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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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 …
Awarded PhD student, Elena Maria Colombo
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). …