Giordano Assunta

• 1995 Degree in Chemistry at the University of Salerno. Vote 110/110 cum laude.

• Qualification to practice as a freelance chemist ( 1995).

• 1999: PhD in Chemistry at the University of Salerno with the thesis “Structural and synthetic studies on janulosimide, a marine peptidic toxin”.

• 1/11/1999 – 31/10/2001 Post-doctoral research fellowship position on: “Synthesis of biologically active natural producs” at the Department of Organic Chemistry-University of Salerno.

• 27/12/2001 to date: researcher at the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry (ICB) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), Pozzuoli (NA), Italy

• 10/2006-03/2007 Visiting Researcher at the Division of Molecular Biosciences- Faculty of Natural Sciences- Imperial College London (UK) in the laboratory of prof. Ann Dell

• Qualification as Associate Professor in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical, Toxicological and Nutraceutical Technologies (2014)

1 Potenza M. Sciarretta M.,Chini M.G.,Saviano A.,Maione F.,D’Auria M.V.,De Marino S.,Giordano A.,,Hofstetter R.K.,Festa C.,Werz O.,Bifulco G. Structure-based screening for the discovery of 1,2,4-oxadiazoles as promising hits for the development of new anti-inflammatory agents interfering with eicosanoid biosynthesis pathways. Eur J Med Chem 2021, 224,113693.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113693.

2 Giordano A., Forte G., Terracciano S., Russo A., Sala M., Scala M.C., Johansson C., Oppermann U., Riccio R., Bruno I., Di Micco S. Identification of the 2-Benzoxazol-2-yl-phenol Scaffold as New Hit for JMJD3 Inhibition. ACS Medl Chem Lett 2019 10, 601 – 605. DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00589.

3 Giordano A., Forte G., Massimo L. ,Riccio R. ,Bifulco G. Discovery of new erbB4 inhibitors: Repositioning an orphan chemical library by inverse virtual screening. Eur J Med Chem 2018 152, 253 – 263. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.04.018

4 M. Abu-Qarn; Y. Sophie; A. Giordano; A. Trauner; H.R. Morris; P. Hitchen; O. Medalia; A. Dell; J. Eichler. Haloferax volcanii AglB and AglD are involved in N-glycosylation of the S-layer glycoprotein and proper assembly of the surface layer. Journal of Molecular Biology 2007, 374, 1224-1236. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.042

5 Giordano A., Vella F.M., Romano I., Gambacorta A. Structural elucidation of a novel phosphoglycolipid isolated from six species of Halomonas genus. J. Lip. Res. 2007, 48 (8), 1825-1831. DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M700152-JLR200.