IRENE STEFANINI
Researcher
After graduating in Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology, I continued my training by obtaining a doctorate in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Florence.
During my first postdoc, at the Edmund Mach Foundation (Trento), I started to be interested in the evolution and microbial diffusion, studying in particular two themes:
i) the interaction between the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and insects
ii) the composition and dynamics of microbial populations in various environments.
I then continued my career with a 3-year fellowship at the University of Warwick (UK), during which I deepened genetic studies on the S. cerevisiae model and other yeasts.
I finally became a component of the LMV in 2019, where I continue my research on the ecology and evolution of microorganisms, maintaining a strong interest in the associations between S. cerevisiae and insects
TEACHING
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY (SVB0131)
Corso di Laurea in Scienze Biologiche (L-13)
LABORATORY OF METHODS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY (SVB0072)
Corso di Laurea in Scienze Biologiche (L-13)
Microbiologia applicata (MFN0415A)
Corso di Laurea in Scienze Biologiche (L-13)
CONTACTS
+39 (0)116704636
RESEARCH
THREE OF MY BEST LATEST PUBLICATIONS:
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Stefanini I., Carlin S., Tocci N., Albanese D., Donati C., Franceschi P., Paris M., Zenato A., Tempesta S., Bronzato A., Vrhovsek U., Mattivi F., Cavalieri D., (2017) Core microbiota and metabolome of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Corvina grapes and musts, Front. Microbiol., 8: 457. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00457
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Stefanini I., Dapporto L., Berná L., Polsinelli M., Turillazzi S., Cavalieri D. (2016) Social wasps are Saccharomyces mating nest, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 113(8):2247-51. Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516453113
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Stefanini I., Dapporto L., Legras J-L., Calabretta A., Di Paola M., De Filippo C., Viola R., Capretti P., Polsinelli M., Turillazzi S., Cavalieri D. (2012) Role of social wasps in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ecology and evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.; 109(33):13398-403. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1208362109.