Xiaoling Cong  Doctoral Candidate at International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS) Trieste (Italy) and German Research School for Simulation Sciences Room 2006 52425 Jülich  cong "at" sissa.it +49 2461 61 8945

Education

2005	B.S. in Chemistry, Nankai University, China
2009	M.S. in Biophysics, Beijing University of Technology, China
2009 - present	PhD student, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS), Trieste, Italy

Current Research

Investigation of the structural mechanism of prion diseases using molecular simulations (MD and QM/MM simulations).
Computer-aided drug design against human prion diseases.

Publications

•  G. Rossetti, X. Cong, R. Caliandro, G. Legname, P. Carloni, Common Structural Traits across Pathogenic Mutants of the Human Prion Protein and Their Implications for Familial Prion Diseases, Journal of Molecular Biology v. 411, p. 700-712 (2011).

•  X. Cong, J. Tan, M. Liu, W. Chen, C. Wang, Computational Study of Binding Mode for N-substituted Pyrrole Derivatives to HIV-1 gp41, Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics v. 37(8), p. 904-915 (2010).

•  J. Tan, X. Cong, M. Liu, W. Chen, C. Wang, J. Lee, X. Liang, Therapeutic Strategies Underpinning the Development of Novel Techniques for the Treatment of HIV Infection, Drug Design Today v. 15, p. 186-197 (2010).

Overview team "Computational Biophysics"