Research Activity
2024
- Microplastic influences the ménage à trois among the plant, a fungal pathogen, and a plant growth-promoting fungal species. Bouaicha O, Maver M, Mimmo T, Cesco S & Borruso L. 2024. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. DOI
2023
- A Novel Automatic Method for Primary Roots Length Measurements in Arabidopsis thaliana. Allarà C, Ciocca M, Maver M, Mimmo T & Petti L. 2023. IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor). DOI
2022
The interplay between nitrogenated allelochemicals, mineral nutrition and metabolic profile in barley roots. Maver M, Trevisan F, Miras-Moreno B, Lucini L, Trevisan M, Cesco S & Mimmo T. 2022. Plant and Soil. DOI
Identifying plant genes shaping microbiota composition in the barley rhizosphere. Escudero-Martinez C, Coulter M, Alegria Terrazas R, Foito A, Kapadia R, Pietrangelo L, Maver M, Sharma R, Aprile A, Hedley PE, Maurer A, Pillen K, Naclerio G, Mimmo T, Barton GJ, Waugh R, Abbott J & Bulgarelli D. 2022. Nature Communications. DOI
Plant species-specific impact of polyethylene microspheres on seedling growth and the metabolome. Bouaicha O, Tiziani R, Maver M, Lucini L, Miras-Moreno B, Zhang L, Trevisan M, Cesco S, Borruso L & Mimmo T. 2022. Science of the Total Environment. DOI
2021
- Applications of the indole-alkaloid gramine modulate the assembly of individual members of the barley rhizosphere microbiota. Maver M, Escudero-Martinez C, Abbott J, Morris J, Hedly PE, Mimmo T & Bulgarelli D. 2021. PeerJ. DOI
2020
Nutraceutical profiles of two hydroponically grown sweet basil cultivars as affected by the composition of the nutrient solution and the inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense. Kolega S, Miras-Moreno B, Buffagni V, Lucini L, Valentinuzzi F, Maver M, Mimmo T, Trevisan M, Pii Y & Cesco S. 2020. Frontiers in plant science. DOI
New insights in the allelopathic traits of different barley genotypes: Middle Eastern and Tibetan wild-relative accessions vs. cultivated modern barley. Maver M, Miras-Moreno B, Lucini L, Trevisan M, Pii Y, Cesco S & Mimmo T. 2020. PloS One. DOI
2019
- Role of Azospirillum brasilense in triggering different Fe chelate reductase enzymes in cucumber plants subjected to both nutrient deficiency and toxicity. Marastoni L, Pii Y, Maver M, Valentinuzzi F, Cesco S & Mimmo T. 2019. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. DOI
2018
- Mitochondria dysfunctions under Fe and S deficiency: is citric acid involved in the regulation of adaptive responses?. Vigani G, Pii Y, Celletti S, Maver M, Mimmo T, Cesco S & Astolfi S. 2018. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. DOI
2017
- Foliar application of potassium-based fertilizer improves strawberry fruit quality. Valentinuzzi F, Maver M, Fontanari S, Mott D, Savini G, Tiziani R, Pii Y, Mimmo T & Cesco S. 2017. VIII International Symposium on Mineral Nutrition of Fruit Crops. DOI
2015
- Three-dimensional reconstruction by TEM tomography of the ultrastructural modifications occurring in Cucumis sativus L. mitochondria under Fe deficiency. Vigani G, Faoro F, Ferretti AM, Cantele F, Maffi D, Marelli M, Maver M, Murgia I & Zocchi G. 2015. PLoS One. DOI
📚 Teaching
Teaching Assistant
- Biochemistry and physiology of agricultural plants
- Chemistry of fertilizers and mineral nutrition of grapevine
- Mineral Nutrition
🏆 Awards
- “Award for the Best Poster”. 2014
- “Award for the Best PhD Thesis”. 2022
Skills
🖥️ Computational
- Scientific computing with R and Qiime
- HTML documents, websites, and reports with Rmarkdown/Quarto
- Various bioinformatics tools for sequencing and taxonomy
- Version control with Git
- Basic programming in Python and LaTeX
🧪 Lab
- Lab managment
- Lab tecnhical support
- Organizing & planning experiments
- Hydroponic systems
- HPLC-MS
- DNA/RNA purification
- PCR & Metabarcoding
- Electrophoresis
- Agar plating
- Barley and Arabidopsis plants