Salvatore Papasergi
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Salvatore
Papasergi
Institute of Translational Pharmacology Researcher Nutrheff Thematic Microbial technology, Biomolecular technologies (enzymatic, biochemical, molecular biology)
Research Interest and expertise in the field of nutraceuticals
and functional food
Keywords: Human bacteriome; autophagy; neurodegeneration, genetic bacterial modification
Nutraceuticals and foods of interestI have experience in the field of microbiology, molecular and cell biology. My interests fall in bacterial virulence factors, but recently I have also worked in the ground of neurodegeneration. My curiosity in functional food concerns the possibility of manipulating probiotic bacteria to induce them to produce and secrete bioactive molecules capable of increasing autophagy-lysosomal clearance in the host organism. These microbes could be added as probiotic in some alimentary matrix as the yogurt probiotic bacteria Fields of application Pre-clinical (in-vitro, ex-vivo) studies in age related neurodegeneration model Facilities and equipments Body Composition evaluation by bioelectrical impedance analysis ; Handgrip Strenght Test by hand-held dynamometer; Cell culture; Flow Cytometry; Protein detection equipments; Molecular biology; qPCR apparatus; Recombinant proteins production; Molecular cloning; CRISPR-Cas9 technology; Plate Reader; Ultracentrifuge. |
