Sex Male | Date of birth 24/06/1975 | Nationality Italian
EDUCATION
CURRENT POSITION
FELLOWSHIPS/PREVIOUS POSITIONS
1997-2000 Bachelor degree (3 yrs) in Agricultural Biotechnology
University of Padova– Thesis “Molecular characterization of the major allergen of peach”
2001-2004 Master degree (2 ysr) in Crop Biotechnology
University of Padova – Thesis “Characterization of a Morus germplasm through AFLP markers and cytofluorimetric analyses”
2005-2007 PhD in Crop Science – curriculum Agrobiotechnologies
University of Padova – PhD dissertation “A transcriptomic approach to food safety – Fruit allergens and mycotoxins” available at http://paduaresearch.cab.unipd.it/298/”
10/2011 Researcher (permanent position in the sector AGR/03 – Arboriculture and Fruitculture) University of Padova – Dept. of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment
07-12/2000 Fellowship/contract University of Padova – Dept. of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Science ▪ Evaluation of quality parameter on fruits from Euganean hills
03-10/2001 Fellowship/contract
Special Section of Sericulture of Padova - CRA ▪ Characterization of a Morus germplasm through AFLP markers
11/2001-04/2002 Fellowship/contract
University of Padova – Dept. of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Science ▪ Biochemical and molecular analyses of peach fruits treated with 1-MCP
05-12/2002 Fellowship/contract
Special Section of Sericulture of Padova - CRA ▪ Characterization of a Morus germplasm through AFLP fluorescence markers
06-12/2003 Fellowship/contract University of Padova – Dept. of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Science ▪ Collection of peach fruits of different varieties and assessment of their ripening indexes
02/2004-12/2005 Fellowship/contract Special Section of Sericulture of Padova - CRA ▪ Characterization of Morus somaclonal variants through AFLP markers and cytofluorimetry
01/2005-12/2007 PhD
Università di Padova – Dip. di Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali ▪ PhD disserttion titled “A transcriptomic approach to food safety – Fruit allergens and mycotoxins”
03-05/2006 Fellowship/contract
University of Padova – Dept. of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Science ▪ Setting-up of peach cDNA libraries
06/2006-05/2007 Fellowship/contract
University of Padova – Dept. of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Science ▪ Identification of genes related to mycotoxin production
09/2007-01/2008 Post-doc
University of Udine – Dept. Crop and Environmental Science
University Albert Ludwigs, Freiburg (Germany) ▪ Global analysis of Arabidopsis transcriptome during gravitropic response ▪ Phenotyping of transgenic lines of Arabidopsis thaliana
02/2008-01/2010 Post-doc
University of Padova – Dept. of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Science ▪ Setting up of molecular tools to study apple fruitlet abscission
02/2010-09/2011 Post-doc
University of Padova – Dept. of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Science ▪ Identification and characterization of genes involved in apple fruitlet abscission
▪ M. Vegro; G. Eccher; F. Populin; C. Sorgato; F. Savazzini; G. Pagliarani; S. Tartarini; G. Pasini; A. Curioni; A. Antico; A. Botton (2016). Old Apple (Malus domestica L. Borkh) varieties with hypoallergenic properties: an integrated approach for studying apple allergenicity. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 64 (48), 9224-9236. ▪ A. Botton; A. Rasori; F. Ziliotto; A. Moing; M. Maucourt; S. Bernillon; C. Deborde; A. Petterle; S. Varotto; C. Bonghi (2016). The peach HECATE3-like gene FLESHY plays a double role during fruit development. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 91 (2), 97-114. ▪ G. Eccher; M. Begheldo; A. Boschetti; B. Ruperti; A. Botton (2015). Roles of ethylene production and ethylene receptor expression in regulating apple fruitlet abscission. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 169, 125.137. ▪ S. Trevisan; A. Manoli; L. Ravazzolo; A. Botton; M. Pivato; A. Masi; S. Quaggiotti (2015). Nitrate sensing by the maize root apex transition zone: A merged transcriptomic and proteomic survey. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 66 (13), 3699-3715. ▪ S. Ferrero; L. Carretero-Paulet; M. Mendes; A. Botton; G. Eccher; S. Masiero; L. Colombo (2015). Transcriptomic signatures in seeds of apple (Malus domestica L. Borkh) during fruitlet abscission. PLOS ONE 10 (3), e0120503. ▪ G. Eccher; S. Ferrero; F. Populin; L. Colombo; A. Botton (2014). Apple (Malus domestica L. Borkh) as an emerging model for fruit development. PLANT BIOSYSTEMS 148, 157-168. ▪ A. Lovisetto; F. Guzzo; A. Tadiello; E. Confortin; A. Pavanello; A. Botton; G. Casadoro (2013). Characterization of a bZIP gene highly expressed during ripening of the peach fruit. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 70, 462-470. ▪ G. Eccher; A. Botton; M. Dimauro; A. Boschetti; B. Ruperti; A. Ramina (2013). Early induction of apple fruitlet abscission is characterized by an increase of both isoprene emission and abscisic acid content. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 161, 1952-1969. ▪ F. Ziliotto; M. Corso; F.M. Rizzini; A. Rasori; A. Botton; C. Bonghi (2012). Grape berry ripening delay induced by a pre-veraison NAA treatment is paralleled by a shift in the expression pattern of auxin- and ethylene-related genes. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 12, 185. ▪ A. Botton; G. Eccher; C. Forcato; A. Ferrarini; M. Begheldo; M. Zermiani; S. Moscatello; A. Battistelli; R. Velasco; B. Ruperti; A. Ramina (2011). Signaling pathways mediating the induction of apple fruitlet abscission. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 155, 185-208. ▪ G. Galla; S. Zenoni; G. Marconi; G. Marino; A. Botton; F. Pinosa; S. Citterio; B. Ruperti; K. Palme; E. Albertini; M. Pezzotti; M. Mau; T.F. Sharbel; N. De Storme; D. Geelen; G. Barcaccia (2011). Sporophytic and gametophytic functions of the cell cycle-associated Mob1 gene in Arabidopsis thaliana L. GENE 484, 1-12. ▪ S. Trevisan; A. Botton; S. Vaccaro; A. Vezzaro; S. Quaggiotti; S. Nardi (2011). Humic substances affect Arabidopsis physiology by altering the expression of genes involved in primary metabolism, growth and development. ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 74, 45-55. ▪ C. Bonghi; L. Trainotti; A. Botton; A. Tadiello; A. Rasori; F. Ziliotto; V. Zaffalon; G. Casadoro; A. Ramina (2011). A microarray approach to identify genes involved in seed-pericarp cross-talk and development in peach. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 11, 107-120. ▪ A. Botton; P. Lezzer; A. Dorigoni; B. Ruperti; A. Ramina (2009). Environmental factors affecting the expression of apple (Malus X domestica L. Borkh) allergen-encoding genes. JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 84 (6), 182-187. ▪ A. Botton; C. Andreotti; G. Costa; A. Ramina (2009). Peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) allergen-encoding genes are developmentally regulated and affected by fruit load and light radiation. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 57, 724-734. ▪ S. Trevisan; P. Borsa; A. Botton; S. Varotto; M. Malagoli; B. Ruperti; S. Quaggiotti (2008). Expression of two maize putative nitrate transporters in response to nitrate and sugars availability. PLANT BIOLOGY 10, 462-475. ▪ A. Botton; D. Ferrigo; C. Scopel; R. Causin; C. Bonghi; A. Ramina (2008). A cDNA-AFLP approach to study ochratoxin A production in Aspergillus carbonarius. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY 127, 105-115.
▪ Climacteric and non-climacteric fruit development and ripening ▪ Seed-fruit crosstalk during growth and development ▪ Apple fruitlet abscission ▪ Fruit quality ▪ Nutraceutical properties of fruits ▪ Fruit allergens ▪ Pre- and post-harvest management ▪ Gene annotation and systems biology of fruits
▪ A. Botton; G. Galla; A. Conesa; C. Bachem; A. Ramina; G. Barcaccia (2008). Large-scale Gene Ontology analysis of plant transcriptome-derived sequences retrieved by AFLP technology. BMC GENOMICS 9, 347-365. ▪ V. Dal Cin; M. Danesin; A. Botton; A. Boschetti; A. Dorigoni; A. Ramina (2008). Ethylene and preharvest drop: the effect of AVG and NAA on fruit abscission in apple (Malus domestica L. Borkh). PLANT GROWTH REGULATION 56, 317-325. ▪ A. Botton; P. Lezzer; A. Dorigoni; G. Barcaccia; B. Ruperti; A. Ramina (2008). Genetic and environmental factors affecting allergen-related gene expression in apple fruit (Malus domestica L. Borkh) JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 56(15), 6707-6716. ▪ V. Dal Cin; M. Danesin; A. Botton; A. Boschetti; A. Dorigoni; A. Ramina (2007). Fruit load and elevation affect ethylene biosynthesis and action in apple fruit (Malus domestica L. Borkh) during development, maturation and ripening. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 30, 1480-1485. ▪ V. Dal Cin; F.M. Rizzini; A. Botton; P. Tonutti (2006). The ethylene biosynthetic and signal transduction pathways are differently affected by 1-MCP in apple and peach fruit. POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY 42, 125-133. ▪ A. Botton; M. Vegro; F. De Franceschi; A. Ramina; C. Gemignani; G. Marcer; G. Pasini; P. Tonutti (2006). Different expression of Pp-LTP1 and accumulation of Pru p 3 in fruits of two Prunus persica L. Batsch genotypes. PLANT SCIENCE 171, 106-113. ▪ A. Botton; M. Begheldo; A. Rasori; C. Bonghi; P. Tonutti (2002). Differential expression of two Lipid Transfer Protein Genes in reproductive organs of peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch). PLANT SCIENCE 163, 993-1000.
