{"id":3898,"date":"2026-01-20T17:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:48:46","slug":"phd-student-profile-marco-gellera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/2026\/01\/20\/phd-student-profile-marco-gellera\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD student profile, Marco Gellera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p><strong>PhD Student<\/strong>: Marco Gellera (ORCID n. <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-8096-1148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0009-0001-8096-1148<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4052\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gellera-Profile-Pic-Food-Sy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gellera-Profile-Pic-Food-Sy.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gellera-Profile-Pic-Food-Sy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supervisor<\/strong>: Prof. Patrizia Riso, DeFENS \u2013 Division of Human Nutrition<\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-tutor<\/strong>: Prof. Cristian Del Bo\u2019, DeFENS \u2013 Division of Human Nutrition<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dean<\/strong>: Prof. Diego Mora<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research area<\/strong>: Food Science and Nutrition<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research topic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bioavailability and biological activity of dietary compounds\/patterns and their role on human health<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>From bioactives to diets: how food components and dietary patterns influence intestinal permeability and associated markers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This PhD project examines how dietary patterns and individual food components modulate intestinal permeability, a critical determinant of gut barrier integrity and systemic health. Increased permeability is implicated in the pathogenesis of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), yet mechanistic insights remain limited. To address this, the project employs three complementary approaches: a systematic review to consolidate current evidence on nutrition-driven modulation of intestinal permeability; in vitro experiments utilizing human-derived cell lines (such as Caco-2) to elucidate molecular interactions of food components and their metabolites with key regulators such as tight junction proteins; and controlled human interventions to assess the impact of dietary patterns on permeability and associated biomarkers. By bridging existing knowledge gaps, this research aims to provide mechanistic and translational evidence for targeted dietary strategies to strengthen gut barrier function and mitigate NCDs development risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dietary Pattern; Intestinal Permeability; Cell models; Health and nutrition<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marco-Gellera-PhD-Research-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marco-Gellera-PhD-Research-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marco-Gellera-PhD-Research--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marco-Gellera-PhD-Research--768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences DeFENS -Dipartimento di scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l\u2019Ambiente<\/p>\n<p>Division of Human Nutrition \u2013 Sezione di Nutrizione Umana \u2013 Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano<br \/>E-mail: marco.gellera@unimi.it<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Fellowship sponsor<\/em>: Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Education:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2025 &#8211; Master\u2019s degree in Human Nutrition (LM-61), University of Milan<\/p>\n<p>2022 \u2013 Bachelor\u2019s degree in Food Science and Technology (L-26), University of Udine<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD Student: Marco Gellera (ORCID n. 0009-0001-8096-1148) \u00a0 Supervisor: Prof. Patrizia Riso, DeFENS \u2013 Division of Human Nutrition Co-tutor: Prof. Cristian Del Bo\u2019, DeFENS \u2013 Division of Human Nutrition Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Food Science and Nutrition \u00a0 Research topic Bioavailability and biological activity of dietary compounds\/patterns and their role on human health &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93,59],"tags":[390,274,391,90],"class_list":{"0":"post-3898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"category-phd-student-profile","8":"tag-cell-model","9":"tag-food-dietary-patterns","10":"tag-health-and-nutrition","11":"tag-intestinal-permeability","12":"anons"},"modified_by":"admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4056,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions\/4056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}