We welcome Matteo Genitoni and Daniele Piccinini that are now research fellows in LEO lab.
During his Masters Degree in Chemistry at UNIMORE, Matteo worked on the improvement of bioactive, biocompatible and antioxidant properties of mesoporous bioactive glasses doped with Ce-ions (Ce-MBGs), loading on them drugs such as acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol, amoxicillin and alendronate. Matteo characterized the Ce-MBGs using UV-vis, BET, IR, NMR, CHNS analysis and so finalized his Master Degree thesis entitled “Studies towards the loading process of organic molecules over mesoporous bioactive glasses”, under the supervision of Prof. Alfonso Zambon, Prof.ssa Gigliola Lusvardi, Prof.ssa Marina Cocchi from UNIMORE.
Daniele graduated in Industrial Biotechnologies at UNIMORE by realizing a Masters Degree thesis entitled “Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases activity and substrate specificity: an ATR-FT-IR based assay conducted on bacterial and microalgal proteins”, under the supervision of Prof. Giulia Di Rocco. During his internship, He improved a method based on IR spectroscopy for the quantitative analysis of enzymatic reactions, focusing on specific activity of LPMOs on various polymeric matrices. Furthermore, He engineered, produced and purified LPMOs in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii Algae.
They will work on the project FRUALGAE, for the development of (bio)sensors and time-temperature integrators based on Organic Field-Effect Transistors.
Welcome Matteo and Daniele!