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November 2023- Present
Associated Professor in Molecular Virology at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences of University of Cagliari
November 2020- November 2023
Assistant Professor in Molecular Virology at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences of University of Cagliari
October 2015- October 2020
Post-doc Fellow in Molecular Virology at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences of University of Cagliari
Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 Guest Research Fellow
IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Badalona Area, Spain
Advanced Biosafety Level 3 Work Practices and Procedures Training, concerning proper standard operating procedures (SOPs) for general laboratory security and for safe bloodborne pathogens manipulation.
Characterization of new HIV-1 RT associated RNase H inhibitors
April 2014- October 2014
Manager of the “Innovative Approaches for novel Antiviral Agents Summer School”
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences of the University of Cagliari
November 2013- January 2014
Visiting Researcher
Biophotonique des interactions moléculaires, Laboratoire de Biologie et Pharmacologie Appliquée (LBPA). Ecole Normale Supérieure Cachan cedex France
Project: Identification of mechanism of action of new inhibitors of HIV-1 replication in cell based systems
Supervisor: Dr. Malcom Buckle
November 11 – March 2012
Visiting Researcher
HIV Drug Resistance Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Frederick, MD –USA
Project: Identification of the binding site of new HIV-1 RT inhibitors by site directed mutagenesis studies
Supervisor: Dr. Stuart F. J. Le Grice
February 2011 – April 2014
PhD candidate
Molecular Virology in the “Human and Environmental Biology and Biochemistry School” at the University of Cagliari (Italy).
Project: “Characterization of the mechanism of action of new HIV-1 reverse transcriptase-associated ribonuclease H inhibitors”.
Supervisor: Prof. Enzo Tramontano
June 2010 – December 2010
Graduated researcher
Department of Applied Sciences in Biosystems at the University of Cagliari.
Reasearch Area: Biochemistry
Supervisor: Prof. Enzo Tramontano
January 2009 – April 2010
Undergraduated researcher
Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies University of Cagliari.
Reasearch Area: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Project : Synthesis of new 2,5-diaril-3-acetil-2,3-didrossadiazoles derivatives as selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors.
Supervisor: Prof. Elias Maccioni