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SynBio@UNIPD is powered by a dynamic and multidisciplinary team of researchers and professionals from across the University of Padova.

Our team includes leading experts in biology, bioinformatics, chemistry, engineering, medicine, and philosophy — working together to advance the frontiers of Synthetic Biology.

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Fabio Mammano

Role: PO

SSD: FIS/06

Department: Dipartimento di Fisica Galileo Galilei

fabio.mammano@unipd.it

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Biomolecular Engineering, Health and medicine, Mathematical modeling

Matteo Pierno

Role: PA

SSD: FIS/03

Department: Dipartimento di Fisica Galileo Galilei

matteo.pierno@unipd.it

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Environment, Health and medicine

Diana Giannuzzi

Role: RTDA

SSD: AGR/18

Department: Dipartimento di Agronomia, Animali, Alimenti, Risorse naturali e Ambiente

Keywords/additional details:
Livestock, genomics, gene expression, proteomics, microbiome, animal physiology, animal welfare, sensors

Web Site

diana.giannuzzi@unipd.it

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Biomolecular Engineering, Health and medicine, Host Engineering

Gianni Barcaccia

Role: PO

SSD: AGR/07

Department: Dipartimento di Agronomia, Animali, Alimenti, Risorse naturali e Ambiente.

Keywords/additional details:

Plants, crop, traceability, plant genome editing

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DNA Engineering, Environment, Food and Agriculture

Giampaolo Perri

SSD: MED/18

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Oncologiche e Gastroenterologiche

Laboratory:
U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale 2- Chirurgua Epatobiliopancreatica e dei trapianti di Fegato

giampaolo.perri@unipd.it

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Health and medicine

Luca Sella

Role/Level: PA

SSD: AGR/12

Department: Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali

Keywords/additional details:
plant pathology, plant-pathogen interaction, synthetic antimicrobial peptides, induction of resistance

Laboratory:
Laboratorio di Patologia vegetale e tecnologie fitopatologiche

Web Site

luca.sella@unipd.it

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biomaterials, DNA Engineering, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Host Engineering

Andrea Felicetti

Role/Level: RTDB

SSD: SPS/04

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Giuridiche e studi Internazionali

Keywords/additional details:
Governance; Participation; Engagement; Communication

Site Web

andrea.felicetti@unipd.it

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co-creation, ethics and social assessment, future socio-technical scenarios, media analysis, Open Science and Responsible Innovation, public opinion surveys, Social Sciences & Humanities

Federico Zilio

Role/Level: RTT

SSD: M-FIL/03

Department: Dipartimento di Filosofia, sociologia, pedagogia e psicologia applicata

keywords/additional details: Ethical assessment; Public engagement; Human cerebral organoids

federico.zilio@unipd.it

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Biomolecular Engineering, Ethics, Normative

Paola Brun

Role/Level: PA

SSD: MED/07

Department:
Dipartimento Di Medicina Molecolare

keywords/additional details:
quorum sensing in bacteria, bacteria in biofilm, host-pathogen interaction, models of infection

paola.brun.1@unipd.it

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Health and medicine

Massimo Bellato

Role/Level: RTDA

SSD: IBIO/01

Department: Dipartimento Di Medicina Molecolare

Keywords/additional details:
phage engineering, quorum sensing, bacterial pathogens, microbiome engineering

Web Site

massimo.bellato@unipd.it

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DNA Engineering, Environment, Health and medicine, Mathematical modeling

Marta De Zotti

Role/Level: PA

SSD: CHIM/06

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

Keywords/additional details:
green peptide synthesis, 3D-structure of peptides, antimicrobial peptides, peptides for plant protection, nucleobase-peptide hybrids

Laboratory:
BioOrganic Chemistry (BOC) Group

Web Site

marta.dezotti@unipd.it

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Biomolecular Engineering, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Health and medicine

Laura Orian

Role/Level: PA

SSD: CHIM/02

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

Keywords/additional details:
chemical bonding and reactivity, molecular modeling, reaction mechanisms, molecule-protein binding, molecular design

Laboratory:
Computational Chemistry & (bio)Catalysis

Web Site

laura.orian@unipd.it

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Health and medicine

Enzo Menna

Role/Level: PO

SSD: CHIM/06

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

Web Site

enzo.menna@unipd.it

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biomaterials, Health and medicine, nanomaterials

Vincenzo Amendola

Role/Level: PA

SSD: CHIM/02

Department: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

keywords/additional details:
nanotechnology, nanoparticles, antimicrobial nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, nanomedicine, nanosensors, optical sensors, radiosensitizers, contrast agents

Laboratory:
Laser Assisted Synthesis and Plasmonics Lab

Web Site

vincenzo.amendola@unipd.it

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