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Biomolecules Folding and Disease |
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The BioFolD Unit is a non-profit research group currently hosted at the
Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT)
University of Bologna, Italy. Our mission is to advance research in biochemistry, molecular biology, and biomedicine
by generating open-access tools and resources freely available to the scientific community.
Our research focuses on the analysis of genetic variants using sequence and structural information from proteins and nucleic acids.
We develop novel computational methods for predicting the impact of genetic variants, as well as for comparing and predicting protein and RNA structures.
The main goal of our work is to elucidate the relationship between genomic variation and human disease by leveraging large-scale data generated
from high-throughput technologies. We are particularly committed to developing disease-specific algorithms and accessible tools that support
advances in personal genomics and precision medicine.
To bridge the gap between bioinformatics research and patient care, we actively collaborate with the Computational Genomics Platform of the IRCCS
University Hospital of Bologna to apply our computational tools in clinical settings.