Flavio Ballante
Senior Research Infrastructure Specialist
E-mail: flavio.ballante@ki.se
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C2 Medicinsk biokemi och biofysik, C2 Chemical Biology and Genome engineering Gustavsson, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
Flavio graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, and holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Research
Flavio's research focuses on ligand discovery through studies based on computational chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry and structural biology. Flavio contributed to several drug discovery and software development projects in academic institutes in the EU/USA and collaborated as a consultant or academic partner with companies in the USA and Sweden. Currently, he is a senior research infrastructure specialist in computational chemistry at the Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS, SciLifeLab), Karolinska Institute-Sweden.
Articles
- Article: ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY. 2025;20(2):401-411Petracco E; Ferre G; Kabelka I; Ballante F; Carlsson J; Mulry E; Ray AP; Collins J; Allais F; Eddy MT
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2025;16(1):1741Luttens A; Vo DD; Scaletti ER; Wiita E; Almlof I; Wallner O; Davies J; Kosenina S; Meng L; Long M; Mortusewicz O; Masuyer G; Ballante F; Michel M; Homan E; Scobie M; Kalderen C; Berglund UW; Tarnovskiy AV; Radchenko DS; Moroz YS; Kihlberg J; Stenmark P; Helleday T; Carlsson J
- Article: FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES. 2023;10:1264773Ballante F; Turkina MV; Ntzouni M; Magnusson K-E; Vikstrom E
- Article: PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY. 2021;17(5):e1008936Kapla J; Rodriguez Espigares I; Ballante F; Selent J; Carlsson J
- Article: JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2021;36(1):34-47Nencetti S; Cuffaro D; Nuti E; Ciccone L; Rossello A; Fabbi M; Ballante F; Ortore G; Carbotti G; Campelli F; Banti I; Gangemi R; Marshall GR; Orlandini E
- Journal article: 2020Rudling A; Luttens A; Kihlberg J; Ballante F; Irwin J; Vo D; Loza M; Carlsson J; Brea J; Zeifman A
- Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2020;63(2):613-620Ballante F; Rudling A; Zeifman A; Luttens A; Duy DV; Irwin JJ; Kihlberg J; Brea J; Isabel Loza M; Carlsson J
- Article: ACS PHARMACOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE. 2018;1(2):119-133Kennedy AJ; Ballante F; Johansson JR; Milligan G; Sundstrom L; Nordqvist A; Carlsson J
- Article: DRUG DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH. 2017;78(6):245-267Marshall GR; Ballante F
- Article: BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2017;25(7):2105-2132Ballante F; Reddy DR; Zhou NJ; Marshall GR
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2017;127:531-553Reddy DR; Ballante F; Zhou NJ; Marshall GR
- Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2016;59(4):1613-1633Reddy DN; Ballante F; Chuang T; Pirolli A; Marrocco B; Marshall GR
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING. 2016;56(1):54-72Ballante F; Marshall GR
- Article: JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-AIDED MOLECULAR DESIGN. 2015;29(8):757-776Ragno R; Ballante F; Pirolli A; Wickersham RBIII; Patsilinakos A; Hesse S; Perspicace E; Kirsch G
- Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2014;57(12):5212-5225Rotili D; Tarantino D; Nawrozkij MB; Babushkin AS; Botta G; Marrocco B; Cirilli R; Menta S; Badia R; Crespan E; Ballante F; Ragno R; Este JA; Maga G; Mai A
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING. 2014;54(3):970-977Caroli A; Ballante F; Wickersham RBIII; Corelli F; Ragno R
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING. 2014;54(3):956-969Ballante F; Caroli A; Wickersham RBIII; Ragno R
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING. 2013;53(6):1463-1474Friggeri L; Ballante F; Ragno R; Musmuca I; De Vita D; Manetti F; Biava M; Scipione L; Di Santo R; Costi R; Feroci M; Tortorella S
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2013;63:765-781Perspicace E; Jouan-Hureaux V; Ragno R; Ballante F; Sartini S; La Motta C; Da Settimo F; Chen B; Kirsch G; Schneider S; Faivre B; Hesse S
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING. 2012;52(8):2215-2235Silvestri L; Ballante F; Mai A; Marshall GR; Ragno R
- Article: JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-AIDED MOLECULAR DESIGN. 2012;26(8):907-919Ballante F; Musmuca I; Marshall GR; Ragno R
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING. 2012;52(6):1674-1685Ballante F; Ragno R
- Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2012;55(7):3558-3562Rotili D; Samuele A; Tarantino D; Ragno R; Musmuca I; Ballante F; Botta G; Morera L; Pierini M; Cirilli R; Nawrozkij MB; Gonzalez E; Clotet B; Artico M; Este JA; Maga G; Mai A
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All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025Asp E; Rietdijk J; Tampere M; Axelsson H; Njenda D; Potdar S; Kalman A; Georgieva P; Lapins M; Ballante F; Soler A; de Kort M; Aittokallio T; Zaliani A; Kuzikov M; Gribbon P; Lo D; Carreras-Puigvert J; Seashore-Ludlow B; Spjuth O; Östling P
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025Reinshagen J; Seashore-Ludlow B; Gadiya Y; Gustavsson A-L; Tanoli Z; Aittokallio T; Huchting J; Jenmalm-Jensen A; Gribbon P; Zaliani A; Ballante F
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY. 2025;24(7):521-542Tanoli Z; Fernandez-Torras A; Ozcan UO; Kushnir A; Nader KM; Gadiya Y; Fiorenza L; Ianevski A; Vaha-Koskela M; Miihkinen M; Seemab U; Leinonen H; Seashore-Ludlow B; Tampere M; Kalman A; Ballante F; Benfenati E; Saunders G; Potdar S; Garcia IG; Garcia-Serna R; Talarico C; Beccari AR; Schaal W; Polo A; Costantini S; Cabri E; Jacobs M; Saarela J; Budillon A; Spjuth O; Ostling P; Xhaard H; Quintana J; Mestres J; Gribbon P; Ussi AE; Lo DC; de Kort M; Wennerberg K; Fratelli M; Carreras-Puigvert J; Aittokallio T
- Conference publication: 2025Tampere M; Asp E; Rietdijk J; Axelsson H; Kalman A; Njenda D; Lapins M; Ballante F; Carreras-Puigvert J; Spjuth O; Seashore-Ludlow B; Östling P
- Conference publication: 2023Tampere M; Kalman A; Rietdijk J; Axelsson H; Njenda D; Kaimal JM; Lapins M; Ballante F; Le TH; Bäckström A; Seashore-Ludlow B; Lundberg E; Spjuth O; Carreras-Puigvert J; Stadler C; Östling P
- Review: PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS. 2021;73(4):527-565Ballante F; Kooistra AJ; Kampen S; de Graaf C; Carlsson J
- Book: METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2021Editor(s): Ballante F
- Book chapter: METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2018;p. 67-88Ballante F
- Conference publication: AMINO ACIDS. 2013;45(3):567Ballante F; Tempera G; Agostinelli E; Ragno R
Employments
- Senior Research Infrastructure Specialist, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-
- Research Specialist, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2023
- Researcher, Medicinal chemistry, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, 2017-2022
Visiting research fellowships
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2014-2017