Our faculty presently consists of two associate professors, Cristian Micheletti (head) and Alessandro Laio (deputy head), one tenure-track scientist, Giovanni Bussi and one co-opted assistant professor, Alessandra Magistrato from CNR who is responsible for the Biophysics research line of the CNR-IOM Democritos Center for Atomistic Simulations in Trieste.
Main research lines in the Molecular and Statistical Biophysics Group are:
(1) Characterising the effect of spatial confinement on the structural, topological and mechanical properties of biopolymers, particularly DNA. (PI: Prof. C. Micheletti)
(2) Elucidating the relationship between structure and function in proteins and enzymes. (PI: Prof. C. Micheletti)
(3) Simulating rare events in biological systems (PI: Prof. A. Laio)
(4) Molecular Mechanisms of Diseases and Drugs (PI: Dr. A. Magistrato)
(5) Enzymatic and biomimetic catalysis (PI: Dr. A. Magistrato)
(6) Simulation of small ribonucleic acid (RNA) (PI: Dr. G. Bussi)
(7) PLUMED Development (PI: Dr. G. Bussi) Hide
