Welcome to our website!
- From enzymatic function to drug discovery -

We are a research group focused on the understanding of function and inhibition of pharmaceutically relevant enzymes and functionalized nanoparticles. Within the group, we develop and apply computational methods for multiscale molecular modeling and simulations, which are fully integrated with medicinal chemistry and structural/molecular biology. This multidisciplinary approach allows to design, synthesize and test promising compounds potentially endowed with the desired pharmacological effect to treat primarily cancer, neurological disorders and inflammatory-related diseases.

Enjoy your visit - and thanks for your interest !
Marco De Vivo & the group

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Dr. Marco De Vivo
Research Lab Director
Molecular Modeling & Drug Discovery Lab
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Via Morego, 30 - Genoa (16163), Italy

Phone: +39 010 2897 404
Email: marco.devivo @ iit.it


AWARDS, HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS
- 2021 Co-Founder of IAMA Therapeutics
​- 2020 Co-Founder of Alyra Therapeutics
- 2020: Director of the CECAM-IT-SIMUL Node
- 2019: Associate Editor of JCTC (ACS Pub)
- 2019: Advisory Board Member of Chem (Cell Press)
- 2019: Editorial Advisory Board Member of JCIM (ACS Pub)
- 2019: International Meetings Liaison ACS COMP division 
- 2018: Habilitation as Full Professor in Med Chem, Italy. 
- 2018: Member of the Scientific Committee for Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) - The Italian Association for Cancer Research
- 2017: Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, ACS COMP Division
- 2017: Scientific Advisory Board Member of BiKi Technologies
- 2014: Habilitation as Associate Professor in Med Chem, Italy. 
- 2013: My First AIRC Grant (MFAG); talented Italian < 40 yo, for cancer research
- 2006: O1 Visa – Issued by the United States Immigration Office for demonstrated extraordinary ability in the field of science.
- 2003: Marco Polo 
Fellowship for excellent research projects funded by Uni. Bologna, Italy
Our openings:
-> There will be PhD positions available, this year.
We are always looking for talented students motivated by computational and medicinal chemistry and molecular biology. We will have PhD positions in data science and biotechnology - write me if interested!

Our latest stories:
-> check our publication list, which is up to date!