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Ph.D. Workshop 2024-2025

Corso di Dottorato in Scienze, Tecnologie e Biotecnologie Agro-Alimentari - STEBA

PhD Workshop – 13 Dicembre 2024
Padiglione Besta, Aula H0.3

Online on Microsoft Team “Workshop STEBA 2025” - code: sb52gg2

 

8.30 – 8.45 Opening
Prof. Fabio LICCIARDELLO (Coordinator of the STEBA PhD course)
Prof. Lorena REBECCHI (Dean of the Department of Life Sciences)

 

Chairpersons
Prof. Fabio LICCIARDELLO (Coordinator of the STEBA PhD course)
Prof. Lara MAISTRELLO (Teaching Board of the STEBA PhD course)
Prof. Luisa A. VOLPELLI (Secretary of the STEBA PhD course)

 

8.45 – 9.30 Flash presentations by 1st year PhD students (XXXIX Cycle)

  • Enrico BUSI: Exploring microbial biomarkers in faecal metagenomes associated with response to immunotherapy (Maddalena Rossi; Francesco Candeliere; Stefano Raimondi)
  • Marianna CRISTOFOLINI: Study of biodiversity in microbial communities inhabiting natural whey starters for the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese production and constitution of a natural whey starter biobank (Natural Whey Starter Biobank) (Lisa Solieri)
  • Federico LASAGNI: How microbial biodiversity impacts sustainable bioindustry: the role of selective sources to exploit bacterial diversity (Maria Gullo; Mattia Pia Arena)
  • Francesco LUNARDELLI: Increase hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) functional biodiversity to improve ecological services in agroecosystems (Lara Maistrello; Daniele Sommaggio)
  • Annamaria MASSAFRA: Alternative methods to chemicals: effects on yield, physiology and quality of industrial tomato, and survey of effects on non-target organisms (Nicola Pecchioni; Irma Terracciano; Laura Righetti)
  • Elena MONARI: Sustainable management of emerging pests: biological control approaches for Eriosoma lanigerum and Chaetosiphon fragaefolii. (Lara Maistrello; Elena Costi) (*)
  • Alessandro MONTORSI: Identification and characterisation of the carposphere microbial communities from pear orchards and their role against fungal pathogen Stemphylium vesicarium, the causal agent of the brown spot of pear (Davide Giovanardi; Emilio Stefani)
  • Melissa ZANNINI: Molecular mechanisms of the protective effect of phenolic compounds and their metabolites on human health (Angela Conte; Davide Tagliazucchi)

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9.30– 10.40 Flash presentations by 2nd year PhD students (XXXVIII Cycle)

  • Elisa AIELLO: Wine yeast strains under stress conditions: morphological and physiological responses (Andrea Pulvirenti; Luciana De Vero)
  • Luca BONISOLI: Ultrasonic acoustic emissions in plants (Laura Arru; Luca Forti)
  • Alan CARLETTI: Production of new lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with enhanced activity for food and agricultural waste valorization (Marco Sola)
  • Matteo CARLONI: Study and exploitation of Brassicales plant species attracting honeybees and other pollinators, for providing and/or enhancing ecological services in agriculture (Nicola Pecchioni)
  • Veronica FERRARI: Chemometrics and green technologies for a low environmental impact agri-food system (Alessandro Ulrici; Rosalba Calvini) (*)
  • Nida MUSHTAQ: Innovation in durum wheat breeding (Nicola Pecchioni) (*)
  • Valentina MUSI: Preliminary analysis for development of a freeze-dried microbial starter for application in waste-based feed for Hermetia illucens (Andrea Pulvirenti; Luciana De Vero)
  • Muhammad Fazail NASAR: Sustainable production and management of barley and tomato under abiotic stress (Enrico Francia; Federica Caradonia)
  • Chiara NASUTI: Development of new brewer’s yeast cultures and strain authentication procedures to improve beer quality and sustainability (TRUE-YEAST) (Lisa Solieri) (*)
  • Samuele PAGANELLI: Innovation and breeding in medical Cannabis (Nicola Pecchioni; Roberta Paris) (*)
  • Filipa PEDRO: Metabolic dynamics and carbon source prioritization in Komagataeibacter xylinus k2g39: formulating alternative media for enhanced bacterial cellulose production (Maria Gullo; Salvatore La China)
  • Elisabetta POETA: Nano technological sensor device to support fruit trading market (Andrea Pulvirenti; Veronica Sberveglieri) (*)
  • Lara SIGNORELLO: Fermented beverages microbiomes: from sampling to exploitation (Maria Gullo)
  • Laura SOLA: Characterization of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG responses to perturbations in abiotic factors (Maddalena Rossi; Stefano Raimondi)

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10.40– 11.00 Break

 

11.00 – 13.00 Presentations by 3rd year (XXXVII Cycle) PhD students

  • Marcello BRUGNOLI: Leveraging acetic acid bacteria: Design and optimization of bioprocesses for sustainable organic acids and bacterial cellulose-based materials production (Maria Gullo; Carmen Sofia da Rocha Freire)
  • Helga CASSOL: Genetic variation underlying the adaptation of maize to the environment (Nicola Pecchioni; Chiara Lanzanova)
  • Lisa CATELLANI: Raw and cooked fermented products in static regime: a comparative study of vinegars and condiments (Maria Gullo; Mattia Pia Arena; Andrea Bezzecchi)
  • Marina CORTIELLO: Identification and deployment of possible sources of resistance to Stemphylium vesicarium blight in onion (Allium cepa L.) (Emilio Stefani; Enrico Francia; Davide Giovanardi)
  • Katia D’AMBRA: Valorization of agri-food wastes for feed and food production (Domenico P. Lo Fiego; Giovanna Minelli)
  • Andrea FEROCE: Improvement perspectives for paper-based and foamed bioplastic packaging (Fabio Licciardello; Patrizia Fava)
  • Enrico MAURIZZI: Application of circular economy in agri-food sector: different approaches to reduce or revalorise food waste (Luisa A. Volpelli; Andrea Pulvirenti)
  • Camilla MENOZZI: Multivariate analysis of Big Data from non-destructive analytical techniques in the agri-food sector (Rosalba Calvini; Alessandro Ulrici; Giorgia Foca)
  • Carola NICOSIA: Antimicrobial packaging for food waste reduction: design, development, and scalability (Fabio Licciardello; Eva Almenar)
  • Maurizio NOTARFONSO: Driving sustainability to the Italian agrifood companies (Fabio Licciardello) (*)
  • Pier Lorenzo ROLANDO: Chemometric strategies for food products optimization and control (Alessandro Ulrici; Rosalba Calvini; Giorgia Foca) (*)
  • Lorenzo SENA: Genetic basis of plant-microorganisms interaction in rice (Nicola Pecchioni; Patrizia Vaccino)

(*) online