Andrea Rubini

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Date of birth: 23th June 1969

• Education:
  (1999) PhD at University of Perugia
  (1993) Degree in Biological Sciences at University of Perugia

Work experiences

• (1999-2001) Postdoctoral fellowship c/o CNR, “Istituto di Ricerche sul Miglioramento Genetico delle Piante Foraggere” (IRMGPF), Perugia.
• (2001-20020) Researcher at IGV (IBBR from 2013), Research Division of Perugia, CNR
• Since 2020, Senior Researcher at IBBR, Research Division of Perugia, CNR

Main research interest

• Molecular typing, population genetics and reproductive biology of Tuber spp.
• Study of mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhization methods.
• Structural and comparative genomics of fungi (Tuber spp., Pezizomycetes) and plant species.
• Biodiversity, molecular taxonomy, phylogenetics of fungi of economic and ecological importance.
• Genetic variability and population genetics of Humulus lupulus.

Please find my pubblication list here

Selected Publications

(full list available at CNR People)

Diversity of Endophytic and Pathogenic Fungi of Saffron (Crocus sativus) Plants from Cultivation Sites in Italy

Belfiori B, Rubini A, Riccioni C

Year: 2021

Genetic Structure and Phylogeography of Tuber magnatum Populations

Belfiori B, D’angelo V, Riccioni C, Leonardi M, Paolocci F, Pacioni G, Rubini A

Year: 2020

High genetic and chemical diversity of wild hop populations from Central Italy with signals of a genetic structure influenced by both sexual and asexual reproduction

Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Sileoni V, Marconi O, Perretti G, Bellucci M, Rubini A

Year: 2020

Genetic characterisation and agronomic and nutritional value of bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia), an under-utilised species suitable for low-input farming systems

Russi L, Acuti G, Trabalza-Marinucci M, Porta R, Rubini A, Damiani F, Cristiani S, Dal Bosco A, Martuscelli G, Bellucci M, Pupilli F

Year: 2019

Current knowledge of Umbrian macrofungi (central Italy)

Angelini P, Arcangeli A, Bistocchi G, Rubini A, Venanzoni R, Perini, C

Year: 2018

Overview of the biological activities of a methanol extract from wild red belt conk, Fomitopsis pinicola (Agaricomycetes), fruiting bodies from Central Italy

Colak OF, Angelini P, Tirillini B, Bistocchi G, Arcangeli A, Rubini A, Pellegrino RM, Fabiani R, Cruciani G, Venanzoni R, Rosignoli P

Year: 2018

Pezizomycetes genomes reveal the molecular basis of ectomycorrhizal truffle lifestyle

Murat C, Payen T, Noel B, Kuo A, Morin E, Chen J, Kohler A, Krizsán K, Balestrini R, Da Silva C, Montanini B, Hainaut M, Levati E, Barry KW, Belfiori B, Cichocki N, Clum A, Dockter RB, Fauchery L, Guy J, Iotti M, Le Tacon F, Lindquist EA, Lipzen A, Malagnac F, Mello A, Molinier V, Miyauchi S, Poulain J, Riccioni C, Rubini A, Sitrit Y, Splivallo R, Traeger S, Wang M, Zifcáková L, Wipf D, Zambonelli A, Paolocci F, Nowrousian M, Ottonello S, Baldrian P, Spatafora JW, Henrissat B, Nagy LG, Aury JM, Wincker P, Grigoriev IV, Bonfante P, Martin FM

Year: 2018

Ribosomal DNA polymorphisms reveal genetic structure and a phylogeographic pattern in the Burgundy truffle Tuber aestivum Vittad.

Riccioni C, Rubini A, Türkoglu A, Belfiori B, Paolocci F

Year: 2018

An assessment of red list data for the Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota): Umbria (Italy) as a test case

Wagensommer RP, Bistocchi G, Arcangeli A, Rubini A, Perini C, Venanzoni R, Angelini P

Year: 2018

Tricholosporum goniospermum, genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship with the Tricholomatineae [formerly tricholomatoid clade]

Angelini P, Arcangeli A, Bistocchi G, Venanzoni R, Rubini A

Year: 2017

Identification and characterization of wild hop germplasm in Umbria region

Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Perretti G, Rubini A, Bellucci M

Year: 2017

Current knowledge of Umbrian macrofungi (central Italy)

Angelini P, Arcangeli A, Bistocchi G, Rubini A, Venanzoni R, Perini C

Year: 2016

Characterization of the reproductive mode and life cycle of the whitish truffle T. borchii

Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Paolocci F, Rubini A

Year: 2016

Tuber magnatum: the special one. What makes it so different from the other Tuber spp.?

Riccioni C, Rubini A, Belfiori B, Gregori G, Paolocci F

Year: 2016

Inventory, diversity and communities of macrofungi in the Collestrada forest (Umbria, central Italy)

Angelini P, Bistocchi G, Arcangeli A, Rubini A, Venanzoni R

Year: 2015

Certainties and uncertainties about the life cycle of the Périgord black Truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.)

Le Tacon F, Rubini A, Murat C, Riccioni C, Robin C, Belfiori B, Zeller B, De La Varga H, Akroume E, Deveau A, Martin F, Paolocci F

Year: 2015

Certainties and uncertainties about the life cycle of the Périgord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.)

Le Tacon F, Rubini A, Murat C, Riccioni C, Robin C, Belfiori B, Zeller B, De la Varga H, Akroume E, Deveau A, Martin F, Paolocci F

Year: 2015

Comparative genomics and population genetics provide new insights on the life cycle of the Black truffle of Périgord (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.)

Riccioni C, Murat C, H De La Varga, Todesco F, Rubini A, Belfiori B, Payen T, Le Tacon F, Robin C, Paolocci F, Martin F

Year: 2015

Il progetto Vacoltart: metodologie e risultati raggiunti

Rubini A, Riccioni C

Year: 2015

La diversità dei funghi ascomiceti nella foresta di Collestrada (Umbria-Italia)

Angelini P, Bistocchi G, Arcangeli A, Rubini A, Venanzoni R

Year: 2014

Wood identification of pile dwellings from the Bronze Age San Savino site (Lake Trasimeno, central Italy

Angelini P, De Angelis MC, Guerzoni RP, Gigante D, Rubini A, Properzi A, Venanzoni R

Year: 2014

Macrofungi in Mediterranean maquis along seashore and altitudinal transects

Pecoraro L, Angelini P, Arcangeli A, Bistocchi G, Gargano ML, La Rosa A, Lunghini D, Polemis E, Rubini A, Saitta A, Venanzoni R, Zervakis GI

Year: 2014

Morfologia delle micorrize del tartufo bianco pregiato. Un arcano risolto dalla biologia molecolare

Rubini A, Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Paolocci F

Year: 2014

Impact of the competition between mating types on the cultivation of Tuber melanosporum: Romeo and Juliet and the matter of space and time

Rubini A, Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Paolocci F

Year: 2014

Il ciclo vitale del tartufo nero pregiato

Rubini A, Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Paolocci F

Year: 2014

Mating type locus of Chinese black truffles reveals heterothallism and the presence of cryptic species within the T. indicum species complex

Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Paolocci F, Rubini A

Year: 2013

Wild and cultivated mushrooms as a model of sustainable development

Donnini D, Gargano ML, Perini C, Savino E, Murat C, Di Piazza S, Altobelli E, Salerni E, Rubini A, Rana GL, Bencivenga M, Venanzoni R, Zambonelli A

Year: 2013

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of the black truffle ( Tuber melanosporum ) investigated with neutral microsatellites and functional mating type genes

Murat C, Rubini A, Riccioni C, De la Varga H, Akroume E, Belfiori B, Guaragno M, Le Tacon F, Robin C, Halkett F, Martin F, Paolocci F

Year: 2013

The endophytic fungal communities associated with the leaves and roots of the common reed (Phragmites australis) in Lake Trasimeno (Perugia, Italy) in declining and healthy stands

Angelini P, Rubini A, Gigante D, Reale L, Pagiotti R, Venanzoni R

Year: 2012

Comparison of ectomycorrhizal communities in natural and cultivated T. melanosporum truffle grounds

Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Tempesta S, Pasqualetti M, Paolocci F, Rubini A

Year: 2012

Self/nonself recognition in Tuber melanosporum is not mediated by a heterokaryon incompatibility system

Iotti M, Rubini A, Tisserant E, Kholer A, Paolocci F, Zambonelli A

Year: 2012

Genomics of Tuber melanosporum: New Knowledge Concerning Reproductive Biology,Symbiosis, and Aroma Production

Rubini A Belfiori B Riccioni C Paolocci F

Year: 2012

Distribution and localization of microsatellites in the Perigord black truffle genome and identification of new molecular markers

Murat C, Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Cichocki N, Labbé J, Morin E, Tisserant E, Paolocci F, Rubini A, Martin F

Year: 2011

Distribution and localization of microsatellites in the Perigord black truffle genome and identification of new molecular marker

Murat C, Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Cichocki N, Labbé J, Morin E, Tisserant E, Paolocci F, Rubini A, Martin F

Year: 2011

Identification and characterisation of human pathogenic filamentous fungi and susceptibility to Thymus schimperi essential oil

Pagiotti R, Angelini P, Rubini A, Tirillini B, Granetti B, Venanzoni R

Year: 2011

The strawberry transcription factor FaMYB1 inhibits the biosynthesis of proanthocyanidins in Lotus corniculatus leaves

Paolocci F, Robbins MP, Passeri V, Hauck B, Morris P, Rubini A, Arcioni S, Damiani F

Year: 2011

Assessing genetic variability in T. aestivum populations from Turkey

Riccioni C, Kuyumcu S, Belfiori B, Rubini A, Turkoglu A, Paolocci F

Year: 2011

The AD-type ectomycorrhizas, one of the most common morphotypes present in truffle fields, result from fungi belonging to the Trichophaea woolhopeia species complex

Rubini A, Belfiori B, Passeri V, BACIARELLI FALINI L, Arcioni S, Riccioni C, Paolocci F

Year: 2011

Tuber melanosporum: mating type distribution in a natural plantation and dynamics of strains of different mating types on the roots of nursery-inoculated host plants

Rubini A, Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Arcioni S, Martin F, Paolocci F

Year: 2011

Isolation and characterization of MAT genes in the symbiotic ascomycete Tuber melanosporum

Rubini A, Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Tisserant E, Arcioni S, Martin F, Paolocci F

Year: 2011

Novel morphological and genetic tools to discriminate species among the family Plumatellidae (Phylactolaemata, Bryozoa

Rubini A, Pieroni G, Elia AC, Zippilli L, Paolocci F, Taticchi MI

Year: 2011

Pestalotiopsis endophytes from leaves of two orchid species collected in Costa Rica

Tempesta S, Rubini A, Pupulin F, Rambelli A

Year: 2011

Assessment of reproductive mode in Tuber melanosporum, the fungal species producing the most appreciated black truffles

Belfiori B, Paolocci F, Riccioni C, Rubini A

Year: 2010

Périgord black truffle genome uncovers evolutionary origins and mechanisms of symbiosis

Francis M, Kohler A, Murat C, Balestrini R, Coutinho PM, Jaillon O, Montanini B, Morin E, Noel, Percudani R, Porcel B, Rubini A, Amicucci A, Amselem J, Anthouard V, Arcioni S, Artiguenave F, Aury JM, Ballario P, Bolchi A, et al

Year: 2010

Identification of new polymorphic regions and differentiation of cultivated olives (Olea europaea L.) through plastome sequence comparison

Mariotti R, CULTRERA NG M, MUÑOZ DÍEZ C, Baldoni L, Rubini A

Year: 2010

Le sexe caché des truffes

Murat C Rubini A Paolocci F Riccioni C Martin F

Year: 2009

Tuber Melanosporum Outcrosses: Analysis of the Genetic Diversity within and among its Natural Populations under this new Scenario

Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Rubini A, Passeri V, Arcioni S, Paolocci F

Year: 2008

Tmt1: the first LTR-retrotransposon from a Tuber spp

Riccioni C, Rubini A, Belfiori B, Passeri V, Paolocci F, Arcioni S

Year: 2008

Isolation and characterization of some mycelia-inhabiting Tuber ascomata

Pacioni G, Leonardi M, Aimola P, Ragnelli AM, Rubini A, Paolocci F

Year: 2007

Troubles with truffles: unveiling more of their biology

Rubini A, Riccioni C, Arcioni S, Paolocci F

Year: 2007

Morphological and molecular analyses of ectomycorrhizal diversity in a man-made T. melanosporum plantation: description of novel truffle-like morphotypes

Baciarelli Falini Rubini A, Riccioni C, Paolocci F

Year: 2006

Reevaluation of the life cycle of Tuber magnatum

Paolocci F, Rubini A, Riccioni C, Arcioni S

Year: 2006

Molecular markers as a tool to characterize and promote the Italian truffle production (Tuber spp.)

Paolocci F, Rubini A, Riccioni C, Vendramin GG, Alba E, Arcioni S

Year: 2006

Assessment of inter- and intra-specific variability in the main species of Boletus edulis complex by ITS analysis

Leonardi M, Paolocci F, Rubini A, Simonini G, Pacioni G

Year: 2005

Genetica ed applicazioni biomolecolari in tartuficoltura

RICCIONI C RUBINI A PAOLOCCI F ARCIONI S

Year: 2005

Genetic and Phylogeographic Structures of the Symbiotic Fungus Tuber magnatum

Rubini A, Paolocci F, Riccioni C, Vendramin GG, Arcioni S

Year: 2005

Tuber aestivum and Tuber uncinatum: two morphotypes of two species

Paolocci F, Rubini A, Riccioni C, Topini F, Arcioni S

Year: 2004

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in white truffle (Tuber magnatum

Rubini A, Topini F, Riccioni C, Paolocci F, Arcioni S

Year: 2004

The Headspace Volatiles of the Asian Truffle Tuber indicum Cooke et Mass

Bellesia F, Pinetti A, Tirillini B, Paolocci F, Rubini A, Arcioni S, Bianchi A

Year: 2002

Morphological characterization of molecular-typed T. magnatum Pico ectomycorrhizae

Rubini A, Paolocci F, Granetti B Arcioni S

Year: 2001

Cloning and characterization of two repeated sequences in the symbiotic fungus Tuber melanosporum Vitt

Paolocci F Rubini A Riccioni C Granetti B Arcioni S

Year: 2000

Metodi molecolari per l’identificazione delle diverse specie di tartufi

Agostini D, Amicucci A, Barbieri E, Bertini L, Mello A, Paolocci F, Percudani R, Piccoli G, Polidori E, Potenza L, Rivetti C, Rossi I, Rubini A, Soragni E, Zambonelli A, Zeppa S

Year: 1999

Rapid molecular approach for a reliable identification of Tuber spp. ectomycorrhizae

Paolocci F Rubini A Granetti B Arcioni S

Year: 1999

Come salvaguardare le specie pregiate di tartufo

PAOLOCCI F RUBINI A GRANETTI B ARCIONI S

Year: 1999

Single step molecular characterization of morphologically similar black truffle species

Rubini A Paolocci F Granetti B Arcioni S

Year: 1998

Typing Tuber melanosporum and Chinese black truffle species by molecular markers

Paolocci F Rubini A Granetti B Arcioni S

Year: 1997

Un parametro biometrico idoneo alla caratterizzazione delle micorrize di Tuber borchii Vitt. e di Tuber magnatum Pico

GRANETTI B RUBINI A ANGELINI P

Year: 1995

Morfologia e struttura delle micorrize di Tuber magnatum Pico e Tuber borchii Vitt. con Tilia platiphyllos Scop

Granetti B, Angelini P, Rubini A

Year: 1995

Analisi comparativa morfo-biometrica e strutturale delle micorrize di Tuber aestivum Vitt. con alcune piante forestali

Granetti B, Rubini A, Angelini P

Year: 1995