Maria Paola Costi

Full Professor in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Life Science, University of Modena, Italy



Biography

Professor Maria Paola Costi is a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Modena in Italy.

In the past 15 years she has been teaching 10 different subject within Analytical Chemistry, Medicinal chemistry and Drug Design in the Faculty of Pharmacy. She also taught at the School of Doctorate in Health Science, teaching topics related to System biology approaches to drug discovery, Chemical space sorting and Medicinal chemistry in parasitology.

Professor Costi is responsible for the Laboratory of Drug Discovery of Enzyme Inhibitors of the Department of Pharmaceutical Science at University of Modena. The most of her work is focused on drug development of compounds directed to the folate pathways in different organisms, in particular in the area of anticancers and antinfectives. Another fundamental field of research is on beta-lactamase inhibitors discovery.

Recently she become involved in translational research in drug discovery in ovarian cancer. She is the co-Founder and scientific board member of the European network for translational research in ovarian cance (EUTROC).

She is also active in the technological transfer field: she is the co-Founder of the research-based biotech Tyodck Pharma, a university spin-off company and and is scientific responsible of EU projects in the area.

Professor Costi has published over 180 scientific works including papers on international journals, congress presentations, books chapters and patents. She is an external reviewer for different National and International Agencies and Scientific Journals, grant award peer reviewer.

Education & Experience


Education

Title:
PhD
Degree:
Medicinal Chemistry
Institution:
University of Milan-Modena-Trieste,
Date:
1989
Country:
Italy
Title:
BSc
Degree:
Pharmacy
Institution:
University of Modena
Date:
1985
Country:
Italy
Title:
BSc
Degree:
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science
Institution:
University of Modena
Date:
1984
Country:
Italy


Experience

Title:
Research position
Organisation:
Faculty of Pharmacy, Modena, Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Italy
Date:
started in 1990
Title:
Visiting fellow
Organisation:
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, US
Date:
1991 - 1999
Title:
Post doctoral fellow
Organisation:
Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Ferrara, Italy
Date:
1992 - 1993
Title:
Permanent Researcher position
Organisation:
Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Modena, Italy
Date:
1993 - 1999
Title:
Associate Professor in Medicinal Chemistry
Organisation:
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Date:
1998 - 2006
Title:
Associate Professor in Medicinal Chemistry
Organisation:
Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia , Italy
Date:
2007 - 2012
Title:
Full Professor in Medicinal Chemistry
Organisation:
Department of Life Science, University of Modena, Italy
Date:
since 2010


Location

  • Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, via Giuseppe Campi, 287 41125 Modena