Denominazione assente

• Course name: PhD course in Nutraceuticals, functional foods and human health
• Course: 41st cycle
• Starting from: 2025-2026
• Board committee:

  PhD Coordinator

  BORRELLI Francesca

  Board

   

  BORRELLI Francesca, BUCCI Mariarosaria, CICALA Carla, COSTANTINO Valeria, DAGLIA Maria, DE MARINO Simona, DE ROSA Giuseppe, DINI Irene, FORMISANO Carmen, GRUMETTO Lucia, IRACE Carlo, IZZO Angelo Antonio, IZZO Luana, LANERI Sonia, LEMBO Francesca, MAIONE Francesco, MATTACE RASO Giuseppina, MIRO Agnese, PERSICO Marco, RUSSO Giulia, SANTAMARIA Rita, SAVASTANO Silvia, SORRENTINO Raffaella, TARTAGLIONE Luciana, TENORE Gian Carlo

  PhD Admission Board

  BORRELLI Francesca, PERSICO Marco, TENORE Gian Carlo

• Available positions: 6 (5 with fellowship)
• Course length: 3 years
• Course affiliation: Department of Pharmacy
• Useful information:

  List of selected topics for the 41st cycle of the doctoral course in Nutraceuticals, functional foods, and human health

  Topic	Title	Tutor/Co-tutor
  Topic 1	Prevention and Management of Meta-Inflammation-Associated Multiorgan Failure: role of sulfur dietary and water bioactive compounds	Mariarosaria Bucci Giuseppe Cirino
  Topic 2	Regulation of the interaction of Hyaluronic Acid with the CD44 protein by identifying new modulating agents by NMR and other biophysical techniques	Alfonso Carotenuto Daniela Marasco
  Topic 3	Metabolomic Analysis of Brewery Trub and Comparative Study of Production Matrices for Nutraceutical Valorization	Valeria Costantino Germana Esposito
  Topic 4	Development and study of novel plant-based food ingredients for dietary supplements active against metabolic liver steatosis	Maria Daglia Alessandro Di Minno
  Topic 5	Soil-Water Interactions and Cyanobacterial Metabolites: From Human Health to Ecosystem Integrity	Luciana Tartaglione Anna De Marco
  Topic 6	Use of Natural and Modified Zeolites for the Treatment of Brewery Wastewater: Efficiency, Regenerability, and Environmental Applications	Sossio Fabio Graziano Lucia Grumetto
  Topic 7	Assessment of Exposure to Emerging Contaminants in Widely Consumed Foods: An Integrated Approach to Food Safety	Lucia Grumetto Rita Santamaria
  Topic 8	Biotechnological development of exosomes for the health and well-being of the skin	Sonia Laneri Ritamaria Di Lorenzo
  Topic 9	AI-Assisted Identification and Design of Nutraceutical Modulators of Nuclear Receptors for the Treatment of Metabolic Diseases	Antonio Lavecchia Giovanni Greco
  Topic 10	Synbiotic intervention to counteract early-life antibiotic-induced alteration of gut-brain crosstalk. Focus on gut microbiota reshaping of brain epigenetic landscape	Francesca Lembo Elisabetta Buommino
  Topic 11	Investigation of gut-brain axis in autism spectrum disorders: potential pathogenic role and pharmacological control of gut microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles in MIA offspring	Giuseppina Mattace Raso Claudio Pirozzi
  Topic 12	Computational investigation of bioactive natural compounds and environmental toxins: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic targets	Marco Persico Caterina Fattorusso
  Topic 13	Bioactive compounds from herbal sources for therapeutic applications in metabolic syndrome and associated disorders	Daniela Rigano Carmen Formisano
  Topic 14	Dietary exposure to endocrine disruptors: implications for lung and endocrine health	Fiorentina Roviezzo Sheridan Woo
  Topic 15	From agri-food waste and by-products to novel food supplements and nutraceuticals development	Antonello Santini Vincenzo Summa
  Topic 16	Microgreens and plant exosomes for the formulation of innovative nutraceuticals indicated for the control of metabolic disorders	Gian Carlo Tenore Vincenzo Summa
  Topic 17	Inhibitory role of natural polyphenols on the cellular toxicity induced by α-synuclein aggregation	Giuliana Fusco Silvia Parisi
  Topic 18	Uncovering the immunomodulatory role of TRPV3 and the therapeutic potential of its natural ligands in intestinal diseases	Ester Pagano Paola De Cecco