Models and methods in statistical (bio)physics: equilibrium and out of equilibrium

SPECIFIC MISSION

Our research activity is focused on statistical physics and some of its interdisciplinary applications. We are interested in models for conformational transitions of biopolymers (especially proteins and RNAs) and in models inspired by biological traffic problems (especially simple exclusion processes). We are also interested in developing approximate semi-analytical approaches for instances of these models which are not exactly solvable.

MAIN RESEARCH TOPICS

1. Development of approximate methods for models in equilibrium and out of equilibrium statistical physics
2. Statistical physics of biopolymers
3. Simple exclusion processes

Projects and publications

• Selected recent publications
  2022

  1. Totally asymmetric simple exclusion process with local resetting and open boundary conditions
     Article
     

     Pelizzola, A; Pretti, M
     JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. A, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL
     IOP Publishing
     Vol.55 pp.20 ISSN:1751-8113 DOI:10.1088/1751-8121/ac9d72

  2021

  1. Emergence of effective temperatures in an out-of-equilibrium model of biopolymer folding
     Article
     

     Ancona, Marco; Bentivoglio, Alessandro; Caraglio, Michele; Gonnella, Giuseppe; Pelizzola, Alessandro
     PHYSICAL REVIEW. E
     American Physical Society
     Vol.103 pp.15 (pp.062415-1-062415-15) ISSN:2470-0045 DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062415

  2. Simple exclusion processes with local resetting
     Article
     

     Pelizzola, A.; Pretti, M.; Zamparo, M.
     EUROPHYSICS LETTERS
     IOP publishing
     Vol.133 pp.7 ISSN:0295-5075 DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/133/60003

  2019

  1. Dynamical Transitions in a One-Dimensional Katz–Lebowitz–Spohn Model
     Article
     

     Pelizzola, Alessandro; Pretti, Marco; Puccioni, Francesco
     ENTROPY
     MDPI
     Vol.21 pp.19 ISSN:1099-4300 DOI:10.3390/e21111028

  2. Dynamical transition in the TASEP with Langmuir kinetics: mean-field theory
     Article
     

     Botto, D; Pelizzola, A; Pretti, M; Zamparo, M
     JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. A, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL
     IOPscience
     Vol.52 pp.35 ISSN:1751-8113 DOI:10.1088/1751-8121/aaf1f8

  2018

  1. Dynamical transitions in a driven diffusive model with interactions
     Article
     

     Botto, D.; Pelizzola, A.; Pretti, M.
     EUROPHYSICS LETTERS
     IOPscience
     Vol.124 pp.7 ISSN:1286-4854 DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/124/50004

  2017

  1. Cluster approximations for the TASEP: stationary state and dynamical transition
     Article
     

     Pelizzola, Alessandro; Pretti, Marco
     THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. B, CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
     Springer
     Vol.90 pp.8 (pp.1-8) ISSN:1434-6028 DOI:10.1140/epjb/e2017-80248-7

  2. Variational approximations for stochastic dynamics on graphs
     Article
     

     Pelizzola, Alessandro; Pretti, Marco
     JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
     IOP Publishing
     Vol.2017 pp.29 (pp.073406-1-073406-29) ISSN:1742-5468 DOI:10.1088/1742-5468/aa7a40

  2015

  1. Mapping the Topography of a Protein Energy Landscape
     Article
     

     Hutton, Richard D; Wilkinson, James; Faccin, Mauro; Sivertsson, Elin M; Pelizzola, Alessandro; Lowe, Alan R; Bruscolini, Pierpaolo; Itzhaki, Laura S.
     JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
     American Chemical Society
     Vol.137 pp.16 (pp.14610-14625) ISSN:0002-7863 DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b07370

  2. Six–vertex model with domain wall boundary conditions in the Bethe–Peierls approximation
     Article
     

     L. F., Cugliandolo; G., Gonnella; Pelizzola, Alessandro
     JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
     IOPscience
     Vol.2015 pp.19 ISSN:1742-5468 DOI:10.1088/1742-5468/2015/06/P06008