LOCATION: Palazzo delle Scienze, IV and V floor, rooms IV.04, IV.05, IV.11, V.03, V.06, V.22, V.23

RESEARCH TOPICS/BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
- Physiological response to stress in marine organisms, marine bivalves and fish in particular
- Mechanisms of innate immunity and responses to pathogens in aquacultured bivalve species
- Effects and mechanism of action of contaminants of emerging concern (i.e. endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals, nanomaterials)
- Early bivalve larval development: shell biogenesis and neurodevelopment
- Determination of Biomarker of stress in bivalve molluscs and fish in biomonitoring and aquaculture
- Microscopical, biochemical, molecular analyses

RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS: Laura CANESI, Teresa BALBI, Manon AUGUSTE, Beatrice RISSO, Martina LEONESSI

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT: chemical hood, technical and analytical balances, pHmeters, spectrophotometer, spectrofluorimenter, optical and fluorescence microscopy, semiquantitative and quantitative PCR, aquarium for marine invertebrates

TEACHING ACTIVITIES: Environmental physiology module (II yr BD Natural and Environmental Sciences); Biomarkers of marine pollution (II yr MD Marine Biology and Ecology); Physiology of marine organisms (II yr MD Marine Biology and Ecology)