WORK EXPERIENCE
–Dec. 2011–today Full Professor of Plant Pathology, Padova University.
–Oct. 2001–Dec. 2011 Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Padova University
–May 1990–Oct. 2001 Assistant Professor in Plant Pathology, Padua University.
–AY 1997/98 to 1999/2000 Temporary Professor in Biotechnology applied to Plant Pathology, Verona University
–AY 1985/86 to 1986/87 Temporary Professor of Horticultural Sciences, Udine University.
–May 1984–Sept. 1988 Contract Researcher at the Direction of the National Research Project IPRA (Increase of Productivity of Agricultural Resources) of the National Research Council (CNR), Rome.
–Sept. 1989–May 1990; Nov. 1983–May 1984; Sept. 1982–Sept. 1983; Feb. 1981–July 1981 Teacher of Agricultural Sciences, Italian higher schools
–July 1981–July 1982 Military service, Trieste
–Feb. 1980–Jan. 1981 Fellowship in Horticultural Sciences, Padova University
EDUCATION
–November 1979 Master degree (Laurea) in Agricultural Sciences at Padua University (110/110 cum laude)
–July 1974 Secondary school Diploma, Liceo scientifico “E. Fermi” Padova
RESEARCH PROJECTS AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OR GROUP COORDINATOR
–2009–Apr 2020 Coordinator of a CIB Research Unit at University of Padua (Consorzio interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie)
–June 2017–June 2018 Nuove biomolecole per la difesa fitosanitaria di prodotti ortofrutticoli e loro trasformati, Fondo sociale europeo-Regione Veneto (FSE)
–Sept. 2014–Sept.2015 Utilizzo di molecole naturali per la protezione fitosanitaria della vite e delle piante orticole, FSE
–April 2014–Sept. 2016 Identification by high-throughput screening of natural molecules able to reduce grey mold disease in Vitis vinifera, Progetto Ateneo, Padova University
–Jan. 2010–Dec. 2011 Detection of new virulence factors in the toxinogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum, pathogen of cereal crops, Vigoni program, Ateneo Italo-tedesco, partner Hamburg University
–Sept. 2008–Sept. 2010 Meccanismi dei patogeni per superare i sistemi difensivi della pianta ospite, PRIN-MIUR
–Jan. 2006–Jan. 2008 Malattie fungine della spiga del frumento: meccanismi di patogenesi e di difesa, PRIN-MIUR
–Jan. 2006–June 2007 Biotecnologie per il miglioramento della sostenibilità, sicurezza e qualità delle produzioni vegetali, National Research Council CNR-ISIB
PRINCIPAL INVOLVEMENTS IN ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
–Jan. 2013–today member of the PhD board in “Crop Science”, Padova University
–May 2008–Dec. 2012 Coordinator of PhD curriculum in “Crop protection”, PhD school in “Crop Science”, Padova University
–2013–2015 member of Piscopia Management Committee, Padova University
PATENT
2018–2020 Co-inventor of patent number WO2020/003220 A1 "Peptides similar to the natural peptaibol trichogin GA iv with phytosanitary activities ", June 2018 (application), July 2020 (granted)
2021 Co-inventor of patent number n. 102021000005057 "Peptidi ad azione fitosanitaria", 04-03-2021
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Jan 2018–Dec 2020 Associate editor of “Journal of Plant Pathology”, Springer. Reviewer activity for more than 20 International peer-reviewed Journals, the most prestigious of which was “Nature Communications”.
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY
The research activity in Plant Pathology is documented by 53 articles indexed in Scopus (2011 citations, HI 25).

Negli ultimi 3 anni:

Bolzonello A., Morbiato L., Tundo S., Sella L., Baccelli I, Echeverrigaray S., Musetti R., De Zotti M., Favaron F. Peptide analogs of a Trichoderma peptaibol effectively control downy mildew in the vineyard (In Press) Plant Disease

Caracciolo, R., Sella, L., De Zotti, M., Bolzonello, A., Armellin, M., Trainotti, L., Favaron, F., Tundo, S.
Efficacy of Trichoderma longibrachiatum Trichogin GA IV Peptaibol analogs against the Black Rot Pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris and other Phytopathogenic Bacteria
(2023) Microorganisms, 11 (2), art. no. 480, .

Tundo, S., Mandalà, G., Sella, L., Favaron, F., Bedre, R., Kalunke, R.M.
Xylanase Inhibitors: Defense Players in Plant Immunity with Implications in Agro-Industrial Processing
(2022) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (23), art. no. 14994, .

Busato, I., Bertaiola, O., Tundo, S., Guarnerio, C., Lucchetta, M., Sella, L., Pressi, G., Favaron, F.
A Phytocomplex Obtained from Salvia officinalis by Cell Culture Technology Effectively Controls the Grapevine Downy Mildew Pathogen Plasmopara viticola
(2022) Plants, 11 (20), art. no. 2675, .


Baccelli, I., Luti, S., Bernardi, R., Favaron, F., De Zotti, M., Sella, L.
Water-Soluble Trichogin GA IV-Derived Peptaibols Protect Tomato Plants From Botrytis cinerea Infection With Limited Impact on Plant Defenses
(2022) Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, art. no. 881961, .


Lengyel, S., Rascle, C., Poussereau, N., Bruel, C., Sella, L., Choquer, M., Favaron, F.
Snf1 Kinase Differentially Regulates Botrytis cinerea Pathogenicity according to the Plant Host
(2022) Microorganisms, 10 (2), art. no. 444, .

Mandalà, G., Ceoloni, C., Busato, I., Favaron, F., Tundo, S.
Transgene pyramiding in wheat: Combination of deoxynivalenol detoxification with inhibition of cell wall degrading enzymes to contrast Fusarium Head Blight and Crown Rot
(2021) Plant Science, 313, art. no. 111059, .


Sella, L., Govind, R., Caracciolo, R., Quarantin, A., Vu, V.V., Tundo, S., Nguyen, H.M., Favaron, F., Musetti, R., De Zotti, M.
Transcriptomic and Ultrastructural Analyses of Pyricularia Oryzae Treated With Fungicidal Peptaibol Analogs of Trichoderma Trichogin
(2021) Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, art. no. 753202, .


Tundo, S., Paccanaro, M.C., Bigini, V., Savatin, D.V., Faoro, F., Favaron, F., Sella, L.
The fusarium graminearum FGSG_03624 xylanase enhances plant immunity and increases resistance against bacterial and fungal pathogens
(2021) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (19), art. no. 10811, .

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Aspetti fisiologici e molecolari dell’interazione pianta-patogeno, in particolare: caratterizzazione e ruolo nell’infezione degli enzimi degradativi della parete vegetale prodotti da funghi patogeni e simbionti; interazione tra enzimi degradativi e i loro inibitori; induzione e ruolo delle fitoalessine nella difesa attiva delle piante e capacità dei patogeni di detossificarle, fattori di virulenza di funghi necrotrofi (spec. Fusarium spp., Sclerotinia, Botrytis) e comportamento di tali funghi in piante sovra esprimenti meccanismi di difesa. Identificazione e attività di molecole naturali estratte da piante contro organismi fitopatogeni.