Raffaello Castoria, Professor

Professor and Senior Researcher (Leading Scientist, Principal Investigator), Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, IT.

Lecture for Students and Teachers

Title: Issues and new aspects of biocontrol by basidiomycetous yeasts

Time: Oct.8, 2019, 10:00am

Place: Meeting Room 203, School of Food and Biological Engineering.

Title: Preliminary new transcriptomics and molecular genetics data on biocontrol mechanisms of post-harvest diseases

Time: Oct.14, 2019, 10:00am

Place: Meeting Room 203, School of Food and Biological Engineering.

Introduction to Professor Raffaello Castoria:

Prof. Raffaello Castoria received his Ph.D. from University of Rome “La Sapienza” and University of Perugia in Biotechnology of Fungi. His research focus is on the mechanisms of action of yeasts acting as biocontrol agents of postharvest fungal pathogens of horticultural and fruit crops, the optimisation of the activity of these agents, the prevention, monitoring and detoxification of the mycotoxins Ochratoxin A in wine-grapes and wine, and Patulin in pome fruits and pome fruit-based juices, also through the identification and use of yeast gene(s) involved in the detoxification process.

(School of Food and Biological Engineering)