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StaffValentina Iori


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E-mail
iori@ibba.cnr.it

Phone
+39 0690672312

Office
Roma

Research area
PAINT


ORCID: 0000-0001-5510-7022
Scopus Author ID: 7801668354

Iori Valentina

Researcher

Education

2008: PhD in “Land and agro-forestry engineering”- Faculty of Agriculture- University of Bari

2004: Master’s Degree in “Bioinformatics: biomedical and pharmaceutical applications” at University of Rome “La Sapienza

1999: Degree in Biology at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Professional experience

2020-Today: Researcher at the National Research Council Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology (CNR-IBBA), Rome office

2012-2018: Senior post-doctoral position at Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (IRET) – ex Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF)-CNR -Monterotondo Scalo (Roma). Partecipation to the scientific project: LIFE+ ManFor C. BD. “ Managing forests for multiple purposes: carbon, biodiversity and social-economic wellbeing”. Field of activity: “Analysis of biometric, physiological and biochemical traits in forest trees under biotic stress”.

2011-2012: Post-doctoral position at Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (IRET) – ex Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF)-CNR -Monterotondo Scalo (Roma). Partecipation to the scientific project: PRIN 08: “Screening of Salicaceae trees by analyzing fisiological and molecular traits for phytoremediation purposes”.

2008-2010: Post-doctoral position at Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (IRET) – ex Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF)-CNR -Monterotondo Scalo (Roma). Field of activity: “Bioremediation of soils and waters polluted by organic and inorganic contaminants”.

2004-2008: PhD student at  University of Bari. Field of activity: “Screening of poplar and willow clones to evaluate metal decontamination capability for environmental remediation strategies and biomass production for energy”.

2001-2004: Fellowship at Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (IRET) – ex Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF)-CNR -Monterotondo Scalo (Roma). Field of activity: “Extraction, purification and characterization of by- products from olive mill wastewaters”.

2000-2001: Fellowship at Istituto per i Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo (ISAFOM)- Sezione di Olivicoltura- CNR- Perugia. Field of activity: “Genetic and biomolecular characterization of olive cultivars”.

Research interests

  • Analysis of biochemical responses (antioxidative enzymes, organic acids, polyamines, thiols).
  • Metal tolerance and accumulation in plants (poplar, willow and eucalypt clones, Amaranthus paniculatus) for phytoremediation purposes in vitro cultures/ oxidative stress.

Projects in progress

Projects completed

BIO-MEMORY
Start date: 15/10/2021   End date: 15/02/2024
CNR
Milano, Lodi, Pisa, Roma
Flavia Pizzi, Aldo Ceriotti

Project duration:
15/10/2021 - 15/02/2024
Financing body:
CNR
Project research leader:
Flavia Pizzi, Aldo Ceriotti
Headquarters:
Milano, Lodi, Pisa, Roma

BIO-MEMORY


The project is organized in 3 main activities:

1) Implementation and updating of the BioGenRes network of biobanks, with a focus on nationally/internationally recognized collections of animal, plant or microorganism species samples (animal and plant germplasm banks, microbial strain libraries of pathogenic/toxigenic organisms, nematodes, soil and water microflora and microorganisms used in agro-industry and food (e.g. microbial starters for fermentations)).

2) Replication (rejuvenation) and expansion of material stored in collections. For plant and microbial collections: multiplication of accessions for which a small amount of material is available and rejuvenation of accessions whose seed viability data are below the expected standards (> 85%). For animal collections of zootechnical interest: collection and freezing of genetic material of local breeds to complete sampling carried out in previous projects or expansion of the number of species and breeds stored in cryobanks.

3) Biochemical, molecular, metabolic, functional and phenotypic characterization of the material conserved in the biobanks of the BioGenRes network, also in order to carry out association studies and to identify markers associated with traits linked to production and/or adaptation to biotic and abiotic stress factors.

SMART-BREED - Innovative molecular technologies for the adaptation of horticultural species to climate change through precision breeding
Start date: 22/07/2021   End date: 22/01/2024
Regione Lazio - contribution of € 150.000
Roma
Giovanna Frugis

Project duration:
22/07/2021 - 22/01/2024
Financing body:
Regione Lazio - contribution of € 150.000
Project research leader:
Giovanna Frugis
Headquarters:
Roma

SMART-BREED - Innovative molecular technologies for the adaptation of horticultural species to climate change through precision breeding


The project aims to develop innovative molecular technologies to study the effects of genetic variability and use this information to accelerate the breeding of new resilient varieties that maintain their productive and typical characteristics in variable and extreme environmental conditions. Since genes encoding transcription factors (TFs) are the main targets on which the processes of adaptation of the genotype to the environment naturally act, the project will focus, as a “proof of concept”, on transcription factors with a proven role in the response of shade avoidance and in the flowering induction response.

Aims. To innovate the traditional agricultural sector through the use of advanced technologies that allow the preservation and valorization of the agricultural biodiversity.

Results. Development of innovative molecular tools for the genetic improvement and adaptation of vegetable species belonging to the Brassicaceae, Asteraceae and Solanaceae families through precision breeding and biotechnology.

Partnership: CNR, Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari (CNR-IBPM);  CREA, Centro di Ricerca Genomica e Bioinformatica (CREA-GB), Unit of Rome.

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