Nicola Babolin
Email: nicola.babolin@unimi.it
Cicle: XXXVIII A.Y. 2022 - 2023
Supervisor: Lucia Colombo
Title: Toward understanding the molecular and genetic mechanisms controlling female germline differentiation … read more


Curriculum vitae: >>>


PhD Seminars:

Date	Title	Speakers
14/10/2022	RALF signalling along the pollen tube journey	Prof. Dresselhaus Thomas
21/10/2022	Combining single cell and spatial transcriptomics to explore tissue architecture in plant development	Prof. Rüdiger Simon
18/11/2022	Novel insights into GSNO-based redox modifications and GSNO homeostasis in plants	Prof. Mirko Zaffagnini
25/11/2022	Study of the effects of using different water-saving strategies on plant growth, yield and photosynthesis in different crops grown under Mediterranean climate conditions in northeastern Morocco	Prof. Kamal Aberkani
02/02/2023	Integrative approaches to understanding and applying the mechanisms of local adaptation	Prof. Jesse R. Lasky
27/10/2023	Molecular mechanisms controlling male gametogenesis in tomato... and their role in the control of ovary growth	Prof.ssa Concha Gómez-Mena
04/04/2024	Cation transport system in bacteria and plant cells	Prof. Nobuyuki Uozumi
05/04/2024	Stem cell regulation in the Arabidopsis root meristem	Prof. Thomas Laux
10/04/2024	New Unexpected Photoreceptors with potential Optogenetic Applications	Prof. Peter Hegemann
12/04/2024	Ca2+-signaling mechanisms and mineral nutrition in tomato plants	Dr. Manuel Nieves Cordones
08/05/2024	R&D platforms on crops growing under semiarid climate conditions of Morocco	Prof. Kamal Aberkani
10/05/2024	ROOT CORTICAL VARIABILITY AMONG PLANTS: THE ROUTE TO INTERSPECIFIC PATTERNING DIVERSITY	Prof. Raffaele Dello Ioio
17/05/2024	The sense of oxygen sensing: why and how plants respond to hypoxia	Prof. Francesco Licausi
11/06/2024	It’s just a matter of time? Gender inequalities in science and research: evidences from Italy	Prof.ssa Camilla Gaiaschi
28/06/2024	Identification and Design of Transcriptional Activation Domains Across Plant Species	Prof.ssa Lucia Strader
30/10/2024	Re-discovering meiosis using crop species	Dott. Eugenio Sanchez-Moran

PhD Courses:

Starting Date	Ending Date	Title	Place
09/01/2023	31/01/2023	BIOSTATISTICS FOR MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY	Department of Biosciences - UNIMI
13/02/2023	20/02/2023	MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY: METHODS AND COMUNICATION OF RESULTS	Department of Biosciences - UNIMI
20/06/2024	21/06/2024	BIG-DATA IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: FROM EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN TO MOLECULAR FUNCTION	Department of Biosciences - UNIMI

Conferences / Workshops:

Starting Date	Ending Date	Title	Place
15/06/2022	17/06/2022	SBI "Riunione Annuale Dei Gruppi Di Lavoro, Biologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Biotecnologie e Differenziamento"	Rome (IT)
12/06/2024	14/06/2024	SBI "Riunione Annuale Dei Gruppi Di Lavoro, Biologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Biotecnologie e Differenziamento"	Verona (IT)
15/07/2024	19/07/2024	ICAR - Internation Conference on Arabidopsis Research	San Diego (USA)

Posters:

Date	Title	Place	File
19/09/2024	Maternal regulation of nutrients availability plays a pivotal role during ovule and seed development	APIS - Annual Plant Int Symposyum

Abroad experiences:

Starting Date	Ending Date	Project	Institution	Supervisor
10/04/2023	10/10/2023	Role of ABS and STK during ovule and seed development in Arabidopsis and Barley	University of Adelaide - Australia	Prof. Matthew Tucker

Publications:

 Cell wall modifications by α-XYLOSIDASE1 are required for control of seed and fruit size in Arabidopsis
Maurizio Di Marzo, Vívian Ebeling Viana, Camilla Banfi, Valeria Cassina, Roberta Corti, Humberto Herrera-Ubaldo, Nicola Babolin, Andrea Guazzotti, Edward Kiegle, Veronica Gregis, Stefan de Folter, Javier Sampedro, Francesco Mantegazza, Lucia Colombo, and Ignacio Ezquer
Journal of Experimental Botany

 The Genetic Control of SEEDSTICK and LEUNIG-HOMOLOG in Seed and Fruit Development: New Insights into Cell Wall Control
Maurizio Di Marzo, Nicola Babolin, Vívian Ebeling Viana, Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Bruno Gugi, Elisabetta Caporali, Humberto Herrera-Ubaldo, Eduardo Martínez-Estrada, Azeddine Driouich, Stefan de Folter, Lucia Colombo and Ignacio Ezquer
Plants

 Development of pollinated and unpollinated ovules in Ginkgo biloba: unravelling pollen's role in ovule tissue maturation
Antonella Muto, Emanuela Talarico, Greta D'Apice, Maurizio Di Marzo, Silvia Moschin, Sebastiano Nigris, Nicola Babolin, Eleonora Greco, Fabrizio Araniti, Adriana Chiappetta, Lucia Colombo, Barbara Baldan, Leonardo Bruno
Journal of Experimental Botany

 Reproductive development in Trithuria submersa (Hydatellaceae: Nymphaeales): the involvement of AGAMOUS‑like genes
Silvia Moschin, Sebastiano Nigris, Elisabetta Ofer, Nicola Babolin, Adriana Chiappetta, Leonardo Bruno, Barbara Baldan
Planta - Springer