Scientific interests:

GPCR, adenosine receptors, chemoinformatics and chemometrics, toxicology, analytical chemistry.

Professional skills:

Protein- and ligand-based drug design, Docking and virtual database screening, Homology modeling, Scripting skills, Mass spectrometry expertise.

Tutoring Activity

Publications:

Federico S, Ciancetta A, Porta N, Redenti S, Pastorin G, Cacciari B, Klotz KN, Moro S, Spalluto G. "Scaffold Decoration at Positions 5 and 8 of 1,2,4-Triazolo[1,5-c]Pyrimidines to Explore the Antagonist Profiling on Adenosine Receptors: A Preliminary SAR Study." J Med Chem. (2014) in press.

Congresses/Workshops:

Computationally Driven Drug Discovery 3^rd Meeting (CDDD) – Verona, Aptuit Center for Drug Discovery & Development. (IT), March 4-6 2014.  – “Molecular Docking investigation of newly synthesized adenosine receptors antagonists” – poster session.

Hobbies:

Reading science-fiction and novels, watching non-Hollywood movies, Traveling, Modern art, Cooking and baking pies.