{"id":470,"date":"2016-11-02T16:55:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/?p=470"},"modified":"2020-11-20T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T11:05:22","slug":"phd-student-profile-valerio-de-vitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/2016\/11\/02\/phd-student-profile-valerio-de-vitis\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD student profile, Valerio De Vitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong>PhD Student<\/strong>:\u00a0 Valerio De Vitis<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-474\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/De-Vitis-valerio-adattata.jpg\" alt=\"de-vitis-valerio-adattata\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/De-Vitis-valerio-adattata.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/De-Vitis-valerio-adattata-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tutor<\/strong>: Prof. Francesco Molinari<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dean<\/strong>: Prof. Francesco Bonomi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research area<\/strong>: Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD title achieved on<\/strong>: 21<sup>st<\/sup> December 2017<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research topic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biotechnological processes for the transformation of agri-food residues into value-added molecules<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this PhD project we will try to improve the native biotechnological features of acetic acid bacteria (AAB) through the use of recombinant DNA technology. The aim is to study the possibility to use AAB as a \u201ccell factories\u201d to obtain an expression protein system in acetic acid bacteria leading to the preparation of products of industrial interest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>acetic acid bacteria (AAB), biocatalysis, continuous processes, green chemistry<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS) \u2013 Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milano<\/p>\n<p><em>Email<\/em>: <a href=\"mailto:valerio.devitis@unimi.it\">valerio.devitis@unimi.it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof.ssa Paola Conti, <sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (DISFARM), University of Milan;<\/p>\n<p>Prof.ssa Elisabetta Brenna, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico of Milano<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Martino Bolognesi, <sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Department of Biosciences, University of Milan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Fellowship sponsor<\/em>: Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brenna E., Cannavale F., Crotti M., De Vitis V., Gatti F.G., Migliazza G., Molinari F., Parmeggiani F., Romano D., Santangelo S. Synthesis of enantiomerically enriched 2-hydroxymethyl alkanoic acids by oxidative desymmetrisation of achiral 1,3-diols. (2016) In press DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/cctc.201601051\" target=\"_blank\">10.1002\/cctc.201601051<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contente, M.L., Guidi, B., Serra, I., De Vitis, V., Romano, D., Pinto, A., Lenna, R., de Souza Oliveira, R.P., Molinari, F. Development of a high-yielding bioprocess for 11-\u03b1 hydroxylation of canrenone under conditions of oxygen-enriched air supply. (2016) Steroids, 116, pp. 1-4. DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.steroids.2016.09.013\" target=\"_blank\">10.1016\/j.steroids.2016.09.013<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contente, M.L., Serra, I., Brambilla, M., Eberini, I., Gianazza, E., De Vitis, V., Molinari, F., Zambelli, P., Romano, D. Stereoselective reduction of aromatic ketones by a new ketoreductase from Pichia glucozyma. (2016) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 100 (1), pp. 193-201. DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/s00253-015-6961-y\" target=\"_blank\">10.1007\/s00253-015-6961-y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>De Vitis, V., Guidi, B., Contente, M.L., Granato, T., Conti, P., Molinari, F., Crotti, E., Mapelli, F., Borin, S., Daffonchio, D., Romano, D. Marine Microorganisms as Source of Stereoselective Esterases and Ketoreductases: Kinetic Resolution of a Prostaglandin Intermediate. (2015) Marine Biotechnology, 17 (2), pp. 144-152. DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/s10126-014-9602-z\" target=\"_blank\">10.1007\/s10126-014-9602-z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Proceedings of National and International Conferences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Valerio De Vitis, Paolo Zambelli, Diego Romano, and Francesco Molinari.(2015) Biocatalysis in seawater. Biotrans 2015, july 26-30 2015 Vienna(poster)<\/p>\n<p>Valerio De Vitis, Lucia Tamborini, Diego Romano, Elisabetta Brenna, Michele Crotti and Francesco Molinari.(2016). Desymmetrization of achiral 2-alkyl-1,3-diols by microbial oxidation and development of a flow-based strategy for its continuous application. GRC 2016, July 10-15 2016 University of New England Biddeford, ME (poster)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD Student:\u00a0 Valerio De Vitis Tutor: Prof. Francesco Molinari Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Chemistry and Biochemistry PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 &nbsp; Research topic Biotechnological processes for the transformation of agri-food residues into value-added molecules &nbsp; Project Synopsis In this PhD project we will try to improve the native biotechnological features &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93,59],"tags":[110,109,111,112,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-phd-student-profile","9":"tag-aab","10":"tag-acetic-acid-bacteria","11":"tag-biocatalysis","12":"tag-continuous-processes","13":"tag-green-chemistry","14":"anons"},"modified_by":"admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","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=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}