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Dr. Scaturro, Pietro
Head of Research Group Systems ArbovirologyCurriculum vitae
Since 2020: Head of Junior Research Group Systems Arbovirology at the LIV
2018-2020: Senior Scientist, Technical University of Munich, Department Virology – Immunopathology of Virus Interactions
2015-2018: Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Munich-Martinsried, Department "Proteomics and Signal Transduction"
2015: Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) Molecular Virology, University of Heidelberg
2010-2015: PhD Marie-Curie Fellow, University of Heidelberg, Department Infectious Diseases/Molecular Virology
Publications
Petit MJ, Flory C, Gu Q, Fares M, Lamont D, Score A, Davies K, Bell-Sakyi L, Scaturro P, Brennan B, Kohl A (2025). Multi-omics analysis of SFTS virus infection in Rhipicephalus microplus cells reveals antiviral tick factors. Nat Commun. 16/2025; PubMed
Kiemel D, Kroell AH, Denolly S, Haselmann U, Bonfanti JF, Andres JI, Ghosh B, Geluykens P, Kaptein SJF, Wilken L, Scaturro P, Neyts J, Van Loock M, Goethals O, Bartenschlager R (2024). Pan-serotype dengue virus inhibitor JNJ-A07 targets NS4A-2K-NS4B interaction with NS2B/NS3 and blocks replication organelle formation. Nat Commun. 15/2024; PubMed
Wilken L, Lasswitz L, Scaturro P, Gerold G (2024). Identification of RVFV Host Factors Using Quantitative Interaction Proteomics. Methods Mol Biol. 2824/2024; PubMed
Reichert I, Lee JY, Weber L, Fuh MM, Schlaeger L, Rößler S, Kinast V, Schlienkamp S, Conradi J, Vondran FWR, Pfaender S, Scaturro P, Steinmann E, Bartenschlager R, Pietschmann T, Heeren J, Lauber C, Vieyres G (2024). The triglyceride-synthesizing enzyme diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 modulates the formation of the hepatitis C virus replication organelle. PLoS Pathog. 20/2024; PubMed
Mazeaud C, Pfister S, Owen JE, Pereira HS, Charbonneau F, Robinson ZE, Anton A, Bemis CL, Sow AA, Patel TR, Neufeldt CJ, Scaturro P, Chatel-Chaix L (2024). Zika virus remodels and hijacks IGF2BP2 ribonucleoprotein complex to promote viral replication organelle biogenesis. Elife. 13/2024; PubMed
Sow AA, Jamadagni P, Scaturro P, Patten SA, Chatel-Chaix L (2024). A zebrafish-based in vivo model of Zika virus infection unveils alterations of the glutamatergic neuronal development and NS4A as a key viral determinant of neuropathogenesis. PLoS Pathog. 20/2024; PubMed
Freppel W, Barragan Torres VA, Uyar O, Anton A, Nouhi Z, Broquière M, Mazeaud C, Sow AA, Léveillé A, Gilbert C, Tremblay N, Owen JE, Bemis CL, Laulhé X, Lamarre A, Neufeldt CJ, Rodrigue-Gervais IG, Pichlmair A, Girard D, Scaturro P, Hulea L, Chatel-Chaix L (2024). Dengue virus and Zika virus alter endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contact sites to regulate respiration and apoptosis. iScience. 28/2025; PubMed
Madan V, Albacete-Albacete L, Jin L, Scaturro P, Watson JL, Muschalik N, Begum F, Boulanger J, Bauer K, Kiebler MA, Derivery E, Bullock SL (2023). HEATR5B associates with dynein-dynactin and promotes motility of AP1-bound endosomal membranes. EMBO J. 42/2023; PubMed
Pahmeier F, Lavacca T-M, Goellner S, Neufeldt CJ, Prasad V, Cerikan B, Rajasekharan S, Mizzon G, Haselmann U, Funaya C, Scaturro P, Cortese M, Bartenschlager R (2023). Identification of host dependency factors involved in SARS-CoV-2 replication organelle formation through proteomics and ultrastructural analysis. J Virol. 97/2023; PubMed
Denolly S, Guo H, Martens M, Płaszczyca A, Scaturro P, Prasad V, Kongmanas K, Punyadee N, Songjaeng A, Mairiang D, Pichlmair A, Avirutnan P, Bartenschlager R (2023). Dengue virus NS1 secretion is regulated via importin-subunit β1 controlling expression of the chaperone GRp78 and targeted by the clinical drug ivermectin. mBio. 14/2023; PubMed
Wanner N, Andrieux G, Badia-I-Mompel P, Edler C, Pfefferle S, Lindenmeyer MT, Schmidt-Lauber C, Czogalla J, Wong MN, Okabayashi Y, Braun F, Lütgehetmann M, Meister E, Lu S, Noriega MLM, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Fischer N, Bräuninger H, Lindner D, Westermann D, Haas F, Roedl K, Kluge S, Addo MM, Huber S, Lohse AW, Reiser J, Ondruschka B, Sperhake JP, Saez-Rodriguez J, Boerries M, Hayek SS, Aepfelbacher M, Scaturro P, Puelles VG, Huber TB (2022). Molecular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 liver tropism. Nat Metab. 4/2022; PubMed
Laudenbach BT, Krey K, Emslander Q, Andersen LL, Reim A, Scaturro P, Mundigl S, Dächert C, Manske K, Moser M, Ludwig J, Wohlleber D, Kröger A, Binder M, Pichlmair A (2021). NUDT2 initiates viral RNA degradation by removal of 5'-phosphates. Nat Commun. 12/2021; PubMed
Simanjuntak Y, Schamoni-Kast K, Grün A, Uetrecht C, Scaturro P (2021). Top-Down and Bottom-Up Proteomics Methods to Study RNA Virus Biology. Viruses. 13/2021; PubMed
Stukalov A, Girault V, Grass V, Karayel O, Bergant V, Urban C, Haas DA, Huang Y, Oubraham L, Wang A, Hamad MS, Piras A, Hansen FM, Tanzer MC, Paron I, Zinzula L, Engleitner T, Reinecke M, Lavacca TM, Ehmann R, Wölfel R, Jores J, Kuster B, Protzer U, Rad R, Ziebuhr J, Thiel V, Scaturro P, Mann M, Pichlmair A (2021). Multilevel proteomics reveals host perturbations by SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV. Nature. 594/2021; PubMed
