Responsabile dell'U.O.
Cognome e Nome
BERNACCHIA GIOVANNI
Qualifica
Ricercatore
Dipartimento
Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Settore scientifico disciplinare
(BIO/04)
bhg@unife.it
Telefono
0532444784
Personale strutturato
Cognome e Nome
Forlani Giuseppe
Qualifica
PO
Dipartimento
Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Ente di appartenenza
University of Ferrara
Cognome e Nome
De Bastiani Morena
Qualifica
Technician
Dipartimento
Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Ente di appartenenza
University of Ferrara
Personale non strutturato
Cognome e Nome
Benetti Lorenzo
Qualifica
Ph.D student
Dipartimento
Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Ente di appartenenza
University of Ferrara
Cognome e Nome
Boscolo Lorenzo
Qualifica
Borsista
Dipartimento
Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Ente di appartenenza
University of Ferrara
Cognome e Nome
Osti Riccardo
Qualifica
Borsista
Dipartimento
Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Ente di appartenenza
University of Ferrara
Linee di ricerca
Molecular approaches to control phytopathogens affecting orchards and fruit trees.
- Using RNA interference to control pests, in a target specific manner.
- Identify natural products that can alter the biology or the behaviour of pests, studying the effects at the molecular level.
Physiological and biochemical characterization of amino acid metabolism in prokaryotes and higher plants.
- Attainment of increased tolerance of crop species to drought and salinity through engineering of proline synthesis and catabolism
- Characterization of selected aspects of aromatic metabolism during the response to biotic stress conditions and their use as a tool to select plant varieties with increased resistance to fungal pathogens
- Identification of new inhibitors endowed with low environmental impact to be used in weed control.
Tecnologie in uso dall'UO
- Plant cell manipulation
- Plant transformation
- Protein and amino acid analysis in plant cells
- Expression of recombinant proteins
- Plant pests
- Spectrophotometric assays
- RNAi
- Western blot analysis
- Plant protection
Strumentazione
Denominazione
Struttura ove la strumentazione è allocata
Responsabile
Pubblicazioni
- Finetti L, Benetti L, Leyria J, Civolani S, Bernacchia G. Topical delivery of dsRNA in two hemipteran species: Evaluation of RNAi specificity and non-target effects. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 2023 Jan;189:105295. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105295.
- Favale N, Costa S, Scapoli C, Carrieri A, Sabbioni S, Tamburini E, Benazzo A, Bernacchia G. Reconstruction of Acinetobacter johnsonii ICE_NC genome using hybrid de novo genome assemblies and identification of the 12α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase gene. J Appl Microbiol. 2022 Sep;133(3):1506-1519. doi: 10.1111/jam.15657.
- Civolani S, Mirandola D, Benetti L, Finetti L, Pezzi M, Bernacchia G. Effects of Acibenzolar-S-methyl on the Probing Behaviour and Mortality of Cacopsylla pyri on Pear Plants. Insects. 2022 Jun 6;13(6):525. doi: 10.3390/insects13060525.
- Finetti L, Civolani S, Mirandola D, Benetti L, Francati S, Albanese F, Menicucci F, Michelozzi M, Bellardi MG, Dindo ML, Bernacchia G. Monarda didyma Hydrolate Affects the Survival and the Behaviour of Drosophila suzukii. Insects. 2022 Mar 11;13(3):280. doi: 10.3390/insects13030280.
- Finetti L, Ferrari F, Caló G, Cassanelli S, De Bastiani M, Civolani S, Bernacchia G. Modulation of Drosophila suzukii type 1 tyramine receptor (DsTAR1) by monoterpenes: a potential new target for next generation biopesticides. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 2020 May;165:104549. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.02.015.
- Sabbioni G, Forlani G. The Emerging Role of Proline in the Establishment and Functioning of Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis. Front Plant Sci. 2022 May 27;13:888769. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.888769.
- Zarattini M, Forlani G. Toward Unveiling the Mechanisms for Transcriptional Regulation of Proline Biosynthesis in the Plant Cell Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stress Conditions. Front Plant Sci. 2017 Jun 2;8:927. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00927
- Forlani, G.; Sabbioni, G.; Ruszkowski, M. Functional Characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae P5C Reductase, the Enzyme at the Converging Point of Proline and Arginine Metabolism. Microorganisms 2022, 10, 2077. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10102077
- Forlani G, Petrollino D. A comprehensive molecular approach to the detection of drug-type versus fiber-type hemp varieties. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2021 May;52:102464. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102464.
- Ruszkowski M, Forlani G. Deciphering the structure of Arabidopsis thaliana 5-enol-pyruvyl-shikimate-3-phosphate synthase: An essential step toward the discovery of novel inhibitors to supersede glyphosate. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2022 Mar 24;20:1494-1505. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.03.020.
Dottorati di ricerca
Componente UO
Bernacchia G. Forlani G.
Bernacchia G. Forlani G.
Dottorato di ricerca
Biologia evoluzionistica ed ecologia
Scienze della vita e Biotecnologie
Coordinatore
Prof. G Forlani
Prof Nicola Ferraro
Sede
University of Firenze
University of Ferrara