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Work Experience
- September 2022-present Junior Researcher (RTDa) at the University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) - Genetics Section
- July 2021- June 2022, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural and Food Science, Laboratory of Arboriculture and Fruticulture and Laboratory of Microbiology. Assegno di ricerca: “Plant growth promoting bacteria: physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the effects on plant phenotype”
- July 2019 – June 2021, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural and Food Science, Laboratory of Microbiology. Assegno di ricerca: “Studio della presenza di 'antibiotico-resistenze' in reflui suini dopo trattamenti chimico-fisici e biologici"
- January 2019 - June 2019, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Florence, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Microbiology. Assegno di ricerca: "Studio di comunità microbiche coinvolte nel biodeterioramento di superfici lapidee"
- January 2018 - December 2018, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Florence, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Microbial Genetics. Buzzati-Traverso Fellowship 2018: “Transplanting very large DNA replicons in bacteria: evaluation of genomic and phenotypic robustness, metabolic modelling and genome content-dependent genes essentiality in hybrid strains”
- January 2018 - March 2018, Visiting Post-Doc in Marseille in Dott. Biondi’s Lab, LCB (Laboratorie de Chimie Bactérienne, Building B'), CNRS - Universitè Aix-Marseille.FEMS Research Fellowhship: “TIMInG (Transplantation in Multipartite Genome)Transplanting very large replicons in bacteria: experimental evaluation of genomic and phenotypic robustness of bacterial strains with hybrid cis-genic multipartite genome”
- January 2017- December 2017, Research Fellowship at University of Florence, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Microbial Genetics. Borsa di Ricerca: “Analisi molecolare del microbiota nel tumore del colon retto”
- November 2013- April 2017, PhD student in Biology in the Department of Biology, University of Florence, Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, under the supervision of Prof. Alessio Mengoni
- September 2015, Visiting PhD student at Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG&MUG, Gdansk, Poland, under the supervision of Prof. Ewa Łojkowska
- March 2013- June 2013, curricular internship in the Dept. of Infectious Disease in Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- April 2011- July 2011, extracurricular internship (supported by Regione Toscana) in the biological laboratory quality control of the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly S.p.A.,via Antonio Gramsci, 733, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze)
Education and Training
- PhD in Biology, curriculum Genetics and Microbiology (November 2013 - April 2017) in the Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, University of Florence. PhD thesis: “Plant colonization: exploring the genetic basis of rhizobial symbiotic performance and bacterial invasion.”
- Master’s degree (October 2011-October 2013): I graduated with the score 110/110 cum laude at University of Florence with a biocomputational and experimental thesis. The thesis was based on the curricular internship performed in the Dept. of Infectious Disease at LUMC, Leiden University, Leiden (The Netherlands).
- Bachelor’s degree (October 2007-April 2011) at University of Florence.
Prizes and Grants
- FEMS Meeting Grant for Microbial Diversity 2021, 14-15 December 2021
- Congress Grant Award FEMS 2019, Glasgow (Scotland, UK),7-11, July 2019
- Fondazione Adriano Buzzati Traverso Fellowship for 2018
- FEMS Research Travel Grant for the project entitled "TIMInG (Transplantation in Multipartite Genome)" for three months (from January to April 2018) in Marseille in Dott. Biondi’s Lab, LCB (Laboratorie de Chimie Bactérienne, Building B'), CNRS - Universitè Aix-Marseille
- AGI (Italian Genetics Association) Grant 2017 sponsored by Zanichelli Editore S.p.A. for the best genetics PhD thesis
-FUP (Firenze University Press), Award PhD thesis 2017, honor mention for research with particular scientific value
-FEMS Meeting Grant for BAGECO 14 (Bacterial Genetics and Ecology), Aberdeen (Scotland), 4-8, June 2017
-FEMS Meeting Grant for 12th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Budapest (Hungary), 25-28, August 2016
-SIMGBM contribute for the participation to FISV XIV Congress, Rome, September 20-23, 2016
Editorial Activity
-Guest Editor of the Research Topic “Optimizing Probiotic Applications in Agriculture: Exploring the Role of Growth and Health Promoter's Microorganisms in Plants and Livestock Animals” in Frontiers in Microbiology, https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/18730/optimizing-probiotic-applications-in-agriculture-exploring-the-role-of-growth-and-health-promoters-m
- Review Editor for the Editorial Board of Systems Biology, a section of “Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics/ Genetics/ Neuroscience/ Physiology”
- Review Editor for the Editorial Board of Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology, a section of “Frontiers in Microbiology/ Genetics”
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Genetic determinants involved in plant-microorganisms interactions for the improvement of agricultural productionMetabolic activity determination in plant cellsPlant genes involved in stress response
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