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Dr. Abbamondi graduated in “Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology” at the Federico II University of Naples in 2009, with an experimental thesis on secondary metabolites of plant origin.
In 2013 he obtained the title of Doctor of Research in “Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development” at the Parthenope University of Naples, joint PhD with Hasselt University (Belgium), discussing the thesis on “The role of Quorum Sensing in marine bacteria, Archaea and inter-kingdom communication”. Academic degree according to the Flemish higher education structure: “Doctor of Science: Biology”.
Between 2010 and 2019 he actively collaborated with the CNR-ICB and the CNR-IPCB of Pozzuoli (NA), with abroad experience as Researcher in multiple countries including Belgium (Hasselt University), Morocco (Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University) and the Antarctica (XXXIV Antarctic Expedition).
He also worked as a post-doc at Hasselt University (Belgium, 2015) on “The role of Quorum Sensing in biofilm formation of selected strains” and at Toulon University (France, 2016) on the “Structural characterization of exopolysaccharides produced by marine biofilm-forming bacteria”.
Since February 1st 2022 he is a III level Researcher at the CNR-ICB for the Strategic Area of Chemistry and Materials for Health and Life Sciences.

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Chemistry of natural products


Biological activity assays


Microorganisms associated with marine sponges and plants


Quorum sensing


Evaluation of nutritional properties and design of new tomato hybrids


Plant Growth Promotion


Extremophilic microorganisms

Publications

1) Abbamondi GR, Tommonaro G, Weyens N, Thijs S, Sillen W, Gkorezis P, Iodice C, de Melo Rangel W, Nicolaus B, Vangronsveld J (2016) Plant growth-promoting effects of rhizospheric and endophytic bacteria associated with different tomato cultivars and new tomato hybrids. Chem. Biol. Technol. Agric., 3:1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40538-015-0051-3

2) Tommonaro G, Abbamondi GR, Iodice C, Tait K, De Rosa S (2012) Diketopiperazines Produced by the Halophilic Archaeon, Haloterrigena hispanica, Activate AHL Bioreporters. Microbial Ecology, 63(3):490-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-011-9980-y

3) Sillen, W., Thijs, S., Abbamondi, G. R., De La Torre Roche, R., Weyens, N., White, J. C., & Vangronsveld, J. (2020). Nanoparticle treatment of maize analyzed through the metatranscriptome: compromised nitrogen cycling, possible phytopathogen selection, and plant hormesis. Microbiome, 8(1), 127. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00904-y

4) Başaran, T. I., Berber, D., Gökalsın, B., Tramice, A., Tommonaro, G., Abbamondi, G. R., Erginer Hasköylü, M., Toksoy Öner, E., Iodice, C., & Sesal, N. C. (2020). Extremophilic Natrinema versiforme Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing and Biofilm. Frontiers in microbiology, 11, 79. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00079

5) Poli A, Di Donato P, Abbamondi GR and Nicolaus B (2011) Synthesis, production and biotechnological applications of exopolysaccharides (EPSs) and poly-hydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) by Archaea. Archaea, Article ID 693253, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/693253

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   gennaroroberto.abbamondi@cnr.it

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Elisabetta Alberico obtained her Master of Science – Chemistry (with honours) at the University of Sassari, Italy and her Ph. D. (Summa cum Laude) at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen, Germany. She has been research associate at the University of Ottawa, Canada, in the group of Prof. Howard Alpern, working at the regio- and stereoselective synthesis of key 1-methyl carbapenem intermediates via hydroformylation using a zwitterionic rhodium catalyst. Since 2001 she is researcher at the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry ICB-CNR in Sassari, Italy and, since 2011, she is associate researcher in the group of Prof. Matthias Beller at the Leibniz Institut für Catalyse, Rostock, Germany. She is co-author of 48 publications on international peer-reviewed journals (Web of Science, September 2021) and 5 book chapters. She has been reviewer for ACS Catalysis, Organometallics, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Science, ChemCatChem, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Select, Journal of Molecular Catalysis, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. Her research interests are devoted to the design and synthesis of novel homogeneous catalysts based on noble and non-noble transition metals, for hydrogenation, transfer hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions; to the development of homogeneous catalytic processes for the reduction of multiple bonds as key steps in the synthesis of molecules of industrial relevance; to the homogeneously catalyzed hydrogen generation from renewables (methanol, formic acid) under mild conditions; to the investigation into the mechanism of the reactions catalyzed by the developed catalysts.

Skills Homogeneous Catalysis Hydrogen Renewable Energy Organometallic Synthesis Publications

1. Alberico E.,* Leischner T., Junge H.,* Kammer A., Sang R., Seifert J., Baumann W., Spannenberg A., Junge K., Beller M.* HCOOH disproportionation to MeOH promoted by molybdenum PNP complexes, Chem. Sci. 2021 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04181a

2. Papa V., Cabrero-Antonino J. R., Alberico E., Spannenberg A., Junge K., Junge H. Beller M.* Efficient and selective hydrogenation of amides to alcohols and amines using a well-defined manganese–PNN pincer complex, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 3576, DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00138j

3. Alberico E., Lennox A. J. J., Vogt L. K., Jiao H., Baumann W., Drexler H.-J., Nielsen N., Spannenberg A., Marek P. Checinski M. P., Junge H., Beller M.* Unravelling the Mechanism of Basic Aqueous Methanol Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by Ru−PNP Pincer Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14890−14904, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05692

4. Nielsen M., Alberico E., Baumann W., Drexler H.-J., Junge H., Gladiali S., Beller M.* Low-temperature aqueous-phase methanol dehydrogenation to hydrogen and carbon dioxide, Nature, 2013, 495, 85-89, DOI:10.1038/nature11891

5. Alberico E., Sponholz P., Cordes C., Nielsen M., Drexler H.-J., Baumann W., Junge H., Beller M.* Selective Hydrogen Production from Methanol with a Defined Iron Pincer Catalyst under Mild Conditions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 14162 –14166, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307224

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   pietro.amodeo@cnr.it

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During my research career, I have focused on synaptic transmission and neuronal plasticity, both short- and long-term, with emphasis on the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating appetite, memory, and the action of naturally derived bioactive molecules on brain circuits. I developed strong expertise in electrophysiological approaches during my PhD at the University of Genoa and the Italian Institute of Technology, further enhanced through international training at Umeå University (Sweden). As a postdoctoral fellow at the CERVO Brain Research Institute, Laval University (Quebec, Canada), I investigated how environmental (light) and dietary (lipid bioactive molecules) stimuli influence neuronal plasticity in vivo. In parallel, I consolidated skills in immunohistochemistry, viral vector and neuronal tracer delivery via intracerebroventricular injection, and behavioral analysis related to memory and food addiction.

Skills

• Patch-clamp recording su fettina e in vivo
• Single unit recording
• Registrazioni LFP,
• Multielectrode array
• Animal behaviour
• Immunoistochimica

Publications

1. Forte N, Boccella S, Tunisi L, Fernández-Rilo AC, Imperatore R, Iannotti FA, De Risi M, Iannotta M, Piscitelli F, Capasso R, De Girolamo P, De Leonibus E, Maione S, Di Marzo V, Cristino L. Orexin-A and endocannabinoids are involved in obesity-associated alteration of hippocampal neurogenesis, plasticity, and episodic memory in mice. 2021. Nat Comm. 10.1038/s41467-021-26388-4. ISSN: 20411723

2. Forte N, Roussel C, Marfella B et al. Olive oil-derived endocannabinoid-like mediators inhibit palatable food-induced reward and obesity. 2023. Commun Biol. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05295-y. ISSN: 23993642

3. Forte N, Nicois A, Marfella B, Mavaro I, D’Angelo L, Piscitelli F, Scandurra A, De Girolamo P, Baldelli P, Benfenati F, Di Marzo V, Cristino L. Early endocannabinoid-mediated depolarization-induced suppression of excitation delays the appearance of the epileptic phenotype in synapsin II knockout mice. 2024. Cell Mol Life Sci. doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-05029-7. ISSN: 1420682X

4. Forte N, Marfella B, Nicois A, Palomba L, Paris D, Motta A, Mollica MP, Di Marzo V, Luigia Cristino L. The short-chain fatty acid acetate modulates orexin/hypocretin neurons: a novel mechanism in gut-brain axis regulation of energy homeostasis and feeding. 2024. Bioch Pharma. Doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116383. ISSN: 00062952

5. Forte N, Imperatore R, Marfella B, Nicois A, Verde R, Palomba L, Di Marzo V, Cristino L. The blue light-responsive lateral pathway of the retinohypothalamic tract promotes endocannabinoid-driven modulation of orexin neurons. 2025. J of Neurochem. DOI: 10.1111/jnc.70137

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   nicola.forte@cnr.it

  (+39) 0818675105

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Biography Skills Publications Contacts Biography Skills Pharmacological chaperones Protein Expression and Purification Enzymatic Assay Peptide/Protein Structure Cellular Thermal Shift Assay ReBaTS NMR Fabry disease PMM2-CDG Publications 1. M. Monticelli, D. Paris, M.C. Monti; E. Morretta, Z. Pakanova, M. Nemcovic, R. Kodrikova, M.V. Cubellis; G. Andreotti* Beneficial effects of Glc-1,6-P2 modulation on mutant phosphomannomutase-2, BBA – Molecular Cell Research, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2025.119948 2. Monticelli, M, Hay Mele, B.; Wright, D.M., Guerriero, S., Andreotti, G.*, Cubellis, M.V. Exploring Ligand Interactions with Human Phosphomannomutases Using Recombinant Bacterial Thermal Shift Assay and Biochemical Validation. Biochimie 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2024.02.011 3. M Monticelli, DM Wright, MV Cubellis, G Andreotti*. ReBaTSA: A simplified CeTSA protocol for studying recombinant mutant proteins in bacterial extracts. BBA-GeneralSubjects1868(2024)130526 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2023.130526 4. Monticelli M, Hay Mele B, Allocca M, Liguori L, Lukas J, Monti MC, Morretta E, Cubellis MV, Andreotti G. Curcumin Has Beneficial Effects on Lysosomal Alpha-Galactosidase: Potential Implications for the Cure of Fabry Disease. IJMS 2023; 24(2):1095. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24021095 5. Vignogna RC, Allocca M, Monticelli M, Norris JW, Steet R, Perlstein EO, Andreotti G*, Lang GI*. Evolutionary rescue of phosphomannomutase deficiency in yeast models of human disease. eLife 2022;11:e79346. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.79346 Contacts    MAIN RESEARCH SITE, POZZUOLI (NA)    giuseppina.andreotti@cnr.it    PEC: gandreotti@pec.it    (+39) 081 8675241 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1594-0156 Scopus Author ID: 7004848704 Web of Science ResearcherID: AAX-8952-2020   View curriculum

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Graduated in Agricultural Sciences in 1998 from the University of Catania, where he also obtained professional qualification as Agronomist and Forester. In 2004, he earned a Ph.D. in “Crop Productivity” with a dissertation on the “Biophysical and Productive Implications of Grafting in Horticulture.” He is a subject expert in the scientific-disciplinary sector AGR/04 “Horticulture and Floriculture” at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A, University of Catania), and has held adjunct teaching positions at the University of Reggio Calabria. Following his Ph.D., he conducted research at Di3A until 2011. From 2012 to 2016, he was a researcher at ISAFoM (CNR), Catania branch, where he contributed to studies on bioactive compounds extracted from citrus fruits with potential immunostimulant effects.
Since 2019, he has been a researcher at the National Research Council (CNR), and since 2023 he has been affiliated with the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry (ICB-CNR), Catania branch, focusing on:
Quality, diversification, and sustainability of horticultural and medicinal plant production
Agrobiodiversity and agroecology
Selection of crop wild relatives with metabolic profiles beneficial to human health
Valorization of Sicilian Brassicaceae biodiversity
Improving water and nutrient use efficiency and resistance to abiotic and biotic stress in vegetable crops. Author of over 120 scientific publications

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Orticoltura mediterranea

Agrobiodiversità

Sostenibilità ambientale

Innovazione agroalimentare

Crop wild relatives

Molecole bioattive

Resistenza a stress abiotici e biotici

Publications

1. MUMIVAND H., KHANIZADEHA P., MORSHEDLOOB M.R, HASANVANDC E. AND ARGENTO S. 2025. Synergistic application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and iron oxide nanoparticles enhances agro-physiological traits, antioxidant properties, and essential oil production in Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad: A sustainable biofortification approach. Industrial Crops & Products 2025, 234 121543 doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.121543

2. GHAHREMANI-MAJD H., MUMIVAND H., KHANIZADEH P. AND ARGENTO S. 2025. Optimizing Ergothioneine Biosynthesis and Antioxidant Activity in Agaricus spp. Through Amino Acid Supplementation and Yeast–Peptone Mixtures. Horticulturae, 2025, 11, 348 doi.org/103390/horticulturae11040348.

3. BEIRANVANDI M., AKBARI N., AHMADI A., MUMIVAND H., FIROUZABADI F. N., AND ARGENTO S. 2025. Impact of Biochar and Hydroretentive Polymers on the Biochemical and Physiological Traits of Satureja rechingeri Jamzad Under Water Deficit Stress. Horticulturae, 2025, 11, 169 doi.org/103390/horticulturae11020169.

4. JAHANBANI S., MUMIVAND H., ZAHEDI B. AND ARGENTO S. 2024. Foliar Application of Urea and Amino Acids Regulates Growth, Photosynthesis, Pigments, Antioxidant Activity, and the Essential Oil Content and Composition of Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). Agronomy 2024, 14, 2950. doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14122950.

5. YARAHMADI R., MUMIVAND H., NIA A. E., RAJI M. R., AND ARGENTO S. 2024. Natural Diversity in Total Phenol, Flavonoids, Antioxidant Properties, and Essential Oil Composition of Iranian Populations of Myrtus communis L.. Plants 2024, 13, 3458. doi.org/10.3390/plants13243458.

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   sergio.argento@cnr.it

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He graduated in Chemical Sciences cum laude at the University of Sassari in 2017. He received his Industrial PhD in Chemical Sciences and Technologies at the University of Cagliari in 2022 with a thesis entitled: “Development of a catalyst for the oxidation of alcohols derived from renewable materials for biorefinery applications.”

During his studies, he collaborated with: – Matrìca S.p.a. (BIOREFINERY) – PORTO TORRES, developing a procedure for the separation and recovery of two metal ions (used as catalysts in a biorefinery process) from an aqueous waste solution containing residual organic compounds. – TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF EINDHOVEN (TUE) – NETHERLANDS, photocatalyzed organic synthesis in batch and flow. – INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY OF CATALONIA (IQAC-CSIC) – BARCELONA, preparation and characterization (DLS) of polymeric nanoparticles Skills

• Organic Synthesis
• Asymmetric Synthesis
• Flow Chemistry
• Photocatalysis
• Proteolysis Targeting
• Chimeras (PROTACs)

Publications • Rapid G4 Ligand Screening Through Spectral Changes Using HT-SRCD with Minimal Material, Molecules 2025, 30(16), 3322 – • Glycerol Acetalization in Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether with Mild Acid Catalysts, ChemistrySelect 2023, 8, e202302430 – • Aquivion perfluorosulfonic superacid as an effective catalyst for selective epoxidation of vegetable oils, R. Soc. Open Sci. 9: 211554 – • Nenitzescu Synthesis of 5‐Hydroxyindoles with Zinc, Iron and Magnesium Salts in Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 5835 – 5842 – Contacts   RESEARCH SITE OF SASSARI    andrea.beccu@cnr.it    (+39) 0792841226 View curriculum

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EDUCATION 1992 Degree in Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Padova, Italy.

CURRENT POSITION

2021 Researcher at CNR, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Padova Unit, Padova, Italy.

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2019 to date: Advisory Committee, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry 2010 to date: Treasurer (Economo), Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2011 to date: Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, degree course in Biotechnology, University of Padova 2001 to date: supervision of undergraduate and PhD students.

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Member of the ACS, APS, EPS, SCI, ItPS.

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS focus on peptides containing non-proteinogenic amino acids to explore their antimicrobial / antitumor activity and to study the mechanisms of interaction with biological membranes. Another relevant focus is the synthesis and conformational analysis of peptides with a rigid and well-defined three-dimensional structure to be used as spacers and templates.

The research activities are aimed at: i) understanding the structure/function relationship in bioactive peptides with antimicrobial and anticancer activities ii) elucidating the charge/electron transfer processes in proteins by use of model peptides with well-defined 3D-structure.

Skills Peptide synthesis Conformation Circular dichroism IR spectroscopy NMR EPR Publications

1. Biondi, B.; Cardena, R.; Bisello, A.; Schiesari, R.; Cerveson, L.; Facci, M.; Rancan, M.; Formaggio, F.; Santi, S., Flat, Ferrocenyl-Conjugated Peptides: A Combined Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Study. ChemElectroChem (2021) 8, 2693-2700.

2. Guryanov, I.; Korzhikov-Vlakh, V.; Bhattacharya, M.; Biondi, B.; Masiero, G.; Formaggio, F.; Tennikova, T.; Urtti, A., Conformationally Constrained Peptides with High Affinity to the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor. J. Med. Chem. (2021) 64, 10900-10907.

3. Golysheva, E. A.; Boyle, A. L.; Biondi, B.; Ruzza, P.; Kros, A.; Raap, J.; Toniolo, C.; Formaggio, F.; Dzuba, S. A., Probing the E/K Peptide Coiled-Coil Assembly by Double Electron–Electron Resonance and Circular Dichroism. Biochemistry (2021) 60, 19-30.

4. Kubitzky, S.; Venanzi, M.; Biondi, B.; Lettieri, R.; De Zotti, M.; Gatto, E., A pH-Induced Reversible Conformational Switch Able to Control the Photocurrent Efficiency in a Peptide Supramolecular System. Chem.-Eur. J. (2021) 27, 2810-2817.

5. Santi, S.; Bisello, A.; Cardena, R.; Tomelleri, S.; Schiesari, R.; Biondi, B.; Crisma, M.; Formaggio, F., Flat, Cα,β-Didehydroalanine Foldamers with Ferrocene Pendants: Assessing the Role of α-Peptide Dipolar Moments. ChemPlusChem (2021) 86, 723-730.

Contacts    RESEARCH SITE OF PADOVA    barbara.biondi@cnr.it – barbara.biondi@unipd.it   (+39) 049 8275254 ORCID: 0000-0003-2393-7333 WoS ResearcherID: AAT-6448-2021 View curriculum

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Daniela Biondi is currently Researcher working since 1994 in Catania at the Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (I.C.B.) belonging to Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy. She graduated with honors in Pharmacy at the University of Catania discussing a thesis on “Sintesi e reattività di eteri ciclici funzionalizzati mediante ciclo addizioni intramolecolari di nitrilossidi” . From 1991 to 1993 she worked granted by a research fellowship at the CNR-Istituto per lo Studio delle Sostanze Naturali

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Essential oils


Green chemistry

Antioxidant activity

Nutrition

Olive Mill wastewater

Vegetable flours

Oxygenases

Terpenes

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1. Biondi D., Rocco C., Ruberto G., New Dihydrostilbene derivative from the leaves of Glycyrrhiza glabra and evaluation of their antioxidant activity, J. of Natural Products (2003), 66(4) 477-480. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/np050034q

2. Jacques Simpore; Frederic Zongo, Fatoumata Kabore, Deleli Dansou; Augustin Bere; Jean-Baptiste Nikiema, Salvatore Pignatelli; Daniela M.Biondi; Giuseppe Ruberto; Salvatore Musumeci. Nutrition Rehabilitation of HIV-Infected and HIV- Negative undernourished children utilizing Spiruline, Ann. Nutrition & Metabolism 2005, 49, 373-380. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16219988/

3. G. Fava, M.D. Di Mauro, M. Spampinato, D. Biondi, G. Gambera, G. Centonze, R. Maggiore, N. D’Antona, Hydroxytyrosol Recovery from Olive Mill Wastewater: Process Optimization and Development of a Pilot Plant, CLEAN Soil Air Water (2017), 45, (4) 1600042  

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/clen.201600042

4. C.Sanfilippo, A.Paterna, D.M.Biondi, A,Patti, Lyophilized extract from vegetable flours as valuable alternatives to purified oxygenases for the synthesis of oxylipins, Bioorganic Chemistry , 2019, 93,103325

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5. D.M.Biondi, C. Sanfilippo, A. Patti, Stereospecific Epoxidation of limonene Catalyzed by Peroxygenase from Oat Seeds, Antioxidants, 2021, 10, 1461 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469233/

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Dr Daniela Castiglia graduated in Biology cum laude at the University of Naples, Federico II in 2008. Dr Castiglia earned a PhD in Applied Biology at the same university in 2012 discussing a thesis entitled “Cytosolic Glucose-6P dehydrogenase in barley: Overexpression, characterization and regulation by biotic stress and sugar sensing”, working for the Plant Physiology group (Principal Investigator, Prof. Sergio Esposito). The research activity focused on the molecular and biochemical characterization of proteins involved in the primary metabolism of plants and in defense mechanisms counteracting biotic and abiotic stresses. During her PhD programme, Dr. Castiglia was a guest at the Plant Biology Institute of the University of Zurich, hosted by Prof. Beat Keller. From April 2013, Dr Castiglia was postdoctoral researcher at the CNR-IBBR of Portici, where her research activity focused on biotechnological applications of recombinant proteins expressed in plants. These activities were mainly focused on industrial, energetic and bioconversion processes (Principal Investigator, Dr. Nunzia Scotti). In July 2020, Dr Castiglia started work as a Researcher at the National Research Council of Italy, Institute of biomolecular chemistry, (CNR-ICB), in Pozzuoli. She is currently working on biotechnological applications of diatoms.

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Chemicalbiology


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Recombinant proteins

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1_Cardi M*, Castiglia D*, Ferrara M*, Guerriero G*, Chiurazzi M, Esposito S. (2015) The effects of salt stress cause a diversion of basal metabolism in barley roots: possible different roles for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase isoforms. *: joint first authors. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 86: 44-54 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.11.001

2_Basile A, Sorbo S, Cardi M, Lentini M, Castiglia D, Cianciullo P, Conte B, Loppi S, Esposito S. (2015). Effects of heavy metals pollution on ultrastructure and HSP70 induction, in Lemna minor L. exposed along Sarno River (Italy). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 114: 93-101 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.01.009

3_Castiglia D, Sannino L, Marcolongo L, Ionata E, Tamburino R, De Stradis A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Moracci M, La Cara F, Scotti N. (2016) High-level expression of thermostable cellulolytic enzymes in tobacco transplastomic plants and their use in hydrolysis of an industrially pretreated Arundo donax L. biomass. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9(1), 154. DOI:10.1186/s13068-016-0569-z

4_Castiglia D, Leone S, Tamburino R, Sannino L, Fonderico J, Melchiorre C, Carpentieri A, Grillo S, Picone D, Scotti N (2018) High-level production of single chain monellin mutants with enhanced sweetness and stability in tobacco chloroplasts. Planta 248, 465–476. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-018-2920-z

5_Castiglia D, Landi S, Esposito S. (2021) Advanced Applications for Protein and Compounds from Microalgae. Plants (Basel) 10(8):1686. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081686

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