Alejandro Giorgetti

foto,  November 16, 2017
Position
Associate Professor
Academic sector
BIOS-07/A - Biochemistry
Research sector (ERC-2024)
LS2_11 - Bioinformatics and computational biology

LS1_14 - Innovative methods and modelling in molecular, structural and synthetic biology

LS1_2 - Biochemistry

Research sector (ERC)
LS2_10 - Bioinformatics

Office
Ca' Vignal 1,  Floor 1,  Room 1.76
Telephone
045 802 7982
E-mail
alejandro|giorgetti*univr|it <== Replace | with . and * with @ to have the right email address.
Personal web page
https://alejandrogiorgetti.wixsite.com/alejandro

Office Hours

Tuesday, Hours 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM,  
Thursday, Hours 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM,  

Curriculum

Alejandro Giorgetti obtained his bachelor’s degree in physics at the 'Universidad Nacional del Sur', Bahia Blanca, Argentina. He obtained a Ph.D. in Physical and Statistical Biology at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy. After that, he spent three years in the Biocomputing lab. at the Universidad di Roma 'La Sapienza'. Nowadays, Alejandro Giorgetti is an Associate Professor of biochemistry at the University of Verona, Italy since 2018. Since his arrival as an assistant professor at the Department of Biotechnology (2007), he has been the Principal Investigator of the group 'Laboratory of Applied Bioinformatics'.  I collaborate with the Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS) / Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM) (Computational Biomedicine (IAS-5/INM-9)) of the research center: Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. His principal activities regard protein structural bioinformatics and computational biophysics aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction of membrane chemo and neuro-receptors with their cognate ligands. He has published 100 peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters. Among other journals, he is a member of the editorial board of Scientific Reports (Nature Group).

Structural Neuroinformatics

Apply, create, and maintain web-accessible databases of experimental and computational data, together with innovative software tools, essential for understanding the structure/function of proteins expressed in the nervous system in its normal function and neurological disorders. Structural Neuroinformatics compresses data obtained by traditional structural bioinformatics of proteins expressed in the brain, combined with computational biophysics calculations performed on wild-type proteins together with proteins modified in relation to brain functioning/malfunctioning.

  • Receptors involved in chemoperception: Bitter taste receptors and olfactory receptors.

  • Development of multiscale approaches aimed at gaining insights into the structure-function of receptors of neurobiological interest: pyGOMoDo for modelling and docking of GPCR receptors and the coarse-grained/molecular mechanics (MM/CG) hybrid approach; MERMAID web-server for preparing and running CGMD simulations of membrane proteins.

  • The Structural Systems Biology (SSB platform) for bridging in silico molecular description of synaptic receptors with a systems biology level description of the signaling mechanisms

 
 

Modules

Modules running in the period selected: 77.
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Course Name Total credits Online Teacher credits Modules offered by this teacher
Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology Bioinformatics and biological databases (2024/2025)   6    (Mod. 2)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Bio-information technology workshop (2024/2025)   12    (Mod.2 Teoria)
(Mod.2 Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2024/2025)   6   
Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology Bioinformatics and biological databases (2023/2024)   6  eLearning (Mod. 2)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Bio-information technology workshop (2023/2024)   12  eLearning (Mod.2 Teoria)
(Mod.2 Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2023/2024)   6  eLearning
Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology Bioinformatics and biological databases (2022/2023)   6  eLearning (Mod. 2)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Bio-information technology workshop (2022/2023)   12  eLearning (Mod.2 Teoria)
(Mod.2 Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2022/2023)   6  eLearning
Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology Bioinformatics and biological databases (2021/2022)   6  eLearning (Mod. 2)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Bio-information technology workshop (2021/2022)   12  eLearning (Mod.2 Teoria)
(Mod.2 Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2021/2022)   6  eLearning
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Bio-information technology workshop (2020/2021)   12  eLearning (Mod.2 Teoria)
(Mod.2 Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2020/2021)   6  eLearning
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Research inspired laboratory (2020/2021)   6  eLearning (Modulo B)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Bio-information technology workshop (2019/2020)   12  eLearning (Mod.2 laboratorio)
(Mod.2 teoria)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2019/2020)   6  eLearning
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Research inspired laboratory (2019/2020)   6  eLearning (b)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Bio-information technology workshop (2018/2019)   12  eLearning (Mod.2 teoria)
(Mod.2 laboratorio)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2018/2019)   6  eLearning (Modulo 2)
(Modulo 1)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Research inspired laboratory (2018/2019)   6  eLearning (b)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Bio-information technology workshop (2017/2018)   12  eLearning (Modulo 2)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2017/2018)   6  eLearning (Modulo 2)
(Modulo 1)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Research inspired laboratory (2017/2018)   6  eLearning (b)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2016/2017)   6    (Modulo 2)
(Modulo 1)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Molecular biology (2016/2017)   12  eLearning LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Research inspired laboratory (2016/2017)   6  eLearning (c)
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Computational Biology (2015/2016)   6   
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Molecular biology (2015/2016)   12    LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II
Master's degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Research inspired laboratory (2015/2016)   6    (c)
Master's degree in Bioinformatics and Medical Biotechnology Computational biology (2014/2015)   6    (laboratorio)
(teoria)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Molecular biology (2014/2015)   12    LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Teoria)
LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Bioinformatics and Medical Biotechnology Computational biology (2013/2014)   6    (laboratorio)
(teoria)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Molecular biology (2013/2014)   12    LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Teoria)
LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Bioinformatics and Medical Biotechnology Computational biology (2012/2013)   6    (Laboratorio)
(Teoria)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Molecular biology (2012/2013)   12    LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Teoria)
LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Laboratorio)
Master's degree in Bioinformatics and Medical Biotechnology Computational biology (2011/2012)   6    (Laboratorio)
(Teoria)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Molecular biology (2011/2012)   12    LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Laboratorio)
LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Teoria)
Master's degree in Bioinformatics and Medical Biotechnology Computational biology (2010/2011)   6    (Laboratorio)
(Teoria)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Molecular biology (2010/2011)   12    LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Laboratorio)
LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Teoria)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Biochemistry (2009/2010)   12    LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA I (Laboratorio)
LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA I (Teoria)
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics Molecular biology (2009/2010)   12    LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Teoria)
LABORATORIO DI BIOINFORMATICA II (Laboratorio)
Masters in Agroindustrial Biotechnology Bioinformatics (2008/2009)   3    Laboratorio
Teoria
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics (until 2008-2009) Bio-information technology workshop I (2008/2009)   4   
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics (until 2008-2009) Bio-information technology workshop II (2008/2009)   4   
Bachelor in Agroindustrial Biotechnology (until 2008-2009 academic year) Biomolecular Databases (2008/2009)   3    Laboratorio
Teoria
Masters in Molecular and Industrial Biotechniques Laboratory of Structural and Genomical Bioinformatics (2008/2009)   4   
Masters in Agroindustrial Biotechnology Bioinformatics (2007/2008)   3    Laboratorio
Teoria
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics (until 2008-2009) Bio-information technology workshop I (2007/2008)   4   
Masters in Agroindustrial Biotechnology Bioinformatics (2006/2007)   3    Teoria
Laboratorio
Masters in Molecular and Industrial Biotechniques Laboratory of Structural and Genomical Bioinformatics (2006/2007)   4   

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Research groups

Bioinformatica applicata
Responsabile: dott. Alejandro Giorgetti – Referente sicurezza: Alejandro Giorgetti
Research interests
Topic Description Research area
Bioinformatics The main interests and the principal activities of the area include: protein modeling from sequence, in particular using comparative modeling techniques; protein structure analysis; protein sequence analysis; protein design; the development of tools aimed at the investigation and understanding of the relationship between protein sequence, structure and function, in particular in systems that include membrane proteins. Bioinformatics
Projects
Title Starting date
The aroma diversity of Italian white wines. Study of chemical and biochemical pathways underlying sensory characteristics and perception mechanisms for developing models of precision and sustainable enology 8/29/19
In silico and in vitro characterization of the orphan G protein coupled receptor 3 (GPR3) 3/1/17
Dalla comprensione dell’attivazione allosterica di fatty acid binding proteins modulata dall'interazione con membrane cellulari e leganti, al disegno di nuovi inibitori della cattura di lipidi 12/1/10
Meccanismi di riconoscimento molecolare in sistemi a molte componenti costituiti da proteine trasportatrici di lipidi, i loro leganti specifici, recettori e membrane fosfolipidiche 12/31/09




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