Join us for two exciting seminars at Istituto G. Ronzoni.We’re pleased to invite you to our upcoming seminars on Monday, February 2nd, 2026, at our library in Via G. Colombo 81, Milan. Programme: • 3:00 PM | Prof. Mauro BottaUniversity of Piemonte Orientale, Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry“Exploring the efficacy of paramagnetic chelates embedded […]

  Size and conformation of hyaluronic acid, and 1-amino-1-deoxy-lactitol grafted hyaluronic acid, achieved by sampling their degrees of freedom using statistical mechanics. As the Vitruvian man encapsulates the harmonic form of the human body, so polymer structures express harmony in their geometries. Adapted from Leonardo da Vinci, proportion of the human body. metal-tannic ink, watercolor […]

An important publication promoting GAG research, achieved by a fantastic teamwork that we are proud to be part of. A huge thank you to Serge Pérez for having conceived and admirably led this work, bringing together most of the European GAG community

Chitosan-based coatings with tunable transparency and superhydrophobicity: A solvent-free and fluorine-free approach by stearoyl derivatizationIrene Tagliaro, Stefano Seccia, Beatrice Pellegrini, Sabrina Bertini, Carlo Antonini Carbohydrate Polymers Volume 302, 15 February 2023, 120424

3D bioprinted colorectal cancer models based on hyaluronic acid and signalling glycans Francesca Cadamuro, Laura Marongiu, Michele Marino, Nicolò Tamini, Luca Nespoli, Nicola Zucchini, Alberta Terzi, Davide Altamura, Zirui Gao, Cinzia Giannini, Greta Bindi, Andrew Smith, Fulvio Magni, Sabrina Bertini, Francesca Granucci, Francesco Nicotra, Laura Russo. Carbohydrate Polymers 302 (2023) 120395.

 Glycosaminoglycan Symposium – September 12th – 14th As last year, the 29th edition of the annual symposia will take place on San Servolo Island, in Venice Lagoon. Eminent specialists from all over the world are invited to discuss both current and emerging topics of interest in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, biology, pharmacology, and in the clinical […]

Enisamium inhibits SARS-CoV-2 RNA synthesis. Stefano Elli, Denisa Bojkova, Marco Bechtel, Thomas Vial, David Boltz, Miguel Muzzio, Xinjian Peng, Federico Sala, Cesare Cosentino, Andrew Goy, Marco Guerrini, Lutz Muller *, Jindrich Cinatl *, Victor Margitich, Aartjan J.W. te Velthuis *. Biomedicines (Accepted)

28th Symposium on Glycosaminoglycans – September 27th – 29th Following the interruption last year due to the pandemic, the series of annual Symposia resumes with the 28th edition, which will take place on San Servolo Island, in Venice Lagoon. Eminent specialists from all over the world are invited to discuss both current and emerging topics […]

Istituto G. Ronzoni contributed to the ACS spring meeting, the virtual event from 5th to 30th April 2021, organized by the American Chemical Society.Watch our contribution on less known aspects of the Influenza A virus Neuraminidase Enzyme

Ronzoni Institute contribution to the Virtual edition of Milan Polymer Days congress: “MD simulation of the interaction between neuraminidase N1 of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus to sialoglycan”

Heparin inhibits cellular invasion by SARS-CoV-2: structural dependence of the interaction of the spike S1 receptor-binding domain with heparin.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDnQDvnTMd4

As for the past editions, the Glycosaminoglycan Symposium is organized in collaboration with the University of Heidelberg/Mannheim (Prof. J. Harenberg) and will take place in Villa Vigoni (Loveno, Lake Como)

November 23rd, 2017  “Aula Maggiore”, Facoltà di Agraria, Università degli studi di Milano (programma pdf)

Glycol-split non-anticoagulant heparins are inhibitors of hepcidin expression in vitro and in vivo . Maura Poli, Michela Asperti, Annamaria Naggi, Natascia Campostrini, Domenico Girelli, Michela Corbella, Marina Benzi, Celine Besson-Fournier, Helene Coppin, Federica Maccarinelli, Dario Finazzi, and Paolo Arosio (link alla rivista)