The
Molecular Biophysics Laboratory at the
University of Calabria, Italy,
is located in the Department of
Physics, within the Scientific Area.
The main research topics include the investigation of
the structural, dynamic and thermodynamic
properties of biological
molecules and nanoscopic biophysical systems such as proteins,
self-assembled lipid structures
and mixed bio-inorganic complexes.
Experimental techniques routinely used are continuous
and pulsed EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) spectroscopy,
DSC (differential scanning calorimetry), FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy)
and other optical spectroscopies (absorption and fluorescence).
Theoretical and computational techniques such as MD
(molecular dynamics) simulation and docking are also employed.
