Monthly archives: January, 2018

Journal Club, 2 February 2018

Friday, Feb 2, Classroom # 304 (Settore Didattico, Via Celoria 20) 14.30     Luce Mattio Polyphenols: chemistry, metabolites and structure-activity relationships 15.15     Francesca Gallotti Application of Pleurotus ostreatus in the design of sustainable functional foods 16.00     Lorenzo Strani Sensing techniques in dairy industry: a PAT approach

Journal Club, 26 January 2018

Friday, Jan 26, classroom # 303 (Settore Didattico, Via Celoria 20) 14.00     Introduction 14.30     Alessandro Dalla Via Interaction between diet, gut microbial enzymatic activities and host health. Possible role of intestinal bacteria as biomarker of atherosclerosis predisposition 15.15     Nicola Mangieri Bacteriophage application to control non-O157 Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli 16.00     Martina Bertolini Evaluation of …

Former PhD students grow! Xiaoyulong Chen

Dr. Xiaoyulong Chen attended the PhD programme (2012-2015; 28th cycle; tutor: Prof. Cortesi, DeFENS) of “Chemistry, Biochemistry and Ecology of Pesticides”, one of the PhD programmes that took part to the 2013 foundation of the PhD programme of Food Systems (see “Short story of the PhD Programme of Food Systems” under “General Info“). He is …

PhD student profile, Lorenzo Strani

PhD Student: Lorenzo Strani   Tutor: Ernestina Casiraghi, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Food Science and Nutrition   Research topic Sensing technologies for characterization and authentication of food products   Project Synopsis The project wants to answer the dairy industry needs for an improvement of processes and methods. Thus, the main purpose is to …

PhD student profile, Alessandro Dalla Via

PhD Student: Alessandro Dalla Via   Tutor: Prof. Simone Guglielmetti   Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Food Science and Nutrition   Research topic Investigation of food and probiotic impact on oral, intestinal and vaginal microbiota, and study of the molecular mechanisms underlying host-probiotic interaction.   Project Synopsis My PhD project aims to investigate the …

PhD student profile, Luce Micaela Mattio

PhD Student: Luce Micaela Mattio Tutor: Prof. Sabrina Dallavalle – DeFENS Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Chemistry and Biochemistry Research topic: Sustainable chemistry for the preparation of molecules of agri-food interest   Project Synopsis My PhD project is focused on the preparation of polyphenolic compounds, in particular stilbenoids (resveratrol analogues and dimers) and flavonoids …

PhD student profile, Martina Bertolini

PhD Student: Martina Bertolini Tutor: Lucia Cavalca, DeFens Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Agrotechnological applications to shape microbial diversity for soil fertility and bioremediation   Project Synopsis Chlorinated aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons are important contaminants all over the world because they are very common in different industrial activities. These compounds are …

PhD student profile, Francesca Gallotti

PhD Student: Francesca Gallotti Tutor: Prof. Vera Lavelli, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Food Science and Nutrition Research topic Circular reuse of agri-food resources for the development of novel foods and of low environmental impact cosmetic and nutraceutical products Project Synopsis The Pleurotus genus can use by-products of food industry as substrates to …

PhD student profile, Nicola Mangieri

PhD Student:  Nicola Mangieri Tutor: Claudia Picozzi – Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS) Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Food Science and Nutrition   Research topic Foodborne emerging pathogens: in depth analysis on non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli   Project Synopsis My PhD project is based on the study of virulence factor …