Laura Cavallarin
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Laura
Cavallarin
Institute of Science of Foods Production Senior Researcher Nutrheff Thematic Biomolecular technologies (enzymatic, biochemical, molecular biology), Food processing technology, Clinical and nutritional studies
Research Interest and expertise in the field of nutraceuticals
and functional food
Keywords: Milk and dairy products, proteomics, human milk, infant clinical nutrition.
Nutraceuticals and foods of interestExpertise in Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, with focus in protein biochemistry and proteomics. Current research interests are food bioactive substances and their interaction with human health, with special reference to infant food and special food for clinical nutrition. She coordinate a research group, whose activities are mainly aimed at the study of the protein fraction of human, cow’s and donkey milk for infant nutrition and at food allergen discovery and characterization. Bioactive proteins and peptides. Human milk. Donkey milk. Cow's milk. Fields of application Nutrition of sensitive consumers: infants and children, athletes, elederly. Clinical nutrition. Facilities and equipments Complete proteomic platform, including systems for protein separation and immunoblotting (1d-2d electrophoresis and western blotting) and protein/peptides identification and quantification in Lc-MS/MS (Orbitrap Q.Exactive). Food processing lab, including two lab scale pasteurizers and one freeze-dyring system. |
