Below you can find peer reviewed publications from the group and you can click here to find group coauthors and alumni.
14. Chang, L.; Devendiran, D.; Gard, J.; Gu, T.; Guan, A.; Yamamoto, A.; Sarkar, T.J.; Njoo, E.; Pazzi, J. Large-scale fluorescence microscopy analysis of lipid membrane conformational changes optimized and enabled by an AI-guided image detection method. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Analyses. 4(1), 3 (2026). https://www.mdpi.com/2813-4648/4/1/3.
13. Lo, I.; Vaidya, S.; Parvin, J.; Sadagopan, S.; D’souza, Z.; Yamamoto, A.; Pazzi, J.; Njoo, E., et al. Blue fluorescent siloxytecans exhibit potent anticancer activity and enable direct real time quantification of intracellular uptake. ACS Bio & Med Chem Au. 6(1), 1-14 (2025). Selected highlights: Cover article. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12921511/
12. Cooper, A.; Vijayananda, V.; Pazzi, J.; Subramaniam, A.B. Polymer-assisted assembly of giant vesicles in physiological solutions. Small Methods. (2025). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12716198/
11. Gu, T.; Su, K.; Seow, K.; Pazzi, J.; Njoo, E., et al. Synthesis and Evaluation of Carmofur Analogs as Antiproliferative Agents, Inhibitors to the Main Protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2, and Membrane Rupture-Inducing Agents. Discover Chemistry. 2, 73 (2025). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44371-025-00144-9
10. Dacon, C.; Moskovitz, R.; Pazzi, J.; Tan, J., et al. Protective antibodies target cryptic epitope unmasked by cleavage of malaria sporozoite protein. Science. 387 (6729), eadr0510 (2025). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11804177/
9. Pazzi, J.; Subramaniam, A.B. Dynamics of giant vesicle assembly from thin lipid films. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 661, 1033-1045 (2024). Selected highlights: Inside Front Cover. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979724002583
8. Pazzi, J. A Comprehensive Characterization of Surface-Assembled Populations of Giant Liposomes Using Novel Confocal Microscopy-Based Methods. UC Merced. Proquest. (2021). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4v1513rs
7. Pazzi, J.; Subramaniam, A.B. Nanoscale curvature promotes high yield spontaneous formation of cell-mimetic giant vesicles on nanocellulose paper. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12 (50), 56549-56561 (2020). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.0c14485
6. Girish, V.; Pazzi, J.; Li, A.; Subramaniam, A.B. Fabrics of diverse chemistry promote the formation of giant vesicles from phospholipid and amphiphilic block copolymers. Langmuir. 35 (28), 9264-9273 (2019). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01621
5. Pazzi, J.; Xu, M.; Subramaniam, A.B. Size distribution and yields of giant vesicles assembled on cellulose paper and cotton fabric. Langmuir. 35 (24), 7798-7804 (2019). Selected highlights: Cover article for Issue 24. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03076
4. Pazzi, J.; Li, A.; Xu, M.; Subramaniam A.B. Cellulose abetted assembly and temporally-decoupled loading of cargo into vesicles synthesized from functionally diverse lamellar phase forming amphiphiles. Biomacromolecules. 19, 849-859 (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29465981/
3. Kresse, K.M.; Xu, M.; Pazzi, J.; García-Ojeda, M.; Subramaniam, A.B. Novel Application of Cellulose Paper as a Platform for the Macromolecular Self-Assembly of Biomimetic Giant Liposomes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8 (47), 32102-32107 (2016). Selected highlights: Cover for Issue 48 and story in UC Merced Panorama News.
2. Silva, J. C.; Co, E.; McCracken, C.; Pazzi, J.; Mamoun, C. Ben; et al. Genome-Wide Diversity and Gene Expression Profiling of Babesia Microti Isolates Identify Polymorphic Genes That Mediate Host-Pathogen Interactions. Scientific Reports. 6, 35284 (2016). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27933839/
1. Cornillot, E.; Dassouli, A.; Pazzi, J.; Mamoun, C. Ben; et al. A targeted immunomic approach identifies diagnostic antigens in the human pathogen Babesia microti. Transfusion. 56 (8), 2085-2099 (2016). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5644385/