Maria Duca
Université Côte d’Azur - CNRS
Biography
Dr. Maria Duca is head of Targeting of Nucleic Acids research group in 乐天堂app下载 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 乐天堂app下载 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 乐天堂app下载 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 乐天堂app下载 targeting of non-coding RNAs using syn乐天堂app下载tic small molecules toward innovative 乐天堂app下载rapeutic approaches for anticancer, antiviral and antimicrobial applications.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, RSC Medicinal Chemistry