Computational and Quantitative Biology PhD

My name is Tania Gerpe Amor and I am an Organic Chemist. During my studies, I had the chance to gain knowledge in the rational and synthetic design of new inhibitors with new mechanism of action against resistant bacteria. I studied how to understand the recognition of natural substrate from enzymes I wanted to inhibit with Molecular Dynamic Simulation, Docking and Homollogy Modelling. For the design and synthesis of new compounds, I used wet chemistry, based on C-C couplings, substitutions and new heterocycle synthesis. I have a Bc Degree in Chemistry provided by the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, where I also did my Master in Organic Chemistry, being specialized in Medicinal Chemistry. Nowadays I’m a PhD student granted with a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher from ITN-GLYTUNES, under the supervision of Drssa. Alba Silipo in the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. I'm interested in structural and chemical biology. I will try to understand how sialoglycans work with host-immune systems. To achieve this, I will take advantage of NMR and biological techniques aswell as computational tools.