Francesca Turroni Curriculum Vitae

Francesca Turroni Curriculum Vitae
Informazioni personali
Nome: Francesca
Cognome: Turroni
Esperienza lavorativa
Esperienze accademiche:
-Novembre 2013 ad oggi, Senior PostDoctoral Research Scientist,
Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Cork,
Ireland.
-Settembre 2012-Ottobre 2013, Senior PostDoctoral Research Scientist
(IRCSET EMPOWER Postdoctoral Fellow), Department of
Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
-Settembre 2011-Agosto 2012, PostDoctoral Research Scientist (FEMS
Advanced fellow), Department of Microbiology, National University of
Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
-2010-2011, PostDoctoral Research Scientist, Laboratorio di
Probiogenomica, Dipartimento di Genetica, Biologia del Microrganismi,
Antropologia ed Evoluzione, Università di Parma, Parma, Italia.
-2007-2009, Dottorato in Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari
all’Università di Parma. Titolo della tesi: “Genomic and Ecological
Studies to understand Bifidobacterial Adaptation to the Human GastroIntestinal Tract”.
-2000-2005, Laurea in Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari, Università di
Parma, Parma, Italia. Punti: 110/110.
Altre esperienze lavorative:
2009-Sei mesi di attività di ricerca intitolata “Bifidobacteria and human
milk oligosaccharides” presso il Department Viticulture & Enology, RM
Institute, University of Davis, California, USA.
2005-2006, Borsa di Studio presso il Dipartimento di Genetica, Biologia
del Microrganismi, Antropologia ed Evoluzione, Università di Parma,
Parma, Italia.
Riconoscimenti e premi:
-Gennaio 2014, Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale per Professore
Associato in Microbiologia Generale (BIO19).
-Febbraio 2014, FEMS-ASM Mäkelä-Cassell Grant. Programma di
collaborazione delle società FEMS (Società di Microbiologia Europea) e
ASM (Società di Microbiologia Americana) per supportare la
partecipazione al 114th ASM General Meeting, Boston, 17-20 Maggio,
2014.
-2013, FEMS Jensen Award 2013, il premio è riconosciuto per attività
accademica internazionale ad alto livello.
-2010, FEMS Meeting Attendance Grant finanziato da Federation of
European Microbiological Societies per la partecipazione al meeting
internazionale: 3rd International Symposium on Propionibacteria and
Bifidobacteria: Dairy and Probiotic Applications, 1-4 Giugno, 2010,
Oviedo, Spagna, per il poster: Characterization of the serpin-encoding
gene of Bifidobacterium breve 210B.
-2009, Short Term Fellowship finanzaito dal “Consorzio Interuniversitario Biotecnologie” (CIB) per l’attività di ricerca intitolata
“Evaluation of the molecular basis for the utilization of human milk
oligosaccharides and non digestible oligosaccharides by bifidobacteria”
di sei mesi presso University of California, Davis, USA.
-2008, Student Travel Grant Award from American Society for
Microbiology (ASM) per la partecipazione alla conferenza ASM 108th
General Meeting, Boston, 1-5 Giugno, 2008 per il Poster “Exploring the
diversity of the human intestinal microflora: the case of bifidobacteria”.
Riconoscimenti
internazionali:
-Settembre 2012- Agosto 2014, IRCSET EMPOWER Postdoctoral
Fellowship
-Settembre 2011-Agosto 2012, FEMS Advanced Fellowship.
-Aprile–Ottobre 2010, Borsa di Studio finanziata da Regione Emilia
Romagna Spinner per “Azioni 2013, Mobilità Internazionale Azione
Pilota”.
-2006, Borsa di Studio finanziata dal Consorzio del Formaggio
Parmigiano Reggiano “Evaluation of microflora and microbial
enzymatic activity in Parmigiano Reggiano cheese” (Maggio-Dicembre
2006).
Partecipazione a Spin Off:
Socia dello Spin Off Accademico "GenProbio srl.". La missione di
GenProbio è lo sviluppo di nuovi batteri probiotici per l’industria
alimentare e farmaceutica (www.genprobio.com).
Altre partecipazioni:
Reviewer per riviste internazionali quali: BMC Microbiology, Applied
Environmental Microbiology, Letters Applied Microbiology, Journal of
Bacteriology, Applied Microbiology, International Journal Systematic
Evolutionary Microbiology, Archives of Microbiology, Nature
Microbiology reviews (al momento revisiono circa 20 manoscritti per
anno, che rappresentano circa la metà del numero di richieste che
ricevo).
Invited speaker a
Conferenze Internazionali,
Università e Seminari
1) “Diversity of bifidobacteria in the infant gut microbiota” Cortona
Procarioti, Cortona, Italia 3-5 Maggio, 2012.
2) “Functional genomic analyses on host-microbe interactions: the
case of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010”, 10th Symposium on
Lactic Acid Bacteria, 28 Agosto-1 Settembre, 2011 (invited
lecture).
3) “Functional genomic studies on host-microbe interactions involving
the human commensal Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010”,
SIMGBM 29th National Meeting Pisa, 21-23 Settembre 2011.
(invited lecture)
4) “Characterization of the serpin-encoding gene of bifidobacteria: an
example of genetic adaptation to the human gut” Cortona
Procarioti, Cortona, Italia 14-15 Aprile, 2010.
5) “Probiotic and Prebiotic foods”, seminario, Università di Parma, 30
Marzo 2010.
6) “Microbiological analysis in fermented foods”, lezioni di
laboratorio, Università di Parma, Settembre-Dicembre 2008.
Collaborazioni
1) Prof. D. van Sinderen, National University of Ireland, Cork:
bifidobacterial genomics.
2) Dr. A. Margolles, Institutos Lacteos delle Asturies, Spain: stress
response in bifidobacteria and proteomics, microbial physiology,
host-microbe interaction and antibacterial activity of probiotic
bacteria.
3) Prof. J. Marchesi, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff
University, United Kingdom: metagenomics analyses of the gut
microbiota.
4) Prof. D. Mills, University of Davis, CA, USA: human milk
oligosaccharides utilization and bifidobacteria.
5) Dr. R. Barrangou, Danisco USA, Inc., Madison, WI, USA: genome
variability of probiotic bacteria and clustered regularly interspaced
short palindromic repeats (CRISPR).
6) Prof. Denise Kelly, Rowett Institute of Nutrition & Health, College
of Life Sciences & Medicine, University of Aberdeen, United
Kingdom: immunology and gut bacteria.
7) Prof. M. Delledonne, Department of Biotechnology, University of
Verona. Genome variability of bifidobacteria using comparative
genomics hybridization.
8) Prof. D. Mora, University of Milan, Italy: culture independent
approach to evaluate bifidobacterial growth.
9) Dr. Simone Guglielmetti, University of Milan, Italy: investigation
of the immune-modulatory activities exerted by probiotic bacteria.
Pubblicazioni in peer
reviewed scientific journals
Tutte le 40 pubblicazioni hanno collezionato un totale di 755 citazioni
(normalizzate rispetto l’età accademica della sottoscritta sono 107) con
un h-index normalizzato di 14 (calcolato usando Scopus il 4 di Marzo
2014). Le pubblicazioni possono essere visionate sul database
internazionale “PubMed” e “Scopus”.
40) Bottacini, F., O' Connell Motherway, M., Kuczynski, J., O'
Connell, K.J., Serafini, F., Duranti, S., Milani, C., Turroni, F., Lugli,
G.A., Zomer, A., Zhurina, D., Riedel, C., Ventura, M., and van
Sinderen, D. 2014. Comparative genomics of the Bifidobacterium
breve taxon. BMC Genomics (in press).
39) Serafini F., Turroni F., Ruas-Madiedo P., Lugli GA., Milani C.,
Duranti S., Zaniboni N., Bottacini F., van Sinderen D., Margolles A.,
Ventura M. (2014) Kefir fermented milk and kefiran promote growth
of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 and modulate its gene
expression. International Journal of Food Microbiology (first and
second name contributed equally) (in press).
38) Lugli GA, Duranti S, Milani C, Turroni F, Viappiani A,
Mangifesta M, van Sinderen D, Ventura M. (2014) The Genome
Sequence of Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 Highlights
the Close Phylogenetic Relatedness with the Bifidobacterium dentium
Taxon. Genome Announc. Feb 20;2(1).
37) Turroni F, Taverniti V, Ruas-Madiedo P, Duranti S, Guglielmetti
S, Lugli GA, Gioiosa L, Palanza P, Margolles A, van Sinderen D,
Ventura M. (2014) Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 Modulates the
Host Innate Immune Response. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80(2):73040.
36) Ventura M, Turroni F, Lugli GA, van Sinderen D. (2014)
Bifidobacteria and humans: our special friends, from ecological to
genomics perspectives. J. Sci. Food. Agric. 30;94(2):163-8.
35) Turroni F, Ventura M, Buttó LF, Duranti S, O'Toole PW,
Motherway MO, van Sinderen D. (2014) Molecular dialogue between
the human gut microbiota and the host: a Lactobacillus and
Bifidobacterium perspective. Cell Mol Life Sci 71(2):183-203.
34) Turroni F, Serafini F, Foroni E, Duranti S, O'Connell Motherway
M, Taverniti V, Mangifesta M, Milani C, Viappiani A, Roversi T,
Sánchez B, Santoni A, Gioiosa L, Ferrarini A, Delledonne M,
Margolles A, Piazza L, Palanza P, Bolchi A, Guglielmetti S, van
Sinderen D, Ventura M. (2013) Role of sortase-dependent pili of
Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in modulating bacterium-host
interactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110 (27): 11151-6.
33) Milani C, Hevia A, Foroni E, Duranti S, Turroni F, Lugli GA,
Sanchez B, Martín R, Gueimonde M, van Sinderen D, Margolles A,
Ventura M (2013) Assessing the Fecal Microbiota: An Optimized Ion
Torrent 16S rRNA Gene-Based Analysis Protocol. PloS One 8(7):
e68739.
32) Milani C., Duranti S., Lugli G.A., Bottacini F., Strati F., Arioli S.,
Foroni E., Turroni F., van Sinderen D., Ventura M. (2013)
Comparative Genomics of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis
Reveals a Strict Monophyletic Bifidobacterial Taxon. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol 79 (14):4304-15.
31) Serafini F, Strati F, Ruas-Madiedo P, Turroni F, Foroni E,
Duranti S, Milano F, Perotti A, Viappiani A, Guglielmetti S, Buschini
A, Margolles A, van Sinderen D, Ventura M. (2013) Evaluation of
adhesion properties and antibacterial activities of the infant gut
commensal Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010. Anaerobe 21: 9-17.
30) Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Milani, C., Foroni, E., Bottacini, F., Dal
Bello, F., Ferrarini, A., Delledonne, M., van Sinderen, D., and
Ventura, M. (2012). Exploration of genomic diversity and core
genome of the Bifidobacterium adolescentis phylogenetic group by
means of a polyphasic approach. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
79(1):336-46.
29) Ventura M, Turroni F, Motherway MO, Macsharry J, van
Sinderen D. (2012). Host-microbe interactions that facilitate gut
colonization by commensal bifidobacteria. Trends in Microbiol.
20(10):467-476.
28) Bottacini, F., Milani, C., Turroni, F., Sánchez, B., Foroni, E.,
Duranti, S., Serafini, F., Viappiani, A., Strati, F., Ferrarini, A.,
Delledonne, M., Henrissat, B., Coutinho, P., Fitzgerald, G.F.,
Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. (2012).
Bifidobacterium asteroides PRL2011 genome analysis reveals clues
for colonization of the insect gut. PloS One 7(9):e44229.
27) Alvarez-Martin P, O'Connell Motherway M, Turroni F, Foroni E,
Ventura M, van Sinderen D. (2012). A Two-Component Regulatory
System Controls Autoregulated Serpin Expression in Bifidobacterium
breve UCC2003. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78(19):7032-41.
26) Serafini F, Turroni F, Guglielmetti S, Gioiosa L, Foroni E,
Sanghez V, Bartolomucci A, Motherway MO, Palanza P, van
Sinderen D, Ventura M. (2012). An efficient and reproducible method
for transformation of genetically recalcitrant bifidobacteria. FEMS
Microbiol Lett. 333(2):146-52.
25) Turroni F., Peano C., Pass D. A., Foroni E., Severgnini M.,
Claesson M. J., Kerr C., Hourihane J., Murray D., Fuligni F.,
Gueimonde M., Margolles A., De Bellis G., O’Toole P.W., van
Sinderen D., Marchesi J.R. and Ventura M. (2012). Diversity of
bifidobacteria within the infant gut microbiota. PLoS One,
7(5):e36957.
24) Turroni F, Strati F, Foroni E, Serafini F, Duranti S, van Sinderen
D, Ventura M., (2012). Analysis of predicted carbohydrate transport
systems encoded by Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010. Appl.
Environ. Microbiol., 78(14):5002-12
23) González-Rodríguez, I., Sanchez, B., Ruiz, L., Turroni, F.,
Ventura, M., Ruas-Madiedo, P., Gueimonde, M., and Margolles, A.
(2012). Role of extracellular transaldolase from Bifidobacterium
bifidum in mucin adhesion and aggregation. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol., 78 (11): 3992-8.
22) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., and van Sinderen, D. (2012).
Probiogenomics as a tool to obtain genetic insights into adaptation of
probiotic bacteria to the human gut. Bioengineered Bugs. 1;3(2).
21) Bottacini, F., Dal Bello, F., Turroni, F., Milani, C., Duranti, S.,
Foroni, E., Viappiani, A., Strati, F., Mora, D., van Sinderen, D., and
Ventura, M. (2011). Complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium
animalis subsp. lactis BLC1. J. Bacteriol. 193(22):6387-8.
20) Turroni, F., Foroni E., Serafini F., Viappiani A., Montanini B.,
Bottacini F., Ferrarini A., Bacchini PL, Rota C., Delledonne M.,
Ottonello S., van Sinderen D. and Ventura, M. (2011). Ability of
Bifidobacterium breve to grow on different types of milk: exploring
the metabolism of milk through genome analysis. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol., 20: 7408-17.
19) Turroni, F., Foroni E., Montanini B., Viappiani A., Strati F.,
Duranti S., Ferrarini A., Delledonne M., van Sinderen D. and Ventura,
M. (2011). Global genome transcriptional profiling of
Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 under in vitro conditions and
identification of reference genes for quantitative Real-Time PCR.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 77(24): 8578-87.
18) Foroni, E., Serafini, F., Amidani, D., Turroni, F., He, F.,
Bottacini, F., O’Connell Motherway, M., Viappiani, A., Zhang, Z.,
Rivetti, C., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. (2011). Genetic analysis
and morphological identification of pilus-like structures in members
of the genus Bifidobacterium. Microbial Cell Factories 10 Suppl
1:S16.
17) Turroni, F., Milani, C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M.
(2011). Genetic strategies for mucin metabolism in Bifidobacterium
bifidum PRL2010: an example of possible human-microbe coevolution. Gut Microbes 2: 3, 183-189.
16) Serafini, F., Bottacini, F., Viappiani, A., Baruffini, E., Turroni, F.,
Foroni, E., Lodi, T., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M. (2011)
Investigation of mupirocin susceptibility in bifidobacteria:
physiological and genetic insights Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77
(9):3141-6.
15) Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. (2011) Genomics
and ecological overview of the genus Bifidobacterium. Int. J. Food.
Microbiol. 139: 37-44.
14) Ventura, M., Sozzi, T., Turroni, F., Matteuzzi, D., and van
Sinderen, D. (2010) “The impact of bacteriophages on probiotic
bacteria and microbiota diversity” Genes & Nutrition. 6 (3): 205-7.
13) Turroni, F., Bottacini, F., Foroni, E., Mulder, I., Kim, JH.,
Zomer, A., Sánchez, B., Bidossi, A., Ferrarini, A., Giubellini, V.,
Delledonne, M., Henrissat, B., Coutinho, P., Oggioni, M., Fitzgerald,
GF., Mills, D., Margolles, A., Kelly, D., van Sinderen, D., Ventura,
M. (2010) Genome analysis of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010
reveals metabolic pathways for host-derived glycan foraging. Proc
Natl Acad Sci USA 107 (45) 19514-9.
12) Bottacini, F., Medini, D., Pavesi, A., Turroni, F., Foroni, E.,
Riley, D., Giubellini, G., Tettelin, H., van Sinderen D., and Ventura,
M. (2010) Comparative genomics of the genus Bifidobacterium.
Microbiology 156 (11): 3243-54.
11) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Duranti, S., Giubellini, V.,
Bottacini, F., and van Sinderen, D. (2010) Analyses of bifidobacterial
prophage-like sequences. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 98: 39-50.
10) Turroni, F., Foroni, E., O’Connell Motherway, M., Bottacini, F.,
Giubellini, G., Zomer, A., Ferrarini, A., Delledonne, M., Zhang, Z.,
van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M. (2010) Characterization of the serpinencoding gene of Bifidobacterium breve 210B. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. 76 (10) 3206-3219.
9) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., Zomer, A., Foroni, E., Giubellini, V.,
Canchaya, C., Bottacini, F., Claesson, MJ., Zhang, Z., Mantzourani,
M., Mulas, L., Ferrarini, A., Delledonne, M., Henrissat, B., Coutinho,
P., Oggioni, M., Gupta, RS., Beighton, D., Fitzgerald, GF, O’Toole,
PW., and van Sinderen, D. (2009) The Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1
genome sequence reflects its genetic adaptation to the human oral
cavity. PLos Genetics 5 (12).
8) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., Mendez, GL., Foroni, E., Zomer, A.,
Duranti, S., Giubellini, V., Bottacini, F., Horvath, H., Barrangou, R.,
Sela, DA., Mills, D., and van Sinderen, D. (2009). Comparative
analyses of prophage-like elements present in bifidobacterial
genomes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75 (21): 6929-6936.
7) Turroni, F., Marchesi, JR., Foroni, E., Gueimonde, M., Shanahan,
F., Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. (2009).
Microbiomic analysis of the bifidobacterial population in the human
distal gut. ISME Journal, 3 (6): 745-751.
6) Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Pizzetti, P., Giubellini, V., Ribbera, A.,
Merusi, P., Cagnasso, P., Bizzarri, B., de’Angelis, GL., Shanahan, F.,
van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. (2009). Exploring the diversity of
bifidobacterial population in the human intestinal tract. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol., 75 (6): 1534-1545.
5) Ventura, M., O’Flaherty, S., Claesson, MJ., Turroni, F.,
Klaenhammer, TR., van Sinderen, D., O’Toole, PW. (2009)
“Genome-scale
analyses
of
health-promoting
bacteria:
probiogennomics” Nature Microbiol. Rev. 7 (1): 61-71.
4) Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M. (2009). Bifidobacteria:
from ecology to genomics. Frontiers in Bioscience 1 (14): 4673-4684.
3) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., Canchaya, C., Vaughan, EE., O’Toole,
PW., van Sinderen, D. (2009). Microbial diversity in the human
intestine and novel insights from metagenomics. Frontiers in
Biosciences, 14: 3214-3221.
2) Turroni, F., Ribbera, A., Foroni, E., van Sinderen, D., and
Ventura, M. (2008) Human gut microbiota and bifidobacteria: from
composition to functionality. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 94 (1): 3550.
1) Ventura, M., Zomer, A., Canchaya, C., O’Connell-Motherway, M.,
Kuipers, O., Turroni, F., Ribbera, A., Foroni, E., Wegmann, U.,
Shearman, U., Gasson, MJ., Fitzgerald, GF., Kok, J., van Sinderen,
D. (2007). Comparative analyses of prophage-like elements in two
Lactococcus lactis strains. Appl Environ Microbiol. 73: 7771-80.
Capitoli di libri
1) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., and van Sinderen D. The gut microbiota
in health and disease. The human microbiota and microbiome .
CABI. (Editor, J. Marchesi) (in press).
2) Sanchez, B., Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M.,
Gueimonde, M., and Margolles, A. 2012. Exploration of the
interaction of probiotics and prebiotics with the host using omics
technologies. Book chapter in: Encyclopedia of Life Support
Systems (EOLSS). V. Kotchetkov (ed.).
3) Ventura, M., Margolles, A., Turroni, F., Zomer, A., de los ReyesGavilan, C.G., and van Sinderen D. 2011. The stress response in
bifidobacteria. Stress response of Lactic Acid Bacteria. Springer
(Editor, E. Tsakalidou).
4) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., van Sinderen D. 2011. Bifidobacteria:
general overview on ecology, taxonomy and genomics. Lactic Acid
Bacteria: Microbiological and functional aspects CRC Press
(Editors, S. Lahtinen, A.C. Ouwehand, S. Salminen, A. Von
Wright).
5) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Giubellini, V., and van
Sinderen D. 2009. Bifidobacteria from ecology to comparative
genomics prospectives. Bifidobacteria: Genomics and Molecular
Aspects. Caister Academic Press (Editors, B. Mayo and D. van
Sinderen).
6) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., and D. van Sinderen. 2009. Genomics of
bifidobacteria: where we stand now and where we are going.
Bifidobacteria: Genomics and Molecular Aspects. Caister
Academic Press (Editors, B. Mayo and D. van Sinderen).
7) Ventura, M., Turroni, F., Ribbera, A., Foroni, E., and D. van
Sinderen. 2008. Bifidobacteria: the model of human gut
commensal. Therapeutic microbiology: probiotics and other
strategies. ASM Press (Editor, J. Versalovic&Wilson).
Poster
-F. Turroni, F. Serafini, E. Foroni, S. Duranti, M. O’Connell
Motherway, V. Taverniti, M. Mangifesta, C. Milani, A. Viappiani, B.
Sanchez, A. Margolles, S. Guglielmetti, D. van Sinderen and M.
Ventura. The role of sortase dependent pili of Bifidobacterium bifidum
PRL2010 in modulating bacterium-host interactions. FEMS 2013.
Leipzig, Germany 21st – 25th July 2013.
-C. Milani, A. Hevia, E. Foroni, S. Duranti, F. Turroni, G. Andrea
Lugli, B. Sanchez, M. Gueimonde, D. van Sinderen, A. Margolles and
M. Ventura. Assessing the fecal microbiota: an optimized Ion Torrent
16S rRNA gene-based analysis protocol. FEMS 2013. Leipzig,
Germany 21st – 25th July 2013.
-S. Duranti, F. Turroni, C. Milani, E. Foroni, D. van Sinderen and M.
Ventura. Exploration of genomic diversity and core genome of the
Bifidobacterium adolescentis phylogenetic group by means of a
polyphasic approach. FEMS 2013. Leipzig, Germany 21st – 25th July
2013.
-F. Turroni, E. Foroni, F. Serafini, S. Guglielmetti, V. Taverniti, L.
Gioisa, P. Palanza, D. van Sinderen and M. Ventura. The role of
sortase dependent pili encoded by bifidobacteria in modulating the
interaction with the human host. Actinobacteria within soils
Symposium. Münster, Germany 25th – 28th October 2012.
-F. Turroni, E. Foroni, F. Serafini, S. Guglielmetti, V. Taverniti, L.
Gioiosa, M. O'Connell Motherway, P. Palanza, D. van Sinderen, M.
Ventura “The role of type I pili encoded by B. bifidum PRL2010 in
modulating the interaction with the human host” 112th ASM General
Meeting, San Francisco, June 16-19, 2012.
-F. Turroni, C. Peano, M. Severgnini, F. Fuligni, E. Foroni, D. Pass,
M. Gueimonde, A. Margolles, G. De Bellis, D. van Sinderen, J.
Marchesi, M. Ventura “Characterization of the human infant gut
microbiota composition”, Microbes for Health, Paris, December 1-2,
2011.
-F. Turroni, F. Serafini, S. Guglielmetti, E. Foroni, D. Mora, D. van
Sinderen and M. Ventura “Genomic investigations on host-microbe
interactions involving the human commensal Bifidobacterium bifidum
PRL2010”. Microbes for Health, Paris, December 1-2, 2011.
-F. Turroni, C. Peano, M. Severgnini, F. Fuligni, E. Foroni, D. Pass,
M. Gueimonde, A. Margolles, G. De Bellis, D. van Sinderen, J.
Marchesi, M. Ventura “Characterization of the human infant gut
microbiota composition by 16S amplicon pool pyrosequencing”,
SIMGBM 29th National Meeting, Pisa, September 21-23, 2011.
-F. Serafini, F. Bottacini, A. Viappiani, F. Turroni, E. Foroni, D. van
Sinderen, and M. Ventura “Insights into physiological and genetic
mupirocin susceptibility in bifidobacteria”, SIMGBM 29th National
Meeting, Pisa, September 21-23, 2011.
-F. Turroni, F. Serafini, S. Guglielmetti, E. Foroni, D. Mora, D. van
Sinderen and M. Ventura “Functional genomic studies on hostmicrobe interactions involving the human commensal Bifidobacterium
bifidum PRL2010”, 10th Symposium on LAB, August 28-September 1,
2011.
-E. Foroni, F. Serafini, D. Amidani, M. O’Connel Motherway, F. He,
F. Bottacini, F. Turroni, A. Viappiani, Z. Zhang, C. Rivetti, D. van
Sinderen and M. Ventura “Genetic analysis and morphological
identification of pili-like structures identified in the genus
Bifidobacterium”, 10th Symposium on LAB, August 28-September 1,
2011.
-F. Turroni, F. Bottacini, E. Foroni, I. Mulder, J. H. Kim, A. Zomer,
B. Sánchez Garcia, A. Bidossi, M. Oggioni, G.F. Fitzgerald, D. Mills,
A. Margolles, D. Kelly, D. van Sinderen and M. Ventura “The
Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 genome sequence reflects its
genetic adaptation to the human gut”, 3rd ASM Conference on
Beneficial Microbes, USA, October, 2010, Miami, USA.
-F. Turroni, E. Foroni, F. Serafini, A. Viappiani, F. Bottacini, I.
Mulder, A. Zomer, B. Montanini, J.H. Kim, S. Ottonello, D. Mills, D.
Kelly, D. van Sinderen and M. Ventura “Gene expression of
commensal Bifidobacterium bifidum strain PRL2010 upon exposure to
human intestinal cells”, 3rd ASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes,
USA, October, 2010, Miami, USA.
-F. Turroni, E. Foroni, M. O’Connell Motherway, F. Bottacini, V.
Giubellini, A. Zomer, A.Ferrarini, M. Delledonne, Z. Zhang, D. van
Sinderen, M. Ventura “Characterization of the serpin-encoding gene of
Bifidobacterium breve 210B”, 3rd International Symposium on
Propionibacteria and Bifidobacteria: Dairy and Probiotic Applications,
June 1-4, 2010, Oviedo, Spain.
-F. Turroni, E. Foroni, F. Bottacini, V. Giubellini, J. H. Kim, A.
Zomer, B. Sànchez Garcia, A. Ferrarini, A. Bidossi, M. Oggioni, M.
Delledonne, D. A. Mills, A. Margolles, D. Van Sinderen and Marco
Ventura “The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium bifidum 317B
reveals genetic strategies for utilization of host derived glycans”, 23rd
Meeting EITG 2010, Salerno, April 7-10, 2010.
-F. Turroni, E. Foroni, F. Bottacini, V. Giubellini, P. Merusi, A.
Bazzini,C. Bertoletti, P. Cagnasso, D. van Sinderen and M. Ventura
“Genome analyses of two human-derived bifidobacteria with potential
probiotic features”, 109th ASM General Meeting, Philadelphia, May
17-21, 2009.
-M. Ventura, F. Turroni, Gi. Lima-Mendez, E. Foroni, F. Bottacini,
V. Giubellini, S. Duranti, A. Zomer, P. Hordath, R. Barrangou, D.
Sela, D. Mills “Prophage-like elements in the genus Bifidobacterium:
from genome-scale analyses to transcription, integration, distribution
and phylogenetic analyses”, 109th ASM General Meeting,
Philadelphia, May 17-21, 2009.
-F. Turroni “Probiogenomics: Molecular Characterization of
Bifidobacteria Displayng Probiotic Features” 13th Workshop on the
Developments in the Italian PhD Research on Food Science
Technology and Biotechnology, Torino, Italy, 10-12 September 2008.
-F. Turroni, C. Canchaya, E. Foroni A. Ribbera, P. Merusi, A.
Bazzini, C. Bertoletti, P. Cagnasso, D. van Sinderen, M. Ventura
“Analysis of the diversity occuring in the human intestinal microbiota
and bifidobacteria” 9th Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria, Egmond
aan Zee, The Netherlands, August 31-September 4, 2008.
-M. Ventura, C. Canchaya, F. Turroni, E. Foroni, A. Ribbera, P.
Merusi, A. Bazzini, C. Bertoletti, D. van Sinderen, P. Cagnasso
“Probiogenomics and bifidobacteria: the case of the whole genome
sequencing of two human intestinal commensal bifidobacteria” 9th
Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria, Egmond aan Zee, The
Netherlands, August 31-September 4, 2008.
-M. Ventura, C. Canchaya, F. Turroni, E. Foroni, A. Ribbera, G.
Fitzgerald, D. van Sinderen “The complete genome sequence of the
oral bifidobacterial strain Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1” 9th
Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria, Egmond aan Zee, The
Netherlands, August 31-September 4, 2008.
-F. Turroni, A. Ribbera, E. Foroni, C. Canchaya, E. Neviani, P.
Merusi, P. Cagnasso, M. Ventura “Exploring the diversity of the
human intestinal microflora: the case of bifidobacteria” ASM 108°
General Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1-5, 2008.
-M. Ventura, C. Canchaya, F. Turroni, A. Ribbera, E. Foroni, G. F.
Fitzgerald, D. van Sinderen “The complete genome sequence of
Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1” ASM 108° General Meeting, Boston,
Massachusetts, June 1-5, 2008.
-F. Turroni “Probiogenomics: Molecular Characterization of
Bifidobacteria Displayng Probiotic Features” 12th Workshop on the
Developments in the Italian PhD Research on the Technology and
Biotechnology, Reggio Calabria, Italy, 12-14 September 2007.
-M. Ventura, C. Canchaya, F. Turroni, A. Ribbera, E. Foroni, G.
Fitzgerald, and D. van Sinderen “The genome sequence insight of
Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1: a human oral commensal”. SOMED, 4th
Probiotics, Prebiotics & New Foods, XXX International Congress on
Microbial Ecology and Disease, Roma, Italy, 16-18 September 2007.
-M. Ventura, C. Canchaya, F. Turroni, A. Ribbera, E. Foroni, G.
Fitzgerald, and D. van Sinderen “The genome sequence analysis of the
mouth-commensal Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1” ISBA, 14th
International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes,
Newcastle, England, 26-30 August 2007.
-V. Bernini, B. Bottari, M. Santarelli, F. Turroni, C. Lazzi, M. Gatti,
and E. Neviani. “Evaluation of cell viability and bacterial composition
of the Grana Padano natural whey starter ecosystem”. FOOD MICRO,
20th International Symposium on Food Microbiology, Bologna, Italy,
August 31- September 2, 2006.