Anna Piovan
 | Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova |
Short CV
1990 Graduated from Padua University with a degree in Pharmacy.
1991-1992 Guest researcher at Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires (Prof. F. Bourgaud - Nancy France).
1994 PhD in Pharmaceutical Science.
1996-1998 Post-Doc grant Faculty of Pharmacy at Padua University.
1999-2003 Research grant Department of Biology and Department of Pharmaceutical Science.
2002 Guest researcher at Leiden-Amsterdam, Center for Drug Research, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University (Prof. R. Verpoorte – Leiden Netherlands).
2004-2005 Lecturer in Phytopharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Padua.
2005-2010 Graduated technician at "Centro di Ateneo Orto Botanico dell'Università di Padova".
2010-2011 Lecturer in Phytochemistry.
2010-2015 Assistant Professor (Pharmaceutical Biology - SSD BIO/15).
from 2015 Associate Professor (Pharmaceutical Biology - SSD BIO/15).
Member of Società Italiana di Fitochimica and Società Botanica Italiana.
Teaching
Office hours
Every day by e-mail appointment
Availability for Thesis Projects
Positions for experimental and article-based theses are available. The main experimental activities concern plant cell cultures and medicinal plant study. Self-proposed article-based thesis arguments are also welcome. Contact us for more informations.
Research
Scientific Activities
1. plants both as source of important secondary metabolites useful for pharmaceutical purposes and as food ingredients with the following research lines:
- identification and chemical characterization of new natural source of biologically active compounds;
- development of new analysis approaches for natural products;
- use sustainable and conservation solutions: biosynthesis and accumulation of natural products in in vitro cell cultures, development of systems for in vitro secondary metabolites production, and micropropagation of medicinal and endangered plants;
- morphological, histochemical, ultrastructural and chemical characterization of plants with pharmaceutical and toxicological interest;
- characterization of enzymatic activity in plant cell culture to obtain valuable derivatives with industrial prospects;
- in vitro biocatalysis and enzyme production to develop processes in enabling green chemistries;
2. algae both as food resource and raw material for obtaining phytochemicals.
Technical expertise
- in vitro plant cultures techniquesunder sterile conditions: callus and suspension cultures, micropropagation (direct and indirect organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis), and shoot and root cultures, selection of “high-producing” somaclones;
- secondary metabolite purification and characterization techniques (LC, TLC, HPLC, spectroscopy);
- pharmacognostic analysis techniques: macro- and micromorphology evaluation (stereomicroscopy, optical microscopy, SEM and TEM); histochemical analyses.
Publications
Andreola B., Piovan A., Da Dalt L., Filippini R., Cappelletti E.M.
Unilateral mydriasis due to Angel's Trumpet. Clin. Toxicol. 46, 329-33, 2008 (IF 3.673, Q1)
Piovan A., Cozza G., Caniato R., Moro S., Filippini R.
A novel glucosyltransferase from Catharanthus roseus cell suspension. Process Biochem. 45, 655-659, 2010 (IF 2.524, Q1)
Piovan A., Cassina G., Filippini R.
Crambe tataria: actions for ex situ conservation. Biodivers. Conserv. 20, 359-371, 2011 (IF 2.238, Q2)
Piovan A., Caniato R., Filippini R.
Somatic embryogenesis and glucosinolate/myrosinase system in vulnerable Brassica repanda subsp. glabrescens (Poldini) Gómez-Campo. Sci. Hortic. 172, 317-324, 2014 (IF 1.365, Q2)
Moro I., Matozzo V., Piovan A., Moschin E., Dalla Vecchia F.
Morpho-physiological effects of ibuprofen on Scenedesmus rubescens. Environ. Pollut. 38, 379-387, 2015 (IF 4.143, Q1)
Patents
Cappelletti E.M., Carturan G., Piovan A. Process and articles for producing secondary metabolites of viable plant cells immobilized in a porous matrix, (C.T.S. S.A.S.) IT 9500083November 1996
Cappelletti E.M., Carturan G., Piovan A. Process and articles for producing secondary metabolites of viable plant cells immobilized in a porous matrix, (SILBIOTEC DUE SA) WO 1996036703 March 1998
Cappelletti E.M., Carturan G., Piovan A. Production of secondary metabolites with plants cells immibilized in a porous inorganic support, (Biosil AG) US 5998162 December 1999
Cappelletti E.M., Carturan G., Piovan A. Process and articles for producing secondary metabolites of viable plant cells immobilized in a porous matrix, (SILBIOTEC DUE SA) EP 0827535 July 2002
