Roberto Battistutta   Faculty of Science University of Padua Chemistry Dept. Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padua, Italy Telephone: +39.049.8275265/67 Fax: +39.049.8275239 E-mail: roberto.battistutta@unipd.it   Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) via Orus 2, 35129 Padova - ITALY Tel. +39.049.7923236

Present position
Associate Professor (University of Padua)

Academic activity

Fermentation Chemistry

• Chimica delle Fermentazioni (Laurea triennale in Biotecnologie)

Purification and Characterization of Proteins

• Purificazione e Caratterizzazione di Proteine (Laurea Magistrale in Biotecnologie Industriali)

Structural biology: Protein Crystallography

• Biochimica Strutturale: Cristallografia di Proteine (Laurea Magistrale in Biologia Molecolare)

Research area
Protein crystallography

Research activity

The research of this group concerns with the study of the architecture and structure of proteins, to elucidate the basic mechanisms underlying the biological function at molecular level. The main experimental technique that we use is macromolecular crystallography, along with classical biophysical methods such as circular dichroism, fluorescence, dynamic light scattering (DLS) and calorimetry.

The two main projects of this unit are the following:

• Structural basis of the inhibition of pathogenic protein kinase CK2

• Structural characterization of the STAS domain of SulP anion transporters.