Maria Duca
Université Côte d’Azur - CNRS
Biography
Dr. Maria Duca is head of Targeting of Nucleic Acids research group in the Institute of Chemistry of Nice (Universit茅 C么te d鈥橝zur - CNRS). After undergraduate studies in Pharmacy and Medicinal Chemistry (Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bologna, Italy), she obtained her PhD in Molecular Biochemistry under the supervision of Dr. Paola B. Arimondo (National Natural History Museum, Paris, France) working on topoisomerase II inhibitors. A 2- year post-doctoral training in Sydney Hecht鈥檚 lab (Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, USA) allowed her to pursue the study of nucleic acids working on targeted protein mutagenesis upon chemical modification of tRNAs. After CNRS recruitment as a Research Scientist in 2007, her research activities focus on the targeting of non-coding RNAs using synthetic small molecules toward innovative therapeutic approaches for anticancer, antiviral and antimicrobial applications.
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Editorial board, 蜜桃社区 Medicinal Chemistry