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FEDERICA SANDRELLI
Position
Professoressa Associata
Structure
Address
VIA U. BASSI, 58/B - PADOVA
Telephone
0498276216
EDUCATION
• Degree in Biology (110/110 cum laude,University of Padova), 1992
• PhD in Genetics (University of Ferrara; Consortium among Universities of Bologna, Ferrara, Padova, Parma and Pisa), 1998
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Post graduate fellow of ”Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro” (AIRC) at the Department of Biology, University of Padova, 1993-1994
• PhD student in Genetics (University of Ferrara; Consortium among Universities of Bologna, Ferrara, Padova, Parma and Pisa), 1994-1997.
• Erasmus PhD student at the Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, UK, 1995
• Postdoc (University Hospital, Univeristy of Padova), 1997-1999
• Assistant Professor (Genetics) (University of Padova), 1999-2011
• Associate Professor (Scientific Disciplinary Sector BIO/18-Genetics) at the University Padova, Department of Biology, 2011-present
• Visiting Scientist (University of Fribourg, Fribourg (CH)), 2012-2013
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
1) Circadian control of the innate immune response in Bombyx mori and Drosophila melanogaster insects.
2) Mechanisms of action of specific antimicrobial peptides, candidates as potential drugs;
3) Generation of insects effectively reducing PET plastic waste (Project in collaboration with Prof. G. Tettamanti, University of Insubria, Varese). This project aims to generate black soldier fly larvae, Hermetia illucens, capable of efficiently expressing PET catabolic enzymes in the midgut. It involves the study of modified microbial PET-degrading enzymes in insect cell lines, transgenic D. melanogaster flies and the generation of knock-in black soldier larvae for PET-degrading enzymes, using a CRISPR/Cas9 methodology.
4) Innate immune response after bacterial oral exposure in H. illucens (Project in collaboration with Prof. G. Tettamanti, University of Insubria, Varese).
TEACHING ACTIVITY
•"Genetica 1 ed Ingegneria Genetica" for the three-year degree course in Molecular Biology, Dept of Biology, University of Padova 2023-2024-present
•“Genetica, Genomica ed Evoluzione Molecolare” for the three-year degree course in Natural and Environmental Sciences, Dept of Biology, University of Padova 2023-2024-present
• "Genetics" for the three-year degree courses in Biotechnology and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Padova 2000-2023
“Behavioral Genetics” for the Master degrees Evolutionary Biology and Molecular Biology,Dept of Biology, University of Padova 2021-present
• She acquired the Teaching4Learning Badge from University of Padova, 2018
• Tutor/supervisor of several theses for Bachelor and Master degrees
• Supervisor of 4 PhD students and 8 PostDocs and "Assegnisti di Ricerca".
BOARD OF PhD PROGRAMS
• Member of the board of professors of the PhD School in “Biosciences”, Curriculum “Genetics Genomics and Bioinformatics”, University of Padova, 2018-present
• Member of the board of professors of the PhD School of “Biosciences and Biotechnology”, Curriculum “Genetics and Developmental Molecular Biology”, University of Padova 2009-2015.
Notices
Office hours
at Dipartimento di Biologia, II semipiano sud, stanza 16
tutti i giorni, previo appuntamento telefonico o via email
Teachings
- GENETICS 1 AND GENETIC ENGINEERING, AA 2025 (SCP5071899)
- GENETICS, GENOMICS AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION, AA 2025 (SCQ2101521)
- GENETICS 1 AND GENETIC ENGINEERING, AA 2024 (SCP5071899)
- GENETICS, GENOMICS AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION, AA 2024 (SCQ2101521)
- GENETICS 1 AND GENETIC ENGINEERING, AA 2023 (SCP5071899)
- GENETICS, GENOMICS AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION, AA 2023 (SCQ2101521)
Publications
Federica Sandrelli
Scopus Author ID: 6603879912
Orcid: 0000-0002-5631-7467
PUBLICATIONS
• Author of 42 papers in qualified peer-reviewed journals as Science, Nature, Current Biology, Trends in Genetics, Nucleic Acids Research, Genetics, Insect Molecular Biology, Plos Genetics, Neurobiology of Disease, Frontiers in Neurology, Scientific Reports.
• Bibliometric indicators(June 2025): Scopus: H index: 23; total citations: 1923; Google scholar: H index: 23; total citations 2770
• More than fifty oral communications or poster presentations in national and international congresses
Research Area
Main research topics:
1) Circadian control of the innate immune response in Bombyx mori and Drosophila melanogaster insects.
2) Mechanisms of action of specific antimicrobial peptides, candidates as potential drugs;
3) Generation of insects effectively reducing PET plastic waste (Project in collaboration with Prof. G. Tettamanti, University of Insubria, Varese). This project aims to generate black soldier fly larvae, Hermetia illucens, capable of efficiently expressing PET catabolic enzymes in the midgut. It involves the study of modified microbial PET-degrading enzymes in insect cell lines, transgenic D. melanogaster flies and the generation of knock-in black soldier larvae for PET-degrading enzymes, using a CRISPR/Cas9 methodology.
4) Innate immune response after bacterial oral exposure in H. illucens (Project in collaboration with Prof. G. Tettamanti, University of Insubria, Varese).
Thesis proposals
Bachelor and Master Degree theses will be focussed on the following research topics:
1) Innate immune response in non-model insects
2) Mechanisms of action of specific antimicrobial peptides, candidates as potential drugs;
