Buommino Elisabetta

Biography

Elisabetta Buommino was born in Naples, Italy, in 1967. She received the Biological Sciences degree (summa cum laude) from University of Naples, Federico II in 1992, and the Ph.D. degree in “Microrganisms and Environment” from the Second University of Naples in 2000. In 2001 she took a post doctorate grant of two years from the Second University of Naples. She obtained the title of “Microbiologist Expert” since 2000. She takes an active part in didactic activity of some Post-graduate Schools and teaching of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Second University of Naples and University of Salerno, Faculty of Medicine. Actually she teaches Microbiology of Probiotics and Prebiotics, Corso di Laurea in Scienze Nutraceutiche, at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples, Federico II. Qualified for the role of associate professor, competition sector 06/A3, MED/07, (2012 call - DD 222/2012). Presently, Buommino is a Researcher at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples, Federico II.SSD MED07. Buommino has got a national patent on a “New antitumoral isolate of Penicillium canescens”. She is co-author of two chapters in a book. • “Adone Baroni, Eleonora Ruocco, Maria Antonietta Tufano, Elisabetta Buommino. Cell injury and cell death” in: Emergency Dermatology, Cambridge University Press, 2010 • Donnarumma Giovanna, Paoletti Iole, Fusco Alessandra, Perfetto Brunella, Buommino Elisabetta, de Gregorio Vincenza, Baroni Adone (2016). β-Defensins: Work in Progress. In: Donelli G. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. vol. 901, p. 59-76 She is in the Editorial Board of the Journals Mediators of Inflammation, Advances in Medicine and Journal of Novel Immunology. Congress organization. 25 maggio 2017: III workshop della microbiologia veterinaria di Napoli. La microbiologia: saperi nel mondo. Ortobotanico, Napoli. Comitato scientifico: L. De Martino, P. Nebbia, G. Iovane, U. Pagnini, S. Roperto, S. Montagnaro, E. Buommino.

Research Interest

1) Study of the complex interaction between microorganisms and host cell. Analysis of the virulence bacterial factor, the molecular mechanism that support bacterial adhesion, invasion and apoptosis, signals trasduction and immunomodulation. Response of human keratinocytes to different strains of Malassezia. 2) Study of natural molecules of microbic or vegetal origin on the modulation of innate immunity: Toll like receptor analysis in the immune innate defence of the host 3) Role of natural molecules of microbic or vegetal origin on tumoral and cancer stem cells. Identification of new molecules of microbic origin able to contrast tumoral growth. 4) Study of virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori involved in the cell growth and gastric carcinoma progression: role played by CagA, VacA and HspB in the activation of proinflammatory responce, tumoral progression and regulation of the transcriptional factor Nrf2. 5) Pseudomonas fluorescens, potential opportunistic pathogen: biofilm and interaction of P. fluorescens to human epithelial lung cells. 6) Virus and tumors: analysis of viral sequences in human skin tumors and their role in the tumoral progression.