PhD Student: Federica Valdetara Tutor: Prof. Roberto Carmine Foschino Co-tutor: Dr. Ileana Vigentini – DeFENS Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Food Science and Nutrition PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 Research topic Wine spoilage by Brettanomyces bruxellensis: molecular and physiological investigation on enzymatic activities involved in ethyl phenols production Project Synopsis …
PhD Student: Miriam Zanoletti Tutor: M. Ambrogina Pagani, DeFENS Dean: Francesco Bonomi Research area: Food Science and Nutrition PhD title achieved on: 4th April 2017 Research topic Biotechnological processes suitable for producing foods with high functional properties from cereals and pseudocereals Project Synopsis My PhD thesis dealt with the application of different physical …
PhD Student: Elisa Garuglieri Tutor: Prof. Francesca Cappitelli, DeFens Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 4th April 2017 Research topic antibiofilm agents Project Synopsis My PhD project explores the response of the gut interactive ecosystem to sub-lethal concentrations of food-related silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The main aim is to …
PhD Student: Stefano Colombo Tutor: Prof. Diego Mora – Defens Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 4th April 2017 Research topic Role of viruses in the spreading of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in food related environment Project Synopsis My PhD project aims to evaluate the presence and the role …
PhD Student: Stefano Bernardi Tutor: Prof. Patrizia Riso, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Food Science and Nutrition Research topic Protective role of polyphenol-rich diet in subjects with dysfunctional intestinal barrier and evaluation of dietary bioactives main mechanisms of action Project Synopsis My PhD project will focus on a dietary intervention study …
PhD Student: Giorgio Gargari Tutor: Prof. Simone Guglielmetti – Defens Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Food Science and Nutrition PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 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 This …
PhD Student: Claudia Capusoni Tutor: Prof. Concetta Compagno Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Chemistry and Biochemistry & Food Science and Nutrition Research topic Biotechnological processes for the transformation of agri-food residues into value-added molecules Project Synopsis The aim of my PhD project is to characterize a group of “non conventional yeasts” with food-industrial …
PhD Student: Valerio De Vitis Tutor: Prof. Francesco Molinari Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Chemistry and Biochemistry PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 Research topic Biotechnological processes for the transformation of agri-food residues into value-added molecules Project Synopsis In this PhD project we will try to improve the native biotechnological features …
PhD Student: Giulia Della Scala Tutor: Prof. Diego Mora – DeFENS Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 18th December 2018 Research topic Genetic improvement of technological properties in food-related microorganisms through the controlled manipulation of complex microbial/viral ecosystems Project Synopsis My PhD research project is aimed to better …
PhD Student: Matteo Callegari Tutor: Elena Sara Crotti – Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS) Dean: Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 Research topic Plant, insect and soil microbiome: characterization and biotechnological exploitation (Prof. Borin, Dr. Crotti, Prof. Daffonchio; added on 2015) Project Synopsis The …
PhD Student: Eros Neri Tutor: Prof. Diego Mora, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Food Science and Technology PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 Research topic Genetic improvement of technological properties in food-related microorganisms through the controlled manipulation of complex microbial/viral ecosystems Project Synopsis My project is based on the study …
PhD Student: Lorenzo Vergani Tutor: Prof. Sara Borin, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 Research topic Plant, insect and soil microbiome: characterization and biotechnological exploitation Project Synopsis The objective of my PhD project is the study of prokaryotic communities associated to spontaneous plants growing …
PhD Student: Elisa Rocchi Tutor: Laura Piazza – DeFENS Dean: Francesco Bonomi Research area: Food Science and Nutrition PhD title achieved on: 18th December 2018 Research topic Recovery of agri-food byproducts for the development of novel foods. Project Synopsis This project aims to promote vegetal materials, recovered from agro/food wastes, as new solutions in …
PhD Student: Valentina Riva Tutor: Prof. Sara Borin, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Selection and characterisation of plant growth promoting bacteria able to improve water use efficiency in agriculture Project Synopsis My PhD project is based on the set up and characterization of large bacteria collections from the …
PhD Student: Igor Chiarelli Perdomo Tutor: Prof. Francesco Molinari, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Chemistry and Biochemistry Research topic Biotechnological processes for the transformation of agri-food residues into value-added molecules Project Synopsis The PhD research project deals with the development of new methods for preparing vanillin using continuous bioprocesses. The main …
The Institute of Metals in Biology of Grenoble (IMBG) organizes in September 2017 its 7th biannual International Meeting that will be dedicated to “Metallic nanoparticles: health, environment, applications and safer-by-design”. The 7th IMBG International Meeting will be held in Villard-de-Lans, a village located close to Grenoble. The meeting will take place from the 13th to …
PhD Student: Elena Maria Colombo Tutor: Prof. Matias Pasquali-DeFENS Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Pathogen informed strategies for sustainable disease management of toxigenic fungi. Project Synopsis The goal of the research project is to study a historical collection of Streptomyces spp. strains in order to identify activities or molecules able to …
PhD Student: Sarah Zecchin (PhD degree achieved on 4th April 2017) Tutor: Lucia Cavalca, DeFENS Dean: Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 4th April 2017 Research topic Root-associated microbiota involved in element cycles in rice: implications in contaminant translocation to grain Project Synopsis Arsenic contamination in rice is a matter …
Luca De Vincenti, PhD student of the Food Systems PhD programme (Università degli Studi di Milano), was selected for a grant supporting a Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) of the COST Action EuroXanth: “Integrating science on Xanthomonadaceae for integrated plant disease management in Europe”. COST is an EU-funded programme that enables researchers to set up …
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 …
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Claire Ashleigh Christison Tutor: Francesca Cappitelli, DeFENS Co-tutor: Fabio Forlani Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Study of the effects of plant extracts and agri-food nanoparticles on biofilms Project Synopsis Valorization of olive oil wastes for sustainable production of biocide-free antibiofilm compounds. The cultivation of olives and the …
Elena Maria Colombo, PhD student of the Food Systems PhD course (Università degli Studi di Milano), received a travel award for her work “In vitro study of endophytic streptomycetes and their influence on wheat-Fusarium spp. pathosystem”, supporting the participation as young researcher to the “First International Congress of Biological Control” held in Beijing (14-16 May). …
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Camilla Cattaneo, 3rd-year PhD student of the Food Systems programme at the University of Milan, has recently published in Nature-Scientific Reports some preliminary results regarding her PhD project, carrying out a innovative study in the field of sensory sciences aimed at investigating a possible relationship among taste perception, oral microbiota composition and nutritional intake. Cattaneo, …
