Ferrari Simone
Associate professor
Department of Biology and biotechnology
University La Sapienza
Italy
Biography
27-3-2002 Phd in Botanical Sciences degree at the Department of Biology of the University "La Sapienza", Rome. Title of the thesis: "Role of Polygalacturonase-Inhibiting Proteins in the Arabidopsis thalianaBotrytis cinerea Interaction". 21-5-1997 Degree in Biological Sciences, Ind. The biomolecular, with the vote of 110/110 cum laude at the University "La Sapienza", Rome. Title of the thesis: "isolation of novel mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana exhibiting altered the direction of growth of the root". 13-7-1991 Classical Maturity with the vote 60/60 at the Istituto S. Leone Magno of Rome.
Research Interest
Plant biology
Publications
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Ferrari S, Savatin DV, Sicilia F, Gramegna G, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G. Oligogalacturonides: plant damage-associated molecular patterns and regulators of growth and development. Frontiers in plant science. 2013;4.
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Francocci F, Bastianelli E, Lionetti V, Ferrari S, De Lorenzo G, Bellincampi D, Cervone F. Analysis of pectin mutants and natural accessions of Arabidopsis highlights the impact of de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan on tissue saccharification. Biotechnology for biofuels. 2013 Nov 18;6(1):163.
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Suárez L, Savatin DV, Salvi G, De Lorenzo G, Cervone F, Ferrari S. The non-traditional growth regulator Pectimorf is an elicitor of defense responses and protects Arabidopsis against Botrytis cinerea. Journal of plant pathology. 2013 Mar 1:177-80.
