Dr. Chiara Lauritano is a researcher at the Department of Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn. She earned her PhD from the University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy. She completed her post-doc from Stazione Zoologica di Napoli Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy. Her research interests mainly
concern marine biotechnology, functional genomics, and plankton ecology. Her research activities focus on the use of marine organisms to discover compounds with possible applications for the treatment of human pathologies. She also conducts transcriptomic analysis to study the enzymes involved in the synthesis of such compounds and/or other enzymes with potential biotechnological applications (e.g. for pharmaceuticals and bioremediation). Her interests mainly focus on microalgae with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and antidiabetes activities. Furthermore, she is interested in studying the
physiological and molecular responses of marine organisms to biotic and abiotic stressors, such as ocean acidification, changes in temperature and nutrient concentration, and exposure to toxic microalgal secondary metabolites.
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