BtBs Seminar - From structural studies of ion channels to the development of synthetic peptides for pharmaceutical and biotechnological approaches

Andrea Saponaro, Assistant Professor in Plant Physiology, Dept. of Biosciences, University of Milan

about Saponaro

Ion channels represent a crucial class of membrane proteins as they control the membrane potential in response to extracellular and intracellular stimuli. Indeed, a vast repertoire of cell signalling pathways, especially in excitable cells as neurons, originate from ion channels activity. My research is primarily focused on the study of the structure-function relationship of eukaryotic ion channel proteins and on the regulatory mechanism exerted by ligands/auxiliary proteins on ion channels. I then employ this knowledge to develop synthetic peptides enable to control ion channel function in order to pose the basis for future pharmaceutical and biotechnological approaches.

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