Giovanni LA PENNA
Senior researcher
Research Activities
Design and application of models to interactions between
metal ions and structurally disordered peptides in different
types of enviroment.
Models range from those typical of biophysics, based on
electrostatic descriptions, to those of coordination chemistry,
based on the density-functional theory of ground state electronic
states.
Expertise
Study of the effect of ions; dishomeostasis in neuron synapse; optimization of enzymes for biotechnological applications; modeling biological events related to weak or loose interactions with ionsResearch Areas
Metal-binding Peptides in Health Spectroscopy & Molecular ModelingAffiliations
- ICCOM – Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (CNR) Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy