Human Microbiomics Lab

Fields of research

Role of the microbiome in the onset and progression of several diseases, including the investigation of links between microbiome, cancer and non-communicable diseases. In addition, we study the impact of the microbiota on therapeutical responses, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, viral and microbial infections, nutritional interventions, exposome and fecal transplantation.

Development of microbiome-based therapeutical approaches to re-establish the host-microbiome homeostasis.

Educational activity

Experimental thesis for master’s students of the courses in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Medical Biotechnology. PhD students from the programme in “Biotechnological, Biocomputational, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences” and “Scienze Mediche Generali e Scienze dei Servizi”

Equipment provided

Standard equipment for biological laboratory

• bench centrifuge
• refrigerated centrifuge
• vortex
• micropipettes
• analytical balance
• water bath

Other equipment

• MP Biomedicals FastPrep-24 5G Bead Beating and Lysis System
• Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ One/OneC Microvolume UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
• activated carbon filter extraction hood
• Thermo Scientific™ PCR for eppendorf and plates