Francesco Vanzi

Biography

Course of study June 1989: Class Diploma: Liceo Classico Michelangiolo, Florence. Rating: 60/60 1989-1994: Degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Florence. October 1994 Degree thesis "Cinetics of the elemental process of force generation into muscular fibers subjected to rapid stretching". (Rapporteur Prof. V. Lombardi). Rating: 110 and praise / 110 1996-2002: Ph.D. in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. September 1996-Jun. 1998 Curriculum Master of Science Jul. 1998-Dic. 2002 Research activity in Dr. Yale E. Goldman's laboratory for the thesis "Mechanical studies of single ribosome / mRNA complexes". Professional activity 1994-1995: University of Florence. Laboratory of Physiology (Prof. Vincenzo Lombardi). 1995-1996: Jr. Research Specialist, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Laboratory of Dr. Yale E. Goldman). June 1996: Visiting Researcher, NIMR, Mill Hill, London (Dr. David R. Trentham's Laboratory). 1996-2002: Ph.D. student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. March 2001: Visiting Researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden (Laboratory of Dr. Måns Ehrenberg). 2002 - 2004: Full-time researcher INFM (National Institute for Physics of Mathematics) in service at the Biophysics Laboratory of Prof. Francesco S. Pavone at the LENS (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy), University of Florence. 2005 - 2011: Researcher of the Department of Biological Evolution "Leo Pardi", University of Florence. In service at the LABS Biophysics Laboratory, University of Florence. Mar - Apr 2007: EU fellowship visiting researcher, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (Laboratory of Prof. Kathleen S. Matthews). Mar 2011 - Feb 2012: Research contract at the European Laboratory of Nonlinear Spectroscopes Mar 2012 - Gen 2017: Permanent Researcher (BIO / 06) Affected by the Department of Biology Feb 2017 - today: Associate Professor (BIO / 06) at the Department of Biology

Research Interest

Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics