Ph.D. Program in Cellular, Molecular and Industrial Biology. Program n. 2: Functional Biology of Cellular and Molecular Systems

- Molecular basis of herpes simplex virus penetration into cells and control of virus-induced fusion (G. Campadelli)

- Regulation of gene activity and chromatin structure by DNA topoisomerases (G. Capranico)

- Structure and functions of metal ions in biomolecules (S. Ciurli)

- Molecular mechanisms of energy transduction in membrane proteins (G.Venturoli)

- Discovering the functioning and physiological role of plant proteins (P. Pupillo, P. Trost)

- Inter-molecular interactions and biological recognition mechanisms in the micro- and nano- meter scale (B. Samorì)

- Transcriptional response to environmental changes in pathogenic bacteria (V. Scarlato)

- Electron transfer and protein conformational dynamics in bacterial photosynthesis (B.A. Melandri e G. Venturoli)

- Molecular aspects of respiration and bioremediation pathways in bacteria (D. Zannoni)