Ugo Perricone, Ph.D.
Group coordinator
uperricone@fondazionerimed.com
Contact:
Corso Calatafimi, 414
90100 PALERMO
Facilities:
Collaboration:
- University of Vienna (Pharmaceutical Chemistry Dep.), Austria
- Universitè de Paris Cité, France
- Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
- Univeristà degli Studi di Verona, Italy
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche IFT-CNR, Palermo, Italy
- Univeristà degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Description
The Molecular Informatics group, belonging to the Drug Discovery area, is engaged in the design of novel chemical and biological therapeutic agents through the application of cutting-edge computer-aided technologies. In recent years, the group has combined the use of classical computer-aided molecular design techniques with the development of machine learning algorithms useful in predicting the biological and chemical-physical properties of the designed molecules.
Powerful computing tools and cutting-edge infrastructures also make it possible to elucidate crucial molecular interactions behind several diseases. The technologies exploited by the group represents a time- and cost-saving strategy within the entire drug discovery workflow.
Team