Silvio Greco

Marine biologist, Research Director

Vice president of the Zoological Station Anton Dohrn, legal representative of the organisation

Professor of animal production, University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo

Professor of Marine Ecology, Pontifical University Antonianum Rome

Former member of the CNSA (National Scientific Commission for Antarctica)

Member of the National Council of WWF Italy

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic

He has carried out research campaigns in almost all the seas of the world, participating in 6 research campaigns in Antarctica.

Author of over 200 national and international scientific publications and author of five books "Guarda che mare" with Cinzia Scaffidi (2007) the "Pesce" illustrated by Sergio Staino (2015) published by Slow Food Editore, "Un Onda di Plastica" with Raffaella Bully, ed. Manifestolibri (2018), “Plastic on the Plate” Giunti Editore (2020). “The words of the Ecological Transition” AA.VV. Ed. Environment (2021)

Segreteria del Presidente

Giovanna Di Gennaro 
Tel.  +39 081 5833215

E-mail: presidenza(at)szn.it

Appointment

Curriculum Vitae of Serena Fonda

Appointment

Curriculum Vitae of Mauro Magnani

Dott. Filippo Capodiferro, President

Dott. Stefano Incarnati, member

Dott. Stefano De Santis, member

Appointment Board of Auditors (in Italian)

Director

de Pascale Donatella

Senior Researcher

Brunet Christophe
Costantini Maria
Romano Giovanna
Zupo Valerio

Researcher

Balzano Sergio
Carrella Sabrina
Della Sala Gerardo
Di Dato Valeria
Galasso Christian (SZN Amendolara)
Lauritano Chiara
Orefice Ida
Rastelli Eugenio (SZN Fano)
Rizzo Carmen (SZN Sicilia)
Ruocco Nadia (SZN Amendolara)
Sansone Clementina

Senior Technologist

de Pascale Donatella

Technologist

Barra Lucia (SZN Amendolara)
Coppola Daniela
Sardo Angela
Tedesco Pietro

Technicians

Palumbo Flora, supporto Amministrativo
Smerilli Arianna

Technical Operator

Perna Massimo

Research Fellowships

Buschi Emanuela
Del Mondo Angelo
Di Costanzo Federica
Palma Esposito Fortunato
Vitale Laura
Vitale Giovanni Andrea

Scholarship

Arigò Caterina (SZN Sicilia)
Luci Marika (SZN Amendolara)
Mangiabosco Chiara
Melchiorre Chiara

PhD Student

Blasio Martina
Buonocore Carmine
Cassella Vincenza
Cavalletti Elena
Coppola Alessandro
De Falco Gabriele
Esposito Roberta
Glaviano Francesca
Montuori Eleonora
Pistelli Luigi
Ragozzino Costanza
Santaniello Giovanna
Scibelli Sebastiano
Simonetti Silvia 
Somma Emanuele
Storari Annalisa
Terzo Stella Maria Concetta
Tinto Eleonora
Viel Thomas
Vingiani Giorgio

The Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn of Naples has launched a Prize for young researchers in memory of Aldo Fasolo, Coordinator of the Scientific Council of our Institute, who died prematurely on November 27, 2014.

For further information: https://aldofasolo.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/home/

- Aldo Fasolo Award 2018

Il 22 novembre 2018 la Dott.ssa Pamela Imperadore è stata premiata, alla presenza dell'On. Ministro Sergio Costa, con una borsa di studio di 1.000€, per la pubblicazione “Cephalopod Tissue Regeneration: consolidating over a century of knowledge", Frontiers in Physiology (2018).

- Aldo Fasolo Award 2017

Il 20 dicembre 2017 è stato premiato, con una borsa di studio di 1.000€, il Dottor Domenico D'Alelio per la pubblicazione “Clonal expansion behind a marine diatom bloom" The ISME Journal (2017), 1–10.

- Aldo Fasolo Award 2016

Il Prof. Tim Hunt, Premio Nobel per la Medicina ha premiato con una borsa di studio di 1.000€, il 13 dicembre 2016, la Dott.ssa Alessandra Gallo per la pubblicazione “Spermiotoxicity of nickel nanoparticles in the marine invertebrate Ciona intestinalis (ascidians)” (Nanotoxicology, 2016; 10(8): 1096–1104). 

- Aldo Fasolo Award 2015

Il 17 dicembre 2015, alla presenza dell’On. Ministra Stefania Giannini, il Premio Giovane Ricercatore "Aldo Fasolo" è stato consegnato alla Dott.ssa Valeria Di Dato per la pubblicazione ‘Transcriptome sequencing of three Pseudo-nitzschia species reveals comparable gene sets and the presence of Nitric Oxide Synthase genes in diatoms’ -                   Scientific Reports | 5:12329 | DOI: 10.1038/srep12329.

- Aldo Fasolo Award 2014

Il 17 dicembre 2014 una borsa di studio di 1.000€ è stata vinta dalla Dott.ssa Immacolata Castellano, per la pubblicazione "Nitric Oxide Affects ERK Signaling through Down-Regulation of MAP Kinase Phosphatase Levels during Larval Development of the Ascidian Ciona intestinalis", PLOS ONE, 1 July 2014, 9 (7).

The mission of the Marine Biotechnology Department is to conduct and promote scientific research regarding the possible applications of marine natural products in the biomedical and environmental sectors

The mission of the Marine Biotechnology Department is to conduct and promote scientific research regarding the possible applications of marine natural products in the biomedical and environmental sectors.
We mainly focus on microalgal products and on the optimization of the production of bioactive compounds by changing growth parameters such as the quality of light and concentration of nutrients. We are interested in the characterization of the biological activity of extracts, fractions and pure compounds isolated from microalgae and other marine organisms, through advanced screening platforms that allow the prediction of the type of pharmacological, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical activity of compounds.

We also focus on the isolation and characterization of marine microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi, which are able to resist and degrade pollutants such as heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Bioremediation and bioaugmentation studies are aimed at validating new technologies for the recovery of marine polluted coastal areas. New and innovative approaches are being developed for the restoration of such sites using seagrasses and corals.

Our shared expertise covers such fields as ecology, chemical ecology, physiology, genomics and transcriptomics, chemistry and biochemistry, and cell biology that drive technology and knowledge transfer for industrial applications of marine natural products.

Available platforms include:
• BlueBiomass Platform for the isolation and maintenance and mass cultivation of microalgae and other marine organisms for potential biotechnological applications.
• BlueBioChem Platform for the extraction and fractionation of bioactive marine organisms
• BlueOmics Platform for genome mining of new enzymes and biosynthetic pathways
• BlueCell Platform to test the biological activity of extracts, fractions and pure compounds on marine model species and human cell lines.
• BlueMicrobe Platform for testing antibacterial activity of marine organisms.
• BlueEnvironment Platform for the bioremediation and restoration of polluted marine sites

SECRETED - Sustainable Exploitation of bio-based Compounds Revealed and Engineered from naTural sources

SEDREMED - Bioremediation of contaminated sediments in coastal areas of ex-industrial sites 2021-2024

ISIDORE - Integrated Services For Infectious Diseases Outbreak Research

HOTBIO - A holistic approach to training a new generation of scientists in marine biodiscovery

BlueRemediomics - ARNESSING THE MARINE MICROBIOME FOR NOVEL SUSTAINABLE BIOGENICS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

Project @ CNR “SCANFISH” SEA COSMETICS AND NUTRACEUTICS: FROM FISHERY AND AQUACULTURE BYPRODUCTS

PON project “ALIFUN” Development of functional foods for the innovation of traditional Italian food products

PRoDiA: Droplet digital PCR to assess the occurrence and infer the ROle of prostaglandin in natural DIatom Assemblage in the Ionian coastal waters