Elisa De Piante
researcher Slovenian NMR Centre and Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
Elisa De Piante is a postdoctoral researcher who studies DNA and its lesser-known forms, going ‘beyond the double helix’ to understand how particular structures within the genetic material can influence the activation of genes involved in diseases. After studying Biotechnology at the Universities of Florence and Parma and completing a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Trieste, she now works at the SloNMR centre in Ljubljana and Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste (within the CERIC-ERIC consortium), where she combines molecular biology, biophysics and advanced structural biology techniques to closely observe the interaction between proteins and DNA/RNA. As the recipient of an AIRC fellowship dedicated to cancer research, she combines her laboratory work with science communication, aiming to explain research in an accessible and engaging way.
Past talks
Sat. 26 September
at 18:00 - 19:15
18:00 - 19:15
Saturday 26 September
Urban Center
Corso Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, 2/2, 34132, Trieste, TS
Corso Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, 2/2, 34132, Trieste, TS
TRIESTE
Join us as we explore the new frontiers of nano-biomedicine through two international research projects, which exploit cutting-edge scientific investigation techniques applied to the so-called ‘non-canonical structures’ of DNA: from the development of platforms for detecting pathogenic viruses (such as adenoviruses and coronaviruses) in crowded environments, to the study of how some of these structures interact with certain key genes that encode proteins associated with various pathological conditions.
Location: Urban Center - Corso Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, 2/2, 34132, Trieste
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