{"id":30,"date":"2018-05-03T11:55:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T09:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/toscano-valeria\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T15:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:43:50","slug":"toscano-valeria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/en\/toscano-valeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Toscano Valeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Researcher <br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">e-mail: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">valeria.toscano@isafom.cnr.i<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">t<\/span>;<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">valeria.toscano@cnr.it<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Tel:<\/strong>+39<strong>\u00a0<\/strong> 095.6139941<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology from the University of Catania (2004)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Licensed to practise as a Chartered Agronomist (2005)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">PhD in 'Productivity of cultivated plants' at the University of Catania (2009)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Main research interests: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Safeguarding biodiversity;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Morphological and chemical characterisation of typical Mediterranean plants for the establishment of clones with high health value;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Development of shelf-life improvement techniques for the production of IV range food products;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Characterisation of field residual biomass and oilseed species extraction flours from the biodiesel agro-energy chain;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Identification and valorisation of molecules of nutraceutical interest;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Study of abiotic stresses for the production of substances with high antioxidant activity;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">In vitro propagation of annual and polyannual species;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Phytoremediation of soils contaminated by heavy metals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Laboratory\/field activities:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Collection, characterisation and conservation of native Sicilian germplasm;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Quantitative and qualitative analysis of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of species typical of the Mediterranean environment;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">In vitro propagation of tree and herbaceous plant species;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Ultrasonic and Randall extraction;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Quantitative and qualitative analysis of bioaccumulation in plants of heavy metals;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Setting up and managing collection fields;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Research support activities:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">He collaborated in the activities of 11 research projects and 3 agreements with companies and universities;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">He assisted in the preparation, submission and implementation of research projects on national and international calls;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">She has been a tutor for several internships and co-rapporteur for dissertations in collaboration with the University of Catania;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">He has been a member of the scientific and organisational committee of several conferences<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/iris.cnr.it\/cris\/rp\/rp08377\">Publications on the PEOPLE CNR platform<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isafom.cnr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV_Toscano_Valeria.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researcher e-mail: 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