Address: VIA F. MARZOLO, 1 – PADOVA
Telephone: 0498275262
E-mail: roberto.battistutta at unipd.it
Short CV
Current position: Associate Professor, Dept of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova.
2006-2014: PI and member of the Scientific Committee of the Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Padova.
1995-2005: Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova
1994-1995: Post-Doc fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Munich (D).
1993: Visiting Scientist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratories – EMBL, Heidelberg (D).
1993: PhD in Chemistry, University of Padova.
1989: Master’s Degree in Chemistry, University of Padova
Teaching activities
“Crystallography and Cyo-EM of proteins”, Marter’s Degree in Chemistry.
“Structural biology”, Master’s Degree in Industrial Biotechnology.
“Protein purification and characterization” Master’s Degree in Industrial Biotechnology.
Research
My research involves the study of protein architecture and structure, to elucidate their chemical properties and the basic mechanisms underlying biological function at the molecular and atomic levels. For protein characterization, the main experimental techniques used are macromolecular crystallography (XRD) and SAXS, together with classical biophysical methods such as circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and Differential Scanning Fluorimetry (DSF).
I am currently focusing on the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, Mpro, its allosteric mechanism of action, and novel inhibition modalities for the development of antiviral drugs.