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Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Adaptations to environmental challenges

We refer to the molecular and physiological changes that organisms undergo to adapt, live, and reproduce in environments that are variable or modified by human intervention.

Living organisms are open systems that interact with their environment, modifying their physiology, behavior, and genetics in response to external challenges posed by harsh or rapidly changing environments due to natural or anthropogenic causes, such as climate change, pollution, resource scarcity, habitat loss, disease, and so on. The magnitude and speed of these responses is crucial to the life of individual organisms and the survival of the species.

People

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Alessio Boattini

Associate Professor

keywords: Human genomics, Mobile genome, Molecular anthropology
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Elena Fabbri

Full Professor

keywords: stress hormones, Multi Xenobiotic Resistance, Signal transduction, Acethylcholinesterase activity, Electromagnetic
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Maura Ferri

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: plant biology, cell cultures, plant metabolites, polyphenols, antioxidants, proteomics, agro-industrial by-products,
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Silvia Franzellitti

Associate Professor

keywords: emerging pollutants, marine bivalves, climate change, environmental adaptation, stress response, biomarkers, gene
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Stefania Sarno

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Human Biodiversity, Molecular Anthropology, Human population genetics, Human Evolutionary Genomics, Human Environment
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Marco Sazzini

Associate Professor

keywords: Human Evolutionary Genomics, Human Adaptability, Evolutionary Medicine, Human Biodiversity
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Paola Valbonesi

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

Area dei Funzionari - Settore scientifico - tecnologico

Maria Chiara Valerii

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)