Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Graduate Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Thesis Title: Characterization of novel prebiotics and probiotics
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Patrizia Brigidi
Adele Costabile |
About
Simone Maccaferri graduated as a Pharmaceutical Biotechnologist at the University of Bologna, in 2008. His research activity is focused on microbial ecology of the human gastrointestinal tract. After the graduation, he worked as research assistant for Alfawasserman Spa, Bologna, Italy. He is currently waiting for the qualification as European PhD Programme in “Microbiology and
Industrial Biotechnology” at the University of Bologna, leading the project: “Characterization of the human gut microbiota in health and disease, and study the suitability of novel functional foods with potential health-promoting effects for the gut microbiota”. Since March 2009, Simone is the President of the Association of the Italian Biotechnologists (ANBI) and he is chairing the Scientific Board of the magazine “Prometeus – ANBI Magazine”. In 2005-2007 he was member of the Research Group of the FP6 European Project BIOPOP, aimed to develop new communication format and to promote participation of citizens in discussion about life sciences. Furthermore, he is member of the “Section on Public Engagement and Communication” of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) and he is member of the Advisory Board of several Degree /Post-graduate Master in Biotechnology of 7 Italian
Universities.
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