Comment by Luca Mastella (IndBiotech Lab)
Easter and Easter Monday are gone and we will be back with a nice “binge” of Spring Meeting! On Wednesday, April 20th, the candidates will speak about industrial and green biotechnology. They will bring us into the world of the circular economy and biotechnological improvement in the textile sector, of nanoparticles used as antimicrobial agents, and pollinating insects and their relationship with nutritional ecology.
From the first year, we’ll welcome Pietro Butti (IndBiotech Lab) and Beatrice Negrini. Pietro will present a concise introduction on “microbial bioprocesses and synthetic biology for fostering circularity in textile industry”, providing comprehensive information about the use of microbial cell factories for natural colours production with the valorization of textile waste. Beatrice with “Safe and Sustainable nano-enabled antimicrobials to reduce the presence of contaminants of emerging concern (biotic and abiotic) in the aquatic environments” will convey us into the development of new nano-bioacidals as antimicrobial agent, with toxicological and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies.
From the second year, Emiliano Pioltelli (Galimberti’s Lab) and Marta Simonetti (IndBiotech Lab) will present some results and techniques. Emiliano will present on “Bees nutritional ecology: methods and perspectives” with a focus on adopting novel sampling techniques, HRMS analyses and open-source software for data processing, aimed to integrate the chemical data with environmental and ecological variables. Marta will present on “new perspectives for textile industry: from cotton waste recycling optimization to biorefineries” introducing key aspects for the recovery of waste from the textile supply chain through hydrolysis and microbial transformation.
Davide Panzeri (Labra’s Lab) and Letizia Maestroni (IndBiotech Lab) will chair the meeting, guiding us and enriching the discussion.
The meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 20th, in room U1-03 at 14.30.
Good luck to everyone! We hope to see you during these meetings!
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