Ph.D. Student

Graziella Agrò

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Phone

+39 320 8534351

E-mail

graziella.agro@unipa.it

Orc-ID

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9849-389X

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze,

Building 4

Profile

-Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences, L-13, at University of Palermo, 2016;

- Master’s Degree in Neurobiology, LM-6, at University of Pavia, 2019;

- Fellowship at Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research concerning research in molecular signaling (April 2019 – December 2020).

Expertise

- Molecular and biochemical assays;

- Primary and established cell line cultures.

Advisor

Salvatore Davino

Co-advisor

Thesis topics

Study of the ecology and pathogen-plant interactions of citrus viral and virus-like agents: development of innovative diagnostic techniques

Research interests

- Development of rapid, specific and sensitive techniques for the detection of virus-like agents;

- DNA and RNA sequencing by NGS;

- Transcriptome analysis.

Link to publications

- https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/9/6/702

- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42161-024-01613-3

- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42161-024-01623-1