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People
Andrea Campisano
Position
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COFUND Marie Curie fellow |
Current site of work |
Fondazione Edmund Mach |
Street, number |
via Mach, 1 |
City |
S. Michele all'Adige TN |
Postal code |
38010 |
Country |
Italy |
E-mail |
andrea.campisano@iasma.it |
Phone |
+39 0461615511 |
Mobile phone |
+39 339 8553661 |
Degree, Msc, or PhD; when; where; on what subject; title of the thesis |
PhD, 2004: DiSTeF – Università degli Studi di Catania; Plant-pathogen-antagonist interaction and underlying molecular and biological mechanisms; “Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Yeasts antagonism towards Penicillium digitatum in postharvest decay of Citrus fruits” |
Expertise |
molecular biology; microbiology; mutagenesis; gene expression; biocontrol; population genetics; biofilms; protein expression |
Professional societies |
Associate of the UK Higher Education Academy (HEA) |
Research experience, training, professional stages |
Mar. 2010 – present: Junior P.I. (COFUND Marie Curie scheme) in grapevine microbial metagenomics, “MECAGRAFIC” project, Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige (Italy);
Apr.2008 – Dec. 2009: Post-doc in regulation of bacterial gene expression, signal perception and transduction, Biomerit Research Centre, University College Cork, Ireland (P.I.: Fergal O’Gara)
Apr. 2005 – Mar. 2007: Post-doc in Biofilm analysis and polysaccharides biosynthesis pathways in Pseudomonas aeruginosa; (P.I.: Bernd H.A. Rehm) |
Website |
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-2077-2010 |
Current research area |
Grapevine – microbes interactions, endophytism, metagenomics, plant-modulated gene expression in microrganisms |
Publication List (last five years):
Catara V., Bella P., Campisano A., Tessitori M. (2006). Characterization of Pseudomonas savastanoi populations and screening of oleander and olive cultivars for resistance. (Caratterizzazione di popolazioni di Pseudomonas savastanoi e valutazione di varietà di olivo e oleandro per la resistenza al patogeno). Italus Hortus 13(2I): 145-149..
Campisano, A., Schroeder, C., Schemionek, M., Overhage, J., Rehm, B.H.A. (2006) PslD is a secreted protein required for biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72:3066-3068.
Oliveri C., Campisano A., Catara A., Cirvilleri G (2007). Characterization and fAFLP genotyping of Penicillium strains from postharvest samples and packinghouse environments. Journal of Plant Pathology 89 (1): 29-40.
Campisano, A., Overhage. J., Rehm, B.H.A. (2007). The polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis genes are differentially regulated in planktonic and biofilm grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Biotechnology, 133 (4): 442-452.
Overhage J., Campisano A., Bains M., Torfs E. C. W., Rehm B.H.A., Hancock R. E. W. (2008). The human host defence peptide LL-37 prevents bacterial biofilm formation. Infection and Immunity, 76 (9): 4176-4182.
Hay I.D., Gatland K., Campisano A., Jordens J.Z., and Rehm B.H.A. (2009). The impact of alginate overproduction on attachment and biofilm architecture of a supermucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75(18):6022-6025.
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