BtBsDay2025 Poster session (P16-P30)

Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2025

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Poster session - Galleria della Scienza (U3-U4)

Poster presenter – Anna Celant

Anna Celant1, Giulia Protti1, Giuseppe Rocca1, Giulia Stucchi1, Marco Galli1, Stefano Cozzi1, Laura Marongiu1, Ilaria Fontana1, Alessia Donato1, Metello Innocenti1, Francesca Granucci1
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
E-mail: anna.celant@unimib.it

Keywords: Tumor Microenvironment, conventional dendritic cells (cDCs), scRNA-seq, Tissue Imprinting, Immune regulation

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Poster presenter – Marta Cerina

Marta Cerina1, A. B. Zeynali2, F. Gullo1, A. Amadeo2, A. Becchetti1
E-mail: m.cerina2@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy
2 Department of Biosciences, University of Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy

Keywords: neurophysiology - epilepsy - nicotinic receptors

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Poster presenter – Barbara Zerbato

Linlin Yang1,2, Barbara Zerbato3, Alex Pessina3, Luca Brambilla3, Virginia Andreani1, Stefanie Frey-Jakobs1, Manfred Fliegauf1, Mohamed-Ridha Barbouche4,5, Qiaoxia Zhang2, Ferdinando Chiaradonna3*, Michele Proietti1,6*, Xin Du2*, and Bodo Grimbacher1,7,8*
E-mail: barbara.zerbato@unimib.it, ferdinando.chiaradonna@unimib.it
1. Institute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2. Department of Hematology, First affiliated hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen University Medical school, Shenzhen, China
3. Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Piazza della Scienza 2, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
4. Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
5. Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
6. Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg- Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
7. CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
8. RESIST – Cluster of Excellence 2155 to Hanover Medical School, Satellite Center Freiburg, Germany

Keywords: PGM3 insufficiency, infections, CD4+ T cells, UDP-GlcNAc, Hexosamine Pathway

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Poster presenter – Barbara Zerbato

Barbara Zerbato1, Virginia Brancato1, Marco Giampà1, Gabriele Taverna1, Giulia Aurora Monterosso1, Lorenzo Taglietti1, Silvia Lombardi1, Cristina Fontana2, Marina La Chimia2, Silvia Barabino1, Barbara La Ferla1, Domenica Scumaci2, Ferdinando Chiaradonna1
E-mail: ferdinando.chiaradonna@unimib.it
1Dpt. of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano, Italy
2Dpt. of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Viale S. Venuta, Catanzaro, Italy

Keywords: Hexosamine Pathway, DNA damage, DNA repair, O-Glycosylation, chemoresistance

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Poster presenter – Matilde Ciprandi

Ciprandi M.1, Bricalli F.1, Frascotti G.1, Tortora P.1, Tomaino G.1
E-mail: matilde.ciprandi@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy

Keywords: vault, drug delivery, recombinant protein, siRNA

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Poster presenter – Laura Colombo

Colombo Laura1, Ghisleni G.1, Bruno A.1, Garcia Perez I.2
E-mail: l.colombo130@campus.unimib.it
1 University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2 Imperial College of London, UK

Keywords: food, microbiome, cardiovascular disease (CVD), metabolites, bacteria, gut-heart axis

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Poster presenter – Flavio Corallo

Flavio Corallo1, Erika Casari1 and Maria Pia Longhese1
E-mail: f.corallo2@campus.unimib.it
1Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Keywords: yeast, genome stability, DNA damage, DNA replication, CST complex

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Poster presenter – Stefano Cozzi

Stefano Cozzi1, Laura Marongiu1, Marco Galli1, Francesca Colnaghi1, Giuseppe Rocca1, Anna Celant1, Giulia Stucchi1, Metello Innocenti1, Francesca Granucci1
E-mail: s.cozzi28@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Keywords: Calcineurin, NFAT, stem cells, tissue resistance, differentiation, immune modulation

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Poster presenter – Alessia D’aloia

Alessia D’aloia1, Martina Maffezzini2, Simona Smedile1, Giorgio Lunghi1, Barbara Costa1,3, Francesca Re1,3,6, Marzia Lecchi1,3,5,, Elena Sacco1,3,4,5, Renata Tisi1,3, Serena Pellegatta2, Michela Ceriani1,3
E-mail: alessia.daloia@unimib.it
1Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy;
2Unit of Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy
3 Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI), University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1,20126 Milano, Italy
4 ISBE.IT, SYSBIO Centre of Systems Biology, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
5Inter-University Center for the Promotion of the 3Rs Principles in Teaching & Research
6 BioNanoMedicine Center NANOMIB, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20854 Monza, Italy.

Keywords: RalGPS2, Glioblastoma, senescence, tunneling nanotubes, proliferation

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Poster presenter – Martina Dramis

Martina Dramis1, Francesca Alessandrini1, Silvia Guerra2, Luciano Tadiello2, Luca Giannini2, Immacolata Serra1, Paola Branduardi1
E-mail: m.dramis@campus.unimib.it
1 University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Piazza della Scienza, 220126 Milan (Italy)
2 Pirelli Tyre SpA, 20126 Milan (Italy)

Keywords: Bacterial cellulose, tyre, polymers functionalization

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Poster presenter – Giacomo Ducci

Giacomo Ducci 1,2, Giorgia Ciufolini 3, Giulia Gigliotti 1,2, Daniele Benedetti1,2, Alessia Ruggiero 1, Valentina Pasquale 1,2, Gloria Campioni 1,2, Simone Ponzetto 1,2, Bruno Galuzzi 4, Daniel Cicero 3, Greta Petrella 3, Marco Vanoni 1,2, and Elena Sacco 1,2
E-mail: giacomo.ducci@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan
2 SYSBIO-ISBE-IT-Candidate National Node of Italy for ISBE, Research Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe, 20126 Milan, Italy
3 Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy
4 Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Segrate, Milan, Italy

Keywords: bladder cancer, metabolism, high-content analysis, omic data, computational analysis

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Poster presenter – Martina Fabiano

Martina Fabiano1, Agata Labedz2 Valentina Pastori1, Sajeela Ahmed1, Carlotta Frigo1, Ludovica Proietti2, Maria Simanovich3, Elisabetta Citterio1, Florian Grebien2, Sjaak Philipsen3, Antonella Ellena Ronchi1
E-mail: martina.fabiano@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy
2 Institute for medical Biochemistry University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna
3 Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam

Keywords: (COUP-TFII, γ-globin, orphan nuclear receptor)

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Poster presenter – Margherita Finazzi

Margherita Finazzi1, Iacopo Balsamo1, Vanessa Piva1, Patrizia Di Gennaro1
E-mail: m.finazzi7@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Keywords: Probiotics, Maitake extract, Human gut microbiota, In vitro model, β-glucans

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Poster presenter – Chiara Frigerio

Chiara Frigerio1, Sara Castelli1, Michela Galli1, Diego Bonetti1, Michela Clerici1
E-mail: c.frigerio32@campus.unimib.it
1Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan (Italy)

Keywords: replication stress, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mec1/ATR, dNTPs, Fe-S clusters

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Poster presenter – Carlotta Frigo

Carlotta Frigo1, Valentina Pastori1, Gianluca Zambanini2,3, Martina Fabiano1, Sajeela Ahmed1, Elisabetta Citterio1, Claudio Cantù2 and Antonella Ellena Ronchi1
E-mail: c.frigo1@campus.unimib.it
1Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy
2Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Molecular medicine and Virology, Faculty of Health Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
3Max-Plank-Institut für molekulare Genetik, Berlin, Germany

Keywords: COUP-TFII, CUT&RUN; Transcriptional Factors, erythropoiesis

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BtBsDay2025 Poster session (P01-P15)

Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2025

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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BtBsDay2025 Graphical Abstracts (GA01-GA08)

Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2025

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Graphical Abstracts - Galleria delle Scienze

Graphical abstract presenter - Sofia Bregani

Sofia Bregani1, Beatrice Colombo1, Nicola Tommasi1,2, Davide Maggioni1,2, Lorenzo Guzzetti1,2, Andrea Galimberti1,2
E-mail: s.bregani@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 National Biodiversity Future Centre, NBFC, Palermo, Italy

Keywords: metabolome, wild bees, urban environment, anthropic stressors

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Graphical abstract presenter - Aurora Da Prada

Aurora Da Prada1, Michela Galli1, 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: DNA Double strand break, Homologous recombination, Dna2, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Graphical abstract presenter - Francesco Galli

Francesco Galli1, Alessia Lambiase1, Hind Moukham1, Giorgia Spandri1, Farida Tripodi1, Paola Coccetti1
E-mail: f.galli@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Keywords: bioactive molecules, Non-Alcoholic fatty liver disease, lipid metabolism, AMPK, lipophagy

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Graphical abstract presenter - Giulia Gigliotti

Giulia Gigliotti1,2, Francesco Cavallotto1, Giacomo Ducci1,2, Gloria Campioni1,2, Valentina Pasquale1,2, Simone Ponzetto1,2, Alessia Ruggiero1, Marco Barreca1, Daniele M. Papetti3, Chiara Damiani1,2, Rocco Piazza4, Daniela Besozzi3, Marco Vanoni1,2, Elena Sacco1,2
Email: giulia.gigliotti@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan
2 SYSBIO-ISBE-IT-Candidate National Node of Italy for ISBE, Research Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe, Milan
3Department of Informatics, Systems, and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan
4Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza

Keywords: bladder cancer, heterotypic cancer model, advanced multi-cellular in vitro models, co-cultures, metabolic rewiring

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Graphical abstract presenter - Maria Giovanna Impieri

Maria Giovanna Impieri 1, Francesca Misitano 1, Claudia Maniezzi 1, Corrado Poggesi 2, Gabriella Malfatto 3, Cecilia Ferrantini 2, Antonio Zaza 1, Francesco Lodola1
E-mail: m.impieri@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
3 Division of Cardiology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

Keywords: SERCA2a activators, Ca2+ sensitizers, HF, Ca2+ handling

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Graphical abstract presenter - Eleonora Pirovano

Eleonora Pirovano1, Gloria Campioni1,2, Francesco Lapi1, Stefano Busti1,2, Valentina Pasquale1,2, Elena Sacco1,2, Chiara Damiani1,2 and Marco Vanoni1,2.
Email: e.pirovano9@campus.unimib.it
1: Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan 20126, Italy.
2: SYSBIO Centre of Systems Biology, Milan 20126, Italy.

Keywords: breast cancer, nutrient gradient, microfluidic, spheroids, computational models.

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Graphical abstract presenter - Francesca Letizia Scola

Scola F.
E-mail: f.scola1@campus.unimib.it
Dept BtBs, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Keywords: smooth muscle cells, istaroxime, SERCA, angiotensin II, NFAT

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Graphical abstract presenter - Valentina Verduci

Verduci Valentina1,2,3, Frigerio J.1,2, Galimberti A.1,2, Maggioni D.1, Sarà G.2,3, Labra M. 1,2
E-mail: valentina.verduci@community.unipa.it
1 University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Biotechnologies and Biosciences, Italy
2 National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
3 University of Palermo, Department of Earth and Sea Sciences, Italy

Keywords: biodiversity, DNA barcoding, Oxford-Nanopore

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AREE DI RICERCA

La ricerca del Dipartimento è spiccatamente interdisciplinare e intersettoriale e copre svariati aspetti di ricerca di base e applicata nel campo delle Scienze della Vita e delle Biotecnologie. 

Per semplificare la consultazione, le varie aree di ricerca sono nel seguito raggruppate in 5 grandi gruppi.

BIODIVERSITÀ ED ECOLOGIA

L’area di ricerca in Biodiversità ed Ecologia è impegnata nello studio della diversità biologica e delle interazioni ecologiche, con un approccio che coinvolge ecosistemi sia naturali sia alterati dalle attività antropiche. La ricerca si concentra sull’analisi della biodiversità animale, vegetale e microbica, studiando la variabilità genetica e le funzioni ecosistemiche di animali, piante e microrganismi, in particolare  ....

BIOINFORMATICA, CHIMICA COMPUTAZIONALE E BIOLOGIA DEI SISTEMI

L'area Bioinformatica, Chimica Computazionale E Biologia Dei Sistemi si occupa dell'analisi e interpretazione di dati e modelli inerenti a sistemi biologici e chimici attraverso lo sviluppo e impiego di tecniche computazionali avanzate e di intelligenza artificiale.  Le attività coprono un ampio spettro di temi ed approcci che operano su scale differenti: dall’analisi e integrazione di  ...

BIOMEDICINA

L’area di ricerca in Biomedicina si concentra sullo studio dei meccanismi cellulari e molecolari alla base di diverse patologie umane, con un approccio orientato alla comprensione delle dinamiche biologiche in condizioni di malattia. Le linee di ricerca includono l’oncologia, le malattie neurodegenerative, cardiovascolari, genetiche, infiammatorie e la disbiosi, per comprendere come i circuiti molecolari e ....

BIOTECNOLOGIE INDUSTRIALI E PRODUZIONE SOSTENIBILE

L'area di Biotecnologie Industriali e Produzione Sostenibile si concentra sullo sviluppo di processi biotecnologici innovativi, con un forte orientamento alla sostenibilità, all’utilizzo efficiente delle risorse ed alla chiusura dei cicli biogeochimici. La ricerca è particolarmente attiva nell'ingegneria metabolica e proteica, nella biologia sintetica e nella biocatalisi, ottimizzando enzimi e microrganismi (come lieviti, batteri e funghi) per la produzione di composti chimici, biocarburanti, biomateriali, proteine ricombinanti e nutraceutici  ...

SCIENZE BIOMOLECOLARI

L’area delle Scienze Biomolecolari si occupa dello studio delle biomolecole e delle loro interazioni, della loro (bio)sintesi e delle loro applicazioni, con l’obiettivo di comprendere i meccanismi molecolari alla base di processi biologici fondamentali.
La ricerca in quest’area include lo studio della struttura e della funzione delle biomolecole, dalle macromolecole, quali proteine, acidi nucleici, lipidi, carboidrati e ...

Al fine di gestire delle attività di ricerca, ottimizzare l'uso delle piattaforme e delle strumentazioni e favorire le collaborazione anche con altri gruppi e realtà di ricerca sono state nominate commissioni e responsabili dedicati:

 

Assicuratore di Qualità per la Ricerca
Prof.ssa Silvia Barabino

Commissione Assegni di Ricerca:
Prof. Andrea Galimberti
Dr.ssa Federica Arrigoni
Prof. Marco Vanoni

Giunta di dipartimento - Gestione degli spazi e delle strumentazioni
Prof.ssa Francesca Granucci (Direttore)
Prof. Simone Guglielmetti (Vicedirettore)
Prof.ssa Maria Pia Longhese
Prof. Barbara Costa
Prof. Antonino Natalello
Prof.ssa Paola Coccettti
Prof.ssa Luisa Fiandra
Prof. Luca Campone
Dott.ssa Federica Arrigoni
Dr. Reinaldo Alvarez
Dr. Roberto Comi

Commissione strumenti
Prof.ssa Cristina Airoldi
Prof.ssa Marcella Rocchetti
Prof. Luca Campone
Dr.ssa Stefania Citterio
Prof. Antonino Natalello
Dr.ssa Elena Sacco
Dr.ssa Antonella Farinaccio
Dr.ssa Maura Brioschi
Dr. Jacopo Vertemara

Commissione VQR
Prof. Massimo Labra
Prof.ssa Chiara Damiani
Prof. Pasquale Palumbo
Prof. Mattia Pelizzola
Prof.ssa Paola Coccetti
Dr. Marco Mangiagalli

 

BtBsDay2025 Short Talks (ST01-ST13)

Giornata del Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze 2025

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BtBsDay 2025

Short Talks - Aula Sironi

Speaker - Ludovica Cestariolo

Ludovica Cestariolo1,2, Chiara Florindi1,3, Chiara Bertarelli2,3, Antonio Zaza1, Guglielmo Lanzani3,4, Francesco Lodola*1,3, Jose F. Rodriguez Matas*2
E-mail: ludovica.cestariolo@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Università degli studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
3 Center for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milan, Italy
4 Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Keywords: In silico modeling, optical excitation, membrane potential modulation, intramembrane phototransducer, stretch-activated channels, capacitance.

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Speaker - Beatrice Colombo

Beatrice Colombo1, Nicola Tommasi1, Davide Maggioni1, Lorenzo Guzzetti1, Andrea Galimberti1
E-mail: b.colombo15@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano
2 National Biodiversity Future Centre, NBFC, Palermo, Italy

Keywords: Pollinators, Urbanization, Genomic, Metabolomic, Transcriptomic

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Speaker - Sara Ferri

Sara Ferri1, Federica Perillo2, Alberto Baeri1, Francesco Strati1, Federica Facciotti1
E-mail: sara.ferri1@unimib.it
1 University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 IEO European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Keywords: immunofluorescence; imaging; multiplexing; FFPE; IBD; colon cancer; iNKT; IL22

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Speaker - Laura Clara Grandi

Laura Clara Grandi1, Francesca Gullo1, Anne Vassalli2, Andrea Becchetti1
E-mail: laura.grandi@unimib.it
1Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.

Keywords: narcolepsy; cataplexy; ventral tegmental area; orexins; dopamine; electrophysiology; neuronal activity.

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Speaker - Francesco Lapi

Francesco Lapi1, Federica Bertelli2, Graziano Martello2, Chiara Damiani1
E-mail: f.lapi@campus.unimib.it
1 Bioinformatics and computational systems biology, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2 Martello Lab, Department of biology (DiBio), University of Padua, Italy

Keywords: Dynamic metabolic maps, Steady-state models, Multi-omics data integration, Embryonic stem cells, State-specific metabolic disparities

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Speaker - Claudia Maniezzi

Claudia Maniezzi1, Lara Lengo2, Sofia Milasi2, Giulio Pompilio2,3, Elena Sommariva2, Angela Serena Maione2, Francesco Lodola1, Antonio Zaza1
E-mail: claudia.maniezzi@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 Unit of Vascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
3 Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dentist Sciences, University of Milano, Milan, Italy

Keywords: Empaglifozin (EMPA), arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), plakophilin-2 (PKP2), late sodium current (INaL)

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Speaker - Francesca Misitano

Francesca Misitano1, Claudia Maniezzi1, Corrado Poggesi2, Gabriella Malfatto3, Cecilia Ferrantini2, Antonio Zaza1, Francesco Lodola1
E-mail: f.misitano@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
3 Division of Cardiology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

Keywords: SERCA2a activators, Ca2+ sensitizers, HF, Ca2+ handling

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Speaker - Linda Molteni

Linda Molteni1, Alessandro Palmioli1, Carlotta Ciaramelli1, Maura Brioschi1, Luca Moretti1, Cristina Airoldi1
E-mail: l.molteni@campus.unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano

Keywords: HR-MAS-NMR, HR-MS, metabolic profiling, solid matrices, food, flour

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Speaker - Francesca Persico

Francesca Persico1, Bruno Giovanni Galuzzi1, Chiara Damiani1, Federica Arrigoni1
E-mail: francesca.persico@unimib.it
1 Università degli studi di Milano-Bicocca

Keywords: Machine Learning, Fe-S proteins, Redox Potential, Prediction Model

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Speaker - Paola Pinco

Paola Pinco1, Federica Perillo1,2, Alberto Baeri1, Paola Maragno3, Bruna Caridi1, Francesco Strati1, Federica Facciotti1,2
E-mail: paola.pinco@unimib.it
1 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2 Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
3 Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,Milan, Italy

Keywords: Colorectal cancer; Microbiome; Cytotoxic T cells; Immunotherapy

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Speaker - Alessio Romerio

Alessio Romerio1, Mohammed M. Shaik1, Alice Italia1, Federico Lami1, Francesco Peri1
E-mail: alessio.romerio@unimib.it
1 Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Milano

Keywords: TLR4; Inflammation; Vaccine Adjuvants; Glycolipids; Medicinal Chemistry

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Speaker - Mohammed Monsoor Shaik

Mohammed Monsoor Shaik1, Calogero Gagliano1, Diletta Ami1, Antonino Natallello1, Alessio Romerio1, Alice Italia1, Federico Lami1, Grisha Pirianov2, Francesco Peri1
E-mail: mohammed.shaik@unimin.it
1 University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2 Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom

Keywords: PET, Microplastics, Nanoplastics, MNPs, BHET, TPA, Plastic, Pollution

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Speaker - Vittorio Giorgio Senatore

Vittorio Giorgio Senatore1, Alīna Reķēna2, Valeria Mapelli1, Petri-Jaan Lahtvee2, Paola Branduardi1
E-mail: vittorio.senatore@unimib.it
1 University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
2 Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Keywords: Rhodotorula toruloides; Glycolic acid; Ethylene glycol; Xylose; Glucose; Polyethylene terephthalate

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