BtBsDay2026 Poster session (P01-P10)

Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2026

Programma BtBsDay 2026

Poster session - Galleria della Scienza (U3-U4)

P01_Rhodotorula toruloides for carotenoid production using waste hardwood biomass

Poster presenter - Bertacchi Stefano

Stefano Bertacchi,a,b Francesca Sabatini,b,c Giovanni Maria Bernardinia, Matilde Dameria, Veronica Termopoli,b,c Danilo Porroa,b, Marco Orlandi,b,c Heiko Lange, b,c,d,* Paola Branduardi a,b,*
E-mail: stefano.bertacchi@unimib.it
a Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
b NBFC – National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
d Biochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden

Keywords: Rhodotorula toruloides, Carotenoids, Biodiversity valorisation, Biorefinery, Lignocellulosic biomass, Enzymatic hydrolysis

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P01_ABSTRACT POSTER_Bertacchi Stefano

P02_A long-range enhancer at -52 kb drives expression of the COUP-TFII transcription factor in erythroid cells

Poster presenter - Fabiano Martina

Martina Fabiano1, Valentina Pastori1, Agata Labedz1,7,8, Maria Simanovich2, Carlotta Frigo1, Thijs Verheul2, Ludovica Proietti3,9, Florian Grebien3,4,5, Elisabetta Citterio1,6, Sjaak Philipsen2# and Antonella Ellena Ronchi1#
E-mail: martina.fabiano@unimib.it
1Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2Erasmus MC Department of Developmental Biology, P.O. Box 2040, 3000CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
3Centre of Biological Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
4St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria
5CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
6Department of Life Science, Health, and Health Professions, Link Campus University, Rome, Italy
7Present address: International Centre for Translational Eye Research, Warsaw, Poland
8Present address: Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
9Present address: Computational Biology Research Centre, Human Technopole Milan, Italy
# Co-Corresponding Authors

Keywords: Erythropoiesis, orphan nuclear receptor, COUP-TFII, hemoglobin switching

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P02_ABSTRACT POSTER_Fabiano Martina

P03_COUP-TFII regulates hemoglobin switching by activating the BCL11A-XL repressor LIN28B and directly binding δ and β globin promoters in fetal versus adult erythroid cells

Poster presenter - Frigo Carlotta

Carlotta Frigo 1*, Valentina Pastori 1*, Gianluca Zambanini 2, 3, 4*, Martina Fabiano 1, Sajeela Ahmed 1, Elisabetta Citterio 1,5, Claudio Cantù 2,3,6 ^ and Antonella E. Ronchi 1^
E-mail: c.frigo1@campus.unimib.it
1 Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
2 Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
3 Division of Molecular Medicine and Virology, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
4 Present address: Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Genetik, Berlin, Germany.
5 Department of Life Science, Health, and Health Professions, LINK Campus University, Rome, Italy.
6 Science for Life Laboratory – SciLifeLab, Linköping University, 58185 Linköping, Sweden
*Co-First Authors
^ Co-Corresponding Authors

Keywords: Erythropoiesis, Transcriptional regulation, Hemoglobin switching, CUT&RUN

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P03_ABSTRACT POSTER_Frigo Carlotta

P04_Cadmium affects mitochondrial functionality and induces mitochondrial fission in differentiated neural cells

Poster presenter - Simeoni Alice

Alice Simeoni1, Federica Bovio1, Chiara Urani2, Matilde Forcella1, Paola Fusi1
E-mail: a.simeoni1@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milano, Italy
2 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milano, Italy

Keywords: Cadmium; Neurotoxicity; SH-SY5Y cell line; Metabolism; Mitochondria; Seahorse.

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P04_ABSTRACT POSTER_Simeoni Alice

P05_Acteoside exerts neuroprotective effects by preventing α-synuclein aggregation and oxidative stress

Poster presenter - Spandri Giorgia

Giorgia Spandri1, Alessia Lambiase1,2, Hind Moukham2, Elisa Toini1,2, Giovanni Zecca1,2, Carlo Santambrogio1, Maura Brioschi1, Fabrizio Grassi1,2, Farida Tripodi1,2, Paola Coccetti1,2, Massimo Labra1,2
E-mail: g.spandri@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
2 National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy.

Keywords: Verbascum thapsus, verbascoside, Parkinson’s disease, protein aggregation

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P05_ABSTRACT POSTER_Spandri Giorgia

P06_Role of Tel1 in promoting DNA end-tethering

Poster presenter - Pagnotta Federica

Carlo Rinaldi1, Federica Pagnotta1, Maria Pia Longhese1
E-mail: f.pagnotta3@campus.unimib.it
1 University of Milano-Bicocca

Keywords: Tel1, Rad9, DSBs, end-tethering, DNA damage response, S. cerevisiae

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P06_ABSTRACT POSTER_Pagnotta Federica

P07_Advancing Human Brain Modeling with a Novel Microglia-Containing Organoid System: Validation and Strategies to Overcome Current Limitations

Poster presenter - Ferro Sara

Sara Ferro1, Anna Cascio1,2, Paolo Vaccari1 , Stefania Giussani3, Oliver Harschnitz3, Veronica Krenn1,4,5
E-mail: sara.ferro@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 Neurogenomics Research Centre, Human Technopole, Milan, Italy
4 Early Career Fellow, Human Technopole, Milan, Italy
5 Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI), Italy

Keywords: microglia, human brain organoids (hBOs), human embryonic ste

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P07_ABSTRACT POSTER_Ferro Sara

P08_Dechipering the diverse role of Gal4 transcription factor in the regulation of central carbon metabolism of Saccharomycetaceae yeasts

Poster presenter - De Lisi Angela Maria

Angela Maria De Lisi1, Riccardo Milanesi1, Valeria Mapelli1, Paola Brandaurdi1
E-mail: a.delisi@campus.unimib.it
1Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Keywords: Saccharomycetaceae, Metabolism regulation, Transcription factor, Biodiversity, Evolution, Gal4

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P08_ABSTRACT POSTER_De Lisi Angela Maria

P09_Sae2 integrates CDK and checkpoint phosphorylation to coordinate MRX cleavage with checkpoint attenuation

Poster presenter - Gnugnoli Marco

Marco Gnugnoli1,2, Erika Casari1,2, Paolo Pizzul1, Renata Tisi1 and Maria Pia Longhese1
E-mail: marco.gnugnoli@unimib.it
1 University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
2 These authors contributed equally

Keywords: DNA damage; Sae2; checkpoint; CDK, double-strand breaks; MRX

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P09_ABSTRACT POSTER_Gnugnoli Marco

P10_Stn1 supports Mec1 function in protecting stalled replication forks from degradation

Poster presenter - Milani Luca Edoardo

Luca Edoardo Milani1, Erika Casari1, Flavio Corallo1, Renata Tisi1, Maria Pia Longhese1
E-mail: l.milani20@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Keywords: yeast, replication stress, genome stability, checkpoint, Mec1, CST

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P10_ABSTRACT POSTER_Milani Luca Edoardo

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