Organism-Environment Interaction

Organism-Environment Interaction

We refer to the complex set of relationships that develop between living beings and their habitat, where organisms influence and are influenced by the surrounding environmental conditions, of which we study molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects.

Studying organism-environment interaction means deepening our understanding of the reciprocal and ongoing relationship between living beings (plants, animals, microorganisms) and all the elements of their environment: abiotic (such as temperature, water, soil, light) and biotic (such as other individuals, species, predators, competitors, etc.). The interaction is dynamic because the environment influences organisms (the hemoglobin of high-altitude mammals, including humans, has a greater affinity for oxygen), but organisms influence the environment (plants absorb CO₂ and release O₂ through photosynthesis).

People

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Maria Giovanna Belcastro

Full Professor

keywords: Anthropology, Bioarchaeology, Anthropological museum collections, Ethics and human remains, Neanderthals, Evolution and

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Alessio Boattini

Associate Professor

keywords: Human genomics, Mobile genome, Molecular anthropology

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Pietro Cacialli

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: developmental biology, neurobiology, zebrafish, microglia

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Roberto Cazzolla Gatti

Associate Professor

keywords: One Health, ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, biological conservation, global environmental protection,

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Marina Antonia Colangelo

Assistant professor

keywords: Meiobenthos, Experimental designs and data analysis, marine communities, Macrobenthos, Coastal management, Sandy

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Sandra Cristino

Assistant professor

keywords: Risk assestment plan, Water born diseases, Nosocomial infection, Legionella spp, disinfection protocol, citizen

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Elena Fabbri

Full Professor

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

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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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Cristina Giuliani

Associate Professor

keywords: Population Epigenetics, Human Biodiversity, Molecular Anthropology, Evolutionary Medicine, DNA methylation Variability,

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Andrea Pasteris

Assistant professor

keywords: ecotoxicology, ecotoxicity, mixture toxicity, toxicity testing, biomonitoring, population dynamics, allelopathy

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Laura Pezzolesi

Associate Professor

keywords: microalgae cultivation; algal metabolites; toxins; photobioreactors; bioactive compounds; allelopathy; bioremediation;

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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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Rita Sorrentino

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

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Enzo Spisni

Associate Professor

keywords: Nutrition, Gut, Food hypersensitivity, Gut inflammation, Antitumoral effect of nutrients

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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)