Dissertation topics suggested by the teacher.
1. Study of the interactions between the different components of human ecosystems: mutualistic bacteria, pathogens and host cell epithelium.
2. Characterization of metabolites with health-promoting activity, produced by probiotic bacteria: biosurfactants and exosomes.
3. Development of methodologies for the validation of probiotic preparations.
International contact details for traineeship or thesis:
Prof. Adele Costabile, University of University of Roehampton, London, UK.
Research Topic: Clinical Nutrition and Microbiome.
Prof. Sarah Lebeer, University of Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Research Topic: Vaginal microbiome and lactobacilli.
Recent dissertations supervised by the teacher.
First cycle degree programmes dissertations
- Attività antimicrobica di potenziali probiotici isolati da fragole biologiche
- Extracellular vesicles produced by Lactobacillus crispatus BC5:
characterization and effects on bacterial adhesion to VK2 human
cells
- Il genere Salmonella e le metodologie per la sua ricerca e identificazione in preparati animali e alimentari
- Preparazione e analisi funzionale di surnatanti probiotici:
effetto sull’adesione di patogeni intestinali a cellule Caco-2
- Studio delle proprietà anti-candida di surnatanti isolati da lattobacilli vaginali
