{"id":541,"date":"2016-11-08T10:14:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T09:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/?p=541"},"modified":"2020-11-20T12:05:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T11:05:21","slug":"phd-student-profile-lorenzo-vergani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/2016\/11\/08\/phd-student-profile-lorenzo-vergani\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD student profile, Lorenzo Vergani"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong>PhD Student<\/strong>: Lorenzo Vergani<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-564\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Vergani.jpg\" alt=\"vergani\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Vergani.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Vergani-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tutor<\/strong>: Prof. Sara Borin, DeFENS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dean<\/strong>: Prof. Francesco Bonomi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research area<\/strong>: Agri-Environment<\/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>Plant, insect and soil microbiome: characterization and biotechnological exploitation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The objective of my PhD project is the study of prokaryotic communities associated to spontaneous plants growing on PCBs polluted soils, to depict their diversity in term of phylogeny and functionality (i.e. degradation potential toward PCBs). The perspective is to find and exploit new microbial resources and positive plant-bacteria interactions to set up biotechnological strategies enhancing reclamation of polluted soils.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>environmental microbiology, rhizoremediation, soil reclamation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DeFENS, via Mangiagalli 25, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> floor; tel. 02 503 19117; <a href=\"mailto:lorenzo.vergani@unimi.it\">lorenzo.vergani@unimi.it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ente regionale per i servizi all\u2019agricoltura e alle foreste (ERSAF)<\/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>Vergani L, Mapelli F, Zanardini E, Terzaghi E, Di Guardo A, Morosini C, Raspa G, Borin S. 2016. &#8220;Phyto-rhizoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl contaminated soils: an outlook on plant-microbe beneficial interactions&#8221;. <em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2016.09.218\" target=\"_blank\">10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2016.09.218<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Other<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Vergani L. \u201cPollutant profiles drive spatial pattern of soil bacterial communities\u201d Cortona Procarioti 2016. Cortona, Italy 1 May 2016. Oral presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Vergani L, Mapelli F, Marasco R, Chouaia B, Di Guardo A, Zanardini E, Armiraglio S, Daffonchio D, Borin S. \u201cMicrobial facilitators for phytoremediation in PCB polluted soil\u201d. XXI Workshop on the Developments in the Italian PhD Research on Food Science Technology and Biotechnology, Portici (NA) 14-16 September 2016. Poster.<\/p>\n<p>Mapelli F, Vergani L, Marasco R, Chouaia B, Fusi M, Di Guardo A, Raspa G, Zanardini E, Morosini C, Armiraglio S, Anelli S, Nastasio P, Sale V M, Daffonchio D, Borin S. \u201cSpatial pattern of bacterial diversity in a site with mixed and uneven contamination, and assessment of rhizoremediation potential\u201d. BAGECO13 Conference, Milan 14-18 June 2015 and Rhizosphere 4 Conference, Maastricht 21-25 June 2015. Poster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD Student: Lorenzo Vergani Tutor: Prof. Sara Borin, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 &nbsp; Research topic Plant, insect and soil microbiome: characterization and biotechnological exploitation &nbsp; Project Synopsis The objective of my PhD project is the study of prokaryotic communities associated to spontaneous plants growing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93,59],"tags":[131,134,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-541","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-environmental-microbiology","10":"tag-rhizoremediation","11":"tag-soil-reclamation","12":"anons"},"modified_by":"admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541","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=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}