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Danilo Porro is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Their subfields of focus include Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Neurology.

Their scientific contributions cover various topics, notably biofuel production and bioconversion, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, microRNA in disease regulation, algal biology and biofuel production, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research, air quality and health impacts, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Among recent publications, several papers include:

  • Polystyrene micro and nano-particles induce metabolic rewiring in normal human colon cells: A risk factor for human health (2022, Chemosphere)
  • Could microalgae be a strategic choice for responding to the demand for omega-3 fatty acids? A European perspective (2022, Trends in Food Science & Technology)
  • State of the Art on the Microbial Production of Industrially Relevant Organic Acids (2022, Catalysts)
  • Camelina sativa meal hydrolysate as sustainable biomass for the production of carotenoids by Rhodosporidium toruloides (2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels)
  • Conversion of sugar beet residues into lipids by Lipomyces starkeyi for biodiesel production (2020, Microbial Cell Factories)

Frequently publishing in key journals, Danilo Porro has contributed multiple articles to outlets such as:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Nutrients
  • Antioxidants
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Gloria Bertoli, Claudia Cava, Paola Branduardi, Salvatore D'Antona, and Marcella Bonanomi.

In addition to research articles, they have published a book titled A cultura da videira: viticultura de altitude in 2021 through Editora Udesc eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Microbial production of organic acids: expanding the markets.

    Michael Sauer;Danilo Porro;Diethard Mattanovich;Paola Branduardi

  • Melanoma contains CD133 and ABCG2 positive cells with enhanced tumourigenic potential

    Elena Monzani;Floriana Facchetti;Enrico Galmozzi;Elena Corsini

  • An interlaboratory comparison of physiological and genetic properties of four Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains.

    J.P van Dijken;J Bauer;L Brambilla;P Duboc

  • Recombinant Protein Production in Yeasts

    Diethard Mattanovich;Paola Branduardi;Laura Dato;Brigitte Gasser

  • Protein folding and conformational stress in microbial cells producing recombinant proteins: a host comparative overview

    Brigitte Gasser;Markku Saloheimo;Ursula Rinas;Martin Dragosits

  • Recombinant protein production in yeasts.

    Danilo Porro;Michael Sauer;Paola Branduardi;Diethard Mattanovich

  • Development of RAPD protocol for typing of strains of lactic acid bacteria and enterococci.

    P.S. Cocconcelli;D. Porro;S. Galandini;L. Senini

  • Replacement of a Metabolic Pathway for Large-Scale Production of Lactic Acid from Engineered Yeasts

    Danilo Porro;Michele M. Bianchi;Luca Brambilla;Rossella Menghini

  • Development of Metabolically Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells for the Production of Lactic Acid

    Danilo Porro;Luca Brambilla;Bianca Maria Ranzi;Enzo Martegani

  • Oscillations in continuous cultures of budding yeast: A segregated parameter analysis

    Danilo Porro;Enzo Martegani;Bianca Maria Ranzi;Lilia Alberghina

  • Processes for producing lactic acid using yeast transformed with a gene encoding lactate dehydrogenase

    Danilo Porro;Michele Bianchi;Bianca Maria Ranzi;Laura Frontali

  • Homofermentative Lactate Production Cannot Sustain Anaerobic Growth of Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Possible Consequence of Energy-Dependent Lactate Export

    Antonius J. A. van Maris;Aaron A. Winkler;Danilo Porro;Johannes P. van Dijken

  • Improvement of Lactic Acid Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Cell Sorting for High Intracellular pH

    Minoska Valli;Michael Sauer;Paola Branduardi;Nicole Borth

  • Production of recombinant proteins and metabolites in yeasts: when are these systems better than bacterial production systems?

    Danilo Porro;Brigitte Gasser;Tiziana Fossati;Michael Maurer

  • A novel pathway to produce butanol and isobutanol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Paola Branduardi;Valeria Longo;Nadia Maria Berterame;Giorgia Rossi

  • Intracellular pH distribution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell populations, analyzed by flow cytometry.

    Minoska Valli;Michael Sauer;Paola Branduardi;Nicole Borth

  • Efficient Homolactic Fermentation by Kluyveromyces lactis Strains Defective in Pyruvate Utilization and Transformed with the Heterologous LDH Gene

    Michele M. Bianchi;Luca Brambilla;Francesca Protani;Chi-Li Liu

  • 16 years research on lactic acid production with yeast - ready for the market?

    Michael Sauer;Danilo Porro;Diethard Mattanovich;Paola Branduardi

  • Production of L-ascorbic acid by metabolically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Zygosaccharomyces bailii.

    Michael Sauer;Paola Branduardi;Minoska Valli;Danilo Porro

  • A Mutation in a Novel Yeast Proteasomal Gene,RPN11/MPR1, Produces a Cell Cycle Arrest, Overreplication of Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA, and an Altered Mitochondrial Morphology

    Teresa Rinaldi;Carlo Ricci;Danilo Porro;Monique Bolotin-Fukuhara

Frequent Co-Authors

Lilia Alberghina
Lilia Alberghina University of Milano-Bicocca
Michael Sauer
Michael Sauer University of Potsdam
Diethard Mattanovich
Diethard Mattanovich BOKU University
Brigitte Gasser
Brigitte Gasser BOKU University
Jack T. Pronk
Jack T. Pronk Delft University of Technology
Luigi Palmieri
Luigi Palmieri University of Bari Aldo Moro
Friedrich Srienc
Friedrich Srienc University of Minnesota
Kenneth H. Wolfe
Kenneth H. Wolfe University College Dublin
J.P. Van Dijken
J.P. Van Dijken Delft University of Technology
John P. Morrissey
John P. Morrissey University College Cork

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