Tag «gut health»

PhD student profile, Robin Duncan

Robin Duncan (cycle 38)

PhD Student:  Robin Duncan (ORCID n. 0000-0003-4235-2496)   Supervisor: Simone Guglielmetti, DeFENS Co-tutor: Rosario Russo, Giellepi SpA Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Food Science and Nutrition Research topic: The role of the intestinal microbiota in mediating the effect of diet on human health (Guglielmetti Simone Domenico, Riso Patrizia)   Project Synopsis Prebiotics and their …

PhD student profile, Ylenia Zanchetta

Ylenia Zanchetta (cycle 38)

PhD Student: Ylenia Zanchetta (ORCID n. 0000-0002-0551-0101)   Supervisor: Prof. Diego Mora, DEFENS Co-tutor: Prof. Stefania Arioli Tutor aziendale: Dott. Stefano Colombo Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Food Science and Nutrition   Research topic Probiotics and Food associated microorganisms: ecology, molecular and functional characterization, impact on host health   Project Synopsis The role of …

Awarded PhD student, Stefano Bernardi

Stefano Bernardi (cycle 32)

Stefano Bernardi, PhD student in the Food Systems PhD programme (Università degli Studi di Milano), has been awarded the Best Oral Communication at the  XL Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Nutrizione Umana (SINU), 27-29th November 2019, in Genoa – Italy. At the conference Stefano has been presenting the JPI-HDHL European project MaPLE, with the speech entitled: “Effetto di una dieta …

Thesis Defense XXX Cycle (round 1), 21 December 2017

PhD Food Systems

Thesis Defense XXX Cycle (round 1) December 21st, 2017 (Aula Levi, Via Valvassori Peroni 21, Milano)   PROGRAM OUTLINE   10.00   Welcome notes   10.15-11.00  Opening lecture: Giovanna Felis (Department of Biotechnology, Università di Verona) Evolution of lactobacilli taxonomy: implications for food labeling   11.00-12.30  Presentations by candidates: Lorenzo Vergani Bioremediation of a polychlorinated biphenyl (pcb) …

Journal Club, 17 February 2017

PhD Food Systems

17th February 2017 (14.30, Room 1, Via Celoria 2 – Milan; Faculty of Agricultural and Food Science) Debaryomyces hansenii as cell factory for the production of value added molecules Claudia Capusoni (PhD Student, Food Systems) Overall assessment of a model probiotic bacterium: from gut colonization to clinical efficacy Walter Fiore (PhD Student, Food Sistems) Physicochemical characterization of model membranes …

PhD student profile, Erika Meroni

Erika Meroni (cycle 31)

PhD Student:  Erika Meroni   Tutor: Daniela Erba (DeFENS, Food Science and Nutrition) Dean: Francesco Bonomi Research area: Food Science and Nutrition PhD title achieved on: 18th December 2018   Research topic Bioavailability, biological activity, mechanisms of action and role on health of bioactive components (endogenous, from food or from food industry by-products) through cell …