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Ludovico Pipito is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health and Life Sciences, focusing on molecular dynamics simulations and computational virology. His work spans HIV and SARS-CoV-2 research, with a particular emphasis on viral protein structure-function relationships and drug design. Pipito's expertise includes GPCR structural transitions, HIV-1 Vpr dynamics, and targeting metabolic pathways in cancer.
Research Interests: Molecular dynamics of viral proteins, drug discovery for infectious diseases, computational modeling of protein-ligand interactions, and structural biology of viral entry mechanisms.
Key Contributions: Pipito has published extensively on SARS-CoV-2 spike protein druggability, HIV-1 Nef inhibition, and cancer metabolic targets like hPKM2. His recent work explores GPCR transitions using multi-walker molecular dynamics and HIV-1 Vpr ion channel modeling.
Academic Background: Completed a Doctor of Philosophy in 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Gianluca Deganutti and Prof. Christopher Reynolds. Thesis focused on molecular modeling of viral targets from SARS-CoV-2 to HIV.
