PhD Student<\/strong>: Giorgia Catinella<\/p>\n

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Tutor<\/strong>: Prof. Sabrina Dallavalle<\/p>\n

Dean<\/strong>: Prof. Ella Pagliarini<\/p>\n

Research area<\/strong>: Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/p>\n

PhD title achieved on<\/strong>: 3^{rd<\/sup>\u00a0December 2021<\/p>\n}

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Research topic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Design and synthesis of bio-inspired new generation pesticides<\/p>\n

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Project Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n

My PhD project is focused on the design and synthesis of natural products\u2019 analogues. The new molecules will be tested for their antimicrobial activity in different biological models.<\/p>\n

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Project keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chemical synthesis, by-product, antimicrobial compounds<\/p>\n

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Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n

giorgia.catinella@unimi.it<\/a><\/p>\n

Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS) \u2013 Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano<\/p>\n

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Collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Andrea Pinto, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI<\/p>\n

Prof. Francesco Bonomi, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI<\/p>\n

Prof. Stefania Iametti, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI<\/p>\n

Prof. Paolo Cortesi, Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI<\/p>\n

Dr. Stefania Arioli, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI<\/p>\n

Dr. Fabio Forlani, Department of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI<\/p>\n

Dr. Andrea Kunova, Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, UNIMI<\/p>\n

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Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fellowship sponsor<\/em>:\u00a0Fondazione Fratelli Confalonieri<\/p>\n

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Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

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

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-\u03b4- and Dehydro-\u03b5-Viniferin for Antimicrobial Activity Against the Foodborne Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes<\/em>, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 2168; doi:10.3390\/ijms21062168<\/p>\n

Oral communication and poster<\/em>:<\/p>\n

New Synthetic Approaches for the Preparation of Antimicrobial Compounds. Poster presentation at\u00a0XXIV Workshop on the developments in the Italian PhD Research on food science, technology and biotechnology, 11-13 September 2019 \u2013 Florence<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0Oral communication at International Summer School on Natural Products (ISSNP), 01-05 July 2019, Naples<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

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Others<\/strong><\/p>\n

Training Experiences<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Participation at the CS-ThAnMa \u2013 Short cycle Course on Thermal Analysis, 2-6 September, 2019 \u2013 Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"