Researcher profile

Enrico Dainese

Born on September 28th, 1967, in Padova (Italy). Married with two children. Prof. Dainese is one of the leading experts in structural biology of receptors and enzymes involved in inflammatory diseases and their functional interaction with bioactive lipids and biological membranes. The research activity focuses on the structural and functional analysis of bioactive lipids and how they can modulate enzymes involved in inflammatory mechanisms and membrane receptors. These studies are aimed at the development of new agonists / antagonists and / or inhibitors that consider interaction with biological membranes as a key element in the design phase of new molecules to be used in the therapeutic field. Prof. Dainese was trained in Structural Biology and Biochemistry at University of Padova (PhD, 1998). From 1998 to 2000 Post-Doc Research activity at the Institute of Molecular Biophysics, University of Mainz (Germany) and at Université Paris-Sud (France). From 2000 to 2004 he was Assistant Professor in Biochemistry, University of Teramo. From February 2005 to date he is Associate Professor in Biochemistry. In the selection of 2013 he obtained the National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in General Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry. Board member of the PhD in "Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology", and so far, supervised 10 PhD students. Senior Scientist at the European Center for Brain Research (CERC)/Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome. Since 2000 he was PI for several EU-funded research proposals for access to large experimental facilities for structural studies of enzymes and proteins by X-ray spectroscopy. In particular, at the " European Synchrotron radiaton Facility" (ESRF Grenoble, France), at the "European Molecular Biology Laboratory" (EMBL-DESY, Hamburg, Germany). Since 2000 he was PI of more than 20 different national projects (PRIN, Italian Ministry of Healt, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, ecc.) and of several projects financed by private companies (Valagro SpA, Angelini Pharmaceutics, ecc.). Since 2006 he has been appointed as a member of the Scientific Committee for Evaluation of European Projects in the "Biology / Health" sector for the European Research Facility "SOLEIL" (Paris - France). In 2009 he was one of the founding members of "MediaPharma S.r.l.", a company involved in R&D of new products, new knowledge, methodologies and innovative services for diagnostic and therapeutic use in the oncology field (holds more than 20 patents). Prof. Dainese is author of several articles in international journals (H index: 22), Associate Editor of Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, and author of a university textbook titled "Biochimica degli Alimenti e della Nutrizione" (2006) published by Piccin Editore, pp. 285.