EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY: EXBO Members

Prof. Dr. Danilo Porro

Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences
University of Milano-Bicocca
P.zza della Scienza # 2
I-20126 Milano
Phone +39 - 02 64483435 ; Fax +39 - 02 64483565
E-mail danilo.porro@unimib.it

Personal data

Data of birth: December 15th, 1960
Place of birth: Lambrugo (Como), Italy
Home address: Via Paganini, 38- Noviglio (Milano), Italy

Education

1998: Associate Professor: Chemistry of Fermentation and Industrial Microbiology.
1990: Ph.D in School of Advanced Biotechnology
1985: Degree in Biological Sciences

Research Interest

Research and development in applied microbiology and biotechnology
Development of new strains, optimisation and analysis of processes
Expression of heterologous proteins and metabolic engineering
Physiology of cell growth; dynamics of cell cycle and growth regulation of eukaryotic microorganism
Protein synthesis and secretion
Single cell measurements and flow cytometry; distributed parameters
Yeasts

Professional Biotech Societies

Italian Society of General Microbiology and microbial Biotechnology
Italian society of Biocatalysis and Bioseparation
Section Microbial Physiology of the European Federation of Microbiology

Honors and Awards

1986: Research Scholarship, awarded by ENI Ricerche, Italy.
1992: "Flow cytometric analysis of the respiratory activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells".
(European J. of Basic and Applied Histochemistry, 36/3, p. 381, 1992).
Awarded for the presentation by GIC (Gruppo Italiano Citomtria).
1994: "Tracking of individual cells cohorts in asynchronous Saccharomyces cerevisiae populations"
(Biotechnology Progress. 11, 342-347, 1995). Awarded for the publication by GIC (Gruppo Italiano Citometria).
1995 (since): Italian member of the "Microbial Physiology Working Party" and "Section Microbial Physiology"- -European Federation of Biotechnology.
2000 (since): Editor FEBS Yeast Research
"Ad hoc Reviewer": Biotechnology Progress, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Yeast, Food Technology Biotechnology,
Current Genetic, FEBS Yeast Research.

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