Website:
www.pesticideschool.unimi.it
Scientific committee:
senior members of the PhD School
Organising committee:
Milano, January 18th-19th, 2010
Francesca Cappitelli, Ettore Capri,
Daniele Daffonchio, Lucio Merlini
Information:
Università degli Studi di Milano
tel. 02 50319117; fax—19238
e-mail:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Doctorate in Chemistry, Biochemistry
and Ecology of Plant Protection
Products and Xenobiotics
How to reach us:
Faculty of Agriculture
Università degli Studi di Milano
Via Celoria 2, Milano
From the station (Centrale FS):
Metro line 2 (green), direction Gobba, stop at Piola
(after 3 stops)
From the city center
tram lines 23 or 11, stop at Piazza L. da Vinci
bus lines 90/91, stop at Viale Romagna
crossing Via Pascoli
bus line 61, stop at the 2nd stop of Via Botticelli
By car from outside Milano
From Tangenziale Est
exit Rubattino or Forlanini
Aula Magna C03
Facoltà di Agraria
Università degli Studi di Milano
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Doctorate in Chemistry, Biochemistry
and Ecology of Plant Protection Products
and Xenobiotics
The PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Ecology of
Plant Protection Products and of Xenobiotics that
takes place at the University of Milano and is
conducted in consortium with the Faculty of Agriculture of the Università Cattolica di Piacenza, has
already reached 18 years of activity. It has now
become part of the Graduate School of Molecular
Sciences and Plant, Food and Environmental Biotechnology applied to the food and the environmental
research.
Monday, January 18th
Tuesday, January 19th
Welcome (Maurizio Cocucci, Claudia Sorlini)
Plenary lecture
9:00 - VIRGILIO BALMAS
“Toxigenic Fusarium species associated with cereals “
Final exam
Plenary lecture
10:00 - NICO BOON
"Microbial produced nanoparticles for environmental
applications"
Vivas
- 11:00 - ANNALISA BALLOI
“Microbial ecology of reductive dechlorination"
- 11:45 - FEDERICA VILLA
"Hindering deleterious biofilm formation using biocide-free
antifouling strategies"
12:30 - Buffet lunch
The PhD is characterized by high interdisciplinarity,
since a high level activity in this area requires
integrated competences, that cover a wide range of
knowledge, from chemistry to biology, to agronomy.
Plenary lecture
14:00 - CAROLINE GREGOIRE
”Pesticide mitigation in a storm basin collecting runoff from a
vineyard catchment area”
In these years the PhD has trained a good number of
students, also through experiences abroad, who have
thereafter continued their activity in industries of this
area, in inspective and programming institutions, and
in the university or other research centers.
Vivas
- 15:00 - MARIA ADRIANA NARIO
“Modelling the environmental impact of pesticides and soil
erosion in vineyards: preliminary results for the Apalta region of
Chile”
Also this year, the Board of Teachers has decided to
admit a wider audience to the final exam, transforming
the discussion of the theses and the annual meeting in
which the PhD students present their activity in an
open workshop, in which experts in the field from
institutions or companies operating in this area can
participate.
The workshop will be opened by scientific lectures
presented by International experts in the field,
followed by the discussion of the PhD theses of the
students.
Presentations by first and second year students
- 15:45 - SANDRA SCAGNELLI
“Phenotypic and genetic characterization of ‘Botrytis
cinerea’ populations isolated from cv Moscato in northern Italy”
- 16:30 - GIOVANNI VENTURINI
“Detection, fumonisin production, pathogenicity and
mating behaviour of ‘Fusarium verticillioides’ (Sacc.) Nirenberg
associated with Zea mays L.”
Jury
Prof. Franco Baldi, Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia
Prof. Nico Boon, Ghent University, Belgium
Prof. Bruno Biavati, Università degli Studi di Bologna
Dr. Barbara Giussani, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria
Prof. Caroline Gregoire, Strasbourg University, France
Dr. Virgilio Balmas, Università degli Studi di Sassari
Vivas
- 10:00 - JYOTSNA CHAKOR
”Synthesis and biological activity evaluation of natural
antifungals”
- 10:20 - AGATA GALLIPOLI
"Analysis of surfactants in sewage sludge with a high
frequency ultrasound treatment"
- 10:40 - MARIA MALGORZATA ULASZEWSKA
“Monitoring of persistent organic pollutants in human milk
and application for full-chain risk assessment model “
11:00 - Coffee break
- 11:30 - TAKU TANAKA
“Probabilistic parameterization of key input parameters
relevant for the exchange of contaminants in freshwater
system”
- 11:50 - NICOLETA SUCIU
“Assessing the efficacy of modified clays to decontaminate agricultural waste water by pesticide residues”
- 12.10 - LUCIA GIACOMUCCI
"Selection of bacteria able to degrade nitrocellulose"
- 12:30 - MARINA MOLINO LOVA
Epidemiological investigations on 'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium' associated with 'Almond witch
broom' in peach in Lebanon
- 12:50 - CATERINA CALAMELLO
“Identification of active substances from plants and their
use as pesticides”
- 13:10 - RAMONA MARASCO
"Characterization of Microorganisms with Biocontrol and
Plant Growth Promoting Activity in Arid Environments"
13.00 - End of Reports | 13.15 - Buffet lunch