This course addresses the intricacies of proteins from a computational chemistry perspective, emphasizing key aspects for predicting protein properties and structures. Using simple language, students will be introduced to the fascinating field of protein chemistry that goes beyond the usual understanding of proteins as mere nutrients or muscle-building products. Proteins, with their intricate shapes, perform a variety of vital cellular functions. When proteins misfold, they can become dysfunctional or aggregate deleteriously, leading to disease. Therefore, this course focuses on the folding of proteins and provides insight into the chemical processes that determine their final, biologically active form.
No special requrements needed
An esteemed educator in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling, he teaches at the Dipartimento di Chimica Biologia e Biotecnologie. From 2020-2024, she taught the "Computational Chemistry" course (LM27, Perugia) and the "Environmental Chemistry Part 1" unit in the Natural and Environmental Sciences program (LM48). Her expertise bridges both general and specialized curricula in molecular dynamics.