Biography

FRANCESCO BUONOCORE
CURRICULUM VITAE
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8045-5651
Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Largo dell’Università snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
E-mail: fbuono@unitus.it; Tel: 0039 761 357644 (work); 0039 3495946120 (mobile)
Date of birth: 8th April 1966; Nationality: Italian; Status: Married
ACADEMIC DEGREES
1994 PhD degree in Genetics at the University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy)
1990 MSc degree in Chemistry (sector Biological Chemistry, “summa cum laude), at the University “Federico II” of Naples (Italy)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
2018-present Associate Professor in Biochemistry at the University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy)
2001-2017 Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Leader of the Molecular Immunology Research Team in the Animal Biotechnology Group, Department DIBAF, Tuscia University
1996-2001 Research Technician, Zoology Group, Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy)
1995-1996 Marie Curie Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bristol (BBSRC - Long Ashton Research Station, Long Ashton, Bristol, UK), Department of Cell Biology (contract n.
AIR-CT94-6374)
1993 Visiting student at the BBSRC - Long Ashton Research Station, Long Ashton, Bristol, UK
1990-1993 PhD fellowship at the Dept. of Agrobiology and Agrochemistry, University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
In the past 20 years my research has mainly been focused on the Theme of fish molecular immunology, which encompasses aspects related to the evolution of the immune system and to the
ontogeny of the main molecules involved in the immune responses and practical aspects related to aquaculture. The main target was sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.), together with other fish
species like sea bream (Sparus aurata), coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis), and Antarctic fishes (Chionodraco hamatus and Trematomus bernacchii). Recently the main focus has been the investigation on bioactive molecules line antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) to discover new antibiotics and combat the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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In itinere evaluator of the EU funded projects: EUFISH and MURFOR.