Our team

Our team

The leading idea behind our Ecoli.PROM team was to put in touch students with different curricula, ways to approach scientific problems and favour ideas exchange. These students, pushed by their common desire for new experiences, decided to participate in this exciting competition to discover a new research field and to expand their interest for synthetic biology. Responding to the call of Professor Silvio Cavalcanti, they constituted the Bologna iGEM team, finally composed of students from Biotechnology, Electronics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering faculties.
















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ECM Lab

The Igem2008 Bologna team worked in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Engineering for the Study of Bionanosystems (ECM lab). The lab research is focused on the application of bionanotechnology. IGEM students found here the main tools to carry out the project. Libraries, study rooms and computer rooms were also available to gather brainstorming, Internet searches and any activity related to the project.







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Our University

The origins of the University of Bologna are ancient: its foundation dates back to the year 1088, as it was conventionally established in the last century by a group of historians led by the Italian Nobel Laureate, Giosuè Carducci. Important scholars, writers, philosophers and poets such as Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarch, Guido Guinizelli, Cino da Pistoia, Cecco d'Ascoli, Re Enzo, Salimbene da Parma and Coluccio Salutati spent periods of study in Bologna during their life. At the moment the university counts 23 faculty, houses about 100000 students and has didactical head-quarters in Reggio Emilia and Imola and four scientific poles in Romagna, respectively in Ravenna, Forlì, Cesena and Rimini. In addition afford a school of excellence, the Collegio Superiore and a detached head-quarter in Buenos Aires.

In Cesena , the birth of a university centre was probably connected to the foundation of the Collegio dei Giuristi (College of Jurists), which was a concession of Pope Julius II in 1504, but only in 1989 the first degree course was activated, thanks to the Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena, which has supplied through SER.IN.AR. S.p.a. (a company specifically founded for this purpose) the financial resources required to the creation of laboratories, a library and other educational infrastructures.

The new reality has then represented a significant example for a further development of the University of Bologna towards the Romagna territory, which had no university structures at the time. In the last decades, thanks to the commitment of the University of Bologna and to the contribution of local entities, the teaching offer of Cesena has gradually expanded in accordance with the acquisition and the creation of new infrastructures for the location of classrooms, offices and high-tech laboratories.

In 2001, as a consolidation of this process, the Polo Scientifico-Didattico of Cesena has been founded within the Multi-Campus Project of the University of Bologna: this is the scenery in which, in 2002, the II Faculty of Engineering was established. The Biomedical Engineering curriculum, which characterizes the new faculty, mirrors the economical reality of Emilia Romagna, which houses one of the most important disctricts of Biomedical devices design and manufacturing.

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Students

Maria Vittoria Amaduzzi (Biomedical Engineering)

Maria Vittoria Amaduzzi

Hi! I'm Maria Vittoria,I'm 21 years old and I'm from Fano, a lovely town in the center of Italy. I'm graduating in Biomedical Engineering in Cesena.
I like listening to music, travelling and searching constantly new incentives and that's the reason why I'm taking part in the iGEM project.








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Bartolomeo Angelici (Biotechnology)

Bartolomeo Angelici

Hi! My name is Bartolomeo Angelici. I live in San Benedetto del Tronto, a charming city on the Adriatic Coast. I like to travel and know new places and languages, especially in their slang, "living" nature. I love Swimming and Scuba Diving, in spite of the scarcer and scarcer time to practice and the Growing fat... Among my passions are Photography, Acting and Roleplaying Games. I Joined the Igem experience after coming in touch with synthetic Biologi in Pam Silver's Lab and being fascinated by It's rational nature






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Francesco Avanzi (Pharmacy)

Hi! My name is Francesco and I'm 26 years old. I live in Bologna: capital of tortellini, red wine, music and good life. I'm a dental hygienist ( I like to take care of your teeth!! ;) at the moment, and I'm going to complete my second Degree in Pharmacy because I like discovering new scientific areas. For this reason I have decided to participate in iGEM competition!! I like to travel and getting to know new people. I also have an interest in modern and contemporary art, animated movies and folk music.







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Ivan Cenci (Biomedical Engineering)

Ivan Cenci

Hello! My name is Ivan, I live in Verucchio, a small town near Rimini, the main italian city of fun. I have many hobbies, in particular I love extreme sports. I also like listening to music, especially britrock. I am 22 years old and I'm going to graduate in biomedical engineering. I decided to partecipate at iGEM because it is a way to meet new people and test my knowledges.







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Giovanni Mariotta (Electronic Engineering for Biomedical Applications)

Giovanni Mariotta

Hi to everybody!
I was born in Ragusa (Sicily) 14th July 1982 and I live in Donnalucata, a little but beautiful town near the sea. I obtained the first level degree in Electronical Engineering in 2005 at the University of Catania. Now I’m attending the last year in Electronic Engineering for Biomedical Applications Master at the University of Bologna.
I love travelling around the world meeting new people, doing new experiences… in short… everything that can grow my spirit and myself.
I took part to iGEM experience because I consider that very stimulant and I’m interested in learning biobricks' philosophy.

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Sara Menozzi (Biomedical Engineering)

Sara Menozzi

Hi! I'm Sara, I'm 23 years old and I live in Campogalliano, a very small town near Modena known for the production and certification of balances. I like swimming and horse riding. I'm graduating in Biomedical Engineering in Cesena. I decided to partecipate in iGEM competition because I like Synthetic biology.













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Rita Morini (Biomedical Engineering)

Rita Morini

Hello! My name is Rita, I come from Ravenna, a nice cultural and artistic town near the sea. I'm 22 years old and I'm graduating in Biomedical Engineering in Cesena. I love art, music, cooking, travelling and going out with my friends. I always need to learn new things, and this is why I've chosen to agree to this competition.







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Cristina Nicoletti (Biomedical Engineering)

Cristina Nicoletti

Hi! I'm Cristina Nicoletti, I'm 25 years old and I live in San Mauro Pascoli , a small town near the sea and near the town of Rimini. I obtained the first level degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2006 at the University of Bologna. I like travel, go out with my friends, make new experience end meet new people. These are the reasons why I decide to participate in Igem competition.







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Licia Onofri (Biomedical Engineering)

Licia Onofri

Hi!I was born in Cesena, a little city near Bologna. I am attending the student in Faculty of Biomedical Engineering. I like to spend my free time with my friends.












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Gianluca Selvaggio (Biomedical Engineering)

Gianluca Selvaggio

Hi, I'm Gianluca i'm 23 years old and since ten years i live in Rimini but i was born in the beautiful city of Naples where i have passed the first ten years of my life.Last year i took the first level degree in biomedical engineering and now i'm attending the second level degree in biomedical engineering with specialization in biological systems and signals. My passions are History and medioeval fencing. I have participated to the igem competition because i can't pass near a windmill without challenge it





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Michele Tramonti (Biomedical Engineering)

MicheleTramonti

Hi! I'm 26 years old and I live in Forlì. I'm attending the second level degree in biomedical engineering. I'm interested in biology, mathematics and all self-referring languages, i also like community cooperations: so what's better than iGem competition?!

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Instructors

Silvio Cavalcanti

Silvio Cavalcanti

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Francesca Ceroni

Francesca Ceroni

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Simone Furini

Simone Furini

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Advisors

Marco Caprini

Marco Caprini

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Emanuele Giordano

Emanuele Giordano