Workshops

190 Appendix 6.6

- Schools, workshops,courses, and seminars followed during PhD course.

191 D. Seminars

1. Caserta S. ““How “smart" a cell can be? Do transport phenomena play a role in dynamic evolution of cell systems?”, 8/2/2017.

2. Ricci F. “DNA-based nanodevices for diagnostic and drug-delivery applications”, 15/2/2017

3. Sacha Lucchini. “From the farm to the gut: mechanisms of bacterial adaptation”, 22/2/2017.

4. Andrea Strazzulli. “Discovery novel hyperthermophilic carbohydrate active enzymes for plantbiomass degradation: a metagenomic approach”, 8/3/2017.

5. Giovanni Libralato. “Hygiene research and implications of emerging compounds: personal care products, pharmaceuticals and engineered nanomaterials”, 14/3/2017.

6. Luis I. Díez. “Oxy-combustion of coal/biomass in the framework of CO2 capture and storage (bio-CCS)”, 6/4/2017

7. Pietro Lupetti. “Ultrastructural studies on intraflagellar transport trains”, 28/4/2019

8. Giuseppe Nicotra. “Challenges beyond the nanoscale, and the new Sub –A S/TEM microscope at CNR”, 28/4/2017.

9. Angharad M. R. Gatehouse. “The Role of RNA interference in crop protection”, 11/5/2017.

10. Thierry Tron. “On the use of surface functionalized enzymes.”, 11/5/2017.

11. Aurel Radulescu. “Elucidation of the morphology of hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte membranes by small-angle neutron scattering technique”, 15/6/2017 12. Philip Jessop. “CO2-Switchable Surfaces and Coatings”, 23/5/2017

13. Gabriel Luna-Barcenas “Nanocomposites for biomedical & environmental applications”, 5/7/2017.

14. Mohammad Altamini. “Anti adhesive effect of oligosaccharide micro flora using cell culture model”, 7/7/2017.

15. W.A.L. van Otterlo. “Synthetic “fun and games” with compounds inspired by bioactive natural products” , 5/12/2017

16. Henk Haasgmann. “Immunomosulatory antimicrobial peptides: biology and applications”, 15/02/2018.

17. Gianfranco Pacchioni. “Supported Metal Particles in Catalysis: Role of Metal-Oxide Interface”, 15/2/2018

18. N J Clayden. “A life of magical spinning (Solid state NMR spectroscopy in chemistry)”, 20/2/2018

19. Philippe Zinck. “Chain shuttling polymerization - a powerful tool for the design of multiblock polymers”,20/2/2018

20. N J Clayden. “Muons useful in chemistry”,22/2/2018

21. Charlotte Blom. “Enzyme discovery at novozymes”, 13/3/2018

192 22. Michael M.Cox. “On the Nature of Science”, 13/4/2018

23. Sabine Flitch. “The golden age of glycoscience-new tools in synthesis and analysis”, 24/9/2018.

24. Carmen Galan. “Novel synthetic glycol-tools for biology research”, 26/9/2018.

25. Arianna Mazzoli. “Search of new therapeutic targets of obesity and obesity-related diseases”, 21/11/2018

26. Alfonso De Simone. “Catching the invisible molecular interactions behind Parkinson’s Disease”, 8/1/2019

27. Marco Moracci. “IBISBA 1.0: Industrial Biotechnology Innovation and Synthetic Biology Accelerator”,26/3/2019

28. Anna Maria Masdeu Bulto.” Utilization of CO2 from solvent to reactant”, 9/4/2019 29. Bruno Iafelice. “Innovation and entrepreneurship: The silicon valley mindset for

scientists”,12/4/2019

30. Antonietta Demaio. “Innovation and entrepreneurship: Legal issues for entrepreneurship”, 12/4/2019

31. Michale condry. “Innovation and entrepreneurship: Smart medical system to predict cancer and other gastro intestinal disorders”, 12/4/2019

193 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many thanks to my almighty Allah for giving me health and vitality to achieve this work. Foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Prof.

Loredana Mariniello, for her continuous support of my PhD studies and research in Biotechnology/chemical department, for her patience, motivation, enthusiasm and immense knowledge. Her guidance helped me in all the time of research and writing of this thesis. I could not have imagined having a better advisor and mentor for my PhD project.

I would like to thank Prof. Raffaele Porta who started the cooperation between An-Najah National University, where I was working and University of Napales “Federico II”. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Prof. Maher Natsheh, President of An-Najah University and Prof. Gaetano Manfredi, Magnifico Rettore of University of Naples “Federico II”, who opened this great opportunity for Palestinian students

I would like to send many thanks to the previous and present coordinators of PhD school of Biotechnology Prof. Giovanni Sannia and Prof. Marco Moracci for them facilitating my activities during my PhD

My sincere thanks also go to, Dr. Valeria Giosafatto, for her infinite patience, as well as his encouragement to continue over the years and for always being available.

Thanks for your helpful input, guidance, attention and availability. I would also like to express my devoted thanks to Prof. Prospero Di Pierro, for his suggestions and discussion.

Thanks to Prof. Reynaldo Villalonga, and Prof. Alfredo Sanchez for giving me the opportunity to spend a very rewarding period at Complutense University (Madrid-Spain), and really thanks to all my Spanish friends and colleagues Inigo, Sandra, Ana and Anabel. Thank you so much for your friendship and hospitality.

I would also like to send many thanks to Dr. Mohammed Altamimi, head of Department of Nutrition and Food Technology at An-Najah National University, for hosting me during my PhD in his research group. Thank you so much for your hospitality and contribution.

The thesis would not have come to a successful completion, without the help I received from all the staff of the research group of “Biochemistry, Biotechnologies and Enzymology”, Dr. Valeria Giosafatto and Dr. Marilena Esposito, who from the first day were have been always available to help me, and thank you for everything you taught me over the years. Mrs. Maria Fenderico, thanks for sharing your experience with me, for your willingness and for share funny moments. Thanks to all many other Italian friends I have meet during my studies.

Deeply thanks to the Palestinian embassy in Rome and to the Palestinian community in Napoli thanks to its President, Dr. Shafik Kurtam, who was also my family doctor during my stay in Naples, and a special thanks to the Mrs. Souzan Fatayer and Mr. Jamal Qaddorah who helped me to start my life in Naples.

I gratefully acknowledge the funding sources that made my PhD work possible, through the Italian government fellowship. Also I would like to thanks the Italian Society of Biochemistry (SIB) for its support.