PhD student profile, Giorgia Catinella

PhD Student: Giorgia Catinella

 

Tutor: Prof. Sabrina Dallavalle

Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini

Research area: Chemistry and Biochemistry

PhD title achieved on: 3^rd December 2021

 

Research topic

Design and synthesis of bio-inspired new generation pesticides

 

Project Synopsis

My PhD project is focused on the design and synthesis of natural products’ analogues. The new molecules will be tested for their antimicrobial activity in different biological models.

 

Project keywords

Chemical synthesis, by-product, antimicrobial compounds

 

Contacts

giorgia.catinella@unimi.it

Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS) – Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano

 

Collaborations

Prof. Andrea Pinto, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI

Prof. Francesco Bonomi, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI

Prof. Stefania Iametti, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI

Prof. Paolo Cortesi, Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI

Dr. Stefania Arioli, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI

Dr. Fabio Forlani, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI

Dr. Andrea Kunova, Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI

 

Sponsor

Fellowship sponsor: Fondazione Fratelli Confalonieri

 

Publications

Luce M. Mattio, Giorgia Catinella, Andrea Pinto, Sabrina Dallavalle, Natural and nature-inspired stilbenoids as antiviral agents, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2020, 202, 112541; doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112541

Luce M. Mattio, Giorgia Catinella, Andrea Pinto, Sabrina Dallavalle, Stilbenoids: A Natural Arsenal against Bacterial Pathogens, Antibiotics 2020, 9, 336; doi:10.3390/antibiotics9060336

Giorgia Catinella, Luce M. Mattio, Loana Musso, Stefania Arioli, Diego Mora, Giovanni Luca Beretta, Nadia Zaffaroni, Andrea Pinto and Sabrina Dallavalle, Structural Requirements of Benzofuran Derivatives Dehydro-δ- and Dehydro-ε-Viniferin for Antimicrobial Activity Against the Foodborne Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 2168; doi:10.3390/ijms21062168

Oral communication and poster:

New Synthetic Approaches for the Preparation of Antimicrobial Compounds. Poster presentation at XXIV Workshop on the developments in the Italian PhD Research on food science, technology and biotechnology, 11-13 September 2019 – Florence

Luce Mattio, Mauro Marengo, Ivano Eberini, Chiara Parravicini, Sabrina Dallavalle, Francesco Bonomi, Stefania Iametti, Andrea Pinto, Giorgia Catinella, Synthesis of natural Stilbenoids as Potential hypoglycaemic agents. Oral communication at International Summer School on Natural Products (ISSNP), 01-05 July 2019, Naples

Catinella, L. Mattio, M. Marengo, I. Eberini, C. Parravicini, S. Dallavalle, F. Bonomi, S. Iametti, A. Pinto, Synthesis and a-amylase inhibition of some resveratrol derivatives. Oral communication at Advanced School in Protein Structure Solution, Prediction and Validation, 13-17 May 2019, Spetses, Greece

 

Others

Training Experiences:

Participation at the CS-ThAnMa – Short cycle Course on Thermal Analysis, 2-6 September, 2019 – Rome, Italy.