{"id":148,"date":"2018-01-01T16:18:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T15:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmferrari.net\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2025-10-03T17:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:40:47","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mmferrari.net\/index.php\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Publications<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li>S. Bonvicini, M.M. Ferrari. A multipartite approach for the self-assembly of DNA graph structures, to appear in Natural Computing (2025).<\/li>\n<li>M.M. Ferrari, S. Poznanovi\u0107, M. Riehl, J. Lusk, S. Hartono, G. Gonzalez-Isunza, F. Ch\u00e9din, M. V\u00e1zquez, N. Jonoska, <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.1013376\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>The R-loop Grammar predicts R-loop formation under different topological constraints<\/em><\/span><\/a>, PLOS Computational Biology <strong>21<\/strong>(8), e1013376 (2025).<\/li>\n<li>Y. Jeon, Y. Lu, M.M. Ferrari, T. Channagiri, P. Xu, C. Meers, Y. Zhang, S. Balachander, V.S. Park, S. Marsili, Z.F. Pursell, N. Jonoska, F. Storici, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-51457-9\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">RNA-mediated double-strand break repair by end-joining mechanisms<\/span><\/a><\/em>, Nature Communications <strong>15<\/strong>, Article 7935 (2024).<\/li>\n<li>M.M. Ferrari, A. Pasotti, T. Traetta, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-ica.org\/Volumes\/98\/\/Reprints\/BICA2022-40-Reprint.pdf\"><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">On non-isomorphic biminimal pots realizing the cube<\/span><\/em><\/a>, Bulletin of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications <strong>98<\/strong>, 122-139 (2023).<\/li>\n<li>H. Du, M.M. Ferrari, C. Heitsch, F. Hurley, C.V. Mennicke, B.D. Sullivan, B. Xu, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-030-57129-0_4\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Secondary structure ensemble analysis via community detection<\/em><\/span><\/a>, in R. Segal, B. Shtylla, and S. Sindi, eds, Using Mathematics to Understand Biological Complexity, Association for Women in Mathematics Series <strong>22<\/strong> (Springer, Cham, 2021), pp. 55-81.<\/li>\n<li>M.M. Ferrari, E. Munarini, N. Zagaglia Salvi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivmat.unipr.it\/vols\/2020-11-2\/03-ferrari-etal.html\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Some combinatorial properties of the generalized derangement numbers<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>,<\/em> Rivista di Matematica della Universit\u00e0 di Parma <strong>11<\/strong>(2), 217-249 (2020).<\/li>\n<li>D.A. Cruz, M.M. Ferrari, N. Jonoska, L. Nabergall, M. Saito, <a href=\"https:\/\/content.iospress.com\/articles\/fundamenta-informaticae\/fi1875\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Insertions yielding equivalent double occurrence words<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Fundamenta Informaticae <strong>171<\/strong>(1-4), 113-132 (2020).<\/li>\n<li>S. Bonvicini, M.M. Ferrari, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0166218X19304214\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>On the minimum number of bond-edge types and tile types: an approach by edge-colorings of\u00a0 graphs<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Discrete Applied Mathematics <b>277, <\/b>1-13 (2020).<\/li>\n<li>M.M. Ferrari, E. Munarini, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.laa.2018.12.029\"><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Decomposition of some Hankel matrices generated by the generalized rencontres polynomials<\/span><\/em><\/a>, Linear Algebra and its Applications <strong>567<\/strong>, 180-201 (2019).<\/li>\n<li>M.M. Ferrari, N. Zagaglia Salvi, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00010-018-0554-7\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Cyclic compositions and cycles of the hypercube<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Aequationes Mathematicae <strong>92<\/strong>(4), 671-682 (2018).<\/li>\n<li>M.M. Ferrari, A. Cook, A. Houlihan, R. Rouleau, N.C. Seeman, G. Pangborn, J. Ellis-Monaghan, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs10910-018-0858-9\"><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Design formalism for DNA self-assembly of polyhedral skeletons using rigid tiles<\/span><\/em><\/a>, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry <strong>56<\/strong>(5), 1365-1392 (2018).<\/li>\n<li>S. Capparelli, M.M. Ferrari, E. Munarini, N. Zagaglia Salvi, <a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwaterloo.ca\/journals\/JIS\/VOL21\/Munarini\/muna8.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>A generalization of the \u201cProbl\u00e8me des Rencontres\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Journal of Integer Sequences <strong>21<\/strong>, Article 18.2.8 (2018).<\/li>\n<li>F. Beggas, M.M. Ferrari, N. Zagaglia Salvi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivmat.unipr.it\/vols\/2017-8-2\/01-beggas.html\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Combinatorial interpretations and enumeration of particular bijections<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Rivista di Matematica della Universit\u00e0 di Parma <strong>8<\/strong>(2), 161-169 (2017).<\/li>\n<li>M.M. Ferrari, N. Zagaglia Salvi, <a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwaterloo.ca\/journals\/JIS\/VOL20\/Salvi\/salvi3.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Aperiodic compositions and classical integer sequences<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Journal of Integer Sequences <strong>20,<\/strong> Article 17.8.8 (2017).<\/li>\n<li>M.M. Ferrari, N. Zagaglia Salvi, <a href=\"http:\/\/dimie.unibas.it\/site\/home\/info\/articolo3004582.html\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Recent results on the adjacent vertex distinguishing chromatic index of the direct product of graphs<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Lecture Notes of Seminario Interdisciplinare di Matematica <strong>14<\/strong>, 57-69 (2017).<\/li>\n<li>M. M.Ferrari, N. Zagaglia Salvi, <a href=\"https:\/\/lematematiche.dmi.unict.it\/index.php\/lematematiche\/article\/view\/1244\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Minimal edge colorings of class 2 graphs and double graphs<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Le Matematiche <strong>71<\/strong>(2), 17-25 (2016).<\/li>\n<li>F. Beggas, M.M. Ferrari, H. Kheddouci, N. Zagaglia Salvi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pphmj.com\/abstract\/10127.htm\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>On circular disarranged strings of sequences<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Advances and Applications in Discrete Mathematics <strong>17<\/strong>(3), 275-292 (2016).<\/li>\n<li>G. Cesari, M.M. Ferrari<em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-319-43838-2_2\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>On the position value for special classes of networks<\/em><\/span><\/a>, in L. Petrosyan and V. Mazalov, eds, Recent Advances in Game Theory and Applications, Static &amp; Dynamic Game Theory: Foundations &amp; Applications (Birkh\u00e4user, Cham, 2016), pp. 29-47.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!--\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Selected Invited Talks<br><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr>\n<table class=\"research-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Nov 2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Formal grammar modeling three-stranded DNA:RNA braids\n<br><\/em><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ams.org\/meetings\/sectional\/2289_program.html\">Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting<\/a> (virtual meeting)<\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\">\n[popup_trigger id=\"1223\" tag=\"button\"]Abstract[\/popup_trigger]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Jun 2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Combinatorial insights into biomolecular interactions\n<br><\/em><\/span>Mathematics Seminar, Aarhus University (virtual meeting)<\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\">\n[popup_trigger id=\"1203\" tag=\"button\"]Abstract[\/popup_trigger]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Apr 2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Graph clustering for RNA secondary structure analysis\n<br><\/em><\/span>Algebra and Discrete Mathematics Seminar, Clemson University (virtual meeting)<\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\">\n[popup_trigger id=\"1189\" tag=\"button\"]Abstract[\/popup_trigger]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Mar 2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Combinatorial questions arising from biomolecular processes\n<br><\/em><\/span>Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, University of South Alabama (virtual meeting)<\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\">\n[popup_trigger id=\"1162\" tag=\"button\"]Abstract[\/popup_trigger]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Feb 2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Insertions on double occurrence words motivated by DNA rearrangement\n<br><\/em><\/span>Mathematical Biology Seminar, University of California, Davis (virtual meeting)<\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\">\n[popup_trigger id=\"1143\" tag=\"button\"]Abstract[\/popup_trigger]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Jan 2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Graph-theoretical questions arising from biomolecular processes\n<br><\/em><\/span>Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University (virtual meeting)<\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\">\n[popup_trigger id=\"1104\" tag=\"button\"]Abstract[\/popup_trigger]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Jan 2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Homology of directed graphs with application to DNA recombination\n<br><\/em><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jointmathematicsmeetings.org\/meetings\/national\/jmm2021\/2247_intro\">Virtual Joint Mathematics Meetings 2021<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\">\n[popup_trigger id=\"1078\" tag=\"button\"]Abstract[\/popup_trigger]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Jan 2019<br><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Mathematical models for describing molecular self-assembly\n<br><\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/jointmathematicsmeetings.org\/jmm\">Joint Mathematics Meetings 2019<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\">\n[popup_trigger id=\"757\" tag=\"button\"]Abstract[\/popup_trigger]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Jan 2017<br><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Formalism and design strategies for DNA tile assembly\n<br><\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eko.polimi.it\/index.php\/TGTC\/TGTC2017\">Trends in Graph Theory and Combinatorics 2017<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"research-td\">\n[popup_trigger id=\"671\" tag=\"button\"]Abstract[\/popup_trigger]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Publications S. 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