Gabriele Diana

Shared PhD candidate between Topf lab at CSSB and Rosenthal lab at BNITM
Master's in Medical Biotechnology with a specialisation curriculum in Nanobiotechnology at the University of Trieste
Bachelor's in Biotechnology at the University of the Eastern Piedmont

Molecular Biology: fascinated by how physical and chemical principles govern biological systems
Structural Biology: structural modelling and experimental analysis of proteins, with a focus on supporting structure-based drug discovery
Computational Drug Design: Focus on understanding protein-ligand interactions to identify and guide therapeutic design
Experimental validation: Bridging in silico predictions with in vitro/in vivo assays to confirm biological activity and therapeutic potential

Structural characterisation of the Lassa Virus proteins to identify druggable antiviral targets, combining evolutionary computational analysis, computational drug discovery techniques and experimental validation to support rational antiviral design

Award “Fiorenzo Mazzi” for the best Master's Thesis in the crystallography field (AIC - Italian Crystallography Association) 2025: "Scouting molecules against M. Abscessus iron acquisition pathways through structural characterisation of the Salicylate Synthetase to target Cystic Fibrosis"