Curriculum

EUROPEAN CURRICULUM VITAE FORMAT

FORMENTIN ELIDE

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Dates (from – to)                        JUNE 2014 – OCTOBER 2015
  • Name of employer                     Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura
  • Department                                 CRA-VIT Conegliano (TV)
  • Occupation or position held     Research fellow (assegnista)
  • Main activities                            Gene expression studies through novel mutagenesis approaches in Vitis vinifera.
  • Supervisors: Dr. Manna Crespan  (CRA-VIT) and Prof. F. Lo Schiavo (University of Padova)

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        APRIL – MAY 2014
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Department                                 Department of Biology, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology
  • Occupation or position held     External consultant (prestazione d’opera occasionale)
  • Main activities                            Analysis of transcriptomic data coming from Italian rice varieties under salt stress. Building of metabolic maps.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Fiorella Lo Schiavo

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        JANUARY 2012 – DECEMBER 2013
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Department                                 Department of Biology, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology
  • Occupation or position held     Research fellow (assegnista)
  • Main activities                            Analysis of ion transport and study of signalling pathways in salt stress tolerance in Italian rice cultivars
  • Supervisor: Prof. Fiorella Lo Schiavo

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        DECEMBER 2010 – DECEMBER 2011
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Department                                 Department of Biology, Laboratory of Photosynthesis
  • Occupation or position held     Research fellow (assegnista)
  • Main activities                            Plant mitochondrial ion channels: electrophysiological characterization, bioenergetics and functionality
  • Supervisor: Prof. Ildikò Szabò

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        SEPTEMBER 2010 - NOVEMBER 2010
  • Name of employer                     University of Foggia
  • Department                                 Interdepartmental Research Center BIO-Agromed
  • Occupation or position held     Term-contract worker(Co.Co.Co)
  • Main activities                            Rice mitochondrial ion channels
  • Supervisor: Prof. Donato Pastore

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        SEPTEMBER 2009 - AUGUST 2010
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Department                                 Department of Biology, Laboratory of Photosynthesis
  • Occupation or position held     Post-graduate fellowship
  • Main activities                            Functional characterization of plant mitochondria
  • Supervisor: Prof. Ildikò Szabò

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        JUNE 2008 - AUGUST 2009
  • Name of employer                     CIB, Consorzio Interuniversitario Biotecnologie
  • Department                                 CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology
  • Occupation or position held     Research and Advanced Training Fellowship
  • Main activities                            Study of the K+ channels in Vitis vinifera in order to improve the nutrients uptake and the properties of wine
  • Supervisor: Prof. Fiorella Lo Schiavo

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        MARCH 2007 - MARCH 2008
  • Name of employer                     University of Foggia
  • Department                                 Interdepartmental Research Center BIO-Agromed
  • Occupation or position held     Term-contract worker (Co.Co.Co)
  • Main activities                            Isolation and subcellular localization of potassium channels in the rice and durum wheat  mitochondria
  • Supervisor: Prof. Donato Pastore

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        MAY 2006 - OCTOBER 2006
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Department                         Department of Biology, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology and Photosynthesis
    • Occupation or position held     Post-graduate fellowship
    • Main activities                            Characterization of potassium channels in plant cells
    • Supervisors: Prof. Fiorella Lo Schiavo and Prof. Ildikò Szabò

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        MAY 2002 - APRIL 2006
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Department                                 CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology
  • Occupation or position held     Research fellow (assegnista)
  • Main activities                            Molecular characterization and physiological regulation of potassium channels in plants
  • Supervisor: Prof. Fiorella Lo Schiavo

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        DECEMBER 2001 - MARCH 2002
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Department                                 CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology
  • Occupation or position held     Post-graduate fellowship
  • Main activities                            Cloning of plant potassium channels
  • Supervisor: Prof. Fiorella Lo Schiavo

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        SEPTEMBER 1998 - MARCH 1999
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Department                                 CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, Laboratory of Genomics
  • Occupation or position held     Telethon post-graduate fellowship
  • Main activities                            Integrated molecular analysis of gene expression in human skeletal muscle
  • Supervisor: Prof. Gerolamo Lanfranchi

 

 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • Dates (from – to)                        ACADEMIC YEARS FROM 2005 / 2006  TO  2009 / 2010
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Degree / Course / Teacher        1st cycle (bachelor-level) Degree in Molecular Biology / Model organisms / Dr. Gabriella Mazzotta
  • Occupation or position held     Lecturer
  • Topic                                             The model organism Arabidopsis thaliana

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 / 2014
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Degree / Course / Teacher        1st cycle (bachelor-level) Degree in Molecular Biology / Molecular Biology / Prof. P. Benedetti
  • Occupation or position held     Teaching assistant

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        ACADEMIC YEAR 2012 / 2013
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Degree / Course / Teacher        1st cycle (bachelor-level) Degree in Molecular Biology / Molecular Biology / Prof. P. Benedetti
  • Occupation or position held     Teaching assistant

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        ACADEMIC YEAR 2009 / 2010
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Degree / Course / Teacher        1st cycle (bachelor-level) Degree in Biotechnology / Biochemistry of Metabolism / Prof. I. Szabò
  • Occupation or position held     Teaching assistant

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        ACADEMIC YEAR 2005 / 2006
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Degree / Course / Teacher        1st cycle (bachelor-level) Degree in Biotechnology / Genetic Engineering and Recombinant Technologies / Dr. M. Zottini
  • Occupation or position held     Teaching assistant

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        ACADEMIC YEAR 2003 / 2004
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Degree / Course / Teacher        1st cycle (bachelor-level) Degree in Biotechnology / Genetic Engineering and Recombinant Technologies / Dr. M. Zottini
  • Occupation or position held     Teaching assistant

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        ACADEMIC YEAR 2002 / 2003
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Degree / Course / Teacher        1st cycle (bachelor-level) Degree in Biotechnology / Molecular Biology / Prof. P. Benedetti
  • Occupation or position held     Teaching assistant

 

  • Dates (from – to)                        ACADEMIC YEAR 2001 / 2002
  • Name of employer                     University of Padova
  • Degree / Course / Teacher        1st cycle (bachelor-level) Degree in Molecular Biology / Molecular Biology / Prof. R. Bisson
  • Occupation or position held     Teaching assistant

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Dates     6 FEBRUARY 2002

Organisation providing education and training           University of Padova, CRIBI Biotechnology Centre

Skills covered                      Plant molecular biology, plant mitochondria, plant senescence

Title of qualification awarded         PhD in Biotechnology

Level in national classification        Dottorato in Biotecnologie

Duration               3 years

 

Dates     OCTOBER 2000

Organisation providing education and training           Department of Genetics IBMB – Barcelona (Spain)

Skills covered       Northern blot, TUNEL, programmed cell death

Duration               1 month

Supervisor            Prof. P. Puigdomenech

 

Dates                     NOVEMBER 1999

Organisation providing education and training           University of Padova

Skills covered       molecular biology

Title of qualification awarded         State examination to practice the profession of Biologist

Level in national classification        Esame di Stato per l’abilitazione all’esercizio della professione di Biologo

Duration               1 year training

 

Dates     6 JULY 1998

Organisation providing education and training           University of Padova

Skills covered       Characterization of murine transcripts specific of skeletal muscle

Supervisors: Prof. G. Valle and Prof. G. Lanfranchi

Title of qualification awarded         Degree in Biology

Level in national classification        Laurea in Scienze Biologiche

Duration / vote    5 years / 110 cum laude

 

Dates     OCTOBER 1999

Organisation providing education and training           University of Bologna

Skills covered       Bioinformatics

Title of course      Bologna Summer School (BOSS) "Protein sequence analysis in the genomic era”

 

Dates     JANUARY 1998

Organisation providing education and training           University of Padova

Skills covered       Perl5 programming language

Title of course      Perl5

 

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Mother tongue                     Italian

Other languages                  French

Reading skills      Excellent

Writing skills        Excellent

Verbal skills         Good

English

Reading skills      Good

Writing skills        Good

Verbal skills         Good

TECHNICAL SKILLS  AND COMPETENCES

Plant and animal molecular biology and biochemistry:

classical techniques of molecular biology and genetic engineering (extraction of nucleic acids and proteins, pcr, rt-pcr, realtime pcr, cloning, insertional mutagenesis, 2d gels, …)

analysis of southern blot, northern blot, western blot

use of automated sequencers and robot stations

isolation of plant mitochondria for biochemical and electrophysiological assays

 

Bioinformatics:

standard protein and dna sequence analysis

analysis of –omics data (ngs outputs)

gene ontology analysis

 

Cell biology:

maintenance of plant and animals cell cultures

transformation of plants and plant cells

fluorescence and confocal microscopy

 

Organisms:

rice, arabidopsis thaliana, grape, carrot, fern, tobacco

human, mouse

 

ANNEXES

Annex 1. list of publications on peer reviewd journals

Annex 2. list of attended meetings with oral presentation

Annex 3. awards, seminars, tutoring

 

ANNEX 1

Teardo E., Carraretto L., De Bortoli S., Costa A., Behera S., Wagner R., Lo Schiavo F., Formentin E.* and Szabò I*. “Alternative splicing-mediated targeting of the plant glutamate receptor AtGLR3.5 to mitochondria affects organelle morphology” Plant Physiol. (2015); 167(1):216-227. (* share the last authorship)

Carraretto L., Formentin E., Teardo E., Checchetto V., Tomizioli M., Morosinotto T., Giacometti G.M., Finazzi G., Szabó I. “A Thylakoid-Located Two-Pore K+ Channel Controls Photosynthetic Light Utilization in Plants”. Science (2013), 342(6154):114-118.

Checchetto V., Teardo E., Carraretto L., Formentin E., Bergantino E., Giacometti G.M., Szabo I. “Regulation of photosynthesis by ion channels in cyanobacteria and higher plants”. Biophysical chemistry (2013), 182:51-57.

Checchetto V., Formentin E., Carraretto L., Segalla A., Giacometti G.M., Szabo I., Bergantino E. “Functional characterization and determination of the physiological role of a calcium-dependent potassium channel from cyanobacteria”. Plant Physiol. (2013), 162(2):953-964.

Teardo E.*, Formentin E.*, Segalla A., Giacometti G.M., Marin O., Zanetti M., Lo Schiavo F., Zoratti M, Szabò I. “Dual localization of plant glutamate receptor AtGLR3.4 to plastids and plasmamembrane” Biochim Biophys Acta. (2011), 1807:359–367 (* denote equal contribution).

De Marchi U., Checchetto V., Zanetti M., Teardo E., Soccio M., Formentin E., Giacometti G. M., Pastore D., Zoratti M. and Szabò I. “ATP-sensitive cation-channel in wheat (Triticum durum Desf.): identification and characterization of a plant mitochondrial channel by patch-clamp”  Cell Physiol Biochem. (2010), 26:975-982.

Teardo E., Segalla A., Formentin E., Zanetti M., Marin O., Giacometti G.M., Lo Schiavo F., Zoratti M., Szabò I. "Characterization of a plant glutamate receptor activity.” Cell Physiol Biochem. (2010), 26:253-262.

Fontana P., Cestaro A., Velasco R., Formentin E., Toppo S. “Rapid annotation of anonymous sequences from genome projects using semantic similarities and weighting scheme in Gene Ontology.” PLoS ONE (2009), 4: e4619.

De Michele R.*, Formentin E.*, Lo Schiavo F. “Legume leaf senescence. A transcriptional analysis.” Plant Signaling & Behavior (2009), 4: 319-320. Landes Bioscience USA (* denote equal contribution)

De Michele R.*, Formentin E.*, Todesco M., Toppo S., Carimi F., Zottini M., Barizza E., Ferrarini A., Delledonne M., Fontana P., Lo Schiavo F. “Transcriptome analysis of Medicago truncatula leaf senescence: similarities and differences in metabolic and transcriptional regulations as compared to Arabidopsis, nodule senescence, and nitric oxide signalling.” New Phytol. (2009), 181: 563-575. (* denote equal contribution)

Zottini M., Barizza E., Costa A., Formentin E., Ruberti C., Carimi F. and Lo Schiavo F. "Agroinfiltration of grapevine leaves for fast transient assays of gene expression and for long-term production of stable transformed cells", Plant Cell Rep. (2008), 27: 845-853. Springer Verlag. Printed in the Netherlands.

Bregante M., Yang Y., Formentin E., Carpaneto A., Schroeder J.I., Gambale F., Lo Schiavo F. and Costa A. “In planta expression of KDC1, a carrot Shaker-like potassium channel, reveals its role as a silent regulatory subunit”, Plant Mol. Biol. (2008), 66: 61-72. Printed in the Netherlands.

Formentin E., Naso A., Varotto S., Picco C., Gambale F. and Lo Schiavo F. “KDC2, a functional homomeric potassium channel expressed during carrot embryogenesis”, FEBS Lett. (2006), 580: 5009-5015. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Dong R., Formentin E., Losseso C., Carimi F., Benedetti P., Terzi M., Lo Schiavo F. “Molecular cloning and characterization of a phytochelatin synthase gene, PvPCS1, from Pteris vittata L.” J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol (2005), 32: 527–533.

Formentin E., Varotto S., Costa A., Downey P., Bregante M., Naso A., Picco C., Gambale F. and Lo Schiavo F. “DKT1, a novel K+ channel from carrot, forms functional heteromeric channels with KDC1”. FEBS Lett. (2004), 573: 61-67. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Costa A., Carpaneto A., Varotto S., Formentin E., Marin O, Barizza E., Terzi M., Gambale F. and Lo Schiavo F. “Potassium and carrot embryogenesis: Are K+ channels necessary for development?” Plant Mol. Biol. (2004) 54: 837-852. Printed in the Netherlands.

Picco C., Bregante M., Naso A:, Gavazzo P., Costa A:, Formentin E., Downey P., Lo Schiavo F. and Gambale F. “Histidines are responsible for zinc potentiation of the current in KDC1 carrot channels”. Biophys. J. (2004), 86: 224-234. By the Biophysical Society.

Carimi F., Zottini M., Formentin E., Terzi M., and Lo Schiavo F. “Cytokinins: new apoptotic inducers in plants?” Planta (2003), 216: 413-421. Sprinter-Verlag 2002.

Zottini M., Formentin E., Scattolin M., Carimi F., Lo Schiavo F., Terzi M. “Nitric oxide affects plant mitochondrial functionality in vivo”. FEBS Lett. (2002), 515: 75-78. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Faulkner G., Pallavicini A., Formentin E., Comelli A., Ievolella C., Trevisan S., Bortoletto G., Scannapieco P., Mouly V., Valle G. and Lanfranchi G. “ZASP: a new Z-band alternatively spliced PDZ-motif protein”. J. Cell. Biol. (1999), 146(2):465-475. The Rockefeller University Press.

 

20 PAPERS ON PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS, 1 AS LAST AUTHOR, 5 AS FIRST AUTHOR, 3 AS CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

TOTAL IMPACT FACTOR: 110.89

AVERAGE IMPACT FACTOR: 5.83

H INDEX: 12

TOTAL CITATIONS: 558

 

ANNEX 2

COST Action 844 Apoptosis and Programmed Cell Death: Molecular Mechanisms and applications in Biotechnology and Agriculture. Bologna 18 Dicembre 2000.

5° Convegno FISV. Rimini (Italy), 10-13 ottobre 2003.

SIFV-SIGA Joint Congress. Lecce, Italy, 15-18 Settembre 2004.

50° SIGA Annual Congress. Ischia (Italy), 10-14 Settembre 2006.

CONGRESSO GIBB 2009, Gruppo Italiano di Biomembrane e di Bioenergetica, Udine (Italy) 14-16 Giugno 2009.

International Workshop “Crop improvement in a changing environment: the RISINNOVA Project for sustainable rice production in Italy”. Venice (Italy) 29-30 October 2012.

16th European Plant Endomembrane Meeting.  Ghent (Belgium), August 27-30, 2013

 

ANNEX 3

Co-tutoring in 5 Master degree dissertations

Co-tutoring in 1 Bachelor-level degree dissertation

November 2004, Department of Biology, University of Milan. Invited seminar: “KDC1 and DKT1, two carrot K+ channels: molecular and functional characterization”

Awarded with the “Piero De Leo” Award  in September 2004