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FotoSara Belcapo
Email: sara.belcapo@unimi.it
Cicle: XXXIX A.Y. 2023 - 2024
Supervisor: Ignacio Ezquer
Title: Uncovering seed biology traits governed by heterosis and their relation to environmental stress … read more

PhD Seminars:
Date Title Speakers
20/10/2023 Chaperone regulation of the protein condensation & aggregation continuum in Alzheimer's disease Prof. Claudio M. Gomes
27/10/2023 Molecular mechanisms controlling male gametogenesis in tomato and their role in the control of ovary growth Prof. Concha Gomez Mena
15/12/2023 An experience in biological control: The chestnut gall wasp and the Chinese Torymus Dr. Diego Gil-Tapetodo
08/03/2024 Maternal-effect genes and imprinting disorders Prof. Andrea Riccio
04/04/2024 Cation transport system in bacteria and plant cells Prof. Nobuyuk Uozumi
05/04/2024 Stem cell regulation in plants Prof. Thomas Laux
12/04/2024 Ca2+-signaling mechanisms and mineral nutrition in tomato plants Prof. Manuel Nieves-Cordones
07/05/2024 Impact of climate change on fruit growth and maturation Prof. Kamal Aberkani
21/05/2024 Research and technology driven crop improvement Keygene
17/06/2024 Rigorous Biostat Methods in Life Science: Burden or Opportunity? Prof. Carlotta Galeone
28/06/2024 Auxin Response Factors (A model to understand transcription) Prof. Lucia Strader, Prof. Ross Sozzani
06/09/2024 Investigation of rice internode elongation-related genes through single-cell transcriptome analysis”, , 06/09/2024 Prof. Keisuke Nagai
30/10/2024 Re-discovering meiosis using crop species Dr. Eugenio Sanchez-Moran
22/11/2024 Some like it hot: temperature sensing in plants Prof. Philip Wigge
14/02/2025 Brewing diversity: development of a multiparental mapping population to tap into Ethiopian barley agrobiodiversity for QTL mapping and pre-breeding Prof. Matteo Dell'Acqua
13/03/2025 Proteomic insights into protein biomarkers for root trait improvement in bread wheat Prof. Tanushree Halder
08/04/2025 Light input to the plant circadian clock Prof. Seth J. Davis
09/04/2025 Tools for Mapping Single-cell Resolution:Insights from Spatial Transcriptomic Dr. Jingji Li
15/04/2025 Integrative Biotechnological Tools for the Genetic Improvement of Fruit Trees Prof. Bruno Mezzetti
16/05/2025 Development of biosolutions for crop abiotic stress tolerance Dr. Elise Rethoré
20/05/2025 Organismi geneticamente modificati nell'Unione Europea Dr. Otho Mantegazza
23/05/2025 The Biology of Blood Parasites in Amphibians and Reptiles: Uncovering Host-Parasite Dynamics and Ecological Insights Prof. Edward Netherlands
23/06/2025 Parole, sguardi, abitudini: il genere nei luoghi della conoscenza Diversi Relatori
19/09/2025 Introduction to the use of the FAIR research data repository Dataverse (Data@UNIMI) Carolina Manfredini, Research Data Management support staff University of Milan
26/09/2025 Use of the FAIR research data repository Dataverse (Data@UNIMI): advanced features Margherita Criveller, Research Data Management support staff University of Milan
15/10/2025 INTRODUCTION TO OPEN SCIENCE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL TRAINING - SESSION 2 Dr. Paola Galimberti, Dr. Margherita Criveller, Dr. Laura Giovinazzi, Dr. Carolina Manfredini
23/10/2025 INTRODUCTION TO OPEN SCIENCE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL TRAINING - SESSION 3 Dr. Paola Galimberti, Dr. Margherita Criveller, Dr. Laura Giovinazzi, Dr. Carolina Manfredini
07/11/2025 Incomplete functional divergence in a transcription factor family drives inflorescence and flower development in tomato Prof. Sebastian Soyk
17/12/2025 Plantae Presents - Figuring It Out: Creating Figures That Communicate Science More speakears
13/03/2026 Open science 101: Principles, practices and challenges (4EU+ webinar) More speakears
19/03/2026 Plantae Presents: Alternative Career Paths for Plant Scientists More speakears
27/03/2026 Advancing Plant Molecular Farming in Thailand Waranyoo 'Pang' Phoolcharoen

PhD Courses:
Starting Date Ending Date Title Place
30/10/2023 30/10/2023 «Formazione Gas Tecnici – Understanding Gases 2023» Conoscere i Gas, Gas Criogenici e rischi connessi. Department of Biosciences
08/01/2024 31/01/2024 Biostatistics for Molecular and Cellular Biology Department of Bioscience
26/02/2024 04/03/2024 Molecular and Cellular Biology: Methods and Communication of results Department of Bioscience
06/05/2024 17/05/2024 Climate changes and crop research Dipartimento di Agraria
20/06/2024 21/06/2024 Big-data in Molecular Biology: from Experimental design to molecular function Department of Bioscience
01/07/2024 05/07/2024 Competenze trasversali 2024 Department of Bioscience
08/10/2024 18/10/2024 Hands-on introduction to machine learning and deep learning for biology Department of Bioscience
03/03/2025 07/03/2025 Competenze trasversali 2025 Milan

Conferences / Workshops:
Starting Date Ending Date Title Place
25/01/2024 26/01/2024 FISV PER I GIOVANI RICERCATORI. Genomica: tecnologie avanzate Milan
10/07/2024 12/07/2024 5th conference of the EPI-CATCH COST Action, “Epigenetic responses and memories of plants under environmental stresses” Bordeaux
10/09/2024 13/09/2024 LXVII Annual SIGA Congress Bologna
12/10/2024 13/10/2024 12th PhD Workshop Department of Biosciences
14/10/2024 18/10/2024 FAO - World Food Forum (2024) Rome
04/02/2025 05/02/2025 FISV PER I GIOVANI RICERCATORI. Advanced Technologies in Single Cell Omics University of Milan
17/02/2025 19/02/2025 PhD Retreat Bertinoro
16/06/2025 18/06/2025 FAO Global Agrifood Biotechnologies Conference Rome

Posters:
Date Title Place File
10/07/2024 5th Epicatch meeting Epigenetic responses and memories of plants under environmental stresses Bordeaux Poster PDF
18/02/2025 PhD Retreat Bertinoro Poster PDF

Publications:

 Unraveling Novel Mechanisms Controlling Heterosis in seeds: Advances and Biotechnological Applications in crops
Sara Belcapo, Elise Réthoré, Eric Nguema-Ona, Ignacio Ezquer
Journal of Experimental Botany

 The CYP71A, NIT, AMI, and IAMH gene families are dispensable for indole-3-acetaldoxime-mediated auxin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis
M Fenech, J Brumos, A Pěnčík, B Edwards, S Belcapo, J DeLacey, A Patel, M M Kater, X Li, K Ljung, O Novak, J M Alonso, A N Stepanova
The Plant Cell



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