EDUCATION
Sept 2019 – Mar 2022 Master’s degree in Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, University of Bologna. Thesis title: Study of the hypothetical role of the endo-α-N-1,3-acetylgalactosaminidase of Streptococcus pneumoniae in cellular auto-aggregation and biofilm formation. Topic: Medical Microbiology. Supervisor: Prof. Marco Rinaldo Oggioni. Mark: 110 cum Laude.
Oct 2016 – Oct 2019 Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, University of Bologna. Thesis title: nanomechanical characterization of microglia cells by force microscopy atomic (AFM). Supervisor: Prof. Giampaolo Zuccheri. Mark: 107/110.
2012 – 2016 Scientific Diploma: liceo scientifico tradizionale, Liceo M. Allegretti Vignola (MO). Mark: 88/100.
CONFERENCES
Francesco Flandi , R Hames , D Ghezzi , CE Parolin , and MR Oggioni. TIME-LAPSE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL PHAGOCYTOSIS. 16th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (EuroPneumo), Crete (Greece), 23-26 May 2023. Poster presentation.
Francesco Flandi , R Hames , D Ghezzi , CE Parolin , and MR Oggioni. TIME-LAPSE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL PHAGOCYTOSIS. 16th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (EuroPneumo), Crete (Greece), 23-26 May 2023. Abstract.
Francesco Flandi, V Alonzi, A Poletti, F Bowen, I Okoliegbe, F Bonvicini, GA Gentilomi, K Hijazi , and MR Oggioni. The role of the fosfomycin resistance fosB gene in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2023, Birmingham International Convention Centre (UK), 17 - 20 April 2023. Abstract.
GRANTS
HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01 (MSCA Staff Exchanges 2022).
AWARDS
Awarded the Outstanding Poster Presentation of the 16th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (EuroPneumo2023). Best Poster Award.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
Mar 2022 – Oct 2021: Research Collaborator at the Laboratory of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna. Supervisor: Prof. Marco Rinaldo Oggioni. Research topic: Study of the interaction between the infectious bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae and professional phagocytes.
Nov 2021: MSc Visiting Student at the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, LeMID: Leicester Microbial Sciences & Infectious Diseases (UK). Supervisor: Prof. Marco Rinaldo Oggioni. Research topic: Generation of site specific mutations in virulent strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Gibson Assembly Method.
Apr 2021 – Mar 2022: Internship for Master Graduation and Attending Graduate at the Laboratory of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna. Supervisor: Prof. Marco Rinaldo Oggioni. Research topic: Study of the hypothetical role of the endo-α-N-1,3-acetylgalactosaminidase of Streptococcus pneumoniae in cellular auto-aggregation and biofilm formation.
Mar 2019 – Jul 2019: Internship for Bachelor Graduation at the Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology of Prof. Giampaolo Zuccheri, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna. Supervisor: Prof. Giampaolo Zuccheri. Research topic: Nanomechanical characterization of microglia cells by force microscopy atomic (AFM).
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English: Fluent (C1/B2)
TEACHING TUTOR
2023-2024 Microbial Biotechnologies, Master in Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, UNIBO.
2022-2023 Microbial Biotechnologies, Master in Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, UNIBO.
SESSION CHAIR
Chair for the CMB PhD School Seminars 2022-202, UNIBO, June 2023.
