Maria Cristina Aspromonte

Maria Cristina Aspromonte is an Assistant Professor in Biochemistry at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua (Italy). Her academic career spans from 2012 onwards, with degrees from the University of Sannio, Universidade de Coimbra, and University of Padova.

• PhD in Developmental Medicine and Health Planning Sciences (2021)
• MSc in General Biology (2015)
• Double Degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology (2014)
• BSc in Biology (2012)

Her research focuses on biocuration standards, neurodevelopmental disorders, and non-globular domains in human diseases. She works extensively on intrinsically disordered proteins, their functional annotations, and computational methods for variant interpretation in intellectual disability and autism comorbidity.

Recent publications highlight her contributions to databases like MOBIDB and DisProt, alongside collaborative studies on gene panel sequencing for neurodevelopmental disorders. Her work intersects computational biology, structural biology, and clinical genomics.