Adriana Basile

Summary

-Researcher at University of Naples, Federico II, from 18/7/1990, Department of Plant Biology.
-Temporary professor from 1995 in Botany from 2000 at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II.
- Associate Professor in Botany from 2000 at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II.
-Member of the Faculty Council for the Interdepartmental PhD in Monitoring and mitigation of environmental risk.
-Professor in Plant Biology and Plant Cytology and Embryology at the University Federico II. Napoli Italy
-Scientific Director of C.I.S.M.E. Electron Microscopy Interdepartmental Study Center

Main research topics:
• Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in plants and phytoremediation
• morpho-physio-ecological responses of plants to environmental pollution.

Scientific activity: author of over120 articles published in peer-reviewed indexed (ISI-WoS) international journals with high impact factors and over 200 communications to International Meetings and Congresses.

Ecotoxicology Environmental Contamination & Remediation Plant Science

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Naples Federico II

Work details

Associate Professor

University of Naples Federico II

November 1990

Department of Biology

Biological interactions between plant and environment -mosses, lichens and aquatic plants as biomonitors of terrestrial ecosystems and bioaccumulators of heavy metals; effects of heavy metals on the morphogenesis of higher plants and bryophytes; cyto-physio-ecological response of plants to the presence of pollutant; use of aquatic plants in phytoremediation projects. In particular: tissue and cell localization of heavy metals and their influence on morphogenesis and ultrastructure. Biochemical/physiological response of toxi-tolerant plants to heavy metals: fitochelatins, Heat Shock Proteins, activity of the antioxidant enzyme, genic activation/inhibition. Monitoring of heavy metal environmental pollution using mosses, lichens and aquatic plants.

Associate Professor

University of Naples Federico II

November 1990

Department of Biology

The Department of Biology is one of the main research centers on Life Sciences of the University of Naples Federico II and is active in the Biological, Natural and Environmental Sciences. Its mission is to contribute to a better understanding of life through research on molecules, cells, organisms and ecosystems ... The priority for the members of the Department is the training of students through an approach that integrates theoretical studies and experimental activities in the laboratories of its structure.

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September 18, 2023

Essential role of multi-element data in interpreting elevated element concentrations in areas impacted by both natural and anthropogenic influences

Marija Petrović, Gordana Medunić, Željka Fiket

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15904 PubMed 37744221

September 15, 2023

The morphoanatomy of Serjania erecta Radlk (Sapindaceae) provides evidence of biotrophic interactions by endophytic fungi within leaves

Samylla Tássia Ferreira de Freitas, Giselle Faria, Fabiano Guimarães Silva, Marco Aurélio Batista, Damiana Souza Santos Augusto, Fábio Henrique Dyszy, Luciana Cristina Vitorino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15980 PubMed 37727689

December 19, 2022

Using Peromyscus leucopus as a biomonitor to determine the impact of heavy metal exposure on the kidney and bone mineral density: results from the Tar Creek Superfund Site

Maha Abdulftah Elturki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14605 PubMed 36570008

August 9, 2022

Deep evaluation of the evolutionary history of the Heat Shock Factor (HSF) gene family and its expansion pattern in seed plants

Yiying Liao, Zhiming Liu, Andrew W. Gichira, Min Yang, Ruth Wambui Mbichi, Linping Meng, Tao Wan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13603 PubMed 35966928

April 28, 2022

Acidity and availability of aluminum, iron and manganese as factors affecting germination in European acidic dry and alkaline xerothermic grasslands

Mateusz Wala, Jeremi Kołodziejek, Tomasz Wilk