Alumni

• 2025-2026. Anna Scettri, Ph.D. Former research associate. Supervisor: Prof. Elisabetta Schievano. Linkedin.
• 2025-2026. Zoe Smania. Former research fellow. Supervisor: Prof. Elisabetta Schievano. Linkedin.
• A.Y. 2024-2025. Sara Zuppa. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: Cyclophilin D and its mutants: cloning, production and interaction studies with OSCP and hit compounds by NMR and native MS. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda.
• A.Y. 2024-2025. Morgan Marinangeli. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Production and biophysical and structural characterization of Mpro from SARS-CoV-2 and a novel human aspartate dehydrogenase. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2024-2025. Martina Nassini. B.Sc. degree in Biotechnology. Thesis title: Cryo-EM e progettazione di farmaci. Supervisor: Prof. Gabriele Giachin.
• A.Y. 2024-2025. Nicholas Maggiolo. Master degree in Industrial Chemistry. Thesis title: Autenticazione del miele tramite NMR: attività enzimatica e profilo metabolico. Supervisor: Prof. Elisabetta Schievano.
• A.Y. 2024-2025. Nikolic Luka. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: Produzione e studi strutturali della proteina Mpro di SARS-CoV-2. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2024-2025. Eliana Del Monte. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Elaborazione di una strategia per la produzione dei domini Zinc Finger PHD1 e PHD2 della proteina PHF6. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda
• A.Y. 2024-2025. Luca Beltrani. B.Sc. degree in Biotechnology. Thesis title: Introduzione alla biologia strutturale mediante cryo-elettro microscopia (cryo-EM): principi, applicazioni e analisi dati su complessi proteici di interesse farmacologico. Supervisor: Prof. Gabriele Giachin
• A.Y. 2024-2025. Campion Giorgia. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Analisi metabolomica mediante Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare ¹H per l’identificazione di biomarcatori associati alla subfertilità nelle vacche da latte. Supervisor: Prof. Elisabetta Schievano
• 2024-2025. Anna Damato, Ph.D. Former research associate. Supervisor: Prof. Elisabetta Schievano
• A.Y. 2023-2024. Gianmarco Paloscia. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: HPDL, a yet uncharacterised mitochondrial enzyme: from cloning to first biophysical characterisation. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2023-2024. Beatrice Masciovecchio. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Biophysical and structural characterization of mitochondrial acyl-CoA dehydrogenases in the presence of polyoxometalate ruthenium compounds. Supervisor: Prof. Gabriele Giachin. Linkedin.
• A.Y. 2023-2024. Beatrice Tagliabue. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Metal affinity immobilization of oxidoreductases for the enantioselective synthesis of (R)-citronellal from geraniol. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda
• A.Y. 2023-2024. Dao Lisa. B.Sc. degree in Biotechnology. Thesis title: Produzione eterologa dell’enzima mitocondriale umano HPDL e analisi bioinformatica della mutazione G50D implicata nella patologia NEDSWMA. Supervisor: Prof. Gabriele Giachin
• A.Y. 2023-2024. Lion Beatrice. B.Sc. degree in Biotechnology. Thesis title: I deficit mitocondriali di Acil-CoA deidrogenasi 9 (ACAD9) causati da mutazioni genetiche: un’analisi strutturale comparativa. Supervisor: Prof. Gabriele Giachin
• 2024. Emanuele Fornasier. Ph.D. thesis title: Structural characterization of different proteins as potential drug targets. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXXVI; Thesis prepared with the financial support of the Fondazione Cariparo. Coordinator: Prof. Stefano Corni; Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2023-2024. Laudato Gloria. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Progettazione e studio di varianti stabili del dominio PAS-B del fattore di trascrizione AhR (Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor). Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2023-2024. Matteo Magri. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: X-ray Serial Synchrotron Crystallography Study of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2023-2024. Mattia Valentini. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: Produzione e caratterizzazione biofisica e funzionale delle proteine AspDH e Mpro per studi strutturali. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2022-2023. Simone Marzaro. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: Investigating the mechanism of the pH sensor domain of PC1 by NMR spectroscopy. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda.
• A.Y. 2022-2023. Marco Zanon. Master degree in Industrial Chemistry. Thesis title: Functional and Structural Studies of Enzymes Belonging to the Glycoside Hydrolases Group. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda
• A.Y. 2022-2023. Marco Carrello. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: NMR study of the interaction between the OSCP domain of ATP synthase and the mitochondrial protein IF1. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda Linkedin
• A.Y. 2022-2023. Francesco Sernesi. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: 19F-NMR as a powerful tool for drug discovery, using cyclophilin D as pharmacological target. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2021-2022. Haidi Shehi. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: Studi strutturali di varianti della proteasi di SARS-CoV-2 “Mpro”. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2021-2022. Manuele Damuzzo. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Progettazione e produzione di varanti stabili dei domini strutturati del fattore di trascrizione AhR (Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor). Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta.
• A.Y. 2021-2022. Francesco Raffaele Gabriele Sdino. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Produzione e caratterizzazione di varianti della proteasi Mpro di SARS-CoV-2 per studi strutturali. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2021-2022. Vittoria Cattelan. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: NMR studies on new cyclophilin D interactions, a potential pharmacological target linked to apoptotic processes. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda
• A.Y. 2021-2022. Davide D’Andrea. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: Structural and functional studies of the “Main Protease Mpro” of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• 2022. Simone Fabbian. Ph.D. thesis title: Characterization of novel structural properties of the human ATP-synthase subunit OSCP and biophysical analysis of its interactions with the atpase inhibitor IF1-1 and cyclophilin d relevant for m-ptp related physiopathological processes such as aging, cancer and Alzheimer. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXXIV; Coordinator: Prof. Leonard J. Prins; Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda.
• A.Y. 2020-2021. Luca Ferrari. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: Studi di interazione tra l’enzima ACAD9 e il Complesso I mitocondriale. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2020-2021. Marco Barone. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: The use of nmr in a fragment-based approach for the development of new potential drugs against mpro from Sars-cov-2. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda Linkedin
• A.Y. 2020-2021. Davide Collanega. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: Structure and interactions by NMR of the C-terminal domain of ATP synthase OSCP subunit. Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda
• A.Y. 2020-2021. Figueroa Márquez Eddye Javier. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Biomolecular Condensates in Myofibrillogenesis. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta.
• A.Y. 2019-2020. Lavinia Carlini. Master degree in Industrial Biotechnology. Thesis title: Studio della produzione in Escherichia coli dei domini PAS-B dell’ “Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor” (AhR) e dell’ “Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator” (ARNT). Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• 2018. Elisa Costanzi. Ph.D thesis title: Structural analysis of molecular recognition and ligand association processes. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXX; Coordinator: Prof. Leonard Prins; Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• 2016. Carlo Baggio. Ph.D thesis title: Drug discovery in cancer research: hit identification using a fragment-based by NMR approach. PhD COURSE IN: BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY; Curriculum: Biotechnology; Cycle XXVIII; Coordinator: Prof. Paolo Bernardi; Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Mammi. Linkedin
• 2016. Jalal Uddin. Ph.D. thesis tile: NMR based Metabolomics in Food Chemistry. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXVIII; Coordinator: Prof. Antonino Polimeno; Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Mammi. Linkedin
• A.Y. 2014-2015. Riccardo Pederzoli. Master degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: Crystallographic Characterization of the Interaction between Protein Transthyretin and Small-Molecule Ligands. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta.
• 2013. Alessandro Ranchio. Ph.D. thesis title: Structural studies of protein kinase CK2: Inhibition mechanisms and structure-activity relationships. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXV; Coordinator: Prof. Antonino Polimeno; Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• 2013. Alessandro Rossi. Ph.D. thesis title: Fly Cryptochrome and the Visual System. PhD COURSE IN: BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY; Curriculum: Biotechnology; Cycle XV; Coordinator: Prof. Giuseppe Zanotti; Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Mammi.
• 2013. Greta Bonetto. Ph.D. thesis title: Structural analysis of SulP/SLC26 anion transporters. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXV; Coordinator: Prof. Antonino Polimeno; Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• 2013. Meri Montecchio. Ph.D. thesis title: Structure and interactions of the STAS domains and of the Myb/SANT domains by means of NMR techniques. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXV; Coordinator: Prof. Antonino Polimeno; Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda. Linkedin
• 2012. Carlo Pavan. Ph.D. thesis title: Solution structure determination of two glutaredoxins of trypanosoma brucei. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXIV; Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Bellanda. Linkedin
• 2012. Anna Marchiani. Ph.D. thesis title: Interaction studies of small natural derived compounds and peptides with beta-synuclein. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXIII; Coordinator: Prof. Maurizio Casarin; Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Mammi. Linkedin
• 2012. Nicola Antolini. Ph.D. thesis title: La ciclofilina D come bersaglio farmacologico: suoi potenziali inibitori peptidici. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXIV; Coordinator: Prof. Maurizio Casarin; Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Mammi. Linkedin
• 2011. Gianpaolo Venditti. Ph.D. thesis title: Applicazioni innovative della risonanza magnetica nucleare alle matrici alimentari. Uno studio sul caffè verde. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXIII; Coordinator: Prof. Maurizio Casarin; Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Mammi. Linkedin
• 2011. Mattia Sturlese. Ph.D. thesis title: The anti-apoptotic proteins DJ-1 and Mcl-1: molecular basis of different protein-ligand interactions leading to apoptosis. PhD COURSE IN: BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY; Curriculum: Biotechnology; Cycle XXIII; Coordinator: Prof. Giuseppe Zanotti; Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Mammi. Linkedin
• 2010. Rosa Aiello. Ph.D. thesis title: Structural characterization of the STAS domain of the motor protein prestin: a general template for SLC26/SulP anion transporters. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXV; Coordinator: Prof. Maurizio Casarin; Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• 2010. Nicola Barison. Ph.D. thesis title: Structural and functional studies of helicobacter pylori proteins contributing to stomach colonization and pathogenicity. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXII; Coordinator: Prof. Maurizio Casarin; Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• 2010. Gesiot Lorenzo. Ph.D. thesis title: Caratterizzazione di domini STAS di proteine della famiglia SULP mediante tecniche di risonanza magnetica nucleare. PhD COURSE IN: BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY; Curriculum: Biotechnology; Cycle XXII; Coordinator: Prof. Giuseppe Zanotti; Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Mammi. Linkedin
• 2009. Elisa Pasqualetto. Ph.D. thesis title: Production and characterization of SulP anion transporters. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXI; Coordinator: Prof. Maurizio Casarin; Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Battistutta. Linkedin
• 2009. Feltrin Lisa. Ph.D. thesis title: Alfa-sinucleina e membrane: esame dei parametri che influiscono sull’ interazione e messa a punto di un sistema membrano mimetico adatto a studi NMR. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXI; Coordinator: Prof. Maurizio Casarin; Supervisor: Stefano Mammi.
• 2009. Francesca Munari. Ph.D. thesis title: NMR and biochemical analysis of protein-protein interactions: insights on dopamine synthesis regulation and heterochromatin formation. PhD COURSE IN: MOLECULAR SCIENCES; Curriculum: Chemical Sciences; Cycle XXI; Coordinator: Prof. Maurizio Casarin; Supervisor: Stefano Mammi.

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