Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences BtBs

Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2025

BtBsDay
Programma BtBsDay 2025

Poster session - Galleria della Scienza (U3-U4)

Poster presenter – Fabio Angelini

Robin Duncan1, Giacomo Mantegazza1,2, Fabio Angelini2, Claudio Gardara1, Rosario Russo3, Simone Guglielmetti2
E-mail: f.angelini7@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Food, Environment, and Nutritional Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 2,20133, Milan, Italy
2 μbEat lab, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences (BtBs), University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazzadella Scienza 4, 20133, Milan, Italy
3 Giellepi S.p.A., Via G. Verdi, 41/Q, 20831 Seregno (MB), Italy

Keywords: fungal enzymes, amylase, cellulase, protease, β-galactosidase, lipase.

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P01_ABSTRACT POSTER_Angelini Fabio

Poster presenter – Martina Arici

Martina Arici1 et al.
E-mail: martina.arici@unimib.it
1University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
2 University of Milan, Italy

Keywords: HCN4, differentiation, Pacemaker channel, mESC

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P02_ABSTRACT POSTER_Arici Martina_RESERVED_Confidential Information

Poster presenter – Andrea Banfi

Andrea Banfi1, Lucia Salvioni1, Biancamaria Petrucci1, Davide Prosperi1
E-mail: a.banfi17@campus.unimib.it
1 Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca

Keywords: nanoparticles, nucleic acid, D-peptides, cancer

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P03_ABSTRACT POSTER_Banfi Andrea

Poster presenter – Sara Elisabetta Barilà

Sara Elisabetta Barilà1,2, Chiara Riccardi1, Veronica Krenn1,3
E-mail: s.barila1@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
2 DIMET PhD Student, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
3 Human Technopole Early Career Fellow, Italy

Keywords: Neurodevelopmental Genetics, Brain Organoids, CRISPR-Cas9 Editing

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P04_ABSTRACT POSTER_Barilà Sara Elisabetta

Poster presenter – Denise Battaglia

Denise Battaglia1, Diletta Ami1, Paolo Mereghetti2, Federico Cazzaniga3, Giuseppe Bufano3, Fabio Moda3, Erika Ponzini4, Silvia Tavazzi4, Antonino Natalello 1
E-mail: d.battaglia9@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 Bioinformatics Consultant, Arquata Scrivia, Italy
3 IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
4 Department of Materials Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Keywords: Parkinson’s, FTIR-microspectroscopy,tears

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P05_ABSTRACT POSTER_Battaglia Denise

Poster presenter –  Angela Belcastro

Angela Belcastro1, Sehar Tasneem1, Gabriel Tiago Galdino2, Rafael Josef Najmanovich2, Cintia Roodveldt3, Alessio Romerio1, Francesco Peri1
E-mail: a.belcastro1@campus.unimib.it
1 University of Milan-Bicocca, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Italy
2 University of Montreal, Canada
3 University of Seville, Spain

Keywords: MOK kinase, Neuroinflammation, Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry

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P06_ABSTRACT POSTER_Belcastro Angela

Poster presenter – Giovanni Maria Bernardini

Giovanni Maria Bernardini1, Stefano Bertacchi1,2, Francesca Sabatini2,3, Matilde Dameri1, Veronica Termopoli2,3, Heiko Lange2,3, Paola Branduardi1,2.
E-mail: g.bernardini5@campus.unimib.it
1 IndBioTech Lab, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences (BtBs), University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126, Milano, Italy
2 National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Piazza Marina, 6190133, Palermo, Italy
3 VaLiCell Lab, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126, Milano, Italy

Keywords: Biorefinery, biomass, microbial cell factory, carotenoids, biodiversity, nanocapsules

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P07_ABSTRACT POSTER_Bernardini Giovanni Maria

Poster presenter – Federica Bovio

Federica Bovio1, Matilde Forcella1, Pasquale Melchioretto2, Antonia Franceschi3, Melissa Ferrian3, Stefano Porru3,4, Chiara Urani2,4, Paola Fusi1,4
E-mail: federica.bovio@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
3 Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy
4 MISTRAL, Interuniversity Research Centre 'Integrated Models of Study for Health Protection andPrevention in Living and Working Environments', University of Brescia, Milano Bicocca and Verona, Italy.

Keywords: cadmium, neurotoxicity, metal ions, ZnT, DMT1, HMOX1

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P08_ABSTRACT POSTER_Bovio Federica

Poster presenter – Giulia Brambilla

Brambilla Giulia1, Ramazzotti F.1,2, Biella P.1
E-mail: giulia.brambilla@unimib.it
1 Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italia
2 National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italia

Keywords: pollination ecology, biodiversity, bees, islands, ecosystem services, DNA barcoding, haplotypes, island biogeography

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P09_ABSTRACT POSTER_Brambilla Giulia

Poster presenter – Pietro Butti

Pietro Butti1,2, Lorena Donzella2, Paola Branduardi1, John P. Morrissey2
E-mail: p.butti@campus.unimib.it
1IndBioTech Lab, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Keywords: natural dyes, tryptophan, Kluyveromyces marxianus, metabolic engineering, chassis strains

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P10_ABSTRACT POSTER_Butti Pietro

Poster presenter – Anna Cascio

Anna Cascio 1,2, Stefania Giussani 5, Paolo Vaccari 1, Giulia Protti 1,2, Janja Kopić 6, Željka Krsnik 6, Oliver Harschnitz 5, Veronica Krenn 1,3,4
E-mail: a.cascio6@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 DIMET PhD School, Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan – Bicocca, Milan, Italy
3 Early Career Fellow, Human Technopole, Milan, Italy
4 Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI), Italy
5 Neurogenomics Research Centre, Human Technopole, Milan, Italy
6 Croatian Institute for Brain Research, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Keywords: human brain organoids, hPSCs, microglia, neurodevelopment, neurodevelopmental disorders

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P11_ABSTRACT POSTER_Cascio Anna

Poster presenter – Donata Cassamagnaghi

Donata Cassamagnaghi, Stefania Citterio, Enzo Martegani, Sonia Colombo
d.cassamagnaghi@campus.unimib.it
Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126Milan, Italy

Keywords: phycocyanin, Spirulina, aging, cell death, ROS, yeast, S. cerevisiae

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P12_ABSTRACT POSTER_Cassamagnaghi Donata

Poster presenter – Sara Castelli

Sara Castelli1, Chiara Frigerio1, Michela Galli1, Michela Clerici1
E-mail: s.castelli30@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan (Italy)

Keywords: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, telomeres, genome integrity, Iron-sulfur clusters, CIA complex

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P13_ABSTRACT POSTER_Castelli Sara_RESERVED_Confidential Information

Poster presenter – Morena Cau

Cau M.1, Ghisleni G.1, Fumagalli S.1, Casiraghi M.1, Bruno A.1, Federica F.1, Zampolli J.1, Di Gennaro P.1
E-mail: morena.cau@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Keywords: Urban Microbiome, Skin and Gut Microbiomes, Citizen Science, Built Environment, Urban Health

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P14_ABSTRACT POSTER_Cau Morena

Poster presenter – Sofia Ceccarossi

Vittorio Giorgio Senatore1, Sofia Ceccarossi1,2, Mirko Zago1,3, Immacolata Serra1, Paola Branduardi1
E-mail: s.ceccarossi@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
3 Soft Chemicals, Marnate, Italy

Keywords: yeast fermentation, agro-waste, lipid production, green solvents, green chemistry

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P15_ABSTRACT POSTER_Ceccarossi Sofia