Raffaella Bianucci

Collaborator

Department of Public Health and Pediatrics
SSD: MED/02 - medical history
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-2740-4112

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raffaella.bianucci@unito.it
Sezione di Medicina Legale
Laboratorio di Antropologia fisica
C.so Galileo Galilei 22
10126 Torino
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Selected research products

2022

Lippi D., Bianucci R., Donell S.T., Varotto E., Galassi F.M. (in press). Dante Alighieri’s Mentions of the Skin: Assessing the Great Poet’s Dermatological Knowledge. Medicina nei secoli

Galassi F.M, Bianucci R. (2022). Special Monographic Issue on the History of Human Anatomy and the Anatomical Bases of Paleopathology. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology 126 (1): 3(IF= 0.033).

Nerlich A.G., Begerock A.M., Loynes R.D., Peschel O.K, Verano J., Bianucci R., Armijo Martinez I., Gonzalez M. (2022). Trauma of Bone and Soft Tissues in South American Mummies- New Cases Provide Further Insight into Violence and Lethal Outcome. Front. Med. 9:962793 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.962793

Bianucci R., Galassi F.M., Lanza T., Mattutino G., Nerlich A.G. (2022). What lies behind the embalmed body of Rosalia Lombardo (1918-1920)? Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology 126 (1): 5-13(IF= 0.033).

Bianucci R., Zucchini E., Galassi F.M., Lippi D. (2022). The controversial case of Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574): reflections on the interaction between anatomy and art (iconodiagnosis vs diagnosis). Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology 126(1): 37-42 IF= 0.033)

Nerlich A.G., Perciaccante A., Donell S.T., Bianucci R. (2022). Madelung´s disease in a rare 14^th century Franco-Flemish woolen tapestry art. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2213-8587(22)00213-3 (IF= 44.867)

Bianucci R., Donell S.T., Galassi F.M., Lanza T., Mattutino G., Nerlich A.G., Sineo L. (2022). The Ethics of Presentation of Scientific Data and Images of Cadavers to a Popular Audience: from the Salafia embalming method to the case of Rosalia Lombardo (1918-1920). Paleopathology Newletter, vol. 198, pp. 26-30.

Bianucci R., Nerlich A.G. (2022) Introducing the Human Embalming Project, Paleopathology Newletter, vol. 198, p. 24.

Nerlich A.G., Galassi F.M., Donell S.T., Bianucci R. (2022) Early 16^thcentury gargoyle figurine with evidence of massive multinodular hyper-vascularised goitre and Superior Vena Cava Syndrome. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-022-01843-1 (IF= 4.256)

Orsini D., Bianucci R., Galassi F.M., Lippi D., Mariano M. (2022). Vaccine hesitancy, misinformation in the era of Covid-19: lessons from the past. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 24, 100812,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2022.100812

Nerlich A.G., Appenzeller O., Galassi F.M., Donell S.T., Perciaccante A., Bianucci R. (2022). A case of severe infectious myopathy in an Austrian 17^th-century carpenter? Ethics, Medicine and Public Health 23, 100800,

Nerlich A.G., De Wan J., Donell S.T., Bianucci R. (2022). Breast cancer in Woman Sitting Half-Dressed beside a Stove (1658) by Rembrandt van Rijn. The Breast 64: 134-135 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2022.06.001(IF= 4.380)

Bianucci, R., Sineo, L., Nerlich, A.G., Donell, S.T., Galassi, F.M. (2022). Cola “u’ Nanu”: an early 19^th century case of disproportionate small stature. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation,https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-022-01804-4 (IF= 4.256)

Cucu, A.I., Perciaccante, A., Galassi, F.M., Nemtoi, A., Bianucci, R. (2022) Votive offerings from Floresti Orthodox Monastery in Romania: An Ophthalmological Lesson from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries CE. Journal of Religion and Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01571-z

Lippi, D., Susini, T., Donell, S., Bianucci, R. (2022) Intertwining art, religion and anatomy: did MichelangeloBuonarroti influence Berengario da Carpi’s representation of a maternal death? The Journal of Maternal-Foetal & Neonatal Medicine 35; 11: 2149-2155 https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2020.1782378 (IF= 1.569)

Perciaccante A., Asensi V., Cucu A.I., Charlier P., Donell S.T., Nerlich A.G., Bianucci R. (2022). War, pandemic and vaccination: upcoming health problems by the refugee wave in Europe? Vaccine 40: 3096-3097 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.036 (IF= 3.641)

Perciaccante A., Asensi V., Charlier P., Donell S.T., Nerlich A.G., Bianucci R. (2022). Vaccination as a Nativity scene. Internal and Emergency Medicine 17: 601-602 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-022-02947-5 (IF= 3.397).

Nerlich A.G., Appenzeller O., Perciaccante A., Galassi F.M., Varotto E., Bianucci R. (2022). Unilateral facialasymmetry in a Roman Republican carved head. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 33(2): 372-374, doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008310 (IF= 0.953)

Galassi F.M., Varotto E., Nerlich A.G., Bianucci R. (2022). Mary Shelley’s migraines and fatal stroke: someobservations on their primary cause. Acta Biomedica Atenei Parmensis 93(1): e2022078, doi: 10.23750/abm.v93i1.12258 (IF=1.35)

2021

Galassi F.M., Lanza T., Mattutino G., Sineo L., Nerlich, A.G., Donell S.T., Bianucci R. (2021). The discovery of the Salafia handwritten manuscript and formula: chronological and biological considerations. Archivio perl’Antropologia e l’Etnologia 151: 1-19.

Lippi D., Bianucci R., Donell S. (2021). Arterial and venous blood in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy.Acta Paleomedica- International Journal of Paleomedicine

Nerlich A.G., Peschel O., Appenzeller O., Zucchini E., Lippi D., Galassi F.M., Donell S., Bianucci R. (2021). A disfiguring facial lesion in an Ottoman-styled warrior of the late 15^th century Volckamer Epitaph (Germany).Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 32(8): 2573-2574, doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000007904 (IF= 0.953)

Galassi F.M., Papa V., Bianucci R., Donell S.T., Varotto E. (2021). Luigi Calori (1807- 1896): learned anatomistand refined Homme de Lettres. Vesalius, Vol. XXVII, pp. 42-50.

Varotto E., Galassi F.M., Lippi D., Bianucci R. (2021) Depiction of goitre in an Etruscan Genucilia Terracottaplate (late 5th–early 4th BCE). J Endocrinol Invest. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01657-7 (IF= 4.256).

Bianucci R., Landini I., Donell S.T., Lippi D. (2021) Pain and its management: Dante’s Divine Comedy. Postgraduate Medical Journal 0:1-5. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2021- 140058

Mangione S., Borghi L., Bianucci R. (2021). Mazzini at 150: the Italian Death of a London Exile. Internal and Emergency Medicine 16:1753-1756 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-021- 027286 (IF= 2.322)

Bianucci R., Lippi D., Zucchini E., Galassi FM (2021). Supplementary argumentations on Authors’ response toBaudoin and Simon “The Medici earlobe crease”. European Annals of Otorinolaryngology, Head and NeckDiseases S1879-7296(21)00142-3. http://doi.org./10.1016/j.anorl.2021.04.012. (IF= 1.105)

Galassi F.M., Lippi D., Bianucci R. (2021). Reply to Baudoin and Simon “The Medici earlobe crease. EuropeanAnnals of Otorinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anorl.202.01.003 (IF=1.105)

Bianucci R., Nerlich A.G., Cigliuti E., Donell S., Perciaccante A. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 vs Smallpox: Massvaccinations in the mirror. Internal and Emergency Medicine 16: 2031-2034 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-021-02723-x (IF= 2.322).

Bianucci R., Galassi F.M., Donell S.T., Nerlich A.G., Lippi D. (2021) Nodal goitre in Pontormo’s “Epifania Benintendi” (ca. 1520). Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 44:2529-2531http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40618-021-01560-1(IF=3.397)

Cucu A.I., Turliuc S., Costea C.F., Perciaccante A., Bianucci R., Donell S. Scripcariu D.V., Turliuc M.D. (2021) The brainstem and its neurosurgical history. Neurosurgical Review 44(6): 3001-3022,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-021-01496-3 (IF=2.654)

Bianucci R., Kirkpatrick C.L., Galassi F.M., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller A., Nerlich A.G. (2021) Metastatic carcinoma with associated lymphoadenopathy and acquired Horner’s Syndrome portrayed in a 3rd Century CE Roman bust". Head and Neck Pathology 15:617- 621 DOI:10.10007/s12105-020-01252-X (IF= 3.060)

Lippi D., Murru C., Galassi F.M., Donell S.T., Bianucci R. (2021) Ophthalmology in Dante: on the concepts ofsight and light. Minerva Ophthalmology, 63:1-6.

Charlier P., Donell S., Lippi D., Nerlich A.G., Asensi V., Perciaccante A., Bianucci R. (2021) Why Paleomedicine is useful for medical education. Postgraduate Medical Journal 97: 75- 76http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-137804 (IF= 1.946)

Roche K., Capelli N., Pacciani E., Lelli P., Pallecchi P., Bianucci R., Le Bailly M. (2021) Gastrointestinal parasite burden in 4^th-5^th century AD Florence highlighted by microscopy and paleogenetics. Infection,Genetics and Evolution 90: 104713 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104713 (IF=2.733)

Bianucci R., Sineo L., Miccichè R., Mattuttino G., Donell S.T., Nerlich A.G. Galassi F.M. (2021). Rebuttal to Beckett et al. A Paleoimaging Study of Human Mummies held in the Mother Church of Gangi, Sicily: Implications for Mass Casualty Methodology. Forensic Imaging 24:200426 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fri.2020.200426

Bianucci, R., Sineo, L., Miccichè, R., Mattuttino, G., Donell, S.T., Nerlich A.G., Galassi F.M. (2021) Rebuttal to Beckett et al. A Paleoimaging Study of Human Mummies held in the Mother Church of Gangi, Sicily: Implications for Mass Casualty Methodology. Forensic Imaging 24:200430. https://doi.org./10.1016/j.fri.2020.200430

Bianucci, R., Sineo, L., Miccichè, R., Mattuttino, G., Donell, S.T., Nerlich, A.G., Galassi, F.M. (2021). Rebuttalto Piombino and Beckett. On mummy research, ethics and editorial comments. Forensic Imaging 25:200447https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fri.2021.200447

Benedictow O.J., Bianucci R. (2021) Models and Facts Do Not Support A Predominant Role of Human Ectoparasites in The Transmission of Plague During The Second Pandemic. Acta Paleomedica, International Journal of Paleomedicine 1.

Lippi D., Masieri L., Perciaccante A, Charlier P., Asensi V., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2021) Unilateral cryptorchidism from 16^th century Renaissance. The Journal of Maternal- Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 34(23): 3994-3996 https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2019.1698542 (IF= 1.493)

2020

Nerlich A.G., Panzer S., Donell S., Bianucci R. (2020). First evidence of peripheral atherosclerosis in the feet of Egyptian mummies. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 61(2):352-353, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.09.016 (IF=5.328)

Lippi D., Charlier P., Bianucci R., Coralli A., Appenzeller O., Perciaccante A. (2020) The autopsy of the Prophet Muhammad in Dante's Inferno. Journal of Health and Religion 59: 1838-1842

Charlier P., Donnel S., Lippi D., Nerlich A.G., Asensi V., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2020)Hydroxy-chloroquine to treat COVID-19-infected patients: some lessons from medical anthropology and history of medicine. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health 15, 100587: 1-5 (IF=0.2)

Bianucci R., Kirkpatrick C.L., Perciaccante A., Galassi F.M., Lippi D., Appenzeller O., Nerlich A.G. (2020) A16^th century case of congenital Horner syndrome. The Lancet Neurology 19: 646-647 (IF=28.755)

Bianucci R., Charlier P., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O., Lippi D. (2020) Neck anatomy in Veronese's 'Judithwith Holofernes' Head' (c. 1580). Asian Journal of Paleopathology 3.2

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Donell S., Lippi D., Nerlich A.G. (2020) Pulmonary Echinococcosis in the Terminal Disease of Ferdinand II de' Medici (1610-1670). Chest 158(1): 53-54 (IF=8.308)

Lippi D., Bianucci R., Donell S. (2020) Role of doctors in epidemics: historical perspectives and implicationsfor COVID-19. Internal and Emergency Medicine 15:883-884 doi.10.1007/s11739-020-02351-x (IF=2.335)

Macchia D., Lippi D., Bianucci R., Donell S. (2020) President John F Kennedy's Medical History, Coeliac Disease and Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome type 2. Postgraduate Medical Journal 96:543-549doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-137722 (IF= 1.946)

Armocida E., Bianucci R., Varotto E., de Herder W.W., Galassi F.M. (2020) Hereditary acromegalic gigantismin the family of Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax. Medical Hypotheses 136: 109525 (IF= 1.375)

Lippi D., Bianucci R., Donell S. (2020) Gender Medicine: its historical roots. Postgraduate Medical Journal 96:480-486 (IF= 1.946)

Charlier P., Froesch P., Prades L., Augias A., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O., Lippi D., Balloni S., Bianucci R. (2020) Further anthropological and paleopathological arguments related to St. Louis’ scurvy and infection signs on the Notre-Dame mandible (Paris, France). J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 121 (2): 194-197 (IF=0.216)

Marcus J.H., Posth C., Ringbauer H., Lai L., Skeates R., Sidore C., Beckett J., Furtwaengler A., Olivieri A.,Chiang C.W.K., Al-Asadi H., Dey K., Joseph T.A., Liu C.-C., Der Sarkissian C., Radzevičiūtė R., Michel M., Gradoli M.G., Marongiu P., Rubino S., Mazzarello V., Rovina D., La Fragola A., Serra M.R., Bandiera P., Bianucci R., Pompianu E., Murgia C., Guirguis M., Pla Orquin R., Tuross N., van Dommelen P., Haak W., Reich D., Schlessinger D., Cucca F., Krause J., Novembre J. (2020) Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia Nat Commun 11, 939. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14523-6 (IF= 11.880)

Asensi V., Perciaccante A., Lippi D., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R., Donell S. (2020) Tudor militarysurgery and the management of Sir Martin Frobisher's gunshot wound: comparison with current treatment. Injury 51:557-561 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2020.01.046 (IF=1.834)

Perciaccante A., Lippi D., Coralli A., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Galassi F.M., Varotto E., Bianucci R. (2020) Aeschylus’ Legendary Head Trauma: Reflections on Pseudopathology and the Origins of Mythology. TheJournal of Craniofacial Surgery 3(1): 30-31 (IF=0.785)

2019

Bianucci R., Roche K., Pacciani E., Bianucci R., LeBailly M. (2019) Assessing the parasitic burden in a LateAntiquity Florentine emergency burial site. The Korean Journal of Parasitology 57(6): 587-593 (IF=1.167)

Galassi G. Varotto E., Nerlich A.G., Shin D.H., Bianucci R. (2019) Re: Heindl et al.: The Eyes of Oetzi: TheTyrolean Iceman Mummy. Ophthalmology 126:530 (IF=8.2)

Perciaccante A., Cucu A.I., Coralli A., Turliuc M.D., Costea C.F., Bianucci R. (2019) Mid- 19^th century Chinese Medical portraits depict late-stage female breast tumours. The Lancet Oncology 20(10):1347-1348(IF=35.386)

Lippi D, Bianucci R., Donell S. (2019) The Visual Arts and Medical Education. The Knee Surgery, SportsTraumatology, Arthroscopy 27(11): 3397-3399 (IF= 3.149)

Perciaccante A., Charlier P., Coralli A., Saudamini D., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2019) Exploring diseaserepresentation in movies. Journal of General Internal Medicine 34: 2351– 2354 (IF=4.606)

Perciaccante A., Bianucci R., Charlier P., Deo S^., Appenzeller O., Lippi D. (2019) Clues to medieval cardio-respiratory physiology in the Divine Comedy. Chest 156#3: 637-639. DOI 10.1016/j.chest.2019.04.129 (IF=7.652)

Charlier P., Augias A., Benmoussa N., Rainsard A, Froesch P., Richardin P., Froment A., Bianucci R., Appenzeller O., Perciaccante A., Lippi D. Prades L. (2019) The mandible of Saint-Louis (1270 AD):Retrospective diagnosis and circumstances of death. J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 121 (2):172-174(IF=0.216)

Bianucci R., Galassi FM, Perciaccante O. (2019) Historian questions paleopathological diagnosis in a work ofart. Journal of Vascular Surgery 70(2): 657-659 (IF=3.405)

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Asensi V., Lippi D., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2019) Vincenzo Tiberio (1869-1915) and the dawn of the antiobiotic age. Internal and Emergency Medicine 14: 1363–1364(IF= 2.453)

Asensi V., Charlier P., Lippi D., Perciaccante A., Brisard J.C., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2019) Goebbels´ clubfoot: a case of osteomyelitis? Internal and Emergency Medicine 14(5): 813-815 (IF= 2.453)

Charlier P., Palozzi L., Perciaccante A., Lippi D., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2019) Fourteen century iconography of digital clubbing in Prince William II of Aragon (1312- 1338). Chest 155 (4): 878-880 (IF=7.652)

Lippi D., Perciaccante A., Asensi V., Charlier P. Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2019) Open tension pneumothorax in “The Dying Niobid” (Uffizi Gallery). Chest 155(4): 880-882 (IF= 7.652)

Bianucci R., Abenavoli L., Charlier P., Lippi D., Appenzeller O., Perciaccante A. (2019) A great legal scholar ofthe 18^th century with liver cirrhosis and septicemia. Medical Hypotheses 127:88-89 (IF= 1.120)

Perciaccante A., Lippi D., Asensi V., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2019) Nonmelanoma skin cancer killed Mattia Preti (1613-1699), the “Calabrian Knight”. Medical Hypotheses 125: 124-125 (IF= 1.120)

Shin D.H., Bianucci R., Loynes R.D, Fujita H., Kim M.J. (2019) Current Trends in Studies of Ancient Diseases. BioMed Research International Volume 2019, Article ID 1472632, 2 pages,https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1472632 (IF= 2.476)

Charlier P., Lippi D., Perciaccante A^., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2019) Neurological disorder? No,Mannerism. The Lancet 18: 135 (IF= 53.254)

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Lippi D., Charlier P. Appenzeller O. (2019) Did Blaise Pascal have autism spectrum disorder and a genetic predisposition for skull deformities? Medical Hypotheses 122:180-183 (IF=1.120)

Asensi V., Lippi D., Perciaccante A., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2019) Hypothyroidism in Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556). The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology 7:14 (IF= 19.313)

Perciaccante A., Robino C., Lippi D., Appenzeller O., Montanari T., Bianucci R. (2019) A case of sepsis in a17^th century male individual from Porto Ercole (Tuscany, Italy). The Lancet Infectious Diseases 19:25 (IF=25.148)

Bianucci R., Charlier P., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O. (2019) The death of the Hunley’s sailors. The Lancet(IF= 53.254)

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Bianucci R. (2019) Vaccines: the oxymoron of Italian Health Policy. Vaccine37(38):5668-5669 (IF=3. 285)

2018

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2018) The young Frankenstein and TheLancet. The Lancet 392(10149): 736 (IF= 47.831)

Jones J., Higham TFG, Chivall D., Bianucci R., Kay G.L., Pallen M.J., Oldfield R., Ugliano F., Buckley S.A.(2018) A prehistoric Egyptian mummy: evidence for an ‘embalming recipe’ and the evolution of early formativefunerary treatments. Journal of Archaeological Science, 100: 191-200 (IF= 3.061)

Loynes R.D., Charlier P., Perciaccante A., Gonzalez M., Begerock A., Bianucci R. (2018) Erosive effects of a posterior mediastinic mass in a 18th to early 19^th century Spanish mummy. Forensic Medicine and Pathology14(4): 574-578 (IF=2.027)

Shin D.H., Bianucci R., Fujita H., Hong J.A. (2018) Mummifications in Korea and China: Mawangdui, Song,Ming and Joseon Dynasty Mummies. BioMed. Res. Intern. Article ID 6215025, 12 pages,2018.https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6215025 (IF= 2.476)

Bianucci R., Qualls C., Lippi D., Charlier P., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O. (2018) Charité Hospital and Infectious Diseases. Infection A Journal of Infectious Diseases 4(5): 731-732 (IF=2.773)

Bianucci R., Charlier P., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O., Lippi D. (2018) Malarial fevers in the fourteenth century Divine Comedy. Internal and Emerging Medicine, 13(7): 1135- 1136 (IF=2.453)

Oh C.S., Hong J.H., Park J.B., Lee W.J., Bianucci R., Piombino-Mascali D., Shin D.H. (2018) From ExcavationSite to Reburial Ground: A Standard Protocol and Related Ethics of Mummy Studies in South Korea. AsianJournal of Paleopathology 2: 1-8.

Qualls C., Evans P., Perciaccante A., Bianucci R., Lippi D., Appenzeller O. (2018) The Human Hand and Foot in Evolution and Art: The Effects of Wearing Footwear. J Biom Biostat. 9:2

Perciaccante A, Charlier P., Negri C., Coralli A., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2018) Did dilatedcardiomyopathy kill Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)? Journal of Cardiac Failure 24(5):342-344 (IF= 3.765)

Perciaccante A., Charlier P., Coralli A., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2018) Sleep - disorders and Literature:hypnagogic hallucination inspired Frankenstein novel. Journal of The Neurological Sciences 390: 108-110(IF=2.126)

Charlier P., Perciaccante A., Deo S. Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2018) Hemiplegic migraine and stroke inMary Shelley. The Lancet Neurology 17:305 (IF=21.823)

Bianucci R., Charlier P., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O. Lippi D. (2018) Earliest evidence of malignant breastcancer in Renaissance paintings. The Lancet Oncology 19: 166-167 (IF= 33.900)

Bianucci R., Lippi D., Perciaccante A., Charlier P., Evans P., Appenzeller O. (2018) Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had the deconditioning syndrome while painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Medical Hypotheses113: 13-14 (IF= 1.066)

Qualls C., Ali A.M., Guillen S., Aguero Piwonka C., Costa M., van Hove M.L., Willems D., Bianucci R., Appenzeller O. (2018) Neurotoxins in the Human Brain in the Anthropocene; Tipping Points. Neurology andNeuro Toxicology 2(1): 1-6.

Perciaccante A., Charlier P., Negri C., Coralli A., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2018) Lessons from the Past:Some Histories of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Before Its Discovery. COPD: Journal of Chronic ObstructivePulmonary Disease 15(1): 1-3 (IF=2.576)

Perciaccante A., Negri C., Coralli A., Charlier Ph., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2018) Was Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827) affected by alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency? Medical Hypotheses 111: 1-3 (IF= 1.066)

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Lippi D. (2018) Earliest evidence of malignant breastcancer in Renaissance paintings. The Lancet Oncology 19: 166-167 (IF= 33.900)

Charlier P., Saudamini D., Bianucci R., Lippi D. (2018) Cancer cases in two Renaissance families. The LancetOncology 18: e707 (IF=33.752)

Bianucci R., Appenzeller O., Evans P., Charlier P., Perciaccante (2018) Necrotizing soft- tissue infection killed St. John of the Cross (1542-1591). Infection A Journal of Infectious Diseases, 46:267-269 (IF=2.468)

2017

Yi-Suk K., Kim M.J., Hong J.A., Oh C.S., Bianucci R., Shin D.H. (2017) The Scientific and Ethical Background of the Invasive Studies on the Korean Mummies of the Joseon Dynasty. Asian Journal Paleopathology.

Perciaccante A., Abenavoli L., Coralli A., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2017) The mysterious aura of Nikola Tesla’s migraines. Headache- The Journal of Head and Face and Pain 58(2): 305-306 (IF= 2.9)

Perciaccante A., Deo S., Coralli A., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2017) Did Liszt suffer from chronic pulmonary thromboemobolism? The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 17: 30354-30355 (IF= 19.287)

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Charlier P. Appenzeller O. (2017) The maid of the Bridal Room by Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506) shows evidence of hypopituitary dwarfism and neurofibromatosis type-1. Journal ofThe Neurological Sciences 380: 148-150 (IF=2.126)

Charlier P. Bou Abdallah F., Bruneau R., Jacqueline S., Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Lippi D., Appenzeller O.,Rasmussen K.L. (2017) Did the Romans die of antimony poisoning? The case of a Pompeii water pipe (79 AD).Toxicology Letters 281: 184-186 (IF= 3.858)

Charlier P., Saudamini D., Lippi D. Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2017) The cerebrovascularhealth of Thomas Aquinas. The Lancet Neurology 16: 502 (IF=21.823)

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O. (2017) Diagnosis by exclusion in works of art. Journal of theNeurological Sciences 379: 333-334 (IF=2.126)

Bianucci R., Charlier P., Evans P., Appenzeller O. (2017) Temporal lobe epilepsy and anorexia nervosa in St.Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). Journal of the Neurological Sciences 379: 122-123. (IF=2.126)

Loynes R.D., Charlier P., Froesch P., Houlton T.M.R., Lallo R., Di Vella G., Bianucci R. (2017) Virtopsy shows a high-status funerary treatment in an early 18^th Dynasty non-royal individual. Forensic Science, Medicine andPathology (3):302-311 (IF= 1.896)

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Bianucci R. (2017) Marcel Proust's contacts with neurology. Did mistrust in doctors lead him to refuse life-saving therapies? Journal of the Neurological Sciences378:120-121 (IF=2.126)

Bianucci R., Charlier P., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O., Lippi D. (2017) Tuberculous meningitis and hydrocephalus in Filippino de’ Medici (1577-1582). The Lancet Neurology Neurology 16: 420 (IF=21.823)

Bianucci R., Appenzeller O., Perciaccante A., Charlier P. (2017) Neuro-stomatognathic and visual impairmentsin the 16^th century. American Journal of Ophtalmology 177:244 (IF=3.831)

Charlier P., Deo S., Bianucci R., Perciaccante A. (2017) Was aneurysm rupture a frequent cause of death inpast population? Medical Hypotheses, 103: 51-53 (IF= 1.136)

Bianucci R., Charlier P, Perciaccante A., Lippi D., Appenzeller O. (2017) The “Ulysses Syndrome”: an eponym identifies psychosomatic disorders in modern migrants. European Journal of Internal Medicine 41:30-32 (IF=2.591)

Cesana D., Benedictow O.J., Bianucci R. (2017) The origin and early spread of the Black Death in Italy: first evidence of plague victims from 14th-century Liguria (northern Italy). Anthropological Science 125 (1): 15-24(IF=0.64)

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Charlier P., Bianucci R., Appenzeller O. (2017) Neuropathies and diabetes in JulesVerne. The Lancet Neurology 16:268 (IF=21.823)

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Charlier R., Bianucci R., Appenzeller O. (2017) The facial paralyses of Jules Verne.The Lancet Neurology 16:186 (IF=21.823)

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Galassi F.M. Ruehli F., Bianucci R. (2017) Tailor’s bunion in “Agony in the Garden”by Perugino. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology 122(1): 72- 74 (IF=0.1)

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Charlier P., Appenzeller O., Lippi D. (2017) Mastro Adamo, the Counterfeiter of Coins, had cirrhosis as described in Dante’s Inferno (13th century Florence). European Journal of InternalMedicine 39: e35-e36, doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.01.022 (IF= 2.591)

Bianucci R., Marìas Franco F. Appenzeller O. (2017) El Greco depicted his own neurological disabilities. Journalof The Neurological Sciences 375:478 (IF=2.126)

Bianucci R., Marias F.F., Appenzeller O. (2017) Historical evidence supports El Greco’s depiction of aneurological condition in his attributed self-portrait. Journal of The Neurological Sciences 372: 316-317 (IF=2.126)

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Lippi D., Bianucci R. (2017). Evidence for sleep disorder-related cardiac autonomicdysfunctions in Dante. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 5(1): 21 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30441-6 (IF=19.287)

Charlier P., Perciaccante A., Bianucci R. (2017) Oldest medical description of osteogenesis imperfecta (17^thcentury France). Clinical Anatomy 30 (2):128-129 (IF=1.316)

2016

Habicht M.E., Bianucci R., Buckley S.A., Fletcher J., Bouwman A.S., Öhrström L.M., Seiler R., Vassilika E., Böni Th., Rühli F.J. (2016) Queen Nefertari, the Royal Spouse of Pharaoh Ramses II: A Multidisciplinary Investigationof the Mummified Remains Found in Her Tomb (QV66). PloSONE 11(11) :e0166571doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166571 (IF=3.234)

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O. (2016) Painting neurofibromatosis type I in the 15^th century. TheLancet Neurology 15: 1123 (IF=21.823)

Jones J, Mirzaei M., Ravishankar P, Xavier D, Lim DO, Shin DH, Bianucci R., Haynes PA (2016) Identification of proteins from 4200-year-old skin and muscle tissue biopsies from ancient Egyptian mummies of the firstintermediate period shows evidence of acute inflammation and severe immune response. Phil. Trans. R. Soc.A 374: 20150373, http://dx.doi.org/1098/rsta.2015.0373 (IF= 2.147)

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O. (2016) Boy with cortical visual impairment and unilateral hemiparesis in Jeff Huntington’s “Slip” (2011). Journal of the Neurological Sciences 370: 45-46 (IF=2.126)

Perciaccante A., Riva M.A., Coralli A., Charlier P., Bianucci R. (2016) The death of Balzac (1799-1850) and the treatment of heart failure during the nineteenth century. Journal of Cardiac Failure 22(11): 930-933 (IF=3.259)

Perciaccante A. Riva M.A., Bianucci R. (2016) Scabies Outbreak in the 14th Century: Clues fromCorrespondence Between Poets. American Journal of Medicine, 129:10 (IF=5.003)

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Bianucci R. (2016) Has Saint Anthony of Padua suffered from congestive heart failure? International Journal of Cardiology 221:110-111 (IF=4.638)

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A. (2016) The sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children: congenital syphilisand leg braces pictorial depiction in Eighteenth century Britain. European Journal of Internal Medicine 35: e36-e37 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2016.06.036 (IF= 2.591)

Bianucci R., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O. (2016) “From father to son”: Early onset gout in Guidobaldo da Montefeltro Duke of Urbino (1472-1508). European Journal of Internal Medicine 36, e-38-e30,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2016.07.018 (IF=2.591)

Perciaccante A., Coralli A., Charlier P., Bianucci R. (2016) “There will be blood”. Differences in the pictorial representation of the arterial spurt of blood in Caravaggio and followers, European Journal of InternalMedicine 34: e46-e47. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2016.06.010 (IF= 2.591)

Armocida E., Turrini A., Bianucci R. (2016) Genius and psychopathology of the Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi(1798 – 1837): the criticism of Paolo Mantegazza’s (1831 - 1910) towards the Lombrosian thought. NeurologicalSciences 37:1751-1752 (IF=1.447)

Novo S.P.C., Leles D., Bianucci R., Araujo A. (2016) A review of Leishmania infection and disease and new perspectives with paleoparasitology. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 58:45http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658045 (IF= 1.114)

Perciaccante A., Rühli F.J., Galassi F.M., Bianucci R. (2016) Gangrene, amputation and allogenictransplantation in 5^th century AD, a pictorial representation. Journal of Vascular Surgery 64: 824-825(IF=3.021)

Rubini M., Gualdi-Russo E., Manzon V.S., Rinaldo N., Bianucci R. (2016) Mortality Risk Factors Show SimilarTrends in Modern and Historic Populations Exposed to Plague. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries,10(5): 488-493 (IF= 1.2)

Galassi F.M., Bianucci R., Gorini G., Paganotti G.M., Habicht M.E., Rühli F.J. (2016) The sudden death ofAlaric I (c. 370-410 AD): a tale of malaria and lacking immunity. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 31:84-87 (IF= 2.591)

Qualls C., Bianucci R., LeGeros R. Bromage T.G., Lanzirotti A., Giuffra V., Ferroglio E., Fornaciari G.,Appenzeller O. (2016) Neurotoxins during the Renaissance. Bioarcheology of Ferrante II of Aragon (1469-1496) and Isabella of Aragon (1470-1524). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 5: 542-546 (IF=0.542

Galassi F.M., Gruppioni G., Ruggeri A., Bianucci R., Rühli F.J. (2016) Luigi Calori (1807 – 1896). Journal ofNeurology 263:1681-1682 (IF=3.377)

Bianucci R., Loynes R., Sutherland M.L., Lallo R., Kay G., Froesch P., Pallen M., Charlier P., Nerlich A. (2016)Forensic analysis reveals acute decompensation of chronic heart failure in a 3500-year-old Egyptian dignitary. Journal of Forensic Sciences 61(5):1374-1381 (IF= 1.16)

Hänsch S., Cilli E., Catalano G., Gruppioni G., Bianucci R., Stenseth N.C., Bramanti B., Pallen M.J. (2015) The pla gene, encoding plasminogen activator, is not specific to Yersinia pestis. BMC Research Notes 8:53

Giuffra V., Montella A., Bianucci R., Milanese M., Tognotti E., Caramella D., Fornaciari G., Bandiera P. (2016)Sclerosing bone dysplasia from 16^th century Sardinia (Italy): a possible case of Camurati-Engelmann disease.International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 26(5): 830- 841 (IF=1.296)

2015

Bianucci R., Araujo A., Pusch C.M., Nerlich A.G. (2015) The identification of malaria in paleopathology – theactual “state-of-the-art”. Acta Tropica 152:176-180 (IF=2.52)

Bianucci R., Habicht M.E., Buckley S.A., Fletcher J., Seiler R, Öhrström L.M., Vassilika E., Böni Th., Rühli F.J. (2015) Shedding new light on the 18th Dynasty mummies of the Royal Architect Kha and his spouse Merit. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0131916. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0131916 (IF= 3.730)

Qualls C., Bianucci R., Spilde M.N., Phillips G., Wu C., Appenzeller O. (2015) Modeling Clinical States,Biologic Rhythms and Metabolism in Archeology. BioMed Research International, Article ID 818724,http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/818724 (IF=1.579)

Moissidou D., Day J.L., Shin D.H., Bianucci R. (2015) Invasive versus non-invasive methods applied tomummy research: will this controversy ever be solved? BioMed Research International Article ID 192829,http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1155/2015/192829 (IF=1.579)

Bianucci R., Soldini M., Di Vella G., Verzé L., Day J.L. (2015) The “Body Worlds” Exhibits and theUnderstanding of Death: Do We Educate Children to Science or to Voyeurism? Clin Ter 166 (4): e264-268. Doi:10.7417/T.2015.1871

Bianucci R., Lopes Torres E.J., Dutra J.M.F., Nerlich A.G., Mendonça de Souza S., Ferreira L.F., Giuffra V., Chieffi P.P., Bastos O.M., Travassos R., De Souza W., Araújo A. (2015) Trichuris trichiura in a post-Colonial Brazilian mummy. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 110(1):145-147 (IF= 1.566)

Novo S.P.C., Leles D., Bianucci R., Araujo A. (2015) Leishmania tarentolae molecular signatures in a 300 hundred-years-old human Brazilian mummy. Parasites and Vectors 8:72 doi 10.1186/s13071-015-0666-z (IF=3.25)

Rácz S.E., Pucu de Araújo E., Jensen E., Mostek C., Morrow J.J., Van Hove M.L., Bianucci R., Willems D., HellerF., Araújo A., Reinhard K.J. (2015) Parasitology in an Archaeological Context: Analysis of Medieval Burials in Nivelles, Belgium. Journal of Archaeological Science 53: 304-315 (IF= 2.139)

2014

Kay G., Sergeant M., Giuffra V., Bandiera P., Milanese M., Bramanti B., Bianucci R., Pallen M.J. (2014) Recoveryof medieval Brucella melitensis genome using shotgun metagenomics. mBio 5(4): 10.1128/mBio.01337-14 (IF=5.6)

Lanzirotti A., Bianucci R., LeGeros R., Bromage T., Giuffra V., Ferroglio E., Fornaciari G., Appenzeller O.(2014) Assessing heavy metal exposure in Renaissance Europe using synchrotron microbeam techniques. Journal of Archaeological Science 52:204-217 (IF= 2.139)

Giuffra V., Bianucci R., Milanese M., Tognotti E, Montella A., Caramella D., Fornaciari G., Bandiera P. (2014) Acase of brachymetatarsia from Medieval Sardinia (Italy). The Anatomical Record 297: 650-652 (IF= 1.343).

2013

Bianucci R., Benedictow O.J. Fornaciari G., Giuffra V. (2013) Quinto Tiberio Angelerio (1532-1617): new rules and control of plague epidemics in 16^th century Alghero (Sardinia). Emerging Infectious Diseases19(9):1478-1483 (IF= 5.993)

Lalremruata A., Ball M., Bianucci R., Welte B., Nerlich A.G., Kun J.F.J., Pusch C.M. (2013) Molecular identification of falciparum malaria and human tuberculosis co- infections in mummies from the FayumDepression (Lower Egypt). PloSONE 8(4): e60307 (IF=3.730)

Khairat R., Ball M., Chang C-C.H., Bianucci R., Nerlich A.G., Trautmann M., Ismail S., Shanab G.M.L., KarimA.M., Gad Y.H., Pusch C.M. (2013) First insights into the metagenome of Egyptian mummies using next generation sequencing. Journal of Applied Genetics 54(3): 309-325 (IF=1.847)

Giuffra V., Bianucci R., Milanese M., Fornaciari G. (2013) A probable case of non- syndromic brachycephalyfrom 16th century Sardinia (Italy). International Journal of Paleopathology 3: 134-137.

Searcey N., Reinhard K.J., Egarter-Vigl E., Maixner F., Piombino-Mascali D., Zink A.R., van der Sanden W.A.B.,Gardner S.L., Bianucci R. (2013) Parasitism of the Zweeloo Woman: Dicrocoeliasis evidenced in a RomanPeriod Bog Mummy. International Journal of Paleopathology 3(3): 224-228.

Giuffra V., Bianucci R., Milanese M., Fornaciari G. (2013) A peculiar pattern of musculoskeletal stress markers in a skeleton from 16^th century Sardinia: a galea rower? Medicina dello Sport 66:443-460 (IF= 0.294)

2012

Bianucci R., Brothwell D., van der Sanden W., Papageorgopoulou Ch., Gostner P., Pernter P., Egarter- Vigl E.,Maixner F., Janko M., Piombino-Mascali M., Mattutino G., Rühli F., Zink A. (2012). A possible case ofdyschondrosteosis in a bog body from the Netherlands. Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 4: 34-67.

Nerlich A.G., Bianucci R., Trisciuoglio A., Schoenian G., Ball M., Giuffra V. Bachmeier B., Pusch C.M., Ferroglio E., Fornaciari G. (2012). Visceral leishmaniasis during the Italian Renaissance, 1522-1562. Emerging Infectious Diseases 18(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1801.102001(IF= 5.993),

2011

Kacki S., Rahalison L., Rajerison M., Ferroglio E., Bianucci R. (2011) Black Death in the rural cemetery of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse (Aude-Languedoc, southern France, 14^th century): immunological evidence.Journal of Archaeological Science 38:581-587. (IF=2.139)

2010

Hänsch S., Bianucci R., Signoli M., Rajerison M., Schultz M., Kacki S., Vermunt M., Weston D.A., Hurst D., Achthman M., Carniel E., Bramanti B. (2010) Distinct clones of Yersinia pestis caused the Black Death.PLoSPathogens, 6(10): e 1001134 (IF= 9.127)

Fornaciari G., Giuffra V., Ferroglio E., Gino S., Bianucci R. (2010) Plasmodium falciparum immunodetection in bone remains of members of the Renaissance Medici family (Florence, Italy, 16^th century). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 104(9):583- 587 (IF= 2.162)

Fornaciari G., Giuffra V., Ferroglio E., Bianucci R. (2010) Plasmodium falciparum was the “killer” of the Medici,Grand Dukes of Florence. American Journal of Medicine 123(6): 568- 569 (IF= 2.162)

Papageorgopoulou Ch., Rentsch K., Raghavan M., Hofmann M.I., Colacicco G., Gallien V., Bianucci R., Rühli F. (2010) Preservation of cell structures in a medieval infant brain: a paleohistological, paleogenetic,radiological and physico-chemical study. NeuroImage, 50(3):893-901(IF= 5.430)

Fornaciari G., Giuffra V., Bianucci R. (2010) Identification of Pathogens in Ancient Skeletal Series: The Malaria of the Medici Grand Dukes (Florence, XVI Century). Medicina nei Secoli, 22(1-3): 261-272.

Bianucci R., Tzortzis S., Fornaciari G., Signoli M. (2010) Historical and Biological Approaches to the Study ofModern Age French Mass Burials. Medicina nei Secoli, 22(1- 3): 273- 296.

2009

Bianucci R., Jeziorska M., Mattutino G., Lallo R., Massimelli M., Phillips G., Appenzeller O. (2009) A pre-Hispanic head. PLoSONE 3(4): e2053 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002053 (IF=3.730)

Bianucci R., Rahalison L., Peluso A., Rabino Massa E., Ferroglio E., Signoli M., Langlois, J.-V., Gallien. V. (2009) Plague immunodetection in remains of religious exhumed from burial sites in central France. Journal ofArcheological Science 36:616-621(IF=2.139)

Bianucci R., Mattutino G., Lallo R., Torre C. (2009). Identification of a Chrysocolla Amulet in an Early DynasticChild Mummy. Journal of Archaeological Science 36:592-595 (IF=2.139)

2008

Bianucci R., Rahalison L., Rabino Massa E., Peluso A., Ferroglio E., Signoli M. (2008) Plague Detection inAncient Human Remains: An Example of Interaction between Archaeological and Biological Approaches(south-eastern France, 16^th, 17^th and 18^th centuries). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 136(3): 361-367 (IF= 2.481)

Bianucci R., Mattutino G., Lallo R., Charlier Ph., Jouin- Spriet H., Peluso A., Higham T., Torre C., Rabino Massa E. (2008) Immunological evidence of Plasmodium falciparum Infection in a Child Mummy from the Early Dynastic Period. Journal of Archaeological Science 35:1880-1885 (IF=2.139)

2007

Bianucci R., Rahalison L., Ferroglio E., Rabino Massa E., Signoli M. (2007) Détection de l’antigène F1 de la peste à l’aide d’un Test de Diagnostic Rapide. C.R. Biologies 330(10): 747-754 (IF= 1.804)

Books

Shin D.H., Bianucci R. (2021). Handbook of Mummy Studies: New Frontiers in Scientific and CulturalPerspectives. Springer, Singapore

Book chapters

Nerlich A.G., Bianucci R. (2020) Paleo-Oncology and Mummies. In: Shin D., Bianucci R. (eds) The Handbook of Mummy Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978- 981-15-1614-6_38-1

Bianucci R., Galassi F.M., Nerlich A.G. (2020) Vladimir Il’ič Lenin. The Embodiment of the Leader. In: ShinD.H., Bianucci R. (eds) The Handbook of Mummy Studies. Springer, Singapore.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1614-6_52-

Nerlich A.G., Bianucci R. (2020) Mummies in Crypts and Catacombs. In: Shin D.H., Bianucci R. (eds) TheHandbook of Mummy Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1614-6_20-1

Loynes R.D., Bianucci R. (2020) Medical Imaging in Mummy Studies. In: Shin D., Bianucc R. (eds)The Handbook of Mummy Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1614-6_39-1

Nerlich A.G., Galassi F.M., Bianucci R. (2020) The Burden of Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease inAncient Populations. In: Shin D., Bianucci R. (eds) The Handbook of Mummy Studies. Springer, Singapore.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1614-6_44-1

Shin D.H., Bianucci R., Piombino-Mascali D. (2018) Mummy Studies. In: Smith C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319- 51726-1

Bianucci R., Mattutino G. (2016). A Chrysocolla Amulet in a Child Mummy from the Early Dinastic Period. In:Sonia Zakrzewski, Andrew Shortland, Joanne Rowland (Eds). Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt. Chapter:Box 3.8. Routledge.

Tzortzis S., Bianucci R., Drancourt M., Séguy I,, Signoli M. (2010). Archives historiques et archives biologiques de la peste: intérêts du passé et enjeux actuels, In: Archéologie des rivages méditerranéens: 50 ans derecherche, Actes du colloque d’Arles, 28-30 octobre 2009, (eds. Delestre Xavier; Marchesi Henri), Paris, Errance-Ministère de la culture et de la communication, 449-460. (CHAP, HAL: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02231129)

Participation to national and international conferences

Bianucci R. (2022). The plague enigma: climate changes and health risks. Proceedings of the 23^rdPaleopathology Association European Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania, 25 -29.08.2022, p.37 (oral comm).

Loynes R.D., Nerlich A.G., Gonzalez M., Jardiel-Badia A., Begerock A., Bianucci R. (2022). The Quinto infant mummy PQ 27: a possible case of septicaemic death. 10^th World congress on Mummy Studies/WMC 2022. Bolzano, Italy, 05-09.09.2022 (poster).

Galassi F.M., Bruscoli A., Bianucci R., Lippi D., Varotto E. (2022). La brucellosi: una review della letteratura antropologica e paleopatologica. Il prossimo uomo. Storia naturale di geni, forme e funzioni fra passato e futuro dell’umanità. XXIV Congresso della Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Chieti, Italy, 07-10-09-2022 (poster).

Lippi D., Zucchini E., Galassi F.M., Bianucci R. (2022). Ars Medica nelle Gallerie degli Uffizi. I Congresso Internazionale Scienze Umane per la Salute, Società Italiana di Scienze Umane in Medicina (SISUMed),Roma, Italy, 08-09.04.2022 (poster).

Bianucci R., Galassi F.M., Panzer S., Varotto E., Donell S., Nerlich A.G. (2021). Cardiovascular pathology in ancient Egypt: A comprehensive review of the literature and future perspectives. Virtual 48^th Annual North American Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, April 6^th-21^st 2021 (poster).

Roche K., Capelli N., Pacciani E., Bianucci R., Le Bailly M. (2021) Microscopie et paléogénétique, l’approcheintégrée e paléoparastitologie: le cas des sépultures de catastrophe d’Uffizi, Italie, 4^e-5e siècle. Groupe des Paléopathologistes de Langue Française (GPLF), Aubervilliers (Paris), France, 27-28.03.2021 (oral comm.)

Lippi D., Perciaccante A., Appenzeller O., Asensi V., Charlier P., Bianucci R. (2019) Leggere per imparare ad ascoltare. Atti del 52° Congresso della Società Italiana di Storia della Medicina, Monza 12-14 giugno 2019(oral comm).

Zou Z., Bedarida S., Kay Gemma L., Bianucci R., Achtman M. (2018) Recovery of ancient oral pathogens byintegrated analysis of serial dental calculus samples and modern genomes. 8^th International Symposium of Biomolecular Archaeology. Jena, Germany, 18-21-09-2018 (oral comm.)

Benedictow O.J., Bianucci R. (2018) Debunking the “human ectoparasite hypothesis”. 22nd European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association (EPPA), Zagreb, Croatia, 28.08- 1.09.2018 (oral comm.)

Bianucci R., Gonzalez M., Begerock A.M., Jardiel A., Morris B., Reinhard K., Perciaccante A., Warriner C., Hong J.H., Lim D.S., Shin D.H., Loynes R.D. (2018) Introducing the “Piquete Mummy Project”: the case of Rosa Paula Laborda. Extraordinary World Congress on Mummy Studies. Tenerife, Spain, 21-25.05.2018. (oralcomm.)

Ravishankar P., Jones J., Bianucci R., Mirzaei M., Haynes P.A. (2018) Using optimised sample preparation for Identification of proteins from skin tissue from a range of different Ancient Egyptian mummies. ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, San Diego, California, 3 – 7. 06. 2018 (poster).

Bianucci R., Charlier P., Evans P., Appenzeller O. (2017) Fasts, ectasy and stigmatization in St. Francis of Assisi and St. Catherine of Siena. 7^e Congrès International de Pathographie, “Le corps saint dans la tradition judéo-chrétienne”, Martigues (France) 8-10.09.2017 (oral comm).

Cesana D., Benedictow O.J., Bianucci R. (2017) “Parto in tomba” in una vittima della Morte Nera in Liguria. IIIMeeting Nazionale GIPaleo, Pisa 12.05.2017 (oral comm)

Benente F., Cesana D., Samantà E., Benedictow O.J., Bianucci R. (2016) La Morte Nera e le successive ondate epidemiche nel Levante Ligure: la sepoltura multipla anomala del cimitero dell’ospitale di San Nicolao di Pietracolice (Ge). “Sit tibi terra gravis”: sepolture anomale tra età medievale e post-medievale. Convegno Internazionale di Studi. Albenga (SV), 14-16.10. 2016 (oral comm.)

Perciaccante A., Bianucci R., Coralli A., Riva M.A. (2016) Note di cardiologia medievale nelle opere di Dante Alighieri. 51^° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Storia della Medicina, Padova, 29.09-2.10. 2016(oral comm.)

Novo S.P., Leles D., Aráujo A., Bianucci R. (2016) Identification of Leishmania tarentolae signature in a post-colonial Brazilian human mummy re-opens questions on its ability to survive and spread systematically inhuman hosts. 9th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Lima, Peru, 10-13.08.2016 (oral comm.).

Bianucci R., Jones J., Shin D.H., Heron C., Lim D.S., Oldfield R., Francken M., Harvati K., Krause J. (2016) ThirdIntermediate to Roman Period Heads from Abusir El Meleq: a glimpse at mummification in Middle Egypt. 9thWorld Congress on Mummy Studies, Lima, Peru, 10- 13.08.2016 (oral comm.)

Jones J., Buckley S., Higham T., Chivall D., Bianucci R., Ugliano F., Oldfiedl R., Kay G.M, Pallen M.J. (2016)Ritual, religion, function? Multi-disciplinary analysis of funerary wrappings of Egyptian mummies from theprehistoric period, circa 4300-3300 BC. 9th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Lima, Peru, 10-13.08.2016(oral comm.)

Bianucci R., Heron C., Lim D.S., Kay G.L., Pallen M.J., Gallien V., Périn P., Shin D.H., Lanzirotti A. (2016) Embalmed or not embalmed? New set of analyses on the Franquish Queen Arnegundis. International Conference of Comparative Mummy Studies. Hildesheim, Germany, 7-9.04.2016 (oral comm.)

Giuffra V., Marota I., Montella A., Tognotti E., Caramella D., Bandiera L., Luciani S., Di Vella G., Bianucci R.,Bini A. Milanese M., Fornaciari G. (2015) Foramina vascolari slargati e lesioni litiche nei corpi vertebrali: un dilemma diagnostico. II Meeting Nazionale del Gruppo Italiano di Paleopatologia, L’Aquila, Italy, 31^st October2015 (oral comm).

Bianucci R., Loynes R.D., Sutherland L.M., Charlier P., Froesch P., Lallo R., Fletcher J., Buckley S., Nerlich A.G. (2015) Unravelling the cause of death of a 18th dynasty élite individual (QV30). Paper and PosterAbstracts of the International Conference of Egyptology XI, Florence, Italy, 23^th-30^th August 2015, p. 15 (oralcomm).

Jones J., Bianucci R., Higham T.F.G., Kay G.L., Pallen M., Oldfield R., Buckley SB. (2015) The prehistoricmummy from Turin’s Egyptian Museum: preliminary scientific investigations. Paper and Poster Abstracts of theInternational Conference of Egyptology XI, Florence, Italy, 23^th-30^th 2015, pp. 176-177 (poster).

Rühli F.J., Habicht M., Buckley S.B., Bouwman A., Oehrstroem L., Seiler R., Böni T., Bianucci R. (2015) “Evidence” in identifying Royal and non-royal mummies: General considerations and a specific example (mummified remains from QV 66; Queen Nefertari). Paper and Poster Abstracts of the International Conferenceof Egyptology XI, Florence, Italy, 23^th-30^th August 2015, pp. 134-135 (oral comm).

Giuffra V., Spiga C., Montella A., Bianucci R., Milanese M., Tognotti E., Caramella D., Fornaciari F., Bandiera P. (2015) A case of Camurati-Engelmann Disease from 16th century Sardinia (Italy). II Bioanthropology Meeting: Life, Death and in Between, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 29th-30th May 2015 (poster).

Bianucci R. (2014) Different embalming techniques allow fair preservation of three 18th Dynasty notablemummies from Turin Egyptian Museum. Réunion du Groupe de Recherche des Momies. Paris, France, 10^thJune 2014 (oral comm.)

Bianucci R., Tognotti E., Giuffra V., Fornaciari G., Montella A., Milanese M., Floris R., Bandiera P. (2014) Origins of malaria and leishmaniasis in Sardinia: first results of a paleoimmunological study. I MeetingNazionale del GiPaleo (gruppo italiano di paleopatologia). L’Aquila, 22nd March 2014. Pathologica 106: 89(oral comm).

Caruso V., Gibelli D., Sassi F., Sguazza E., Mori A.C., Bianucci R., Bramanti B., Haensch S., Cattaneo C. (2013) Le vittime della peste Manzoniana? Libro degli abstract del XX Congresso dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Ferrara 11^th-13^th September 2013, p. 39 (poster).

Nerlich A.G., Bianucci R. (2013) Infectious Diseases in Mummies: Ancient DNA and Biomolecules. Book of Abstracts of the 8^th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6^th -9^th August 2013, p. 15(oral comm).

Nerlich A.G., Bianucci R., Pusch C.M. (2013) Human endoparasitoses: insights into the co- occurrence among infectious diseases in mummified remains. Book of Abstracts of the 8^th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6^th-9^th August 2013, p. 17 (oral comm).

Qualls C., Lanzirotti A., Bianucci R., Phillips G., Legeros R., Bromage T., Lombardi G.P., Giuffra V., FornaciariG., Appenzeller O. (2013) Sixteenth century clinical neurology: heavy metal toxicity and biologic rhythms.Book of Abstracts of the 8^th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6^th-9^th August 2013, p.30 (oral comm).

Bianucci R., Santiago J., Novo S., Leles de Souza D., Trisciuoglio A., Ferroglio E., Giuffra V., Fornaciari G.,Nerlich A.G., Mendonça de Souza S., Araujo A. (2013) Ancient infections in post-contact Brazilian mummies.Book of Abstracts of the 8^th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6^th-9^th August 2013, p.41 (oral comm).

Phillips G., Qualls C., Bianucci R., Sander van der W., Spilde M., Wu C. Appenzeller O. (2013) Cantùsyndrome in a Dutch bog body from the Roman period. Book of Abstracts of the 8^th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6^th-9^th August 2013, p. 63 (oral comm).

Reinhard K.J., Maixner F., Sanden van der W., Piombino-Mascali D., Zink A., Bianucci R. (2013) Further refinements of intestinal wash: the Zweeloo Woman bog body. Book of Abstracts of the 8^th World Congress onMummy Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6^th-9^th August 2013, p. 67 (oral comm).

Racz S.E., Pucu de Araujo E., Jensen E., Mostek C., Reinhard K.J., Van Hove M.L., Bianucci R., Willems D., Heller F. (2013). Parasitological analysis of Medieval burials in Nivelles, Belgium. Book of Abstracts of the 8^thWorld Congress on Mummy Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6^th-9^th August 2013, p. 77 (oral comm).

Buckley S., Nerlich A.G., Fletcher J., Caramello S., Vassilika E., Bianucci R. (2013) Three 18^th DynastyNotables in Turin: initial findings of the multidisciplinary investigation of their mummified remains and canopic jar contents. Book of Abstracts of the 8^th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,6^th-9^th August 2013, p. 78 (oral comm).

Link K., Papageorgopoulou C., Gutteck U., Mueller D., Ruehli F.J., Van Hove M.L., Bianucci R. (2013) Investigations of Medieval mummified brains found in Belgium using chemical, radiological and histological techniques. Book of Abstracts of the 8^th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6^th-9^thAugust 2013, p. 94 (poster).

Bianucci R., Lalremruata A., Ball M., Welte B., Nerlich A.G., Pusch C.M. (2013) Tuberculosis and Malaria Co-Infections in Late to Graeco-Roman Period Mummies from the Fayum. Abstract book of The Bioarchaeology Conference on Ancient Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, 31^stJan-2^nd Feb 2013. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology ofEgypt/Egyptology 10(1): 13 (oral comm).

Khairat R., Ball M., Chang C.C.H., Bianucci R., Nerlich A.G., Trautmann M., Ismail S., Shanab G.M.L., KarimA.R., Gad Y.Z., Pusch C.M. (2013) First Insights into the Metagenome of Ancient Egyptian Mummies Using Next Generation Sequencing. Abstract book of The Bioarchaeology Conference on Ancient Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, 31^stJan-2^nd Feb 2013. Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology 10(1): 20 (oral comm).

Nerlich A.G., Buckley S., Fletcher J., Caramello S., Bianucci R. (2013) An Interdisciplinary Study of theMummified Remains of the 18th Dynasty Official Nebiri. Abstract book of The Bioarchaeology Conference on Ancient Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, 31^st Jan-2^nd Feb 2013, Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology 10(1):22(poster).

Bianucci R., Kacki S. (2012) “The Archaeology of the Second Plague Pandemic: An Overview of FrenchFunerary Contexts”. Abstract book of the Workshop “Sickness, Hunger, War and Religion. Multidisciplinaryperspectives, Rachel Carson Center, Munich, Germany, 4^th – 5^th March 2011. ISSN 2190- 5088 (oral comm.)

Kacki S., Benedictow O., Bianucci R. (2011. Pratiche funerarie in tempo di peste nei contesti francesi urbani erurali (1348-1722 AD). Libro degli abstract del XIX Congresso dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Torino21- 24 settembre 2011, pp. 169- 270. ISBN 9788889277188 (poster).

Bianucci R., Giuffra V., Ferroglio E., Milanese M., Fornaciari G. (2011) “Lo Quarter: il cimitero degli appestatidi Alghero (1582-1583 AD)”. Atti del XIX Congresso dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Torino 21- 24settembre 2011, pp. 127-128. ISBN 9788889277188 (poster).

Gallien V., Bianucci R., Langlois J.Y. (2011) “La peste nei resti scheletrici di religiosi francesi del XVII secolo”.Libro degli abstract del XIX Congresso dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Torino 21-24 settembre 2011, pp. 111- 112. ISBN 9788889277188 (oral comm.)

Bianucci R., Trisciuoglio A., Ferroglio E. (2009) “Human visceral leishmaniasis in Europe: current trends andfuture risk factors”. Libro degli abstract del XIX Congresso dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Firenze 1-4 ottobre 2009, pp. 224-225 (poster).

Bianucci R., Rahalison L., Rajerison M., Rabino Massa E., Ferroglio E., Kacki S. (2009) “Identification of Black Death victims from the rural cemetery of Saint-Laurent-de-la- Cabrerisse (south-eastern France, 14^th century)”. Libro degli abstract del XVIII Congresso dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Firenze 1-4 ottobre 2009,pp. 226- 227 (poster).

Bianucci R., Trisciuoglio A., Giuffra V., Brier B., Ferroglio E., Fornaciari G. (2009). “Immunological identification of Plasmodium falciparum and Leishmania infantum in the skeletal remains of the Medicifamily”. Libro degli abstract del XVIII Congresso dell’Associazione Antropologica Italiana, Firenze 1- 4 ottobre2009, pp. 228- 229 (poster).

Bianucci R., Rahalison L., Rabino Massa E., Signoli M. (2009). “Une nouvelle méthode d’identification dubacille de la peste dans les restes humains anciens”. Vers une anthropologie des catastrophes, Actes des 9èJournées d’Anthropologie de Valbonne, sous la diréction de Luc Buchet, Catherine Rigeade, Isabelle Séguy et Michel Signoli- Editions APDCA, Antibes, pp. 503-515. ISBN Z-904110-47-X (oral comm).

Bianucci R., Jeziorska M., Lallo R., Mattutino G., Testi R., Taraglio S., Rabino Massa E., Appenzeller O. (2008). “A heavy pre-Hispanic head”, in: Mummies and Science. World Mummies Research, Peña P. A., Martin C. R.,Rodriguez A. R. (eds.), Proceedings of the VI World Congress on Mummy Studies, Lanzarote 19- 24 February 2007, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Academia Canaria de la Historia, pp. 391-398. ISBN: 846125647-6 (oralcomm).

Bianucci R., Mattutino G., Lallo R., Torre C., Rabino Massa E. (2006). “Ricerca multidisciplinare sulla mummiainfantile predinastica 527 B*”. Libro degli abstract del XVIII Congresso dell’Associazione AntropologicaItaliana, Genova, 29-31.10.2005, Edicolors Publishing, Milano, pp. 171-180 (oral comm.).

Lallo R., Testi R., Massimelli M., Bianucci R., Boano R., Rabino Massa E. (2005). “A South American embalmed head”. Proceedings of the V World Congress on Mummy Studies, Journal of Biological Research, Vol. LXXX,pp. 107-110. ISSN: 1826-8838 (oral comm)

Pedrini L., Cortese V., Cesarani F., Martina M.C., Ferraris A., Grilletto R., Boano R., Bianucci R., Evershed R., Clark K., Ramsey C., Higham T., Gandini G., Rabino Massa E. (2005). “The mummy in the dress of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Turin”. Proceedings of the V World Congress on Mummy Studies, Journal of Biological Research, Vol. LXXX, pp. 55- 59. ISSN: 1826-8838 (oral comm).

Bianucci R., Boano R., Lallo R., Carnazza G, Mattutino G., Torre C., Rabino Massa E. (2005). “CT scan and 3D reconstruction of predynastic child mummy 527 B* (Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the University of Turin)”. Proceedings of the 5^th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Journal of Biological Research, Vol. LXXX, pp. 329-331. ISSN: 1826-8838 (Poster).

Bianucci R., Fulcheri E., Rabino Massa E. (2004). “Un esempio di dismorfologia cranica in un egiziano predinastico di Gebelein”. Alba Pompeia, Atti della VI e VII Edizione della Université Européenne d’Eté, La Tipografica, Alba, (Fascicolo I), pp. 39- 40. ISSN: 0394- 9427 (oral comm.).

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