02/23/1993 Degree in pure Chemistry. Title of the Thesis: "Chemical and physicochemical characterization of mutants of the human growth hormone". Supervisor: Prof. A. Fontana, CRIBI, University of Padua.07/06/1998 PhD in Biology and molecular and cellular pathology. Title of the Thesis: "Structural and functional studies of tetanus neurotoxin". Tutor: Prof. C. Montecucco, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua. 05/01/98-04/31/1999 Annual grant at the Biomembrane center - CNR - Padua. Project: production by recombinant DNA technology, and characterization of the function of the protein NAP of Helicobacter pylori.05/01/1999-12/21/2001 Research fellowship at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padua. Research project: synthesis and characterization of thrombin peptide inhibitors.12/21/2001-today CNR researcher, Neuroscience Institute, Padua. Subject of study: recombinant production and study of the mechanism of action of B. anthracis toxins. Development of substrates and inhibitors for anthrax lethal factor. Studies of Streptococcus pneumoniae antigens.Current interests: Bacillus anthracis toxins, snake neuro and myotoxins, toxins and purinergic signalling.
Listed skills include Biochemistry, Protein Chemistry, Cell Biology, Science, and 23 others.