Giorgio Cozza, Ph.D.

      Postdoctoral Associate

      Molecular Modeling Section

      Via Marzolo 5 - 35131- Padova (Italy)

      phone: +39 049 827 5801; fax: +39 049 827 5366

      email: giorgio.cozza@unipd.it; Skype user:

Design of Ser-Thr inhibitors in particular against CK2, CK1, Aurora A and MEK. Protein-Protein Interface Disruption.

Protein-based and ligand based drug design, Docking and virtual database screening, Molecular dynamics, Drug-likeness optimization, Pharmacophore search, Lead optimization, Homology modeling, Protein-Protein Docking and Bioinformatics.

Cozza G, Gianoncelli A, Montopoli M, Caparrotta L, Venerando A, Meggio F, Pinna LA, Zagotto G, Moro S. "Identification of novel protein kinase CK1 delta (CK1delta) inhibitors through structure-based virtual screening." Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 18, 5672-5675 (2008)

Cozza G, Moro S, Gotte G "Elucidation of the ribonuclease A aggregation process mediated by 3D domain swapping: A computational approach reveals possible new multimeric structures." Biopolymers 89, 26-39 (2007)

G. Cozza, P. Bonvini, E. Zorzi, G. Poletto, M.A. Pagano, S. Sarno, A. Donella-Deana, G. Zagotto, A. Rosolen, L.A. Pinna, F. Meggio, S. Moro “Identification of ellagic acid as potent inhibitor of protein kinase CK2: a successful example of a virtual screening application.” J. Med. Chem. 49, 2363-2366 (2006)