Dr Claudia Trappetti - Brief Curriculum Vitae.
Born in Spoleto (PG), 10/12/1978.
Italian and Australian citizen.
Academic Qualifications
2004-2008: PhD in Medical Biotechnology, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy;
2002-2004: Master’s degree in Biotechnology for Human Health, University of Siena, Italy;
1999-2002: Degree in Biotechnology, University of Siena, Italy.
Appointments
November 2023-present: Assegnista di Ricerca, University of Bologna, Italy.
July 2019-October 2023: Research Fellow (Level B), Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Adelaide, Australia.
January 2018–July 2019: University of Adelaide Beacon Fellowship (Level B) (Cat 1), Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Adelaide, Australia.
March 2014 –December 2017: ARC Discovery Early Career Fellowship (DECRA) Fellow (Level B) (Cat 1), Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Adelaide, Australia.
March 2012–February 2014: Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation Fellowship (Cat 1) (level B), Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Adelaide, Australia.
January 2009–February 2012: Post-doctoral Fellowship (level A) Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Adelaide, Australia.
January 2002- February 2004: part-time technician at the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMMB) , Dept. Mol. Biol., University of Siena, Italy.
Academic interruption/s
I have experienced 25 months of career interruption:
- Parental leave from September 2020 to May 2021.
- Career interruption due to carer responsibilities from January 2020 to March 2020
- Parental leave from September 2018 to May 2019
- Career interruption due to international relocation from January 2009 to April 2009
Invited keynote and speaker addresses
- 2018: Selected as a Session Organizer/Chair for the International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases. Melbourne 15-19 April 2018.
- 2015: Speaker at the 12th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus EUROPNEUMO, Oxford, U.K., July 7-10, 2015. Trappetti C, Eijkelkamp B, Amin Z, Paton AW, McDevitt CA, Oggioni MR, Paton JC. A new role for Autoinducer-2 in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- 2013: Speaker at the Competence, Transformation and Biological Consequence in the Pneumococcus Conference. Kaiserslautern, Germany, August 19-22, 2013. Van Mourik P, Paton JC, Paton AW, Trappetti C. A new role for CSP in AI-2 mediated Quorum-sensing mechanisms.
- 2010: Speaker at the 7th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-7) Tel Aviv, Israel, March 14-18, 2010. Trappetti C., Ogunniyi A. D, Oggioni M. R., Paton J. C. Extracellular matrix formation: an exclusive characteristic of opaque pneumococcal biofilms. . 7th International Symposium on pneumococci and pneumococcal diseases. ISPPD-7. Tel Aviv, Israel, March 14-18, 2010
- 2009: Speaker at the 9th European meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus EUROPNEUMO, Bern, Switzerland, from June 4 to 7, 2009. Trappetti C., Ogunniyi A. D, Oggioni M. R., Paton J. C. Biofilm and Matrix: phase variant specific phenotype in pneumococci.
- 2005: Speaker at the 7th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus EUROPNEUMO Braunschweig, Germany, 9/05/2005. Trappetti C, Iannelli F, Ricci S, Pozzi G, and Oggioni MR. Expression of pneumococcal virulence genes and vaccine candidates during infection.
- 2005: Speaker at the Gruppo di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare dei Procarioti, Cortona, 31/3/2005. Trappetti C., G. Pozzi e M.R. Oggioni. Monitoraggio dell’espressione genica di Streptococcus pneumoniae durante l’infezione nel topo.
Research income
- University of Adelaide Barbara Kidman Women's Fellowship (2021) to study the critical role of bacterial communication in order to prevent pneumococcal infection (Total value $30,000). Sole CI.
- ARC Discovery Project (total value $396,000) as 1st-named Chief Investigator to elucidate the mechanism whereby the universal AI-2 QS system influence phenotypical changes critical for bacterial survival (2019-2021), DP190102980, “Novel link between bacterial sugar metabolism and cell-to cell signalling”.
- ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellowship (2014-2017), total value $395,000, DE140100963 “Biofilms and quorum sensing in pneumococcal biology”. Sole CI; University of Adelaide Beacon Fellowship (2018-2019), total value $123,000, “A tale of two quorum sensing systems that regulate pneumococcal virulence”. Sole CI.
- Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation Training Fellowship (2012-2014), total value $150,000, “The molecular determinants of biofilm formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Novel targets for vaccines and therapeutics”. Sole CI;
- American Society for Microbiology Student Travel Grant (2007) to attend ASM Biofilms 2007 Conference, Quebec, Canada.
Commercial Outcomes
Patent: Oggioni M.R., C. Trappetti, and G. Pozzi. Method for producing bacterial biofilm on plastic support and use thereof for the screening of therapies for pneumococcal infections. Preliminary deposit for United States Patent No. EV333074242US; Priority date June 17 2005.
Publications: 42 publications in total; 40 peer-reviewed articles and 2 book chapters. These articles have been cited a total of 2093 times. H-index: 21
Other professional activities
Peer Review
- I regularly act as a reviewer for the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award applications (DECRA) and for the Italian and UK grants.
- I regularly act as a reviewer for a range of journals, including Scientific Reports, Frontiers, PLoS pathogens, PLoS One and BMC Microbiology.
