Tag «bioremediation»

PhD student profile, Camilla Valli

Camilla Valli (cycle 39)

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

Alice Melzi (cycle 38)

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 …

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 …

PhD student profile, Martina Bertolini

Martina Bertolini (cycle 33)

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 …

Advanced Course, February 2017

PhD Food Systems

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 …