Assistant Professor
Department of Environment, Health and Safety
via J. H. Dunant, 3
21100 VARESE, ITALY
Tel: +39 0332 421 418
Fax: +39 0332 421 390
E-mail: candida.vannini@uninsubria.it

Her main research topics are:

1) analysis of the tolerance to abiotic stresses in plants

2) plant biotechnology and GMO safety

3) phytoremediation

The most significant results obtained have given rise to two European patented genes.

1) Mattana M., Piazzi E., Consonni R., Locatelli F., Vannini C., Provera S., Coraggio I (2005). Overexpression of Osmyb4 enhances compatible solute accumulation and increases stress tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiologia Plantarum vol. 125, pp. 212-223 2)

2) Tarantino D., Vannini C., Campa M., Bracale M., Soave C., Murgia I. (2005). Antisense reduction of thylakoidal ascorbate peroxidase in Arabidopsis enhances paraquat-induced photooxidative stress and NO-induced cell death. Planta 221 (6) 757-765

3) Croce P., Vannini C., Bracale M.(2005) An easy and convenient method for maintenance of embryogenic cultures of Vitis vinifera for propagation or transformation purposes. Vitis (in press)

4) Labra M., Vannini. C., Grassi F., Bracale M., Basso B., Sala F. (2004). Genomic stability in Arabidopsis thaliana transgenic plants obtained by floral dip. Theoretical and applied genetics vol. 109, pp. 1512-1518

5) Murgia I., Tarantino D., Vannini C., Bracale M., Carravieri S., Soave C., (2004). Arabidopsis thaliana plants overexpressing thylakoidal ascorbate peroxidase show increased resistance to Paraquat-induced photooxidative stress and to nitric oxide-induced cell death. Plant Journal vol. 38, pp. 940 - 953

6) Vannini C., Locatelli F., Bracale M., Magnani E., Marsoni M., Osnato M., Mattana M:, Baldoni E., Coraggio I. (2004). Overexpression of the rice Osmyb4 gene increases chilling and freezing tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana plants. Plant Journal. vol. 37, pp. 115 – 127.

7) Labra M., Di Fabio T., Grassi F., Regondi SMG Bracale M., Vannini C., Agradi E. (2003). AFLP analysis as biomarker of exposure to organic and inorganic genotoxic substances in plants. Chemosphere vol. 52, pp. 1183 – 1188

8) Locatelli F., Vannini C., Magnani E., Coraggio I., Bracale M. (2003). Efficiency of transient transformation in tobacco protoplasts is independent of plasmid amount. Plant Cell Reports. vol. 21, pp. 865 - 871

9) Murgia I., Tarantino D., Vannini C., Bracale M.,Soave C. (2003). Arabidopsis lines overexpressing thylakoidal ascorbate peroxidase show increased resistance to Paraquat-induced photooxidative stress and to nitric oxide-induced cell death. Free Radical Research vol. 37, pp. 17 – 23

10) Labra M., Vannini C., Sala F., Bracale M.. (2002). Methylation changes in specific sequences in response to water deficit. Plant Biosystems. vol. 136, pp. 269-275 ISSN: 1126-3504