The 34th PhD cycle in Biotechnology has started on Nov 1st, 2018 and ended on Jan 31, 2022.
The PhD thesis defense will be held on April 11, 2022 – starting time 14.00 a.m. – Department of Biology, Sala del Consiglio (Building 7 – level “-1”, Campus Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Cintia, Naples)
The examination session will be also accessible by the MS Teams app.
Team name: “Final Exam PhD Biotechnology 34th cycle”
Code (immediate access to the meeting): “tlwo1n5”
Link to the team (admission to the meeting needed):
The program of the event can be found in the flyer.
Board of teachers:
Giovanni Sannia – Coordinator
Members of the Federico II University
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Educational Offer reserved to PhD students of the 34th cycle.
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| Student | Project |
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 | Stefany Castaldi | R. Isticato | ||
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| Paola Cuomo |
| R. Capparelli A. Motta A. Fulgione | |
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| Maria De Luca | Antimicrobial functionalization of surfaces through chimeric protein self-assembling |
| A. Arciello
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| Antonio Masino |
| E. Notomista | |
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| Fatemeh Mirpoor | Reinforcement of hydrocolloid bioplastics aimed at food packaging |
| R. Porta C. V. L. Giosafatto |
Graduated at the "An-Najah National University" | ||||
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| Ilaria Stanzione | Fungal proteic biosurfactants for the development of biosensing and biomedical platforms |
| P. Giardina A. Piscitelli |
This PhD scholarship is dedicated to the memory of Giulio Regeni. | ||||
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Dottorati industriali | ||||
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| Student | Project |
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| Claudia Petrillo |
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Papers published by students of cycle XXXIV
D'Amato N, Paris D, Molino A, Cuomo P, Fulgione A, Sorrentino N, Palomba L, Maniscalco M, Motta A.
The Immune-modulator Pidotimod Affects the Metabolic Profile of Exhaled Breath Condensate in Bronchiectatic Patients: A Metabolomics Pilot Study.
2019, Front Pharmacol, Vol. 10: 1115.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2019.01115
Cicatiello P, Stanzione I, Dardano P, De Stefano L, Birolo L, De Chiaro A, Monti DM, Petruk G, D'Errico G, Giardina P.
Characterization of a surface-active protein extracted from a marine strain of Penicillium chrysogenum.
2019, Int J Mol Sci, Vol. 20: 3242.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20133242
Petrillo C, Castaldi S, Lanzilli M, Saggese A, Donadio G, Baccigalupi L, Ricca E, Isticato R.
The temperature of growth and sporulation modulates the efficiency of spore-display in Bacillus subtilis.
2020, Microb Cell Fact, Vol. 19: 185.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-020-01446-6
Fulgione A, Papaianni M, Cuomo P, Paris D, Romano M, Tuccillo C, Palomba L, Medaglia C, De Seta M, Esposito N, Motta A, Iannelli A, Iannelli D, Capparelli R.
Interaction between MyD88, TIRAP and IL1RL1 against Helicobacter pylori infection.
2020, Sci Rep, Vol. 10: 15831.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72974-9
Cuomo P, Papaianni M, Sansone C, Iannelli D, Medaglia C, Paris D, Motta A, Capparelli R.
An In Vitro Model to Investigate the Role of Helicobacter pylori in Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Alzheimer's Disease and Cardiometabolic Disease.
2020, Int J Mol Sci, Vol. 21: 8369.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218369
Cuomo P, Papaianni M, Fulgione A, Guerra F, Capparelli R, Medaglia C.
An innovative approach to control H. pylori-induced persistent inflammation and colonization.
2020, Microorganisms, Vol. 8: 1214.
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8081214
Papaianni M, Cuomo P, Fulgione A, Albanese D, Gallo M, Paris D, Motta A, Iannelli D, Capparelli R.
Bacteriophages promote metabolic changes in bacterial biofilm.
2020, Microorganisms, Vol. 8: 408.
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8040480
Mirpoor SF, Giosafatto CVL, Di Pierro P, Di Girolamo R, Regalado-González C, Porta R.
Valorisation of Posidonia oceanica Sea Balls (Egagropili) as a Potential Source of Reinforcement Agents in Protein-Based Biocomposites.
2020, Polymers, Vol. 12: 2788.
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122788
Isticato R, Lanzilli M, Petrillo C, Donadio G, Baccigalupi L, Ricca E.
Bacillus subtilis builds structurally and functionally different spores in response to the temperature of growth.
2020, Environ Microbiol, Vol. 22: 170-182.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14835
Sorrentino I, Stanzione I, Nedellec Y, Piscitelli A, Giardina P, Le Goff A.
From Graphite to Laccase Biofunctionalized Few-Layer Graphene: A "One Pot" Approach Using a Chimeric Enzyme.
2020, Int J Mol Sci, Vol. 21: 3741.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21113741
Stanzione I, Pezzella C, Giardina P, Sannia G, Piscitelli A.
Beyond natural laccases: extension of their potential applications by protein engineering.
2020, Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, Vol. 104: 915-924.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-019-10147-z
Soria LR, Gurung S, De Sabbata G, Perocheau DP, De Angelis A, Bruno G, Polishchuk E, Paris D, Cuomo P, Motta A, Orford M, Khalil Y, Eaton S, Mills PB, Waddington SN, Settembre C, Muro AF, Baruteau J, Brunetti-Pierri N.
Beclin-1-mediated activation of autophagy improves proximal and distal urea cycle disorders.
2021, EMBO Mol Med, Vol. 13: e13158.
https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202013158
Mirpoor SF, Giosafatto CVL, Porta R.
Biorefining of seed oil cakes as industrial co-streams for production of innovative bioplastics. A review.
2021, Trends Food Sci Technol, Vol. 109: 259-270.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.01.014
Ntasi G, Kirby DP, Stanzione I, Carpentieri A, Somma A, Cicatiello P, Marino G, Giardina P, Birolo L.
A versatile and user-friendly approach for the analysis of proteins in ancient and historical objects.
2021, J Proteomics, Vol. 231: 104039.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2020.104039
Masi M, Sautua F, Zatout R, Castaldi S, Arrico L, Isticato R, Pescitelli G, Carmona MA, Evidente A.
Phaseocyclopentenones A and B, Phytotoxic Penta- and Tetrasubstituted Cyclopentenones Produced by Macrophomina phaseolina, the Causal Agent of Charcoal Rot of Soybean in Argentina.
2021, J Nat Prod, Vol. 84: 459–465.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01287
Castaldi S, Petrillo C, Donadio G, Dal Piaz F, Cimmino A, Masi M, Evidente A, Isticato R.
Plant Growth Promotion Function of Bacillus sp. Strains Isolated from Salt-Pan Rhizosphere and Their Biocontrol Potential against Macrophomina phaseolina.
2021, Int J Mol Sci, Vol. 22: 3324.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073324
Zdorovenko EL, Dmitrenok AS, Masi M, Castaldi S, Muzio FM, Isticato R, Valverde C, Knirel YA, Evidente A.
Structural studies on the O-specific polysaccharide of the lipopolysaccharide from Pseudomonas donghuensis strain SVBP6, with antifungal activity against the phytopathogenic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina.
2021, Int J Biol Macromol, Vol. 182: 2019-2023.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.187
Corrado I, Petrillo C, Isticato R, Casillo A, Corsaro MM, Sannia G, Pezzella C.
The power of two: An artificial microbial consortium for the conversion of inulin into Polyhydroxyalkanoates.
2021, Int J Biol Macromol, Vol. 189: 494-502.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.08.123
Mirpoor SF, Restaino OF, Schiraldi C, Giosafatto CVL, Ruffo F, Porta R.
Lignin/Carbohydrate Complex Isolated from Posidonia oceanica Sea Balls (Egagropili): Characterization and Antioxidant Reinforcement of Protein-Based Films.
2021, Int J Mol Sci, Vol. 22: 9147.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22179147
Mirpoor SF, Varriale S, Porta R, Naviglio D, Spennato M, Gardossi L, Giosafatto CVL, Pezzella, C.
A biorefinery approach for the conversion of Cynara cardunculus biomass to active films.
2022, Food Hydrocolloids, Vol. 122: 107099.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.107099
Petrillo C, Castaldi S, Lanzilli M, Selci M, Cordone A, Giovannelli D, Isticato R.
Genomic and Physiological Characterization of Bacilli Isolated From Salt-Pans With Plant Growth Promoting Features.
2021, Front Microbiol, Vol. 12: 715678.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.715678
Cimmino A, Bahmani Z, Castaldi S, Masi M, Isticato R, Abdollahzadeh J, Amini J, Evidente A.
Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid (PCA), Produced for the First Time as an Antifungal Metabolite by Truncatella angustata, a Causal Agent of Grapevine Trunk Diseases (GTDs) in Iran.
2021, J Agric Food Chem, Vol. 69: 12143-12147.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c03877
Castaldi S, Masi M, Sautua F, Cimmino A, Isticato R, Carmona M, Tuzi A, Evidente A.
Pseudomonas fluorescens Showing Antifungal Activity against Macrophomina phaseolina, a Severe Pathogenic Fungus of Soybean, Produce Phenazine as the Main Active Metabolite.
2021, Biomolecules, Vol. 11: 1728.
https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11111728
Mirpoor SF, Qazanfarzadeh Z, Kadivar M, Shekarchizadeh H, Di Girolamo R, Giosafatto CVL, Di Pierro P, Porta R.
Potential use of glycerol- and/or spermidine-plasticized secalin films as leaf surface coatings for sustainable plant disease management.
2021, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 328: 129461.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129461
Mirpoor SF, Giosafatto CVL, Di Girolamo R, Famiglietti M, Porta R.
Hemp (Cannabis sativa) seed oilcake as a promising by-product for developing protein-based films: Effect of transglutaminase-induced crosslinking.
2022, Food Packaging and Shelf Life, Vol. 31: 100779.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2021.100779
Siepi M, Oliva R, Masino A, Gaglione R, Arciello A, Russo R, Di Maro A, Zanfardino A, Varcamonti M, Petraccone L, Del Vecchio P, Merola M, Pizzo E, Notomista E, Cafaro V.
Environment-Sensitive Fluorescent Labelling of Peptides by Luciferin Analogues.
2021, Int J Mol Sci, Vol. 22: 13312.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222413312
Stanzione I, Pitocchi R, Pennacchio A, Cicatiello P, Piscitelli A, Giardina P.
Innovative surface bio-functionalization by fungal hydrophobins and their engineered variants.
2022, Front in Mol Bios, Vol. 9: 1 - 9.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.959166
