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Nicole Balasco
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Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Databases
Biochemistry

Nicole Balasco

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Summary

I work at the Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging (IBB) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) as postdoc. I carry out my scientific activity focused on protein structural characterization essentially by using computational methodologies such as data mining in structure databases (bioinformatics) and molecular modeling/dynamics (computational biology). I also perform some experimental activities by using biophysical techniques (spectroscopy and crystallography) essentially aimed at validating theoretical results.

Computational Biology

Past or current institution affiliations

Second University of Naples

PeerJ Contributions

  • Preprints 4
December 21, 2016 - Version: 1
Is there a connection between peptide bond geometry and aminoacid residue conformational preferences?
Nicole Balasco, Luciana Esposito, Luigi Vitagliano
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2665v1
July 1, 2016 - Version: 1
Loop size optimization: a new mechanism for protein stabilization
Alessia Ruggiero, Nicole Balasco, Luciana Esposito, Luigi Vitagliano
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2195v1
January 7, 2016 - Version: 1
Structural characterization of the Hepatitis C Virus E2 glycoprotein: computational and experimental approaches
Daniela Barone, Nicole Balasco, Ida Autiero, Luigi Vitagliano
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1634v1
January 6, 2016 - Version: 1
Interplay between peptide bond geometry and local conformation: molecular dynamics analyses
Nicole Balasco, Luciana Esposito, Luigi Vitagliano
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1628v1