Dr. Chiara De Faveri


  • Postdoc in the SPP 2451 Project
  • Department of Molecular Environmental Biotechnology

Contact / Address:

Phone: +49 (0) 341 6025-3003
Office: Buidling 1.0, Room 106
chiara.de-faveri@ufz.de
Chiara De Faveri

Research

My research focuses on the development of living electro-biocatalysts and is part of the SPP 2451 programme “Engineered Living Materials with Adaptive Functions”.

Electroactive microbial cells have been extensively used in biotechnology both as sensors and as catalysts: by connecting engineered bacteria to conductive substrates, I aim at developing Engineered Living Materials (ELM) that can be employed in the remediation of pollutants and as sensors. Importantly, the self-replication of bacteria makes it possible to maintain these ELM over a long period of time.

To this end, I apply several biochemical techniques, such as genetic code expansion, bio-orthogonal chemistry, heterologous expression, chromatography and mass spectrometry.

Curriculum Vitae

2025 - Present

 PostDoc, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Leipzig - Germany
2019 - 2024 PhD in Biochemistry, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig - Germany
2016 - 2018 Master in Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova - Italy
2013 - 2016 Bachelor in Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova - Italy

Other Publications

  • De Faveri, C., Mattheisen, J. M., Sakmar, T. P., Coin, I.:
    Noncanonical Amino Acid Tools and Their Application to Membrane Protein Studies
    Chem. Rev. 2024, 124, 22, 12498–12550. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00181
  • Işbilir, A., Serfling, R., Möller, J., Thomas, R., De Faveri, C., ... Annibale, P.:
    Determination of G-protein–coupled receptor oligomerization by molecular brightness analyses in single cells.
    Nat. Protoc. 2021, 16, 1419–1451. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-020-00458-1
  • Bobone, S., Pannone, L., Biondi, B., ... De Faveri, C., ... Stella, L.:
    Targeting Oncogenic Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing Phosphatase 2 (SHP2) by Inhibiting Its Protein–Protein Interactions
    J. Med. Chem. 2021, 64, 21, 15973–15990. 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01371