Simona Tomaselli

EDUCATION:
2000 Degree in Chemistry, University of Naples Federico II
2003 PhD in Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
2001 – 2002 Marie Curie Fellower – University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
2003 – 2004 Postdoctoral researcher – University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
2004 - 2005   CEO of Three-P company for highly purified recombinant protein marketing
2004 – 2005  Postdoctoral researcher – Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini (IBB) at CNR - Naples
2005 – 2008 Postdoctoral researcher – ISMAC – CNR Milan
2008 – 2011  Fixed term research scientist – ISMAC – CNR Milan
2011   Permanent Researcher – SCITEC – CNR Milan
2019 Responsible of Biolab (expression and purification of recombinant protein, antibacterial tests on GRAM+ and GRAM -)

- Characterization of aggregation states and oligomerization kinetics of amyloid peptides for the rational design of inhibitors (see for ex. Pagano et al. Molecular Neurobiology 2019, Tomaselli et al., ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2019)
- Description of biologically relevant protein interactions by solution NMR approaches (see for ex. Zanzoni et al., Chemistry 2017; Ronca et al. CANCER CELL, 2015)
- Role of protein dynamics in recognition phenomena (see for ex. Ragona at al. BBA, 2014; Pagano et al., PLoS ONE, 2012; Ragona et al. JBC, 2006)
- Structure/function relationship of protein systems combining NMR, molecular dynamics simulation and data driven docking approaches (see for ex. Tomaselli et al., Chemistry, 2012)
- Covalent and non-covalent protein functionalization to confer selected properties (light-responsive, photo-luminescent) (see for ex. Pagano et al. J. Physi Chem. Letters 2019)
- Development of bactericidal biomaterials (see for example Tomaselli et al. Macromol Biosci. 2017)