Dr. Paola Massari

Tufts University School of Medicine, USA

Research Associate Professor of Immunology

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1995 Ph.D., University of Napoli “Federico II” and Biocine-Chiron Vaccines, Siena, Italy, Advanced Biotechnology/Protein Engineering and Biopolymers Program

1990 LAUREA (M. Sc), University of Napoli “Federico II”, Italy, Biology

Publications(Selected)

1. Roe, S.K., Mazgaj, R., Zhu, T. and others. The gonococcal vaccine candidate antigen NGO1701 is a N. gonorrhoeae periplasmic copper storage protein. PLOS Pathogens, 21(10), 2025.
2. Roe, S.K., Mazgaj, R., Zhu, T. and others. The gonococcal vaccine candidate antigen NGO1701 is a N. gonorrhoeae periplasmic copper storage protein. bioRxiv, 2025.
3. Roe, S.K., Zheng, B., Gulati, S. and others. Preclinical in vivo evaluation of a gonococcal multivalent vaccine containing antigens identified by CASS. Frontiers in Immunology, 16, 2025.
4. Roe, S.K., Zhu, T., Slepenkin, A. and others. Structural Assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP)-Derived Vaccine Antigens and Immunological Profiling in Mice with Different Genetic Backgrounds. Vaccines, 12(7), 2024.
5. Roe, S.K., Felter, B., Zheng, B. and others. In Vitro Pre-Clinical Evaluation of a Gonococcal Trivalent Candidate Vaccine Identified by Transcriptomics. Vaccines, 11(12), 2023.
6. Papadopoulos, G., Weinberg, E.O., Massari, P. and others. Erratum: Macrophage-specific TLR2 signaling mediates pathogen-induced TNF-dependent inflammatory oral bone loss. Journal of Immunology, 209(8):1617, 2022.
7. Costa-Lourenço, A.P.R., Su, X., Le, W. and others. Epidemiological and clinical observations of gonococcal infections in women and prevention strategies. Vaccines, 9(4), 2021.
8. Harrison, O.B., Cehovin, A., Skett, J. and others. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Population Genomics: Use of the Gonococcal Core Genome to Improve Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 222(11):1816-1825, 2020.
9. Tifrea, D.F., Pal, S., Fairman, J. and others. Protection against a chlamydial respiratory challenge by a chimeric vaccine formulated with the Chlamydia muridarum major outer membrane protein variable domains using the Neisseria lactamica porin B as a scaffold. npj Vaccines, 5(1), 2020.
10. Tifrea, D.F., Pal, S., Fairman, J. and others. Protection against a chlamydial respiratory challenge by a chimeric vaccine formulated with the Chlamydia muridarum major outer membrane protein variable domains using the Neisseria lactamica porin B as a scaffold. NPJ Vaccines, 5(1):37, 2020.
11. McClure, R., Sunkavalli, A., Balzano, P.M. and others. Global Network Analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Identifies Coordination between Pathways, Processes, and Regulators Expressed during Human Infection. mSystems, 5(1), 2020.
12. Zhu, T., McClure, R., Harrison, O.B. and others. Integrated bioinformatic analyses and immune characterization of new neisseria gonorrhoeae vaccine antigens expressed during natural mucosal infection. Vaccines, 7(4), 2019.
13. Landig, C.S., Hazel, A., Kellman, B.P. and others. Evolution of the exclusively human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Human-specific engagement of immunoregulatory Siglecs. Evolutionary Applications, 12(2):337-349, 2019.
14. Nudel, K., McClure, R., Moreau, M. and others. Transcriptome Analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae During Natural Infection Reveals Differential Expression of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants Between Men and Women. bioRxiv, 319970, 2018.
15. Nudel, K., McClure, R., Moreau, M. and others. Transcriptome analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae during natural infection reveals differential expression of antibiotic resistance determinants between men and women. mSphere, 3(3), 2018.
16. Madico, G., Gursky, O., Fairman, J. and others. Structural and immunological characterization of novel recombinant MOMP-based chlamydial antigens. Vaccines, 6(1), 2018.
17. Nudel, K., McClure, R., Moreau, M. and others. Transcriptome Analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae during Natural Infection Reveals Differential Expression of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants between Men and Women. mSphere, 3(3), 2018.

Personal Details

https://medicine.tufts.edu/people/faculty/paola-massari

https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/44790/overview

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3106-0711

WoS Researcher ID: DVA-5174-2022