Rosa Anna Siciliano

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Rosa Anna Siciliano
Institute of Food Sciences
Senior Researcher

Nutrheff Thematic
Microbial technology, Biomolecular technologies (enzymatic, biochemical, molecular biology)

Research Interest and expertise in the field of nutraceuticals and functional food
Research Interest: Investigation on functional and technological features, and stress response mechanisms of probiotics and other LAB by proteomics to contribute to selection of strains with specific properties Studies on food proteins and their post-biosynthetic modifications (also due to technological processes aimed to abolish gluten toxicity for celiac patients) Expertise: Functional and quantitative proteomics Mass spectrometry based methods for structural characterization of proteins/peptides

Keywords: Proteomics; mass spectrometry; probiotics; lactic acid bacteria; bioactive peptides/proteins; gliadins.

Nutraceuticals and foods of interest
Probiotics, wheat

Fields of application
Selection of probiotic strains with specific technological and functional features Development of functional food tailored for specific needs (celiac patients) Bioactive proteins/peptides

Facilities and equipments
Integrated platform for proteomic studies including a Q-Exactive mass spectrometer interfaced with an UltiMate 3000 RSLC nano LC system (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and relative bioinformatics tools. Fully equipped protein biochemistry labs.