Francesca Cantini

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Dr. Francesca Cantini
Center for Magnetic Resonance
University of Florence
Via L. Sacconi 6
50019 Sesto Fiorentino, (FI) - Italy

Tel: +39 055 4574238 - Fax: +39 055 4574253

E-mail: cantinitomtecerm.unifi.it

 

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Curriculum Vitae (English)

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 The research expertise of Francesca Cantini is in the field of structural biology, particularly characterizing protein solution structure via high resolution NMR spectroscopy. FC is interested in the structural and dynamic characterization of proteins both involved in the maturation of the Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase and their interactions, and of potential candidate vaccine proteins against infectious bacterial diseases. The latter project is performed within collaboration between CERM and the Novartis Vaccine Institute for Global Health (Siena, Italy). This study has allowed us to generate a chimeric protein able to stimulate the production of antibodies against different variants of meningococcus B. 

Selected recent publications

Scarselli M, Aricò B, Brunelli B, Savino S, Di Marcello F, Palumbo E, Veggi D, Ciucchi L, Cartocci E, Bottomley MJ, Malito E, Lo Surdo P, Comanducci M, Giuliani MM, Cantini F, Dragonetti S, Colaprico A, Doro F, Giannetti P, Pallaoro M, Brogoini B, Tontini M, Hilleringmann M, Nardi-Dei V, Banci L, Pizza M, Rappuoli R, Rational design of a meningococcal antigen inducing broad protective immunity, Sci Transl Med, 3, 97-106, 2011

Banci, L., Bertini, I., Blazevits, O., Cantini, F., Lelli, M., Luchinat, C., Mao, J., and Vieru, M., NMR characterization of a "fibril-ready" state of demetallated wild-type superoxide dismutase, J.Am.Chem.Soc., 133, 345-349, 2011

Banci, L., Bertini, I., Cantini, F., Inagaki, S., Migliardi, M., and Rosato, A., The binding mode of ATP revealed by the solution structure of the N-domain of human ATP7A, J.Biol.Chem., 285, 2537-2544, 16-11-2010.

15. Banci, L., Bertini, I., Cantini, F., and Ciofi-Baffoni, S., Cellular copper distribution: a mechanistic systems biology approach, Cell.Mol.Life Sci., 67, 2563-2589, 2010.