FRANCESCA GIORDANO

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXVII
email: f.giordano@uniroma1.it
phone: 0649910944
building: Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli" CU027
room: T14




supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Giuffrè
advisor: Prof. Alessandro Giuffrè
co-supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Giuffrè

Research: Biochemical characterization of bacterial hydrogen sulfide metabolism: the case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

CURRICULUM STUDIORUM:
Present: PhD in Biochemistry at “La Sapienza”, University of Rome

October 2021: Master’s degree in Genetics and Molecular Biology at “La Sapienza”, University of Rome
Thesis: “Hydrogen sulfide’s role in energetic metabolism and in bacterial resistance against nitrosative stress”

January 2020: Bachelor’s degree in Biology at “La Sapienza”, University of Rome
Thesis: “Expression and purification of the enzyme pyridoxal phosphate phosphatase from Escherichia coli”

July 2016: high school diploma at Liceo classico statale “Cornelio Tacito”, Rome

LANGUAGES:
Italian: Mother tongue
English: B1

INFORMATIC SKILLS:
ImageLab, Pymol, Microsoft Office

LABORATORY SKILLS:
Bacterial culture, nucleic acid extraction, PCR, Real Time-PCR, proteins expression and purification, SDS-PAGE, western blotting, high resolution respirometry, HPLC, affinity chromatography, spectroscopy UV-VIS

Research products

11573/1725667 - 2024 - Sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase from the multidrug resistant pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Barile, Anna; Giordano, Francesca; Pistoia, Gianluca; Di Matteo, Adele; Giardina, Giorgio; Vicente, João B.; Forte, Elena; Giuffrè, Alessandro - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS (Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598) pp. - - issn: 0005-2728 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1725669 - 2024 - Cyanide Insensitive Oxidase contributes to Pseudomonas aeruginosa tolerance to hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide
Forte, Elena; Nastasi, Martina R.; Caruso, Lorenzo; Giordano, Francesca; Mellini, Marta; Rampioni, Giordano; Giuffrè, Alessandro - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS (Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598) pp. - - issn: 0005-2728 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1717778 - 2024 - Persulfide Dioxygenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa unveils a novel crosstalk mechanism between the bioenergetically-relevant gaseous signaling molecules nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide
Giordano, Francesca; Troilo, Francesca; Nastasi, Martina R.; Giardina, Giorgio; Allocatelli, Carlo Travaglini; Forte, Elena; Vicente, João B.; Di Matteo, Adele; Giuffrè, Alessandro - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS (Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598) pp. - - issn: 0005-2728 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1707216 - 2024 - Cyanide insensitive oxidase confers hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide tolerance to Pseudomonas aeruginosa aerobic respiration
Nastasi, Martina R.; Caruso, Lorenzo; Giordano, Francesca; Mellini, Marta; Rampioni, Giordano; Giuffrè, Alessandro; Forte, Elena - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: ANTIOXIDANTS (Basel: MDPI) pp. - - issn: 2076-3921 - wos: WOS:001191989500001 (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1725665 - 2024 - Regulation of mitochondrial hydrogen sulfide metabolism by endogenous modulators of persulfide dioxygenase
Vicente, João B.; Silva, Diogo H. P.; Giordano, Francesca; Fernandes, Dalila G. F.; Nunes, João; Forte, Elena; Antunes, Alexandra M. M.; Giuffrè, Alessandro - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS (Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598) pp. - - issn: 0005-2728 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

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