Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences BtBs
BtBs seminar - Temporal regulation of human neurodevelopment in human pluripotent stem cells-based models
BtBs seminar - Clonal evolution in leukaemia: timing of immune escape and marker plasticity
Two PhD Fellowships in Enzyme Design & Biotechnology
Two full PhD fellowships (3 years) are available to join the “Converging Technologies for Biomolecular Systems (TeCSBi)” PhD program within Dr. Marco Mangiagalli’s research group at the Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca.
These fellowships are funded by the “Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS2) Starting Grant” awarded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, with Dr. Mangiagalli as the principal investigator.
BtBs seminar - Where Metabolism Meets DNA Repair: A Nuclear Perspective
BtBsDay2026 Poster session (P41-P49)
Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2026
Poster session - Galleria della Scienza (U3-U4)
Poster presenter - Castelli Sara_RESERVED_Confidential Information
Sara Castelli1, Chiara Frigerio1, Elena Di Nisio2, Valerio Licursi3, Benedetta Caraba2, Rodolfo Negri2, 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)
2 Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “C. Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy3 Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), National Research Council (CNR) of Italy, 00185Rome, Italy
Keywords: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, histones post-translational modifications, DNA double strand breaks, genome stability, DNA repair
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Poster presenter - Metallo Alessia_RESERVED_Confidential Information
Alessia Metallo1, Martina Arici1, Roberta Pensotti1, Valentina Pastori1, Giacomo Ducci1, Marcella Rocchetti1
1Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Keywords: istaroxime, SERCA, pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell, angiotensin II, remodelling
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Poster presenter - Da Prada Aurora_RESERVED_Confidential Information
Aurora Da Prada1, Michela Galli1, Chiara Frigerio1, Diego Bonetti1, Michela Clerici1
E-mail: a.daprada@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2,Milano
Keywords: Dna2, DNA Double Strand Breaks, DNA end resection, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Poster presenter - Zaccaria Riccardo_RESERVED_Confidential Information
Arici M1, Zaccaria R1, Ducci G1, Lazzarini E2, Metallo A1, Sacco E1, Altomare C2, Barile L2, Rocchetti M1
E-mail: r.zaccaria2@campus.unimib.it
1Dept. of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
2Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Bellinzona, Switzerland
Keywords: Heart failure, hiPSC, cardiomyocytes
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP44
Poster presenter - Finazzi Margherita_RESERVED_Confidential Information
Margherita Finazzi1, Federica Bovio1, Matilde Forcella1, Paola Fusi1, Jessica Zampolli1, Patrizia Di Gennaro1
E-mail: m.finazzi7@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Keywords: Probiotics, Human-gut-microbiota, MAFLD, FOS
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Poster presenter - Mercanti Samantha
Mercanti S.1, Brambilla G.1, Biella P.1
E-mail: s.mercanti@campus.unimib.it
1 Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italia
Keywords: pollination ecology, biodiversity, wild bees, biogeography, ecosystem services, DNA barcoding, haplotypes
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP46
Poster presenter - Turati Matteo
Matteo Turati1, Margherita Finazzi1, Patrizia Di Gennaro1, Pasquale Palumbo1
E-mail: m.turati14@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Keywords: Generalized Lotka-Volterra (gLV) model, Microbial coexistence, Model identification
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP47
Poster presenter - Eugeni Alessandra
Alessandra Eugeni¹, Nadia Buchendorfer¹², Silvia Lombardi¹, Roland Nicsanu¹, Silvia Maria Luisa Barabino¹
E-mail: alessandra.eugeni@unimib.it
¹ Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
² Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Keywords: FUS, ALS, aggregation, optogenetics, Cry2olig, phase separation
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP48
Poster presenter - Fontana Ilaria
Ilaria Fontana1, Sarah Placida1, Alessandra Gambacurta1, Sara Truppello2, Matilde Pallini2, Anna Nordin3, Giulio Patruno2, Romana Fraja2, David Volgarino1, Sara Santambrogio1, Claudio Cantù3, Silvia K. Nicolis1, Monica Beltrame2, Sara Mercurio1
E-mail: i.fontana7@campus.unimib.it
1 University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
2 University of Milan, Italy
3 University of Linköping, Sweden
Keywords: SOX2, NR2F1, visual system, zebrafish, mouse
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP49
BtBsDay2026 Poster session (P31-P40)
Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2026
Poster session - Galleria della Scienza (U3-U4)
Poster presenter - Granata Balduzzi Marzia
Vulcano Edvige1, Granata Balduzzi Marzia1, Gargiulo Irene1, Perciballi Elisa2, Bovio Federica1, Lombardi Ivan1, Carletti Rose Mary3, Matilde Forcella1, Rosati Jessica3, Gelati Maurizio 2, Profico Daniela2, Alberto Visioli4, Fusi Paola1, Vescovi Angelo Luigi 5,6, Ferrari Daniela1
E-mail: marzia.granatabalduzzi@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy;
2 Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Institute for Stem-Cell Biology, Regenerative Medicine and Innovative Therapies (ISBReMIT), San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy;
3 Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy;
4 StemGen SpA, Milan, Italy
5 Link Campus University, Rome, Italy,
6 Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center (ADSCC), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Keywords: ALS, TDP-43, hiNSCs, Proliferation, Metabolism, Oxidative Stress
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP31
Poster presenter - Piacentini Alice
Alice Piacentini1, Stefania Pagliari1, Hajar Lamkhanter1, Luca Campone1
1Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy
Keywords: NADES, Myrtus communis, ultrasound, polyphenols, antioxidant
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Poster presenter - Svanosio Alba
Alba Svanosio, Francesco Lapi, Stefania Del Prete, Chiara Damiani
E-mail: a.svanosio@campus.unimib.it
University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Regulatory Genomics and Cancer Evolution,Heidelberg, Germany
Keywords: Constraint-based modeling, Flux Balance Analysis, Pseudobulk Analysis, Aging, Sex differences, Single-cell Transcriptomics, Immunometabolism
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP33
Poster presenter - Salvadori Mattia
Salvadori M.1, Zampolli J.1, Di Gennaro P.1
E-mail: mattia.salvadori@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Keywords: Rhodococcus genus, Pseudomonas genus, polyurethane, polyesters, polylactic acid, plastic-degrading enzymes, bacterial adhesion, FTIR, SEM
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP34
Poster presenter - Romerio Alessio
Alessio Romerio1, Mohammed M. Shaik1, Federico Lami1, Mattia Galimberti1, Francesco Peri1
E-mail: alessio.romerio@unimib.it
1 Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Milano
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP35
Poster presenter - Capietti Matteo Emilio Federico
Matteo Emilio Federico Capietti1, Stefania Pagliari1, Gerardo Alvarez-Rivera2, Marta Lores2, Luca Campone1
E-mail: m.capietti@campus.unimib.it
1Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy
2Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Avda. Das Ciencias, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Keywords: by-products, NADES, phenolic compounds, antioxidant, red onion
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP36
Poster presenters - Battilotti Lara & Giacoia Erika
Lara Battilotti1,4, Erika Giacoia1,4, Laura Buonafede2,3,4, Emiliano Pioltelli3,4, Pietro Tirozzi4, Daniela Gambino5, Maria Chiara Pastore3,5, Andrea Galimberti3,4
E-mail: lbattilotti@studenti.uninsubria.it, egiacoia@studenti.uninsubria.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
2Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi, 22, 90123 Palermo, Italy
3National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Piazza Marina, 61, 90133 Palermo, Italy
4ZooPlantLab, Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
5Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Via Bonardi 3, 20133 Milano, Italy
Keywords: Biodiversity, Monitoring, Forestation, Arthropods, Urban, Peri-urban, DNA metabarcoding, Computer Vision
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP37
Poster presenter - Misitano Francesca
Francesca Misitano1, Claudia Maniezzi1, Ludovica Cestariolo1, Francesco Lodola1, Antonio Zaza1
E-mail: f.misitano@campus.unimib.it
1 University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Keywords: SERCA2a, drug screening, high-throughput (HT) approach
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP38
Poster presenter - Parmesani Francesca
Parmesani Francesca1, Fumagalli Sara1, Armanni Alice1, Ghisleni Giulia1, Bruno Antonia1 & Citerio Giuseppe2.
E-mail: f.parmesani1@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Keywords: hospital, microbiome, amplicon-based sequencing, microbial exchange
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Poster presenters - Motto Martina & Rella Anastasia
Martina Motto1*, Anastasia Rella1*, Ameen-Ur Rashid2,3, Alessandro Galli1, Silvia Valtorta3,4, Sara Belloli3,4, Rosa Maria Moresco3,4,5, Anna Maria Colangelo1
E-mail: m.motto1@campus.unimib.it, anastasia.rella@unimib.it
1Dept of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca; 2PhD program in Neuroscience, Medicine andSurgery Department, University Milano-Bicocca, Monza; 3Nuclear Medicine Dept, San Raffaele Scientific Institute(IRCSS), Milano; 4CNR-IBSBC, Segrate; 5Dept of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza.
*These authors contributed equally
Keywords: Plastics, Intestine, Inflammation, Neurotoxicity, Microplastics, Nanoplastics
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP40
BtBsDay2026 Poster session (P21-P30)
Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2026
Poster session - Galleria della Scienza (U3-U4)
Poster presenter - Dicesare Alessia
Alessia Dicesare1,2, Daniela Bucchieri1,2, Marcella De Divitiis1,2, Immacolata Serra1, Luca Giannini3, Silvia Guerra3, Federica Magaletti3, Paola Branduardi1
E-mail: a.dicesare3@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
2 Department of Material Science and Nanotechnology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
3 Pirelli Tyre S.p.a., Viale Piero e Alberto Pirelli, 25, Milano, Italy
Keywords: TRWPs, Metagenomics, Rubber Degradation, Microbial Consortia, Roadside Soil
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP21
Poster presenter - Bucchieri Daniela
Daniela Bucchieri1,2, Alessia Dicesare1,2, Immacolata Serra1, Valeria Mapelli1, Cecilia Geijer 3, Paola Branduardi1
E-mail: daniela.bucchieri@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
2 Department of Material Science and Nanotechnology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
3 Department of Life Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Vastra Gotaland County, Gothenburg,Sweden
Keywords: Isolates from soil, Natural rubber, Natural rubber degrading bacteria
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP22
Poster presenter - Shaposhnikov Roman
Shaposhnikov, R. 1 , Zoller, T. 2 , Lombardi S. 1, Nicsanu, R. 1, Graudenzi, A. 3 , Ruepp M.-D. 2 , Luisier, R. 4,5 , Barabino S. 1
E-mail: roman.shaposhnikov@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 UK Dementia Research Institute, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s CollegeLondon, London, UK
3 Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication of the University of Milan-Bicocca
4 Department for BioMedical Research, University Bern
5 SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
Keywords: Bulk RNAseq, Differential expression, Alternative splicing
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP23
Poster presenter - Iovino Teresa
Teresa Iovino1, Alice Armanni1, Roberta Adorni2, Patrizia Steca2, Massimo Labra1, Martino Pengo3, Antonia Bruno 1
E-mail: t.iovino@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
3 School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Keywords: Urobiome, Microbiome, Metagenomics, Exposome, Biodiversity, Urban well-being
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Poster presenter - Angelini Fabio
1Fabio Angelini, 1Beatrice Pizzelli, 2Giacomo Mantegazza, 1Elena Pierallini, 3Robin Duncan, 1Simone Guglielmetti
E-mail: f.angelini7@campus.unimib.it
1 μBEAT Lab, Department of Biotechnology and biosciences (BtBs), University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy)
2 Laboratory of Food Systems Biotechnology, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich,Zürich, Switzerland
3 Department of Food, Environmental and nutritional Science (DEFENS), University of Milan (Italy)
Keywords: Lactic Acid Bacteria, Indoles, Hypertension, Immunomodulation, Aminoacids, Nuts, Fermentation
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP25
Poster presenter - Ceccarossi Sofia
Sofia Ceccarossi1,2, Mirko Zago3, 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 S.r.l., Marnate, Italy
Keywords: biocatalysis, recombinant protein, green solvents, green chemistry
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP26
Poster presenter - Pizzelli Beatrice
Beatrice Pizzelli1, Elena Pierallini1, Fabio Angelini1, Giacomo Mantegazza2, Robin Duncan2, Simone Guglielmetti1
E-mail: b.pizzelli@campus.unimib.it
1 μbEat lab, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences (BtBs), University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, 20133, Milan, Italy
2 Department of Food, Environment, and Nutritional Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milan, Italy
Keywords: Collinsella aerofaciens, gut microbiota, non-communicable diseases, intestinal permeability, pro-inflammatory activity
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Poster presenter - Barilà Sara Elisabetta
Sara Elisabetta Barilà1,2, Tamina Weiss3, Dennis Del Forno1, Claudio Cantù3, Veronica Krenn1,4
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 Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping SE-58183, Sweden
4 Human Technopole Early Career Fellow, Italy
Keywords: Neurodevelopment, Human Brain Organoids, Chromatin Profiling
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Poster presenter - Zafferri Isabella
Isabella Zafferri1,2, Elisabetta De Gasperi1, Agustina Ranieri1, Chiara Riccardi1 and Veronica Krenn2
E-mail: Isabella.zafferri@unimib.it
1 University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
2 Experimental medicine PhD, University of Milano, Italy
Keywords: Neurodevelopmental disorders, Brain organoids, Maternal infection, Type I IFNs, ISGs
#BtBsDay - #BtBsDayP29
Poster presenter - Giubileo Chiara
Chiara Giubileo1, Francesco Peri2
E-mail: c.giubileo@campus.unimib.it
1,2 University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Keywords: HDAC10, epigenetics, HDAC10 substrates, HDAC10 inhibitors
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