The 38th cycle Food Systems PhD defense (V round) is scheduled for February 9th 2026 at 10:00, Room C13 (via Celoria 2, Milan, Italy). The event will include the keynote lecture of Prof. David Gillan (Science Faculty, Mons University, Belgium): “The bacterial endophytes in Arabidopsis halleri and Viola calaminaria, two metallophytes of a calaminiferoius soil“. …
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PhD student profile, Luigi Bazzana
PhD Student: Luigi Bazzana (ORCID n. 0009-0001-5198-9176) Supervisor: Prof. Eleonora Rolli, DeFENS Co-tutor: Prof. Sara Borin, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Environmental microbiomes: characterization and biotechnological exploitation Project Synopsis Exploiting plant-microbe dynamics to boost rhizoremediation of hydrocarbon-polluted soils Environmental pollution is one of the main causes of …
PhD student profile, Camilla Valli
PhD Student: Camilla Valli (ORCID n. 0000-0001-5796-5768) Supervisor: Prof. Lucia Cavalca, DeFENS Co-tutor: Eng. Maurizio Agosta, Nuova Alba S.r.l. Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic: Environmental microbiology Project Synopsis Groundwater, which represents approximately 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth, is heavily affected by chloroethene (CE) contamination. The purpose of …
PhD student profile, Alice Melzi
PhD Student: Alice Melzi (ORCID n. 0000-0002-0990-4247) Supervisor: Prof. Lucia Cavalca, DeFENS Co-tutor: Prof. Stefania Arioli, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Contribution of environmental, food and gut microorganisms to heavy metal recovery and sequestration. Project Synopsis The project is aimed at exploiting microbial biosorption for removing heavy …
Advanced Course, February 2017
In the frame of the teaching activities of the Food Systems PhD Programme an advanced course is planned as follows: Environmental microbiomes: from microbial ecology to ecosystem services (18 hrs) Microbial ecology and systems microbiology: theories and methodologies (Prof. Sara Borin) 2nd February 2017 (Room C05; 14.00-17.00) Plant microbiome and plant growth promotion (Dr. Francesca …
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 …
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 …