Staff Profile
Emanuela Torelli received her PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Udine, Italy. From 2009 to 2015 she was research assistant, scientist and exam committee member at the University of Udine, Italy, where she received the honorary fellow in 'Mycology' and 'Food protection against microorganisms'. She has taught laboratory-project courses and seminars in different topics, and she received the national academic qualification as Associate Professor from the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research.
Having collaborated extensively with academics of different Departments, she believe in the importance of thinking beyond narrow academic disciplines and she is drawn to the multidisciplinary approach to research. She is an experienced researcher in the field of biotechnology and biosensing, and her recent research is mainly focused on DNA/RNA assembly and nanobiology.
In October 2014 she was visiting scientist at SMILEs Lab, Kaust, Saudi Arabia. In 2015 she obtained a research fellowship at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Then, she was Senior Research Associate and Transitional Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex Biosystems group (ICOS2) wet lab, 缅北禁地. From 2023 to 2025, she was Module Leader and Lecturer in Biology and Nanobiotecnology. Currently, she is Visiting Researcher at the same university and Adjunct Professor at the University of Udine (Italy), where she is transitioning to Associate Professor.
SELECTED ARTICLES
- Shirt-Ediss B*, Torelli E*, Navarro SA, Trewby W, Khamis H, Kaplan A, Elezgaray J, Moradzadeh-Esmaeili N, Haydell M, Famulok M, Bacardit J, Krasnogor N. Optimizing DNA origami assembly by reducing off-target interactions. Nature Communications 2026, Accepted. *Co-first author. Preprint available at:
- Torelli E*, Shirt-Ediss B, Navarro SA, Manzano M, Vizzini P, Krasnogor N*. . International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24(10), 8483. *Co-corresponding.
- Vizzini P, Beltrame E, Coppede N, Vurro F, Andreatta F, Torelli E, Manzano M. . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, 107(11), 3789-3800.
- Lopiccolo A, Shirt-Ediss B, Torelli E, Olulana AFA, Castronovo M, Fellermann H, Krasnogor N. . Nature Communications 2021, 12(1), 4861.
- Torelli E*, Kozyra JW, Shirt-Ediss B, Piantanida L, Voïtchovsky K, Krasnogor N*. . ACS Synthetic Biology 2020, 9(7), 1682-1692. *Co-corresponding.
- Torelli E*, Kozyra JW, Gu J-Y, Stimming U, Piantanida L, Voitchovsky K, Krasnogor N*. . Scientific Reports 2018, 8, 6989. *Co-corresponding.
- Torelli E*, Manzano M, Srivastava SK, Marks RS*. . Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2018, 99, 209-215. *Co-corresponding.
- Firrao G, Torelli E, Polano C, Ferrante P, Ferrini F, Martini M, Marcelletti S, Scortichini M, Ermacora P. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2018, 9.
- Kozyra J, Ceccarelli A, Torelli E, Lopiccolo A, Gu JY, Fellermann H, Stimming U, Krasnogor N. . ACS Synthetic Biology 2017, 6(7), 1140-1149.
- Piantanida L, Naumenko D, Torelli E, Marini M, Bauer DM, Fruk L, Firrao G, Lazzarino M. . Chemical Communications 2015, 51(23), 4789-4792.
- Torelli E, Marini M, Palmano S, Piantanida L, Polano C, Scarpellini A, Lazzarino M, Firrao G. . Small 2014, 10(14), 2918-2926.
SELECTED CONFERENCES
- Torelli, E., Krasnogor, N., Engineering nucleic acids: from DNA computing to encoded light-up RNA nanostructures for potential in vivo applications. Biosensors 2025, 35th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors, Lisbon, Portugal. 19-22 May 2025.
- Torelli E, Shirt-Ediss B, Navarro SA, Krasnogor N. Co-transcriptionally folded RNA origami and DNA stack memory as potential interfaces able to operate in vivo. 2023 RNA Nanotechnologies, Gordon Research Seminar and Conference. 2023, Ventura, CA, USA: Gordon Research Conferences.
- Torelli E, Shirt-Ediss B, Navarro SA, Krasnogor N. . Synthetic Biology UK 2022. 2022, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, UK.
- Shirt-Ediss B, Connolly J, Torelli E, Navarro S, Elezgaray J, Bacardit J, Krasnogor N. . 28th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming. 2022, Albuquerque, NM, USA: University of New Mexico.
- Torelli E, Kozyra JW, Shirt-Ediss B, Piantanida L, Voïtchovsky K, Krasnogor N. . Functional DNA Nanotechnology, FDN 2020. 2020, Rome, Italy.
- Torelli E, Kozyra JW, Shirt-Ediss B, Piantanida L, Voïtchovsky K, Krasnogor N. . The 1st International Biodesign Research Conference. 2020.
- Shirt-Ediss B, Elezgaray J, Connolly J, Torelli E, Krasnogor N. . 26th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming. 2020, Online: IOP.
- Torelli E, Kozyra JW, Gu JY, Stimming U, Piantanida L, Voïtchovsky K, Krasnogor N. . 2019 RNA Nanotechnologies, New Frontiers in RNA Nanotechnology-Based Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Gordon Research Seminar and Conference. 2019, Ventura, CA, US: Gordon Research Conferences.
- Torelli E, Kozyra JW, Gu JY, Stimming U, Piantanida L, Voïtchovsky K, Krasnogor N. . Nantech 2019. 2019, Helsinki, Finland.
- Torelli E, Kozyra JW, Gu JY, Stimming U, Piantanida L, Voïtchovsky K, Krasnogor N. . 3rd Functional DNA Nanotechnology Workshop. 2018, Rome, Italy.
- Kozyra J, Ceccarelli A, Torelli E, Lopiccolo A, Fellermann H, Shirt-Ediss B, Krasnogor N. . BioOrigami Workshop. 2017, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Torelli E, Krasnogor N. . Bio-X Conference. 2017, Netanya, Israel.
- Torelli E, Polano C, Piantanida L, Lazzarino M, Firrao G. . Negev Global Issues 2015: Impact on Energy, Environment, Health and Water. 2015, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
- Torelli E, Marini M, Palmano S, Piantanida L, Polano C, Scarpellini A, Lazzarino M, Firrao G. . Functional DNA Nanotechnology. 2014, Rome, Italy.
- Piantanida L, Naumenko D, Torelli E, Marini M, Firrao G, Lazzarino M. . NFO13, 13thInternational Conference on Near-Field Optics, Nanophotonics, and Related Techniques. 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- Moretti C, Cortese C, da Silva DP, Devescovi G, Torelli E, Venturi V, Firrao G, Buonaurio R. . 13th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. 2014, Shangai, China.
PATENT
Krasnogor, N., Torelli, E., Armstrong, K., Navarro, S.A., Shirt-Ediss, B., Disorigami as target-shape free DNA/RNA nanostructures and Materials Minimisation for DNA/RNA (dis)origami and other nanotechnologies. UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) patent filed under number 2418875.7, December 2024.