At the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Palazzo Corsini, Via della Lungara 10, Rome), the lectures della Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali.
Program detail:
Ore 14:45 – Kurt Wüthrich, The Molecules of Life: DNA, RNA, Proteins – History Placed in Perspective;
Ore 15:30 – Lucio Luzzatto, Mutations and selection in Haematopoiesis;
To participate, Registration is required
Live streaming at this address.
More information is available on the website of Lincei
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The Electrochemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society awarded Dr Williane Da Silva Freitas with the 2022 Doctoral Prize “Fondazione Oronzio e Niccolò De Nora” for a PhD thesis entitled “Development of Platinum Group Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Electrochemical Devices”.
Dr Freitas’s work was carried out in thePhD program in Chemical Sciences of the Department of Chemical Science and Technologies of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
The research activity was carried out within the MaDE@UTV research group under the supervision of Prof. Barbara Mecheri, dealing with the development of electrocatalysts based on non-noble metals for applications in Fuel Cells.
To the Students of PhD courses in Chemistry and Materials for Health, Environment and Energy
In the Seminar Room of the Dept. of Chemical Science and Technologies, Dr. Sarah Cleve of University of Twente (NL) will give a seminar titled: Microstreaming around acoustically excited bubbles.
Published a study that reveals a strategy used by bacteria against the defense molecules of our innate immune system
Our body produces molecules, called antimicrobial peptides, which defend us against infections, including those caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotic treatments. However, a new study has shown that bacteria can become immune to these defenses, thickening and staying close together, a bit like soldiers of the Macedonian phalanx or the tortoise formation of the Roman legions did. The research, entitled “Inoculum effect of antimicrobial peptides”, is the result of a collaboration between the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Sapienza University of Rome, the Italian Institute of Technology and the University of Copenhagen and the results have been published in the prestigious journal of American Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS).
Click here to read the article on the PNAS website
Our colleague Francesco Ricci obtained the prestigious “Luigi Galvani Prize” which since 1985 has been awarded every two years by the Bioelectrochemical Society to a scientist under 45 who has made an important contribution to the field of bioelectrochemistry.
The award, never previously won by an Italian, was officially conferred on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the XXVI International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics which was held on May 9, 2021 electronically.
SPlastica, innovative start up and spin off of Tor Vergata University is the winner of the 5th edition of the “Unirsi per l’Impresa” award, for the category “Startup Innovative Unindustria Award”.
On Thursday 17th September, the final stage of the competition and the award ceremony was held at Unindustria headquarters in the presence of the President of Unindustria Filippo Tortoriello, the President of the Young Entrepreneurs Group Giulio Natalizia and Paolo Orneli, Councillor for Economic Development, Trade and Craftsmanship, Research, Startup and Innovation of REGIONE LAZIO.
The award was established in order to support the growth of innovative companies, through partnership with the manufacturing and services system of Lazio, as a driving force for the economic growth of the Lazio production system and competitiveness on the national and international market. All projects with a strong innovative content have been admitted, in terms of product and/or service, process and management.
starting from 9.15 (GMT +1), on line on MS Teams platform.
Webinar – “You’ll sense them alone! Chiral sensors: the progress of the INITIO project”
The webinar will be held on November 13 starting from 9.15 A.M. (GMT +1) and includes 10 presentations
given by PhD students, post-doc, researcher and specialist from five different University (Tor Vergata,
Università del Salento,, Trinity College of Dublin, Taltech, University of Jyväskylä), the France National
Research Centre (CNRS) and two enterprises (Eurochem e Interspectrum). The conference aims at
disseminating the progress and results obtained by the INITIO project, funded by H2020, which has as
objective the development of sensor for the chiral recognition of pollutants as objective.
The whole academic community is invited to participate to the webinar.
Click here for register event. The webinar will be broadcast in streaming via youtube and twitter.
The Electrochemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society awarded Dr Maida Oliveira with the 2020 Doctoral Prize “Fondazione Oronzio e Niccolò De Nora” for a PhD thesis entitled “Development and Optimization of Nanostructured Carbon-based Materials for Energy Applications”.
Dr Oliveira’s work was carried out within the MaDE@UTV research group (http://made.uniroma2.it/) of the Department of Chemical Science and Technologies of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, in the PhD program in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy (http://materials-phd.uniroma2.it/en/home-en/).
The research activity was focused on the development of platinum-group-metal-free catalysts for electrochemical energy conversion and storage applications, and was carried out in collaboration with several national and international research groups, such as the groups led Prof. Plamen Atanassov (The University of California, Irvine), Prof. Carlo Santoro (The University of Manchester) and Prof. Paula Colavita (Trinity College Dublin).
Congrats to Dr. Bertucci and Dr. Rossetti.
Dr. Alessandro Bertucci, former Marie Curie Research Fellow in Francesco Ricci’s group, receives a prestigious Fondazione Umberto Veronesi Fellowship 2020 supporting his work at our department throughout next year. With his project titled “Theranostic Synthetic Bio-Networks Controlled by Oncogenic Transcription Factors”, Alessandro plans on creating DNA-based systems artificially regulated by oncogenic proteins with potential application in sensing or therapy for “precision oncology”.
Breast cancer is the most common and first cause of cancer-associated mortality among women worldwide. Dr. Rossetti Marianna’s project aims to address the unmet needs, opportunities, and challenges in the field of liquid biopsy for the detection of emerging breast cancer biomarkers through the development of a nucleic acid-based Point of Care (PoC) device. The goal of her proposal is to push forward the PoC device developed in 2019, funded by the Fondazione Umberto Veronesi, by including the detection of breast cancer-associated autoantibodies.
Both the research activities will be carried out in the lab of the hosting PI Prof. Francesco Ricci.
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) and the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI) have the great pleasure of announcing that professor Vincenzo Balzani, member of the Accademia dei Lincei, emeritus professor of Chemistry at the University of Bologna, has been awarded with the second Primo Levi Award.
The award ceremony will be held at the “Accademia dei Lincei”, Roma, Palazzo Corsini, Via della Lungara 10.
Descrizione attività
AlgaRes è uno spin-off universitario istituito nel 2009. Le attività di AlgaRes sono legate alle alghe e sono ampie e variegate, interessando varie applicazioni biotecnologiche, la protezione dell’ambiente, l’agricoltura, il settore aerospaziale, le fonti sostenibili di energia alternativa. Con il procedere della realizzazione di nuove applicazioni, l’esperienza di AlgaRes consente di essere all’avanguardia nello sviluppo di prodotto.
AlgaRes offre servizi che includono consulenza, pianificazione di progetto, ricerca di base e corsi di formazione avanzata.
In particolare, le attività di AlgaRes sono dedicate alla selezione e produzione di biomassa specifica di specie algali per il bio-risanamento delle acque reflue, la produzione di biocarburanti e altri composti bioattivi e antiossidanti.
Membri accademici dello spin-off sono i Proff. A. Canini, R. Congestri, L. Bruno e S. Melino
Contatti
E-mail: algares2009@gmail.com
Sito web: www.algares.org
Contatto: Prof.ssa Sonia Melino
Descrizione Attività
Tecnosens progetta, sviluppa e produce sensori elettrochimici e strumenti di misura da applicare nel settore del trattamento acque per uso umano ed industriale. Inoltre, svolge attività di ricerca impiegando materiali nanostrutturati per lo sviluppo di innovativi dispositivi da impiegare nel settore di riferimento. L’Azienda, avvelandosi del know-how interno, svolge attività di progettazione meccanica ed elettronica su specifica del cliente.
Contatti
E-mail: info@tsens.eu
Sito web: https://www.tsens.biz/
Contatto: Prof.ssa Danila Moscone
Descrizione attività
SPlastica progetta e realizza nuovi materiali bioplastici, completamente biodegradabili e compostabili. In particolare, sfruttando l’esperienza pluriennale dei suoi fondatori (gruppo Bioinspired Functional Materials del Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche dell’Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”) nell’ambito dei biopolimeri naturali come materiali sostenibili, SPlastica estrae tali biopolimeri da scarti organici, utilizzandoli poi come mattoncini molecolari nella realizzazione e formulazione di nuovi materiali bioplastici. Anche i processi di sintesi e di estrazione sono completamente sostenibili, utilizzando condizioni blande di reazione, ed evitando l’uso di sostanze inquinanti per l’ambiente.
Contatti
E-mail: info@splastica.com
Sito Web: www.splastica.com
Contatto: Prof.ssa Emanuela Gatto
Descrizione Attività
Sense4Med si occupa di sviluppo, industrializzazione e commercializzazione di soluzioni diagnostiche innovative e non invasive per diagnosi precoci a distanza, nonché di ricerca e sviluppo anche sperimentale, produzione, commercializzazione, distribuzione, stoccaggio di sensori e dispositivi miniaturizzati per applicazioni in campo biomedicale, ambientale, agri-food, sicurezza, edile e beni culturali.
Contatti
E-mail: fabiana.arduini@uniroma2.it
Sito web: http://www.sense4med.com/
Contatto: Prof.ssa Fabiana Arduini
Descrizione attività
BT-InnoVaChem si occupa di sviluppare e produrre composti e formulazioni con attività antimicrobiche. In particolare, sfruttando l’esperienza pluriennale nell’ambito della chimica sostenibile dei suoi fondatori (gruppo O2C del Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche dell’Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”), produce nuovi principi attivi con elevata attività antibatterica e antimicrobica. Inoltre, progetta e sviluppa nuove formulazioni per i prodotti usati per la cura della persona e degli ambienti senza utilizzare sostanze dannose o pericolose per l’uomo e l’ambiente.
Contatti
E-mail: info@bt-innovachem.com
Web: https://www.bt-innovachem.com/
Contatto: Prof. Pierluca Galloni
