Research Interest: The
Applied research is devoted to the study of nutrition and growth of aquatic
species of commercial interest (shrimp, sea urchin, fish) in confined
conditions, inland and off-shore. Connected to the research on the feeding of
species of commercial interest is the study of polymer matrices for the
manufacturing of functional pellets. Applied research covers activities
relating to:
• Formulation of biopolymer matrix based pellets for animal feeding.
Polysaccharides obtained from renewable sources are used as binders for the
manufacturing of pellets to be employed for feeding of aquatic species of
commercial interest.
• Use of biopolymer matrices added with bioactive molecules (edible coating)
for the preservation of animal products. Polysaccharides obtained from
renewable sources are used, also with the addition of functional biomolecules,
for the shelf-life extension of fillets of trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.
Another field of applied research based
on the results deriving from the study of
estradiol-receptor interaction in Octopus vulgaris gave rise to the
realization of an environmental
biosensor for pollutant
detection.
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