About Medinfo:

The activities of the Nanobiotechnology and Medical Informatics - MEDINFO - laboratory (DIST) relate to the following topics:

Nanobiotechnology Protein immobilization at the nanoscale level onto the surface of solid supports by means of thin solid film techniques such as 'Layer by Layer self assembly' and 'self assembled monolayers' for the fabrication of biomimetic surfaces to be used in cellular and tissue engineering and biosensors. Fabrication and characterization of artificial cells based on the synthesis of biomimetic polymer vesicles with an embedded artificial cytoskeleton. Synthesis of polymeric nanocapsules for gene therapy applications. Characterization of molecular interactions by means of force spectroscopy. Cell and tissue engineering Study of cell response to materials for cell and tissue engineering. Development of mathematical models to predict cell adhesion for biomaterial design. Study of the formation process of the retinal mosaic and on the role of the retinal cell cytoskeleton by means of mathematical models. Modelling of diffusion and scattering phenomena in tissues. Genomic and Proteomic Methods and bioinformatics tools for the identification of genomic and proteomic profiles with respect to cardiovascular diseases and metabolic syndrome. Modelling of protein structure and of protein/protein molecular interactions. Computer science application for Medicine, Biology and environment Study of biological systems, taxonomy of environmental bacteria by means of application of neural nets. Development of systems of automation and of aid to the decision applied to the medicine field (extension of the dynamic range of the ELISA examinations, automatic analysis of Western Blot images, patients in anti-retroviral therapy follow-up). Database and clinical record software; interface software with biomedical instrumentation; software for risk assessment; evaluation of the ethic implications in the use of advanced diagnostic instruments. Technology for homecare. Imaging, signal and data analysis On-line and off-line Data bases for data collection and treatment in Medicine, Biology and Hydroculture. Knowledge acquisition and decision support systems. Analysis of longitudinal biomedical signals and biomedical images with special reference to variability analysis and non linear techniques (chaotic analysis, artificial neural nets). Computer base applications for scientific and cultural dissemination Computer science applications (data base, multimedia software) for the dissemination of scientific and humanistic research project results. Multimedia applications for the dissemination of the botanical, historical and symbolic characteristics of the plants represented in artistic masterpieces of the '600. Multimedia hypertexts and techniques for the presentation in Internet or on CD of didactic material, thelemedicine, nets of computers and data transmission for biomedical laboratories. MEDINFO is located on the first floor of Via All'Opera Pia 13 (16145 Genova, Italy) Phone: +39 010 3532217 OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.2.9.3.17

About DIST:

Department of Communication Computer and System Sciences Via all'Opera Pia 13 16145 Genova, Italia Phone: +39 010 3532983 Fax: +39 010 353 2948/2154 Principal: Prof. Giuseppe Casalino Deputy Principal: Prof. Antonio Boccalatte Registrar: Raffaella Ravera DIST works at Information Engineering frontier: new methodologies are increased using integration between control and transmission systems, in multimedia environments at different levels of interaction with human operator.