Below you can find peer reviewed publications from the group and you can click here to find group coauthors and alumni.
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. In review (2025).
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. In review (2025).
Cooper, A.; Vijayananda, V.; Pazzi, J.; Subramaniam, A.B. Polymer-assisted assembly of giant vesicles in physiological solutions. Preprint. (2025).
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 (M pro ) of SARS-CoV-2, and Membrane Rupture-Inducing Agents. Discover Chemistry. In proofs. (2025).
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).
Pazzi, J.; Subramaniam, A.B. Dynamics of giant vesicle assembly from thin lipid films. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 661, 1033-104 (2024). Selected highlights: Inside Front Cover.
Pazzi, J. A Comprehensive Characterization of Surface-Assembled Populations of Giant Liposomes Using Novel Confocal Microscopy-Based Methods. UC Merced. Proquest. (2021).
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).
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).
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.
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).
*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), 32102-2107 (2016). Selected highlights: Cover for Issue 48 and story in UC Merced Panorama News.
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).
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).