Alessio Papini

Biography

CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM Alessio Papini resident in Florence. Phone 0552757395, Telefax 0552757398, Skype: alpappap. Italian and Swiss Citizenship. E-mail alpapini@unifi.it alessio.papini@tin.it . STUDIES Graduated in Biological Sciences with a vote of 110 and praise on 110 with the thesis "Ultrastructures of the Tillandsia albida carpet (Bromeliaceae)" at the University of Florence. In 1998 he obtained his Ph.D. in Biosystemic and Vegetable Ecology (X cycle) with a thesis titled "Prodromo alla Flora dell'Umbria". Summer School from 16 to 19 October 2006 in " Vocational Microscopy Techniques as a Cell and Tissue Analysis Tool in Plant Organisms " organized by the Italian Botanic Society (Cellular and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and Differentiation Cell Biology). From April 7 to 9, 2010 he attended the Bioinformatics Roadshow - Florence of the European Bioinformatic Institute (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/roadshow/Firenze.html) on biological databases. RESEARCH ACTIVITY He has benefited from a study fund funded by the Cassa di Risparmio in Florence at the Neotropic Association (see under "Other") for scientific study of tropical plants (Mexico) under the responsibility of Prof. Luigi Brighigna of the University of Florence And collaboration with the same researcher until 1994 in the field of optical and electronic microscopy. He has been accredited with Prof. Gabbrielli at the Plant Physiology Laboratory of the University of Florence on Plant Textile Crops in the Field of Biology: from September 1995 to March 1996. He has obtained a scholarship (from 1998 to early 1999) of the Neotropic Association on the biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution with the use of plants of the genus Tillandsia . He has collaborated with Tropical Herbarium in Florence in 1999. He collaborated with Professor Maggini of the University of Viterbo Dip. Agrobiology and Agrochemistry, University of Tuscia, Viterbo on the Molecular System of Coniferae and Chenopodiaceae (October-November 1999). The resulting publications are listed in the separate list. She has obtained a scholarship from the European Molecular Biology Lab (EMBL) on the Cell Cycle of Schizosaccharomyces pombe at the Laboratory of Physiology Celular at the University of Barcelona, ​​Spain, from November 1999 to April 2000. From April 2000 to April 2004, a research grant on "Systematic review of Boragineae in the Mediterranean area" at the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Florence. During this period he has completed the Molecular Systemic Laboratory of the Department of Systematic Botany in the Department with the supervision of Prof. E. Nardi. He participated in two consignments of tropical plants in Mexico (1991 and 1997), one expedition to Armenia (in 2002, organized by the European company OPTIMA), one in Sardinia in 2003 and Argentina (17 August-7 September 2006 ). Since 2007 he has been a disciplinary sector researcher BIO / 01 (Botanica Generale) at the University of Florence, confirmed by December 2010. DIDACTIC AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES In 1997 he held a Basic Informatics Course for Teachers at the Secondary School at The School District 11 in Florence. In 1998 he collaborated with Prof. Luigi Brighigna for the course of Experimental Biology of the Degree Course in Biological Sciences of the University of Florence. In 1999 he held a seminar on " Methodology of statistical analysis for the construction of phylogenetic trees " at the Department of Agrobiology and Agrochemistry of the University of Tuscia (Viterbo); In 2001 he conducted practical exercises of the Systematic Botanicum (Prof. E. Nardi) for Natural Sciences. In 2003 he held a seminary systematic moleculeFor the course of Botany for Natural Sciences entrusted to Prof. M. Bigazzi. He followed as a co-rapporteur (called by Professor E. Nardi) a degree thesis in Natural Sciences on "Systematic Revision of the Carum Genus in Italy" in 2004. In 2004 he held a seminar on the analysis of biological sequences within the course " Open Source Software in Medicine" (Eligibility Didactic Activities No. 72 of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Florence, to which Professor A. Formigoni). The call was also renewed for 2005. He did the didactics of the Experimental Biology course (section of Botany) from AA 2005/2006 to 2007/2008 at the Degree Course in Biological Sciences of the University of Florence in collaboration with Prof. Luigi Brighigna. In June 2006 he held a seminar on "Planned Plant Death, with particular reference to reproductive structures " for the PhD School of Biology and Biotechnology at the University of Lecce. The April 19, 2011 held a seminar entitled " Forest resources for biofuel production " at the PhD in " Science and technology for the management of forestryAnd environmental " of the University of Tuscia, Viterbo. From AA 2008/2009 lecturer of Biology of Algae and Marine Biology (plant part) for the Degree Course in Natural Sciences of the University of Florence; Professor of Plant Phytogenesis for the Degree Course in Biological Sciences of the University of Florence. Since October 16, 2007 Member of the panel of examiners for evaluation of Ph.D thesis for the University of Gauhati (Assam, India), http://www.gauhati.ac.in/; From 2010 member of the panel of examiners for evaluation of Ph.D thesis for the Gujarat University (Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India), http://www.gujaratuniversity.org.in. In 2009-2010 he lecturer at Biodiversity and Evolution CI (vegetable part) at the Degree Course in Biological Sciences of the University of Bologna. From 2010 coordinator for the Faculty of Science of the University of Florence of the Cultural Cooperation Agreement between the University of Florence and the Dunarea de Jos University of Galati (Romania) and from 2011 with the Universidad de los Andes of Venezuela. Since February 2011 he has been appointed a representative of researchers at the University of Florence's Department of Biological Evolution. From March 2011 appointed to the College of Professors at the Ricera PhD in the Department of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Florence. From September 2011 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Tropical Herbarium Study Center of the University of Florence. Member of the final examination board of the PhD in " Science and technology for the management of forestry and the environment " at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo (session of 11 March 2011). EXTRAUNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES Independent employee IT sector from 1987 to 1990. Employee Menarini Farmaceutica from 1991 to 1994. Managing Director of Laboratory Zimotecnico Italiano srl (yeast production) from 1997 to 1998. City Councilor of the Municipality of Florence from 2000 to 2004. Employee Province of Florence July -August 2000 (Environment sector). Teacher of Hygiene and Food Merchandise at the Professional Training Center of the City of Florence. Member of the Board of Directors of the Regional Company entitled to the Florence Study from 2005 to 2008. COMPUTER KNOWLEDGES Attendance of a course at Introduction to Programming at the Calculation Center of the University of Florence and a Fortran language course at the same center with the passing of the final exam with the vote of Ottimo. Next, deepen the use of other programming languages ​​(BASIC and C) and application packages that are most commonly used in statistics, writing, graphics and archiving. Linux and Windows operating systems. Knowledge of bioinformatics with particular interest in data mining of DNA sequences and phylogenetic analyzes (mainly for the purpose of studying molecular evolution). Python programmer: author of Python programs for microscopy image processing, phylogeny and molecular biology, six already presented in published articles. Contributor to Biopython, a project for freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology, as well as bioinformatics ( http://biopython.org/SRC/biopython/ CONTRIB). LANGUAGES German excellent level; Good English Language: Eight years of studies and frequent trips to England, Ireland and the United States; Spanish good standard: frequent travel and crowds in Spain, two business trips to Mexico and one in Argentina. OTHER Founding partner of Neotropica , a cultural association for the study of neotropical environmental realities. Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute and Museum of the History of Science Galileo Galilei of Florence (http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/general/index.html) since 2000. Alessio Papini is one of the editors of the Italian edition of Judd WS, Campbell CS, EA Kellogg and PF Stevens (2002), Plant Systematics at Phylogenetic Approach. (Systematic Botany a Phylogenetic Approach) Ed. Piccin, Padua (Italy). Alessio Papini has published more than 200 sequences on Genbank: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Entrez/ Revisor for the Biochemical Systematics and Ecology journals , Annals of Botany, The Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Protoplasm, Biodiversity and Conservation, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Microscopy Research and Technique, Molecular Biology Reports, Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Eurasian Journal of Bioscience, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society; Botany; Trees . Appointed Counselor (Councillor) of the Phytomorphology Scientific Journal of the Scientific Journal for 2005-2009 and confirmed in 2010. Member of the Flora Editorial Board (Elsevier) since 2012 (volume 10 of 2012) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/flora/editorial-board/, the botanical scientific journal with the most recent publication continuity (from 1818). Since May 9, 2004 Alessio Papini 's Director in charge of the international scientific journal of the University of Florence Caryologia (International Journal of Cytology, and Cytogenetics Cytosystematics): www.unifi.it/caryologia (Impact Factor 2009: 0.800). Member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Biofuels Platform : http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Research/Services+Docenti+Ricercatori/finanzeuropei/biofuelsitalia.htm Participate in the Fagales-oriented barcoding consortium in Europe with Prof. B. Schirone and Dr. MC Simeone of the University of Viterbo; Among the founders on 1 July 2009 of FOR-BOL (National Center for DNA Barcoding of Forest Species). From June 18, 2010 coordinator of the Tropical Botanic Group of the Italian Botanic Society (SBI). Since December 2, 2010 member of the Coordination of Italian botanical magazines of the SBI. Alessio Papini is a member of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology and the Italian Botanic Society. Member of the Flora Editorial Board http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03672530. PROJECTS FUNDED "Oil Formation in Plant Cells: Studies and Applications for the Production of Biofuels in Mountain and Marginal Areas in the Apennines Apusenius." Financed by the Savoy and Fish Savings Fund Foundation (positive response December 10, 2008). APBRIA Algae for biofuels funded by the Ministry of Agriculture (positive answer November 2009). LIN EE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH Molecular evolution and phylogeny in the Angiosperms and other groups of photosynthetic organisms. Study of the development of plants from a morphological and molecular point of view. In particular, the genes of root and seed development, their molecular evolution, influence morphology, physiology and ecology of certain groups of Angiosperms and can be used in genetically modified organisms. Cell death programmed in plant growth. Establishment of lipid reserves in plants and algae. Use of photosynthetic organisms for biofuels production.

Research Interest

Cell biology; Molecular evolution; Citology, especially of reproductive structure; Systematics, especially Cladistics. Autophagy, programmed cell death, ultrastructure of plant cells. Bioinformatic techniques of image analysis and geoprofiling of biological invasions.