Who we are
DIRECTOR
Anna Maria Papini
Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry / Rita Levi Montalcini Award 2019 / Chaire d'Excellence ANR 2009-2013 / Leonidas Zervas Award 2008 / Dimitrios Theodoropoulos 2008
CURRENT MEMBERS
Paolo Rovero
Founder and Full Professor
Claudia Bello
Associate Professor
Mario Chelli
Founder and Senior Scientist
Francesca Nuti Research Technologist.
Research Project: Mother and Infant dyads: Lowering the impact of endocrine disrupting Chemicals in milk for a Healthy Life. Eupean Research Project: MILCH - LIFE18 ENV/IT/000460
Feliciana Real Fernandez Researcher, National Research Council of Italy as member of the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds.
Fosca Errante Research Technologist
Research Project: Immunogenicity study of anti-TNFα drugs. Plasmon surface resonance based monitoring and comparison between originators and bio-similars
Sara Aquilia PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project: Development of macromolecular and cross-linked materials based on proteins/peptides from vegetable or animal sources. Tutors: Luca Rosi and Claudia Bello
Silvia Bracci PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research project: Development of diagnostic technologies based on modified synthetic peptides to reveal and characterize autoantibodies as immune response biomarkers. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini
Francesco Brenzini Biagioni PhD Student,Cotutorate between the PhD School in Chemistry of the University of Rouen (France) and the PhD School in Chemical Sciences of the University of Florence
Research project: Synthesis of 5-member heteroaromatics containing peptide backbone: pro and cons of structural constraints induced by amide bond surrogates Tutors: Pierre-Yves Renard and Anna Maria Papini
Michele Casoria PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project: Molecular Dinamics and computational study and bioinformatic approach to synthetic conformational peptide epitopes to disclose molecular mechanism of aberrant immune response in auto-immune diseases. Tutors: Marco Pagliai and Claudia Andreini
Andrea Di Santo PhD Student in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments
Research Project: Design and synthesis of peptide probes for the characterization of antibodies. Tutor: Paolo Rovero
Margherita Marino PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project : Innovative liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric technologies to purify and identify biologically active antibody-drug conjugates. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini, cotutor: Hedrik Rusche
Lorenzo Pacini PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project: Greening peptide chemistry: a necessary step to the future. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini
Michael Quagliata PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project: Peptides inhibitors of protein-protein interactions (PPIs): the COVID-19 case of study. Tutor: Anna Maria Papini
Matilde Rossi PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project: Development of peptide nucleic acids (PNA) based molecules targeting specific DNA G-quadruplex structures. Tutor: Carla Bazzicalupi, cotutors: Paola Gratteri and Anna Maria Papini
Lucrezia Sforzi PhD Student in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments
Research Project: Development of bioactive peptides of cosmeceutical interest via eco-friendly methodologies. Tutor: Paolo Rovero
Agnieszka Staskiewicz PhD Student, Cotutorate between the PhD Schools in Chemical Sciences of the University of Florence and of the Wroclaw University of Science and Techology.
Research Project: Clicked analogues for the development of druggable oxytocin analogues. Tutors: Anna Maria Papini and Rafał Latajka
Angela Sofia Tino PhD Student in Chemical Sciences
Research Project : NMR-based investigation of intrinsecally disordered regions of modular proteins for tailored design of peptides. Tutor: Isabella Caterina Felli, cotutors: Anna Maria Papini and Roberta Pierattelli
Aurora Battistini Master student in Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Research Project: Development of bioactive peptides of cosmetic interest through environmentally sustainable processes. Tutor: Paolo Rovero
Erasmus Students
ALUMNI
Last update
15.04.2024