Giulia Chitarrini

Biography:

Giulia Chitarrini worked on her PhD project in Metabolomic Unit at Fondazione Edmund Mach (Italy) on the project aimed at deciphering the mechanisms responsible for resistance against Plasmopara viticola in vine plants applying metabolomics and transcriptomics approaches and will focus on identification of respective early bio-markers.She studied Health and Nutrition biology at the University of L’Aquila. She worked on a thesis project “Relationship between Aspergillus flavus and antioxidant profile of Fagopyrum spp., potential ingredient for functional foods production” in collaboration with ENEA Casaccia laboratories. Her research activities were focused on the correlation between buckwheat antioxidant profile and AB1-producer Aspergillus growth on achenes.