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SERENA VAROTTO
Position
Professoressa Associata
Address
VIALE DELL'UNIVERSITA', 16 - LEGNARO PD
Telephone
0498272858
Serena Varotto is associate professor in Crop Genetics and Breeding at the Dept of Agronomy Animal, Food Natural Resources and Environment, University of Padua (Italy). Her research work is mainly focused on the following topics:
i) Genetics and epigenetics of maize development and response to environmental challenges.
ii) Genetics and epigenetics of bud dormancy in peach.
iii) To exploit the RNA-interference (RNAi) mechanism for targeting of essential pest/weed genes.
POSITIONS
1995, PhD in Crop Genetics, University of Padua.
1993-1995 EMBO fellowship/ Postdoc EC-PTP fellowship at the Plant Breeding Dep. Max Planck Institut fur Zuchtungsforschung Cologne, Germany.
1996-97 Post-doc at Department of Agronomy and Crop Production University of Padova
1998-2010 Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Plant Biotechnology at University of Padua.
2010 Associate Professor in Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology at University of Padova.
2014 and 2019 Acquisition of Full Professor Title (ASN evaluation)
2016-2019 - Department of Agronomy, Animal Food Natural Resources and Environment (DAFNAE) UNIPD Assistant Dean - International Relationships.
2019- Coordinator of the Bachelor Course “Viticulture and Oenology” Campus of Conegliano University of Padua
TEACHING
2001-present Crop Genomics Genetics and Breeding and Crop Biotechnology at University of Padova, School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2002-2004 PRIN-MIUR Group Leader “Transferring CMS trough protoplst fusion in Cichorium intybus L.”
2004-2006 PRIN-MIUR Group Leader “Studying the role of HDACs in maize plant development”.
2006-2008 PRIN-MIUR Group Leader “Role of ZmPIN1 genes in auxin polar transport and in shaping maize plant architecture”.
June 2009-2013 Coordinator of the Proposal AENEAS (Aquired Environmental Epigenetics Advances: from Arabidopsis to maize) in the FP7 Call KBBE-2008-2B EU.
January 2011-2018 Coordinator sub-project Plant Epigenomics CNR Flagship Project EPIGEN
2016-2018 Coordinator International Project Italy-Korea: “The role of Brassinosteroids in plant stress response and adaptation to environment” funded by MAECI.
June 2017-2021 Member of the Management Committee of EU Cost Action CA 16212 Impact of Nuclear Domains on Gene Expression and Plant Traits (INDEPTH).
2019-2021 Coordinator of FSE-Regional Project ESC-Interfere: exploitation of RNAi for the control of pathogens in Viticulture.
EDITORIAL DUTIES: 2015 – present: Editorial Board, BMC Plant Biology; 2020 Editorial Board, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation; 2020 Associated Editor Frontiers in Plant Science.
Notices
Office hours
Monday from 14:00 to 15:00
at Agripolis DAFNAE
Il docente riceve gli studenti anche dopo le lezioni durante i corsi.
Teachings
- LIVESTOCK BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2023 (SCQ0094060)
- LIVESTOCK AND CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2023 (SCQ0094079)
- CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2023 (SCQ0094059)
- FUNDAMENTALS OF GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS FOR AGRICULTURAL SPECIES, AA 2023 (SCQ0093977)
- LIVESTOCK BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2022 (SCQ0094060)
- LIVESTOCK AND CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2022 (SCQ0094079)
- CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2022 (SCQ0094059)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2022 (AGN1030056)
- FUNDAMENTALS OF GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS FOR AGRICULTURAL SPECIES, AA 2022 (SCQ0093977)
- PLANT APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2021 (SCP6076459)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2021 (AGN1030056)
- PLANT APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2020 (SCP6076459)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2020 (AGN1030056)
- PLANT APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2019 (SCP6076459)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2019 (AGN1030056)
- PLANT APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY, AA 2018 (SCP6076459)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2018 (AGN1030056)
- BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR CROP PLANTS, AA 2017 (SCP3056662)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2017 (AGN1030056)
- APPLIED GENOMICS FOR ANIMAL AND CROP IMPROVEMENT, AA 2016 (AVP5073497)
- BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR CROP PLANTS, AA 2016 (SCP3056662)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2016 (AGN1030056)
- BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR CROP PLANTS, AA 2015 (SCP3056662)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2015 (AGN1030056)
- BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR CROP PLANTS, AA 2014 (SCP3056662)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2014 (AGN1030056)
- BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR CROP PLANTS, AA 2013 (SCP3056662)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2013 (AGN1030056)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2012 (AGN1030056)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT GENETICS AND BREEDING, AA 2011 (AGN1030056)
Publications
Giudice G, Moffa L, Varotto S, Cardone MF, Bergamini C, De Lorenzis G, Velasco R, Nerva L, Chitarra W. Novel and emerging biotechnological crop protection approaches. Plant Biotechnol J. 2021 May 4. doi: 10.1111/pbi.13605. Epub ahead of print.
Varotto, S., Tani, E., Abraham, E., ...Radanovic, A., Miladinovic, D. Epigenetics: Possible applications in climate-smart crop breeding. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 71(17), pp. 5223–5236 Impact factor: 5.91
Forestan, C., Farinati, S., Zambelli, F., ...Rossi, V., Varotto, S. Epigenetic signatures of stress adaptation and flowering regulation in response to extended drought and recovery in Zea mays Plant Cell and Environment, 2020, 43(1), pp. 55–75
Pecinka, A., Chevalier, C., Colas, I., …Varotto, S. Munoz, A., Pradillo, M. Chromatin dynamics during interphase and cell division: Similarities and differences between model and crop plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 71(17), pp. 5205–5222
Laura Ravazzolo , Sara Trevisan , Cristian Forestan , Serena Varotto , Stefania Sut , Stefano Dall’Acqua , Mario Malagoli and Silvia Quaggiotti 2020 Nitrate and Ammonium Affect the Overall Maize Response to Nitrogen Availability by Triggering Specific and Common Transcriptional Signatures in Roots Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(2), 686; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21020686
Forestan C, Farinati S, Rouster J, Lassagne H, Lauria M, Dal Ferro N, Varotto S. 2018 Control of Maize Vegetative and Reproductive Development, Fertility, and rRNAs Silencing by HISTONE DEACETYLASE 108.
Genetics. 2018 Apr;208(4):1443-1466. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.300625.
Lunardon A, Forestan C, Farinati S, Varotto S. 2018 De Novo Identification of sRNA Loci and Non-coding RNAs by High-Throughput Sequencing.
Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1675:297-314. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7318-7_17.
PMID: 29052198
Forestan C, Farinati S, Aiese Cigliano R, Lunardon A, Sanseverino W, Varotto S. 2018 Maize RNA PolIV affects the expression of genes with nearby TE insertions and has a genome-wide repressive impact on transcription. BMC Plant Biol. 2017 Oct 12;17(1):161. doi: 10.1186/s12870-017-1108-1.
PMID: 29025411
Farinati S, Rasori A, Varotto S, Bonghi C. 2017 Rosaceae Fruit Development, Ripening and Post-harvest: An Epigenetic Perspective.
Front Plant Sci. 2017 Jul 17;8:1247. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01247. eCollection 2017. Review. PMID: 28769956
Forestan C, Aiese Cigliano R, Farinati S, Lunardon A, Sanseverino W, Varotto S. 2017 Stress-induced and epigenetic-mediated maize transcriptome regulation study by means of transcriptome reannotation and differential expression analysis. Sci Rep. 2016 Jul 27;6:30446. doi: 10.1038/srep30446. PMID: 27461139
Botton A, Rasori A, Ziliotto F, Moing A, Maucourt M, Bernillon S, Deborde C, Petterle A, Varotto S, Bonghi C. 2016 The peach HECATE3-like gene FLESHY plays a double role during fruit development. Plant Mol Biol. 2016 May;91(1-2):97-114. doi: 10.1007/s11103-016-0445-z. PMID: 26846510
