Scientific career
2005–present: Associate professor at University of Torino
1990-2005: Assistant Professor at University of Torino
1980-1990 : Laboratory technician at University of Torino
1979-1982: PhD student at University of Torino
Qualifications
2002, 2003 and 2005. Visiting researcher at Département de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire (INSA-Toulouse) for evaluating correlations Proteomics-Transcriptomics.
1989 Visiting researcher at Max Planck Institute fur Molekulare Genetik (Freie Universitat Berlin)
1983-1987: Stages in "Bactériologie Systématique" and "Immunologie microbienne" (Institut Pasteur Paris) and "Aspects of biotechnology" (Oxford Polytechnique).
1982: Ph.D. in Microbiology, 70/70 summa cum laude. University of Torino
1978: Lauream Degree in Biological Sciences, 110/110 summa cum laude, Faculty of Sciences, University of Torino.
Membership to learned societies
Member of the Italian Proteomic Association (ItPA) from 2006 and of the Italian Proteomic Society ( IPSo) from 2004.
Member of the S.I.B. , Italian Biochemical Society, and SIMGBM, Italian Society for General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnologies, from 1987
Member of the Italian College of Biologists from 1980
Scientific track record
Author of 99 scientific papers on international journals, 1 international and 1 national patents.
Invited speaker or chair in 12 international congresses. Organizer of the periodical meetings “Proteomicro”and “Proteomix” focused on microbial proteomics techniques and coordinator of the conferences “Biology of Nutrition” and “Food: not strictly nutritional aspects”. Responsible of the section “Probiotics” at FEBS 2011. Member of the Scientific Committee of the PhD School Tech for Culture (Tech4Cult). Editor of the book “Interactive probiotics” (CRC Press-USA) and topic Editor of “Bioactive compounds from microbes” (Frontiers in Systems Microbiology). Associated editor of Journal of Integrated Omics. Referee for Amino Acid, Molecular Biosystems, Proteomics, Journal of Proteomics, International Journal of Food Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology. Erasmus referent for DTU Lyngby, DK, and Greifswald University, Germany.
Teaching
Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, Applied and Environmental Biochemistry, Microbial Biochemistry, Industrial and Food Biochemistry, Proteomics (Master School in Food Sciences), Microbial Proteomics (University of Chieti).
Summer school in “Microbial Proteomics and applications in food and environmental sciences” (Zurich, CH)
Tutor of 14 PhD thesis.
Collaborations
Kathrin Riedel, University of Greifswald (Microbial proteomics, antibiotic resistance).
Pascal Loubière, Muriel Cocaign INSA Toulouse (Lactic Acid Bacteria transcriptomics and metabolomics).
Birte Svenson, DTU Lyngby Copenhagen (Probiotics and Prebiotics).
Nathalie Connil, Pierre Dechelotte, Marc Feuilloley Université de Rouen, (Bioactive compounds from microbes, gut-brain axis).
Emilia Garcia Moruno, CRA-ENO (Proteomics of oenological yeasts and bacteria).
Gabriella Giuffrida, ISPA.CNR (Mass Spectrometry).
Michail Sauer University of Vienna (BOKU) (Bio-butanol production).
Ed Bayer, Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot (Cellulolytic bacteria).
Timo Korhonen, University of Helsinki (Surface proteins and probiotic safety).
Francesca Bosco Chemical Engineering Politecnico di Torino (PHA, milk whey).
