Elisa Banchi

Name:

Elisa

Surname:

Banchi

Section:

OCE

Telephone number:

0402140721

qualification:

Assegni di ricerca

Education:

Nov 2014 - Mar 2018	Ph.D. in Life Sciences (Genetics, BIO/18) University of Trieste, Italy - Supervisor: prof. A. Pallavicini Experimental thesis “Transcriptomics and Metabarcoding approaches for the study of lichen symbionts”
Jun 2010 - Jul 2010	Qualification as Professional Biologist University of Florence, Italy
Ago 2007 - Apr 2010	Master of Science in Biology - mark 110/110 cum laude University of Florence, Italy - Supervisor: dr. C. Ciofi Experimental thesis “Stenella Coeruleoalba genetic structure and kinship in the Mediterranean Sea”
Sep 2002 – Jun 2007	Bachelor’s degree in Biology - mark 110/110 University of Florence, Italy - Supervisor: prof. G. Chelazzi Experimental thesis “Non-invasive molecular genetic techniques for sex characterization and sequences of the mitochondrial genome of wolf Canis lupus"

Experience:

May 2019 – May 2020	Research Fellow (Genetics, BIO/18) Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, Trieste, Italy Study of marine microbial communities using molecular biology techniques and bioinformatic tools
Apr 2018 - Apr 2019	Research Fellow (Genetics, BIO/18) Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy Metagenomic analysis (DNA metabarcoding) of environmental samples with Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
Jul 2014 - Oct 2014	Research and development technician in Biotechnology Consorzio Innovazione Frutta, Trento, Italy Molecular markers analysis for DNA fingerprinting, DNA sequencing and varietal identification in fruit crops
Jul 2011 - Jul 2014	Term-contract worker Research and Innovation Centre, E. Mach Foundation, S. Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy - Supervisor: dr. R. Velasco Collaboration with the EU project Fruitbreedomics and application of molecular biology and genetics techniques (high-throughput SNP and SSR genotyping, NGS sequencing) for the analysis of quality and resistance traits in fruit crops. Genomics Lab management
May 2011 - Jun 2011	Fellow Agricultural Research Council (CRA), Forestry Research Center, Arezzo, Italy Main activities: analysis of DNA molecular markers of plant samples
Jul 2010 – Dec 2010	Fellow Location: University of Florence, Italy - Supervisor: dr. C. Ciofi Main activities: identification of polymorphic microsatellites loci from genomic libraries

Grants and awards

Best Research Paper Award, offered by the International Association for Aerobiology, 2021
Awarded with the national scientific qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) as Associate Professor of Genetics (05/I1), 2021
Italian SuperComputing Resource Allocation – (ISCRA Award -Class C, 180.000 core/h) from CINECA for the project DNAMiCo “DNA metabarcoding analysis of the microbial communities at the water-sediment interface of the Venice Lagoon” HP10CS2I1S (PI), 2020
EuroMarine-EMBRC funding to perform metagenomics analyses at the Station Biologique of Roscoff (France), 2020
Best Research Fellow in Environmental Life Science, offered by University of Trieste, 2019
EuroMarine Individual Fellowships 2019
Grant “European Aerobiology Society” for the International Congress on Aerobiology. Parma, Italy - 2018
International “Gaggi Award” for the best Ph.D. thesis offered by Italian Lichen Society - 2016

Spoken languages:

Italiano, English

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