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Contact data |
Full Professor |
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Biography |
1951: Borne in Trento
(Italy). |
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Qualifications and awards |
Since 1999 Member of Accademia
Roveretana degli Agiati Since 2000 Member of Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze Lettere ed Arti |
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Research interests |
The work of degree thesis
was on the study of UV induced mutations ura3 gene in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae. Since 1974 to 1983 research has been carried on different aspects of the photosynthetic process in spinach chloroplasts. a) the presence of an electron transport to oxygen associated to ATP synthesis; b) the different composition of photosynthetic membranes in partitions and stroma exposed regions; c) the physiological function of granal organization and LHCII phosphorylation on energy transfer and PSII photochemical efficiency; d) the mechanism involved in grana formation. Since 1983 researches on photosynthetic green bacteria have been carried on in collaboration with Prof. John Olson at Odense University (DK) and Prof. Jan Amesz in Leiden (NL). During these researches a) it has been demonstrated the presence of a BChla-protein complex in the chlorosomes of Chlorobium, probably involved in energy transfer from the Bchl c molecules inside the chlorosomes to the reaction center in the plasmalemma; b) it has been purified and sequenced the most abundant chlorosome protein; c) it has been investigated the energy transfer inside the chlorosomes; d) BChl c aggregates obtained in vitro have been spectroscopically investigated as possible models of BChl c organization in the chlorosomes; e) the chlorosomes from Chlorobiaceae and Chloroflexaceae have been spectroscopically compared; In collaboration with Padova University, studies on this argument are in progress based on the use of ODMR techniques. Since 1988 researches are carried on sexual plant reproduction and self-incompatibility, in collaboration with the University of Milano. In 1997 visiting professor for 6 months at the Plant Cell Biology Research Center of Melbourne University (Australia), starting a collaboration on this research field. It has been demonstrated: a) the absence of pollen mentor effect in gametophytic incompatibility in Solanaceae, b) the presence of a glucuronase inhibitor in Nicotiana style. |
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Teaching experience and appointments |
Since 1986 teachings were
given in plant physiology, plant cytology and botany. Now the following
courses are given in the I and II level of the Courses of Study in
Biological Sciences and in Analysis and Management of Natural Resources:
Plant Cytology, Botany, Tallophyta and Pteridophyta, Plant phylogeny,
Interactions between organisms, Since 1988 up to 2000: Chairman of the Council of the Course of Study in Biological Studies Since 2004: Chairman of the Council of the Courses of Study in Analysis and Management of Natural Resources |
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| Representative publications |
Gerola P. and Sora S. (1975)
Frequency of nonsense mutations (amber and ochre) induced by UV light
in the ura3 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mut. Res. 30, 279-282 Forti G. and Gerola P. (1977) Inhibition of photosynthesis by azide and cyanide and the role of oxygen in photosynthesis. Plant Physiol. 59, 859-862 Jennings R.C., Forti G., Gerola P.D., Garlaschi F.M. (1978) Studies on cation induced thylakoid membrane stacking, fluorescence yield and photochemical efficiency. Plant Physiol. 62, 879-884 Jennings R.C., Garlaschi F.M., Gerola P.D. and Forti G. (1979) Partition zone penetration by chymotrypsin and the localization of the chloroplast flavoprotein and photosystem II. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 546, 207-219 Gerola P.D., Jennings R.C., Forti G. and Garlaschi F.M. (1979) Influence of protons on thylakoid membrane stacking. Plant Science Lett. 16, 249-254 Jennings R.C., Gerola P.D., Forti G. and Garlaschi F.M. (1979) The influence of proton induced grana formation on partial electron transport reactions in chloroplasts. FEBS Lett. 106, 247-250 Jennings R.C., Gerola P.D., Garlaschi F.M. and Forti G. (1980) Studies on the fractionation by digitonin of chloroplast membranes. FEBS Lett. 115, 39-42 Jennings R.C., Garlaschi F.M., Gerola P.D. and Forti G. (1980) Grana formation in chloroplasts may promote energy transfer between photosystem II units. FEBS Lett. 117, 332-334 Jennings R.C., Gerola P.D., Garlaschi F.M. and Forti G. (1981) Effects of trypsin and cations on chloroplast membranes. Plant Physiol. 67, 212-215 Gerola P.D., Garlaschi F.M., Forti G. and Jennings R.C. (1982) Effects of cations on the adhesion between membrane vesicles obtained by digitonin fractionation of spinach chloroplasts. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 679, 101-109 Jennings R.C., Gerola P.D., Garlaschi F.M. and Forti G. (1982) Studies on the kinetics of cation-associated fluorescence changes in chloroplast membranes. FEBS Lett. 142, 167-170 Jennings R.C., Garlaschi F.M. and Gerola P.D. (1983) A study on the lateral distribution of the plastoquinone pool with respect to photosystem II in stacked and unstacked spinach chloroplasts. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 722, 144-149 Torti F., Gerola P.D. and Jennings R.C. (1984) Membrane phosphorylation leads to the partial detachment of the chlorophyll a/b protein from photosystem II. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 767, 321-325 Gerola, P.D. and Olson, J.M. (1986) A new bacteriochlorophyll a-protein associated with chlorosomes of green sulfur bacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 848, 69-76 van Dorssen R.J., Gerola P.D., Olson J.M. and Amesz J. (1986). Optical and structural properties of chlorosomes of the photosynthetic green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium limicola. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 848, 77-82 Vos, M., Nuijs, A.M., van Grondelle, R., van Dorssen, R.J., Gerola, P.D. and Amesz, J. (1987) Excitation transfer in chlorosomes of green photosynthetic bacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 891, 275-285 Gerola, P.D., Hojrup, P. and Olson, J.M. (1988) A comparison of the bacteriochlorophyll c-binding proteins of Chlorobium and Chloroflexus. In: Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Systems (H. Scheer and S. Schneider, eds.) Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 365-373 Carraro, L., Gerola, P.D., Lombardo, G. and Gerola, F.M. (1989) Peroxidase activity and gametophytic incompatibility: bud pollination in Petunia hybrida. Caryologia, 42, 225-234 Carraro, L., Gerola, P.D., Lombardo, G. and Gerola, F.M. (1990) Pseudo-self-compatibility in ultraviolet irradiated plants of Primula acaulis ("pin" morph). J. Cell Sci. 95, 659-665 Brune, D.C., Gerola, P.D. and Olson, J.M. (1990) Circular dichroism of green bacterial chlorosomes. Photosynthesis Research 24, 253-263 Hojrup P., Gerola, P., Hansen, H.P., Mikkelsen,J.M., Shahed, A.E., Knudsen, J., Roepstorff, P. and Olson, J.M. (1991) The aminoacid sequence of a major protein component in the light harvesting complex of the green photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobium limicola f. thiosulfatophilum. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1077, 220-224 Maini L., Carraro L.M., Torrigiani P., Lombardo G. and Gerola P.D. (1995) Cytochemical localization of diamine oxidase in Helianthus tuberosus developing tubers. J. Plant Physiol., 146, 375-378 Carraro L., Lombardo G. and Gerola P.D. (1996) Stylar peroxidases and heteromorphic incompatibility reactions in Primula acaulis Hill ("thrum" morph). Caryologia, 49, 101-112 Carbonera D., Giacometti G., Vannini C., Gerola P.D., Vianelli A., Maniero A.L., Brunell L.C. (1998) Electron magnetic resonance of the chlorosomes from green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum. In:”Photosynthesis: mechanism and effects” (Garab G. ed.), Kluwer Acad. Pub., I, 109-112 Borrego C.M., Gerola P.D., Miller M. and Cox R. (1999) Light intensity effects on pigment composition and organization in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum. Photosynth. Research, 59, 159-166 Scaramagli S., Biondi S., Capitani S., Gerola P.D., Altamura M.M. and Torregiani P. (1999) Polyamine conjugate levels and ethylene byosinthesis: inverse relationship with vegetative bud formation in tobacco thin layers. Physiol. Plantarum., 105, 367-376 Gerola P.D., Mol C.A., Newbigin E., Lush W.M., (2000) "Regulation of LAT52 promoter activity during pollen tube growth through the pistil of Nicotiana alata , Sex Plant Reprod., 12, 347-352. Brusa T., Zucchi M., Pisoni C., Gerola P., Sorlini C. (2002). Tovel "the red lake" preliminary microbiological studies. Ann. Microb. 52, 13-23. Pisoni C., Vallini M., Gerola P. (2004). Studies on a ß-glucuronidase inhibitor present in Nicotiana styles. Frontiers in Sexual Plant Reproduction II, 1, 107. Vallini M., Pisoni C., Gerola P. (2004). Analysis of pollen tubes growth in intra- and inter- specific crosses. Frontiers in Sexual Plant Reproduction II, 1, 88. |
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