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The 36th PhD cycle in Biotechnology has started on Nov 1, 2020 and will end on Oct 31, 2023.


Board of teachers:

Marco Moracci (Coordinator)
Discovery, characterisation and engineering of carbohydrate-active enzymes from hyper(thermophilic) microorganisms for biocatalysis and biotransformation

Members of the Federico II University

Angela Arciello
Characterization of antimicrobial peptides to be applied in food and cosmeceutical fields

 

Eugenio Notomista
Identification, production and characterization of Host Defence Peptides (HDP)

Viola Calabrò
Natural metabolites from plants and fungi: characterization of their biological activities for nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical industry

 

Ermenegilda Parrilli
Biofilm of Antarctic marine Bacteria as a tool for biotechnologies

Rosanna Capparelli
Study of the role of formyl peptide receptors in Helicobacter pylori induced inflammation: discovery and characterization of new molecules for pharmaceutical industry

 

Francesco Pennacchio
Understanding the mechanisms that underlie the impact of environmental stress factors on honey bee immunocompetence, to set the ground for developing targeted biotechnologies to reduce colony losses

Gabriella Fiorentino
(Hyper)Thermophiles-inspired molecular strategies to address environmental pollution with biotechnological approaches

 

Gennaro Piccialli
Studies on oligonucleotides and analogues to obtain: (i) new supramolecular structures and biopolymers; (ii) aptamers binding proteins; (iii) regulators of gene-expression; (iv) functionalized biochip

Paola Giardina
Protein biosurfactant isolated from fungi: their characterization and applications

 

Raffaele Porta
Production and characterization of innovative bioplastics

Rachele Isticato
A versatile nano display platform based on bacterial spore: from vaccines to biocatalysts

 

Rosa Rao
Plant- insect interactions: understanding the molecular events underpinning plant defense responses to insect attacks to develop specific biotechnologies suitable for crop protection

Loredana Mariniello
Biopolimers from wastes as components of edible films to be applied in the food industry for a sustainable development

 

Piero Salatino
Development of advanced bioconversion units - see webpage (link) for details

Antonio Marzocchella
Development of bioprocesses - see webpage (link) for details

 

Maria Luisa Tutino
Exploiting the industrial use of unconventional Antarctic bacteria as host for recombinant production of difficult proteins

Daria Maria Monti
Use of microalgae as a source of high added value molecules. A biorefinery approach will be used and the isolated molecules biologically characterized.

 

  

Foreign members

 

 

Cesar De La Fuente Nunez

Adam Macierzanka 

Carlos Fontes

Reynaldo Villalonga Santana

Angharad M. R. Gatehouse

 

Thierry Tron

Peter Gotz


Educational Offer reserved to PhD students of the 36th cycle.



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Student

Project

 

Tutor

Miriam

Carbonaro

Extremophiles as microbial tools to face environmental problems associated to anthropogenic activities

G. Fiorentino

This PhD scholarship is dedicated to the memory of Giulio Regeni.




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Caterina

D'Angelo

Biofilm of Polar marine bacteria as a biotechnological tool

 

E. Parrilli



Giovanna

De Leva

Stress, immunity and honeybee health: new strategies to limit colony losses

F. Pennacchio

 



Carmen

Ercolano

Discovery, characterization and engineering of enzymes involved in polymer modification for sustainable biocatalysis and biotransformation

M. Moracci

.

Michela

Famiglietti


Matrix reinforcement of hydrocolloid-based bioplastics

 

L. Mariniello
C. V. L. Giosafatto

Sondos

Hejazi

Poly-γ-glutamic acid-based bioplastics

 

R. Porta
C. V. L. Giosafatto

Graduated at the "An-Najah National University"

.

Rossana

Pitocchi

Discovery and characterization of new fungal biosurfactant proteins for bioremediation and biomedical application
P. Giardina

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Adriana

Posilipo

Optimization of biochemical saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass

 

A. Marzocchella
M. E. Russo

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Papers published by students of cycle XXXVI

Pitocchi R, Cicatiello P, Birolo L, Piscitelli A, Bovio E, Varese GC, Giardina P.

Cerato-Platanins from Marine Fungi as Effective Protein Biosurfactants and Bioemulsifiers.

2020, Int J Mol Sci, Vol. 21: 2913.

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21082913

 

Gallo G, Puopolo R, Carbonaro M, Maresca E, Fiorentino G.

Extremophiles, a Nifty Tool to Face Environmental Pollution: From Exploitation of Metabolism to Genome Engineering.

2021, Int J Environ Res Public Health, Vol. 18: 5228.

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105228

 

Pennacchio A, Pitocchi R, Varese GC, Giardina P, Piscitelli A.

Trichoderma harzianum cerato-platanin enhances hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials.

2021, Microb Biotechnol, Vol. 0: 1-8.

https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13836

   

Restaino OF, Hejazi S, Zannini D, Giosafatto CVL, Di Pierro P, Cassese E, D'ambrosio S, Santagata G, Schiraldi C, Porta R.

Exploiting Potential Biotechnological Applications of Poly-γ-glutamic Acid Low Molecular Weight Fractions Obtained by Membrane-Based Ultra-Filtration.

2022, Polymers (Basel), Vol. 14: 1190.

https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14061190

 

Pitocchi R, Piscitelli A, Giardina P.

Marine fungi as source of biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers.

2022, Fungal Biopolymers and Biocomposites. Ed. Springer. pp. 313 - 327.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1000-5_15

 

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

 

Ntasi G, Sbriglia S, Pitocchi R, Vinciguerra R, Melchiorre R, Dello Ioio L, Fatigati G,Crisci E, Bonoduce I, Carpentieri A, Marino G, Birolo L.

Proteomic Characterization of Collagen-Based Animal Glues for Restoration.

2022, J  Proteome Res, Vol. 21: 2173 - 2184.

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.2c00232

 

Gallo G, Mougiakos I, Bianco M, Carbonaro M, Carpentieri A, Illiano A, Pucci P, Bartolucci S, Van der Oost J, Fiorentino G.

A Hyperthermoactive-Cas9 Editing Tool Reveals the Role of a Unique Arsenite Methyltransferase in the Arsenic Resistance System of Thermus thermophilus HB27.

2021, mBio, Vol. 12: e02813-21.

https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02813-21

 

Yaseen D, Sabbah M, Al-Asmar A,  Altamimi M, Famiglietti M, Giosafatto CVL, Mariniello L.

Functionality of films from Nigella sativa Defatted Seed Cake Proteins Plasticized with Grape Juice and Their Use to Wrap Sweet Cherries.

2021, Coatings, Vol. 11: 1383-1399.

https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11111383

 

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 .

2021, Food Packag Shelf Life, Vol. 31: 100779.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2021.100779

 

Famiglietti M, Savastano A, Gaglione R,  Arciello A, Naviglio D, Mariniello L.

Edible Films Made of Dried Olive Leaf Extract and Chitosan: Characterization and Applications.

2022, Foods, Vol. 11: 2078-2090.

https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11142078

 

 


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