Industrial, plant and environmental biotechnologies

Study of microbial, viral and plant biomolecular mechanisms in order to discover, develop and test cutting edge biotechnologies, readily employable in industrial, agricultural and environmental sectors

Biotech research aims at discovering and developing novel methods to synthesize complex molecules, often biological in origin, using biological vectors: cells, enzymes or entire living systems. The applicational purpose is to increase the yield and quality of products beneficial to society, such as food, fertilizers, pharmaceutical drugs and medical solutions. The approach used merges synergistically techniques from basic and applied research in the fields of biology, chemistry and computer sciences.

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Giulia Babbi

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Proteomics, Database development, Protein annotation, Gene-Disease relation, Rare diseases, Machine learning, Genomics,

Marco Candela

Full Professor

keywords: Microbiome science, Metagenomics, Microbiome biotechnologies, One Health, Susteinabiulity, Microbial ecology and

Martina Cappelletti

Associate Professor

keywords: Molecular microbiology, Microbial biotechnology, Microbial genomics, Omics applied to microbiology, Enviornmental

Marco Caprini

Associate Professor

Nicolò Cinti

PhD Student

Stefano Luciano Ciurli

Full Professor

keywords: Bioinorganic Chemistry, Biomodelling, Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy, Metallo-chaperons, Urease, X-ray absorption

Paolo Emidio Costantini

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

keywords: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Phage, Nanoparticle

Alberto Danielli

Associate Professor

keywords: Phage, Molecular Microbiology, Helicobacter pylori, Nanobiotechnology, theranostic vector

Eva Donini

PhD Student

Research fellow

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Stefano Fedi

Associate Professor

keywords: bioremediation, xenobiotics, bacteria, metalloids, metals

Francesco Francia

Associate Professor

keywords: amorphous matrices, chromatophores, photosynthesis, quinone, electron transfer, respiratory complexes

Antonio Gonzalez Vara Rodriguez

Assistant professor

keywords: Industrial Microbiology

Roberto Gotti

Associate Professor

keywords: chiral separation, validation of analytical methods, capillary electrophoresis, chromatographic analysis, sample

Sayyeda Hira Hassan

Research fellow

Manuela Mandrone

Associate Professor

keywords: Metabolomics, Phytochemistry, Ethnobotany, Enzyme activity, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Luca Mazzei

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

Laura Menotti

Associate Professor

keywords: viral vectors, oncolytic virotherapy, HER2 receptor, tumor-specific receptors, viral retargeting ad detargeting, herpes

Francesco Musiani

Associate Professor

Marco Rinaldo Oggioni

Full Professor

keywords: bacterial pathogenesis

Carola Eleonora Parolin

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: human microbiota, vaginal ecosystem, Lactobacillus, probiotics

Ferruccio Poli

Full Professor

keywords: medicinal plants, metabolomics,, ethnobotany, phytochemistry, biological activities, smart agriculture, Quality

Simone Rampelli

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

keywords: Microbiome, Metagenomics, Microbiota, Microbial Evolution

Francesca Sparla

Associate Professor

keywords: intrinsically unstructured proteins, thioredoxin, guard cell, supramolecular complexes, starch

Alessandra Stefan

Assistant professor

keywords: recombinant proteins, LDHA, Escherichia coli, MptpA

Andrea Timoncini

Research fellow

keywords: artificial aging, climate change, biocorrosion

Maria Paola Turina

Assistant professor

keywords: ATP synthase, proton transport, electron tranfer, photosynthetic Reaction Center

Silvia Turroni

Associate Professor

Beatrice Vitali

Associate Professor

keywords: human microbiota, probiotic bacteria, molecular culture-independent techniques, Lactobacillus

Muhammad Waqar

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Mirko Zaffagnini

Associate Professor

keywords: Carbon metabolism, Redox homeostasis, Thiol-dependent post-translational modifications

Barbara Zambelli

Associate Professor

keywords: intrinsically disordered proteins, metal-homeostasis, urease, nickel, protein-protein interactions

Giampaolo Zuccheri

Assistant professor

Industrial, plant and environmental biotechnologies

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