The 36th PhD cycle in Biotechnology has started on Nov 1, 2020 and will end on Oct 31, 2023.
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 |
| Eugenio Notomista |
Viola Calabrò |
| Ermenegilda Parrilli |
Rosanna Capparelli |
| Francesco Pennacchio |
Gabriella Fiorentino |
| Gennaro Piccialli |
Paola Giardina |
| Raffaele Porta |
Rachele Isticato |
| Rosa Rao |
Loredana Mariniello |
| Piero Salatino |
Antonio Marzocchella |
| Maria Luisa Tutino |
Daria Maria Monti |
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Educational Offer reserved to PhD students of the 36th cycle. (Courses provided to PhD students of the 36th cycle over three years)
The calendar of courses held in the current academic year is available on the dedicated page (course calendar)
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| Giovanna De Leva | Stress, immunity and honeybee health: new strategies to limit colony losses | F. Pennacchio
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| Michela Famiglietti | L. Mariniello | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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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
