Lucia Banci

Lucia Banci, CERM, University of Florence, has an extensive expertise and has provided original contributions and breakthroughs in Structural Biology and in biological NMR. She has addressed and unraveled many aspects of the biology of metal ions. The innovative in-cell NMR approach developed by Lucia Banci and her group allows for the detection of human individual proteins in living human cells with atomic resolution. In-cell NMR has been shown to have unique, highest level contribution to effective drug screening analysis directly in living cells. She also contributed to an absolutely innovative approach for vaccine design, based on the knowledge of the structure of the pathogen antigens and of its interaction with antibodies. Lucia Banci is one of the founders and former Director of the Center of Magnetic Resonance (CERM) - University of Florence, which features an impressive battery of NMR spectrometers. She has received several prestigious awards, is member of many International i