Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Structural Biology, PhD, The Signal Recognition Particle: non canonical functions and drug discovery, University of Sydney
Mar 2015 → Mar 2019
Award Date: 3 Mar 2019
Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies, Master, The functional interaction of PTOV1 with the tutor suppressor p53 in cancer progression: focusing on Notch singling, Universita di Bologna (University of Bologna)
Oct 2010 → Mar 2013
Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies, Summer School, Genomics-based Strategies in the discovery of novel drug targets
29 Jun 2011 → 8 Jul 2011
Biotechnology, Bachelor, Epigenetic and transcriptional modifications induced by a new indolic derivative in ovarian cancer , Universita di Bologna (University of Bologna)
Oct 2006 → Mar 2010
External positions
Lab demonstrator, University of Sydney
Aug 2016 → Nov 2018
Research Assistant, Karolinska Institutet (Karolinska Institute)
Oct 2014 → Mar 2015
Research Assistant , University of Sydney
Mar 2014 → Jun 2014
Internship, University of Sydney
Oct 2013 → Feb 2014
Internship - Master Student, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) (Vall d'Hebron Research Institute)
Mar 2012 → Dec 2012
Internship - Bachelor Student, Universita di Bologna (University of Bologna)
Nov 2009 → Mar 2010
Research area keywords
- KIR receptors
- Structural Biology
- NK immunity
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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An archaic HLA class I receptor allele diversifies natural killer cell-driven immunity in First Nations peoples of Oceania
Loh, L. (Leading Author), Saunders, P. M. (Leading Author), Faoro, C. (Leading Author), Font-Porterias, N. (Leading Author), Nemat-Gorgani, N., Harrison, G. F., Sadeeq, S., Hensen, L., Wong, S. C., Widjaja, J., Clemens, E. B., Zhu, S., Kichula, K. M., Tao, S., Zhu, F., Montero-Martin, G., Fernandez-Vina, M., Guethlein, L. A., Vivian, J. P. & Davies, J. & 14 others, , 27 Nov 2024, In: Cell. 187, 24, p. 7008-7024.e19 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Crystal structure of the human LAG-3-HLA-DR1-peptide complex
Petersen, J., Llerena, C., Golzarroshan, B., Faoro, C., Triebel, F. & Rossjohn, J., Dec 2024, In: Science Immunology. 9, 102, 13 p., eads5122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Structural plasticity of KIR2DL2 and KIR2DL3 enables altered docking geometries atop HLA-C
Moradi, S., Stankovic, S., O’Connor, G. M., Pymm, P., MacLachlan, B. J., Faoro, C., Retière, C., Sullivan, L. C., Saunders, P. M., Widjaja, J., Cox-Livingstone, S., Rossjohn, J., Brooks, A. G. & Vivian, J. P., 12 Apr 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 11 p., 2173.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Structural insights into the G-loop dynamics of E. coli FtsY NG domain
Faoro, C. & Ataide, S. F., 1 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Structural Biology. 208, 3, 9 p., 107387.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Discovery of fragments that target key interactions in the signal recognition particle (SRP) as potential leads for a new class of antibiotics
Faoro, C., Wilkinson-White, L., Kwan, A. H. & Ataide, S. F., Jul 2018, In: PLoS ONE. 13, 7, 14 p., e0200387.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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