugliesi, Claudio; Simoni, Samuel - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1233808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Decoding the Genomic Landscape of Pomegranate: A Genome-Wide Analysis of Transposable Elements and Their Structural Proximity to Functional Genes<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Simoni, S.; Usai, G.; Vangelisti, A.; Castellacci, M.; Giordani, T.; Natali, L.; Mascagni, F.; Cavallini, A. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1233690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal Insights into the Shared Regulatory Network of Phenolic Compounds and Steviol Glycosides in Stevia rebaudiana<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Simoni, Samuel; Vangelisti, Alberto; Clemente, Clarissa; Usai, Gabriele; Santin, Marco; Ventimiglia, Maria; Mascagni, Flavia; Natali, Lucia; Angelini, Luciana G.; Cavallini, Andrea; Tavarini, Silvia; Giordani, Tommaso - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1238627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arbuscular symbiosis affects transcriptomic regulation of primary metabolism in leaves of soilless cultivated lettuces<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Vangelisti, Alberto; Simoni, Samuel; Cela, Fatjon; Avio, Luciano; Turrini, Alessandra; Sbrana, Cristiana; Incrocci, Luca; Pardossi, Alberto; Usai, Gabriele; Mascagni, Flavia; Ventimiglia, Maria; Natali, Lucia; Cavallini, Andrea; Giordani, Tommaso - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1181179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discovering the Repeatome of Five Species Belonging to the Asteraceae Family: A Computational Study<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Ventimiglia, Maria; Castellacci, Marco; Usai, Gabriele; Vangelisti, Alberto; Simoni, Samuel; Natali, Lucia; Cavallini, Andrea; Mascagni, Flavia; Giordani, Tommaso - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1162376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A chromosome-length genome assembly and annotation of blackberry [Rubus argutus, cv. \u201cHillquist\u201d]<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Bruna, Tomas; Aryal, Rishi; Dudchenko, Olga; James Sargent, Daniel; Mead, Daniel; Buti, Matteo; Cavallini, Andrea; Hytonen, Timo; Andres, Javier; Pham, Melanie; Weisz, David; Mascagni, Flavia; Usai, Gabriele; Natali, Lucia; Bassil, Nahla; Fernandez, Gina E.; Lomsadze, Alexandre; Armour, Mitchell; Olukolu, Bode; Poorten, Thomas; Britton, Caitlin; Davik, Jahn; Ashrafi, Hamid; Lieberman Aiden, Erez; Borodovsky, Mark; Worthington, Margaret - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1162374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genome-wide identification and characterization of exapted transposable elements in the large genome of sunflower [Helianthus annuus L.]<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Ventimiglia, Maria; Marturano, Giovanni; Vangelisti, Alberto; Usai, Gabriele; Simoni, Samuel; Cavallini, Andrea; Giordani, Tommaso; Natali, Lucia; Zuccolo, Andrea; Mascagni, Flavia - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1166514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conserved DNA-derived polymorphism as a useful molecular marker to explore genetic diversity and relationships of wild and cultivated Tunisian figs [Ficus carica L.]<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Haffar, S; Baraket, G; Usai, G; Aounallah, A; Ben Mustapha, S; Ben Abdelkrim, A; Hannachi, As - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1166513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Induction of Somatic Embryogenesis in Plants: Different Players and Focus on WUSCHEL and WUS-RELATED HOMEOBOX [WOX] Transcription Factors<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Fambrini, Marco; Usai, Gabriele; Pugliesi, Claudio - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1162372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haplotype-phased genome assembly for Ficus carica breeding<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Giordani, T.; Usai, G.; Castellacci, M.; Vangelisti, A.; Mascagni, F.; Ventimiglia, M.; Simoni, S.; Natali, L.; Cavallini, A. - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1162370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Identification and expression analysis of furanocoumarins- and terpenoids-related genes of fig [Ficus carica L.]<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Usai, Gabriele; Vangelisti, Alberto; Simoni, Samuel; Mascagni, Flavia; Venturi, Francesca; Natali, Lucia; Giordani, Tommaso; Palai, Giacomo; Pugliesi, Claudio; D\u2019Onofrio, Claudio; Cavallini, Andrea - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1152142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Characterisation of LTR-Retrotransposons of Stevia rebaudiana and Their Use for the Analysis of Genetic Variability<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Simoni, S; Clemente, C; Usai, G; Vangelisti, A; Natali, L; Tavarini, S; Angelini, Lg; Cavallini, A; Mascagni, F; Giordani, T - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-didattica":"<ul class=\"registri-list\"><li>Genomica, trascrittomica ed epigenomica (cod. 0001G) per Laurea Magistrale in Biotecnologie vegetali e microbiche<\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-codocenze":"","unipi-persone-interessi-ricerca":"","_wpml_word_count":"22","_last_translation_edit_mode":"translation-editor","_elementor_page_assets":[]},"organizzazioni":[3720],"class_list":["post-157762","unipi_persone","type-unipi_persone","status-publish","hentry","organizzazioni-dipartimento-di-scienze-agrarie-alimentari-e-agro-ambientali-569999-en"],"email":"gabriele.usai@unipi.it","telefono":"050 2216669","content_plain":"Ricercatore a tempo determinato L.240\/2010  &#8211; Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro-ambientali | Tel.: 050 2216669 &#8211; Email: gabriele.usai@unipi.it","photo_url":null,"ruoli_tags":[{"id":766,"name":"RD","slug":"rd"}],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gabriele Usai ~ UNIPI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/gabriele-usai-151165-en\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gabriele Usai ~ UNIPI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ricercatore a tempo determinato L.240\/2010 &#8211; 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