BtBsDay2026 Poster session (P11-P20)

Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2026

Programma BtBsDay 2026

Poster session - Galleria della Scienza (U3-U4)

P11_From bycatch to barcodes: Integrating trawling surveys and eDNA in the Gulf of Castellammare (Sicily)

Poster presenter - Giannetto Sabrina

Giannetto S.1, Verduci V.1,2, Mangano C.2,3, Berlino M. 2,3 Labra M.1,2, Frigerio J.1,2, Galimberti A.1,2, Sará G.2,4, Maggioni D.1,2
E-mail: s.giannetto1@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnologies and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2 National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy
3 Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Palermo, Italy
4 Earth and Marine Sciences Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Keywords: marine biodiversity, DNA barcoding, fishing, Mediterranean sea, Nanopore sequencing

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P11_ABSTRACT POSTER_Giannetto Sabrina

P12_Modeling Glioblastoma heterogeneity using 3D cerebral organoids

Poster presenter - Berni Valentina

Valentina Berni1,2, Martina Giambra1,2, Chiara Riccardi3, Sara Ferro3, Angela Bentivegna1, Rossella Galli4, Rosa Maria Moresco1, Veronica Krenn3,5
E-mail: v.berni1@campus.unimib.it
1 School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy
2 PhD program in Neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy
3 Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
4 Neural Stem Cell Biology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan,Italy
5 Human Technopole Early Career Fellow

Keywords: GBM, organoids, patient-derived, GLICO model

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P12_ABSTRACT POSTER_Berni Valentina

P13_Expanding Kluyveromyces marxianus synthetic biology toolbox for streamlining natural dyes cell factories construction

Poster presenter - Pacaccio Antonia

Antonia Pacaccio1,2, Pietro Butti1,2, Valeria Mapelli1, Paola Branduardi1, John P. Morrissey2
E-mail: a.pacaccio@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: Kluyveromyces marxianus, chassis strains, metabolic engineering, natural dyes, tryptophan

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P13_ABSTRACT POSTER_Pacaccio Antonia

P14_Metabolic engineering and in silico modelling for evaluating ethylene glycol assimilation as a carbon source in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Poster presenter - Pilerci Gaia

Gaia Pilerci1, Fiorella Masotti1, Riccardo Milanesi1, Vittorio Giorgio Senatore1, Immacolata Serra1, Dario Pescini2, Paola Branduardi1
E-mail: g.pilerci@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
2 Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Keywords: S. cerevisiae, metabolic coupling, ethylene glycol, selection strain, in silico modelling

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P14_ABSTRACT POSTER_Pilerci Gaia

P15_Characterization of a novel Pictet–Spenglerase toward the biosynthesis of new plant natural product scaffolds

Poster presenter - Bellusci Francesco

Bellusci Francesco1, Arboritanza Daniele1, Berlanda Davide2, Serra Immacolata1, Branduardi Paola1
E-mail: f.bellusci1@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milan-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
2 R&D department, Indena S.p.A., 20049 Settala (MI) - Italy

Keywords: Pictet–Spenglerase - Plant natural products – Biocatalysis - Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs)

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P15_ABSTRACT POSTER_Bellusci Francesco

P16_Guarding European biodiversity: Molecular early-warning tools for invasive alien plants of Union concern

Poster presenter - Verduci Valentina

Valentina Verduci1,2,3, Frigerio J.1,2, Cavenago D.1, Lozano V.2,4, Brundu G.2,4, Spano D.2,4, Labra M.1,2
E-mail: v.verduci1@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnologies and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2 National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy
3 Earth and Marine Sciences Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
4 Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Keywords: invasive species, eLAMP, early detection, eDNA

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P16_ABSTRACT POSTER_Verduci Valentina

P17_Valorisation of phenolic compounds from lignocellulosic wastes using a new engineered E. coli strain

Poster presenter - Vaccaroni Francesco

Francesco Vaccaroni1, Alex Pessina1,2, Mouna Attafi1, Chiara Damiani1,2, Luca Brambilla1,2, Gianluca Molla3, Elena Rosini3, Loredano Pollegioni3, Marco Vanoni1,2
Corresponding author: f.vaccaroni@campus.unimib.it; alex.pessina@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca
2 SYSBIO – Centre of Systems Biology, Italy
3 “The Protein Factory 2.0” Lab, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria

Keywords: E. coli, lignocellulosic wastes, ferulic acid, vanillin, CRISPR/Cas9, bioreactor

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P17_ABSTRACT POSTER_Vaccaroni Francesco

P18_Beyond viability: comparative functional evaluation of live and inactivated industrial biomasses of probiotic lactobacilli

Poster presenter - Pierallini Elena

Elena Pierallini1, Giacomo Mantegazza1,2, Beatrice Pizzelli1, Fabio Angelini1, Simone Guglielmetti1
E-mail: e.pierallini@campus.unimib.it
1 μbEat Lab, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences (BtBs), University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazzadella Scienza 4, 20126 Milan, Italy
2 Division of Food Microbiology and Bioprocesses, Department of Food, Environment, and NutritionalScience, Università degli Studi Di Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy

Keywords: Probiotics, Paraprobiotics, Postbiotics, Lactobacilli, Caco-2 cells, NF-κB, TLR2.

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P18_ABSTRACT POSTER_Pierallini Elena

P19_Molecular Dynamics Investigation of O₂ Diffusion Mechanisms in the Protective CbA5H Hydrogenase

Poster presenter - Fossati Mattia Pietro

Mattia P. Fossati1, Jacopo Vertemara1, Federica Arrigoni1, Giuseppe Zampella1, Luca Bertini1, Luca De Gioia1
E-mail: m.fossati28@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Univ. degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milano, IT

Keywords: Biocatalysis, [FeFe]-Hydrogenase, Molecular Dynamics, O2-protection, H2-production.

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P19_ABSTRACT POSTER_Fossati Mattia Pietro

P20_Genome-Scale Transcriptional and Metabolic Profiling of Rhodococcus opacus R7 During Polyethylene Degradation

Poster presenter - Vincenti Valentina

Vincenti V.1, Salvadori M. 1, Mangiagalli M.1, Lotti M.1, Ami D1, Natalello A.1, Bertini L.1, Arrigoni F.1, Di Gennaro P.1, Zampolli J.1
E-mail: v.vincenti1@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Keywords: Rhodococcus genus, polyethylene, plastic-degrading enzymes, multicopper oxidases, laccases, oxygenases, lipases

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P20_ABSTRACT POSTER_Vincenti Valentina

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