{"id":724,"date":"2016-12-19T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T14:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/?p=724"},"modified":"2020-11-20T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T11:05:09","slug":"phd-student-profile-elena-maria-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/2016\/12\/19\/phd-student-profile-elena-maria-colombo\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD student profile, Elena Maria Colombo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong>PhD Student<\/strong>:\u00a0Elena Maria Colombo<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-725\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Elena-Colombo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Elena-Colombo.png 200w, https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Elena-Colombo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tutor<\/strong>: Prof. Matias Pasquali-DeFENS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dean<\/strong>: Prof. Ella Pagliarini<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research area<\/strong>: Agri-Environment<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research topic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pathogen informed strategies for sustainable disease management of toxigenic fungi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The goal of the research project is to study a historical collection of\u00a0<em>Streptomyces<\/em> spp. strains in order to identify activities or molecules able to limit toxin production in the wheat-<em>Fusarium<\/em> spp. pathosystem. To reach a better understanding on the tripartite interactions (plant-pathogen-antagonist) with the aim of limiting toxin production by the fungus, both <em>in vitro<\/em> and <em>in planta<\/em> tests will be performed coupled with biomolecular high-throughput methods.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cereals, food safety, mycotoxin, food microbiology<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano<\/p>\n<p>DeFENS \u2013 Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences<\/p>\n<p>Laboratorio di micologia e patologia vegetale<\/p>\n<p>Edificio 21030<\/p>\n<p>Via Celoria, 2 \u2013 20133, Milano<\/p>\n<p><em>Phone<\/em>: +39 02 50316773<\/p>\n<p><em>e-mail<\/em>: <a href=\"mailto:elenamaria.colombo@unimi.it\">elenamaria.colombo@unimi.it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gardana and Prof. Simonetti (UNIMI)<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Barrie Wilkinson (John Innes Center-JIC)<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Oral communication<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colombo E.M.<\/strong>, Kunova A., Pizzatti C., Cortesi P., Saracchi M., Pasquali M. \u2013 \u201c<em>In vitro<\/em> study of endophytic streptomycetes and their influence on wheat-<em>Fusarium<\/em> spp. pathosystem\u201d, First International Congress of Biological Control, May 14<sup> th<\/sup> <em>&#8211;<\/em>16<sup> th<\/sup> 2018, Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Posters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colombo E.M.<\/strong>, Kunova A., Pizzatti C., Saracchi M., Pasquali M. \u2013 \u201cUse of <em>Streptomyces<\/em> spp. as biocontrol agents of wheat crown rot caused by fusaria\u201d, ICPP2018: Plant health in a global economy, July 29 <sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 August 3<sup>rd<\/sup> 2018, Boston, USA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colombo, E.M<\/strong>., Gardana, C., Kunova, A., Pizzatti, C., Saracchi, M., Pasquali, M. 2018. \u201cKilling or modulating. Selection strategies of streptomycetes limiting trichothecene type B in cereals affected by Fusarium\u201d, European Fusarium Seminar, April 8<sup> th<\/sup> -11<sup> th<\/sup> 2018, Tulln, Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Kunova A., Stecova J., Pizzatti C., <strong>Colombo E.M.<\/strong>, Pasquali M., Saracchi M., Cortesi P. \u2013 <em>\u201c<\/em>Exploring plant endophytic Streptomyces for their use in sustainable agriculture\u201d, International Symposium Microbe-assisted crop production \u2013 opportunities, challenges &amp; needs\u201d, December 4<sup>th<\/sup>-7<sup>th<\/sup> 2017, Wien, Austria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colombo E.M.<\/strong>, Kunova A., Pizzatti C., Burrone E., Cortesi P., Saracchi M., Pasquali M. \u2013 \u201cStreptomycetes against fusaria: limiting toxin production and fungal growth\u201d, XXIII Convegno Nazionale Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Patologia Vegetale, Universit\u00e0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, October 4<sup>th<\/sup>-6t<sup>h<\/sup> 2017, Piacenza, Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colombo E.M.<\/strong>, Pasquali M. \u2013 \u201cExploring streptomycetes &#8211; fusaria interactions to limit toxin production\u201d<em>, <\/em>22<sup>nd<\/sup> Workshop on the Developments in the Italian PhD Research on Food Science Technology and Biotechnology, Free University of Bozen, September 20<sup>th<\/sup>-22<sup>nd<\/sup> 2017, Bozen, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Education<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Master Degree in \u201cScienze della Produzione e Protezione delle piante\u201d, Facolt\u00e0 di Scienze agrarie e alimentari, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano \u2013 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Bachelor Degree in \u201cProduzione e Protezione delle piante e dei Sistemi del verde\u201d, Facolt\u00e0 di Scienze agrarie e alimentari, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano &#8211; 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Secondary School:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Istituto Professionale per l\u2019Agricoltura e l\u2019Ambiente \u201cGiordano dell\u2019Amore\u201d, Fondazione Minoprio (CO) &#8211; 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD Student:\u00a0Elena Maria Colombo Tutor: Prof. Matias Pasquali-DeFENS Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Agri-Environment &nbsp; Research topic Pathogen informed strategies for sustainable disease management of toxigenic fungi. &nbsp; Project Synopsis The goal of the research project is to study a historical collection of\u00a0Streptomyces spp. strains in order to identify activities or molecules able to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93,59],"tags":[120,30,21,20],"class_list":{"0":"post-724","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-cereals","10":"tag-food-microbiology","11":"tag-food-safety","12":"tag-mycotoxin","13":"anons"},"modified_by":"admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","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=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/1454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}