ESC

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Tarozzi, M., Derus, N. R., Polizzi, S., Sala, C., & Castellani, G. (2026). Single-Cell Transcriptomics and Computational Frameworks for Target Discovery in Cancer. Targets, 4(1), 6.
    DOI 
    @article{tarozzi2026sctargets,
  title = {Single-Cell Transcriptomics and Computational Frameworks for Target Discovery in Cancer},
  author = {Tarozzi, Martina and Derus, Nicolas Riccardo and Polizzi, Stefano and Sala, Claudia and Castellani, Gastone},
  journal = {Targets},
  volume = {4},
  number = {1},
  pages = {6},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.3390/targets4010006},
  keywords = {journal}
}
  2. Bonazzetti, C., Rocchi, E., Toschi, A., Derus, N. R., Sala, C., Pascale, R., Rinaldi, M., Amicucci, A., Gatti, M., Viale, P., Castellani, G., & Giannella, M. (2025). Artificial Intelligence model to predict resistances in Gram-negative bloodstream infections. Npj Digital Medicine, 8(1), 319.
    DOI 
    @article{bonazzetti2025amr,
  title = {Artificial Intelligence model to predict resistances in Gram-negative bloodstream infections},
  author = {Bonazzetti, Cecilia and Rocchi, Ettore and Toschi, Alice and Derus, Nicolas Riccardo and Sala, Claudia and Pascale, Renato and Rinaldi, Matteo and Amicucci, Armando and Gatti, Milo and Viale, Pierluigi and Castellani, Gastone and Giannella, Maddalena},
  journal = {npj Digital Medicine},
  volume = {8},
  number = {1},
  pages = {319},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1038/s41746-025-01696-x},
  keywords = {journal}
}
  3. Cancellerini, C., Caravelli, A., Esposito, E., Belotti, L. M. B., Soldà, M., Derus, N. R., Sala, C., & others. (2025). Quantitative dried blood spot microsampling for therapeutic drug monitoring of antiseizure medications by design of experiment and UHPLC-MS/MS. Talanta, 293, 128018.
    DOI 
    @article{cancellerini2025dbs,
  title = {Quantitative dried blood spot microsampling for therapeutic drug monitoring of antiseizure medications by design of experiment and {UHPLC-MS/MS}},
  author = {Cancellerini, C. and Caravelli, A. and Esposito, E. and Belotti, L. M. B. and Sold\`{a}, M. and Derus, Nicolas Riccardo and Sala, Claudia and others},
  journal = {Talanta},
  volume = {293},
  pages = {128018},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.talanta.2025.128018},
  keywords = {journal}
}
  4. Derus, N. R., Curti, N., Giampieri, E., Dall’Olio, D., Sala, C., & Castellani, G. (2023). Synthetic Data Generation and Classification of Histopathological Images. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 23(06), 2340035.
    DOI 
    @article{derus2023synhisto,
  title = {Synthetic Data Generation and Classification of Histopathological Images},
  author = {Derus, Nicolas Riccardo and Curti, Nico and Giampieri, Enrico and Dall'Olio, Daniele and Sala, Claudia and Castellani, Gastone},
  journal = {Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology},
  volume = {23},
  number = {06},
  pages = {2340035},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1142/S0219519423400353},
  keywords = {journal}
}

Preprints

  1. Raponi, S., Durazzi, F., Derus, N. R., Giampieri, E., Miglio, R., Castellani, G., & Sala, C. (2023). Risk Factors for Admission into COVID-19 General Wards, Sub-Intensive and Intensive Care Units among SARS-CoV-2 Positive Subjects in the Municipality of Bologna, Italy. MedRxiv.
    DOI 
    @article{raponi2023covid,
  title = {Risk Factors for Admission into {COVID-19} General Wards, Sub-Intensive and Intensive Care Units among {SARS-CoV-2} Positive Subjects in the Municipality of Bologna, Italy},
  author = {Raponi, Sofia and Durazzi, Francesco and Derus, Nicolas Riccardo and Giampieri, Enrico and Miglio, Rossella and Castellani, Gastone and Sala, Claudia},
  journal = {medRxiv},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1101/2023.07.12.23292559},
  keywords = {preprint}
}

Conference Abstracts

  1. Zampini, M., Riva, E., Sompairac, N., Maggioni, G., Antunes Dos Reis, R., & others. (2025). Single-cell Multi-omics Profiling Reveals Distinct Patterns of Clonal Expansion and Microenvironmental Shifts Associated with Disease Evolution in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Blood, 146(Supplement 1), 3830–3831. ASH Annual Meeting.
    DOI 
    @inproceedings{zampini2025ash_scmultiomics,
  title = {Single-cell Multi-omics Profiling Reveals Distinct Patterns of Clonal Expansion and Microenvironmental Shifts Associated with Disease Evolution in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes},
  author = {Zampini, Matteo and Riva, E. and Sompairac, Nicolas and Maggioni, Giulia and {Antunes Dos Reis}, R. and others},
  booktitle = {Blood},
  volume = {146},
  number = {Supplement 1},
  pages = {3830--3831},
  year = {2025},
  note = {ASH Annual Meeting},
  doi = {10.1182/blood-2025-3830},
  keywords = {conference}
}
  2. Asti, G., D’Amico, S., Carota, L., Piscia, D., Casadei, F., Saha Cyrille Merleau, N., & others. (2024). An Artificial Intelligence-Based Federated Learning Platform to Boost Precision Medicine in Rare Hematological Diseases: An Initiative by GenoMed4All and Synthema Consortia. Blood, 144, 4989. ASH Annual Meeting.
    DOI 
    @inproceedings{asti2024ash_fl,
  title = {An Artificial Intelligence-Based Federated Learning Platform to Boost Precision Medicine in Rare Hematological Diseases: An Initiative by {GenoMed4All} and {Synthema} Consortia},
  author = {Asti, Gianluca and D'Amico, Saverio and Carota, Luciana and Piscia, Davide and Casadei, Francesco and {Saha Cyrille Merleau}, Nono and others},
  booktitle = {Blood},
  volume = {144},
  pages = {4989},
  year = {2024},
  note = {ASH Annual Meeting},
  doi = {10.1182/blood-2024-205541},
  keywords = {conference}
}
  3. Sauta, E., Sartori, F., Lanino, L., Asti, G., D’Amico, S., Delleani, M., Riva, E., & others. (2024). Enhancing Personalized Prognostic Assessment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes Through a Multimodal and Explainable Deep Data Fusion Approach (MAGAERA). Blood, 144, 105. ASH Annual Meeting.
    DOI 
    @inproceedings{sauta2024ash_magaera,
  title = {Enhancing Personalized Prognostic Assessment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes Through a Multimodal and Explainable Deep Data Fusion Approach ({MAGAERA})},
  author = {Sauta, Elisabetta and Sartori, F. and Lanino, Luca and Asti, Gianluca and D'Amico, Saverio and Delleani, Mattia and Riva, E. and others},
  booktitle = {Blood},
  volume = {144},
  pages = {105},
  year = {2024},
  note = {ASH Annual Meeting},
  doi = {10.1182/blood-2024-205413},
  keywords = {conference}
}
  4. Asti, G., D’Amico, S., Curti, N., Carlini, G., Sauta, E., Derus, N. R., Dall’Olio, D., & others. (2023). Synthetic Histopathological Images Generation with Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Research and Improve Clinical Outcomes in Hematology. Blood, 142(Supplement 1), 902. ASH Annual Meeting.
    DOI 
    @inproceedings{asti2023ash_synhisto,
  title = {Synthetic Histopathological Images Generation with Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Research and Improve Clinical Outcomes in Hematology},
  author = {Asti, Gianluca and D'Amico, Saverio and Curti, Nico and Carlini, Gianluca and Sauta, Elisabetta and Derus, Nicolas Riccardo and Dall'Olio, Daniele and others},
  booktitle = {Blood},
  volume = {142},
  number = {Supplement 1},
  pages = {902},
  year = {2023},
  note = {ASH Annual Meeting},
  doi = {10.1182/blood-2023-187521},
  keywords = {conference}
}
  5. Asti, G., Sauta, E., Curti, N., Carlini, G., Dall’Olio, L., Lanino, L., Maggioni, G., & others. (2023). Clinical Text Reports to Stratify Patients Affected with Myeloid Neoplasms Using Natural Language Processing. Blood, 142, 122. ASH Annual Meeting.
    DOI 
    @inproceedings{asti2023ash_nlp,
  title = {Clinical Text Reports to Stratify Patients Affected with Myeloid Neoplasms Using Natural Language Processing},
  author = {Asti, Gianluca and Sauta, Elisabetta and Curti, Nico and Carlini, Gianluca and Dall'Olio, Lorenzo and Lanino, Luca and Maggioni, Giulia and others},
  booktitle = {Blood},
  volume = {142},
  pages = {122},
  year = {2023},
  note = {ASH Annual Meeting},
  doi = {10.1182/blood-2023-188292},
  keywords = {conference}
}
  6. Sala, C., Zaghi, A., Rocchi, E., Derus, N. R., De Cesare, A., & Castellani, G. (2022). Evaluation of Machine Learning Models for the Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Based on Synthetic Data. XXII International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology.
    @inproceedings{sala2022amr_synth,
  title = {Evaluation of Machine Learning Models for the Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Based on Synthetic Data},
  author = {Sala, Claudia and Zaghi, A. and Rocchi, Ettore and Derus, Nicolas Riccardo and De Cesare, Alessandra and Castellani, Gastone},
  booktitle = {XXII International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology},
  year = {2022},
  keywords = {conference}
}

Thesis

  1. Derus, N. R. (2025). Advanced Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques for Multi-Omics Data Integration [PhD thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna]. https://hdl.handle.net/11585/903947
    Link 
    @phdthesis{derus2025phd,
  title = {Advanced Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques for Multi-Omics Data Integration},
  author = {Derus, Nicolas Riccardo},
  school = {Alma Mater Studiorum -- Universit\`{a} di Bologna},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://hdl.handle.net/11585/903947},
  keywords = {thesis}
}