Dr Antonio Solinas
Dr Antonio Solinas
Graduate student (1999-2002)
Following the completion of his undergraduate degree at the University of Sassari, Antonio joined the Brown group as a graduate student in 1999, where he developed an interest in modified oligonucleotides and fluorescence-based single nucleotide polymorphism detection assays. After receiving his PhD in 2002, Antonio stayed on as a post-doctoral researcher in the group, working on new fluorescence-based PCR assays. In 2004 he joined Professor Maurizio Taddei’s group at the University of Siena, focusing his interest in the fields of polymer-supported reagents and synthesis of novel Hedgehog Signalling Pathway inhibitors. In 2009, Antonio joined Virostatics srl, an Italian company working in the anti-HIV field, as a Senior Researcher in the Chemistry Unit.