Education

PhD

University of Padova

October 2020 – present

PhD programme in Biosciences – Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Supervisor: Prof. Tomas Morosinotto

Master's degree

University of Padova

October 2018 – October 2020

MSc in Molecular Biology

Awards and Scholarships

  • Seed Grant 2021 by the Italian Society of Plant Biology (SIBV)
  • PhD scholarship by the Department of Biology (UniPD)

Talks and posters

Oral presentations

  • “Genetic inactivation of mitochondrial complex IV in Physcomitrium patens

3rd-6th July 2023 (Marseille, FR)
Plant Biology Europe 2023 – PBE23, organized by the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB)

  • “Healthy mitochondria are needed for plants optimal photosynthetic performance: the role of respiration in plant bioenergetics and primary metabolism”

22nd-24th February 2023 (Bertinoro, IT)
Workshop on Plant Biology 2023, organized by the Italian Society of Plant Biology (SIBV)

  • “Oxygraphy in photosynthetic organisms. Hansatech vs. Oroboros”

26th February 2021 (Padova, IT)

  • “Applications of the NextGen-O2k PhotoBiology Module”

15th-16th July 2020 (Innsbruck, AT)
NextGen-O2k Event Photobiology, Oroboros Instruments

Posters

  • Vera-Vives AM, Mellon M, Novél P, Zheng K, Gurrieri L, Sparla F, Schwarzländer M, Alboresi A, Morosinotto T. “Healthy mitochondria are needed for optimal photosynthetic performance of plants: the role of respiration in plant bioenergetics”.

May 2022
12th International Conference for Plant Mitochondrial Biology (ICPMB), Malmö, Sweden.

  • Vera-Vives AM, Mellon M, Novél P, Zheng K, Gurrieri L, Sparla F, Schwarzländer M, Alboresi A, Morosinotto T. “Consequences of the inactivation of Complex I and Complex IV in the plant model Physcomitrium patens”.

July 2022
Bioblast 2022, Inaugural Conference of Bioenergetics Communications. Innsbruck, Austria.

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