Fernando Porcelli
Department of Innovation in the Agro-Food and Forestry Biol
University of Tuscia
Italy
Biography
Fernando Porcelli is Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forestry (DIBF) and member of the College of PhD students in "Environmental Science".
Research Interest
I. the molecular understanding of the relationship between a specific biological function and the dynamic and structural characteristics of the bioactive peptide; II. the chemical-physical characterization of the interaction between the peptide or the protein and the biological membranes; III. the definition of structural determinants capable of regulating the specificity and directing the activity of a given bioactive molecule; IV. design and design of new peptides with high specificity of action and selectivity.