In Vitro Models of Diabetes: Focus on Diabetic Retinopathy

Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Giulia Galgani for her publication entitled “In Vitro Models of Diabetes: Focus on Diabetic Retinopathy” on Cells. Diabetic retinopathy is a major eye complication in patients with diabetes mellitus, which causes endothelial damage and vascular lesions, leading to ischemic conditions in certain areas of the…

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Synthesis, properties and applications of DNA-templated copper nanoclusters in chemical and biological sensing

Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Fabio Spiaggia for his publication entitled “Synthesis, properties and applications of DNA-templated copper nanoclusters in chemical and biological sensing” in the Trends in Analytical Chemistry. DNA-templated copper nanoclusters (DNA-CuNCs) are versatile nanomaterials with remarkable properties: low cost, low toxicity, biocompatibility, Mega-Stokes shifts, and utility in…

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Contamination Lab contest

Salvatore Galati, a recent PhD graduate from our doctoral school, along with his team, has recently received the second prize for the presentation of the business idea MolBookPRO in the ContaminationLab contest. For more info click on the following link: https://www.unipi.it/index.php/news/item/28451-sette-idee-finaliste-per-la-giornata-conclusiva-del-contamination-lab-dell-universita-di-pisa

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Identification of New GSK3β Inhibitors

Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Salvatore Galati for his publication entitled “Identification of New GSK3β Inhibitors through a Consensus Machine Learning-Based Virtual Screening” in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. The paper presents multiple machine learning models aimed at identifying novel GSK3β inhibitors. The most powerful models were combined and used to screen about 2 million commercial compounds. This machine learning-based virtual screening led to the identification of two new GSK3β inhibitors.

The work is available at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/24/17233#