Georgiana Bosco
PhD Student
PhD in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science - XL CycleTutor: Cinzia Lucia Randazzo
Membership Section: Agricultural Chemistry and Microbiology
- From October 2024 - ongoing: Start of PhD programme in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences. Research project: "Development of a formulation of probiotics and germinated brown rice (GBR) for health benefits". Supervisor: Prof. Cinzia Lucia Randazzo.
- September 2023 - September 2024: Research fellow at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), AGR/16, University of Catania. Research project: "Study of the ruminal microbiome of lambs by means of independent cultivation methods". Scientific
- October 2022 - April 2023: Extra-curricular training at Probioetna srl. Activity: "study of complex ecosystems using cultivation-dependent and independent methods".
- November 2022: Qualification of Food Technologist.
- July 2022: Master's Degree in Food Science and Technology (LM-70), Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania; supervisor: Prof. Cinzia Lucia Randazzo, co-rapporteur: Dr. Amanda Vaccalluzzo. Experimental thesis: "Screening and selection of potential probiotic strains belonging to Lactobacillus spp through biofilm formation and anti-adhesion activity against pathogenic Candida spp." Grade: 108/110.
- April 2020: Bachelor's Degree in Environmental and Food Toxicology (L-29), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Catania. Supervisor: Prof. Valeria Sorrenti. Thesis "Use of innovative methodologies for phytoremediation of agricultural soils polluted by heavy metals".
- Antagonistic activity against foodborne and human pathogens, biofilm formation and anti-adhesion activity of lactobacilli from different sources (Bosco, G., Pino, A., Sanfilippo, R. R., Vaccalluzo, A., Agolino, G., Caggia, C., Randazzo C.), 7th International Conference on Microbial Diversity (MD), Parma, 26-29 September 2023.
- Antimicrobial resistance, pathotyping and clonal relatedness of Escherichia coli cloacalis from healthy differently fed lambs (Russo N., Bosco G., Militello I., Pino A., Caggia C., Randazzo C.), 7th International Conference on Microbial Diversity (MD), Parma, 26-29 September 2023.
- Impact of pistachio peels in the faecal microbiota of lambs (Bosco G., Russo N., Pino A., Vaccalluzzo A., Musati M., Caggia, Randazzo C.), G7 2024 EXPO Agriculture and Fisheries.
- Quantitative PCR assay as a tool for the detection of lactobacilli in Sicilian table olives produced on an industrial scale. Fermentation, 9(4), 355. 2023. (Vaccalluzzo, A., Pino, A., Bosco, G., Caggia, C., & Randazzo, C.)