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Franca Fraternali

Professor Franca Fraternali

Visiting Professor in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Research interests

  • Biomedical and life sciences

Biography

Professor Franca Fraternali received her PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Naples, spending part of the PhD at the Polytechnic of Zurich (ETH). After post-doctoral experiences at the ETH and at the EMBL in Heidelberg, in the year 2000, she became staff scientist at the Mathematical Biology Division of the National Institute for Medical Research in London.

In 2012 she was awarded the Chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The group develops computational methods and large-scale data analysis tools for Structural Biology of Proteins and Nucleic acids; Systems Biology; Molecular Dynamics of folded and misfolded proteins; Statistical Analysis of Protein Interaction Networks.

In November 2022, Franca took up the position of Director of the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (a joint Institute between UCL and Birkbeck) and a Chair in the Division of Biosciences at UCL.

    Research

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    Fraternali Group

    The Fraternali Group is led by Professor Franca Fraternali in the Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics

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    Centre for Non-Equilibrium Science (CNES)

    CNES acts as an international hub for cross-disciplinary research in non-equilibrium science.

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    Cancer Biology

    Cancer Biology

    News

    New microscope allows researchers to study molecules at the level of individual atoms

    King’s has been awarded £1 million to purchase the next-generation cryo-electron microscope, which promises to enhance research across the University

    Electron microscope

    King's College London joins ELIXIR-UK

    By joining the intergovernmental organisation King’s will be more meaningfully involved in discussions around access to bioinformatics resources

    Bioinformatics

    King's academics receive National Physics Laboratory's most prestigious award

    Study on new pre-clinical therapeutic paradigm for tackling antimicrobial resistance wins the Rayleigh Award for most outstanding published paper.

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    Professor Fraternali awarded funding to study how antibodies switch their function

    Professor Franca Fraternali has been awarded a grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to make major advances in...

    BBSRC grant awardees Franca Fraternali

    King's scientists help develop artificial 'virus' to combat superbugs

    Scientists develop synthetic antibiotic, specifically designed to fight resistant bacterial infections.

    Artistic impression of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria

      Research

      fraternali-labhero
      Fraternali Group

      The Fraternali Group is led by Professor Franca Fraternali in the Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics

      cnes herox
      Centre for Non-Equilibrium Science (CNES)

      CNES acts as an international hub for cross-disciplinary research in non-equilibrium science.

      cancer cell banner
      Cancer Biology

      Cancer Biology

      News

      New microscope allows researchers to study molecules at the level of individual atoms

      King’s has been awarded £1 million to purchase the next-generation cryo-electron microscope, which promises to enhance research across the University

      Electron microscope

      King's College London joins ELIXIR-UK

      By joining the intergovernmental organisation King’s will be more meaningfully involved in discussions around access to bioinformatics resources

      Bioinformatics

      King's academics receive National Physics Laboratory's most prestigious award

      Study on new pre-clinical therapeutic paradigm for tackling antimicrobial resistance wins the Rayleigh Award for most outstanding published paper.

      TI_Rayleigh

      Professor Fraternali awarded funding to study how antibodies switch their function

      Professor Franca Fraternali has been awarded a grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to make major advances in...

      BBSRC grant awardees Franca Fraternali

      King's scientists help develop artificial 'virus' to combat superbugs

      Scientists develop synthetic antibiotic, specifically designed to fight resistant bacterial infections.

      Artistic impression of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria