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BioloGy AReA
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Science at Museo delle Scienze: Research Report 2010-2011
since 2009, with the section of invertebrate zoology and hydrobiology of the
Mds. At Mds she she is involved in studies on toxic resistance in Chironomus
riparius (diptera chironomidae) from an ecotossicological (toxicity tests) and
genetic (gene expression analysis) point of view.
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Research assistant
Born in novara in 1977, she achieved a bachelor
and a Ph.d. degree in university of
Pavia (italy) on dragonflies ecology and
conservation. As expert odonatologist, she
co-authored, among other publications, the
only two existing atlas of italy (Atlante del
Piemonte e Val d’Aosta, Atlante della Provincia
di novara), and she deeply collaborates
with iucn on european and Mediterranean
basin dragonflies red list assessing. in 2009
she cofounded odonata.it -the italian society
of dragonfly study and conservation of
which she is the current president. in 2009-2010 she collaborated with Mds
within projects on conservation and documentation of invertebrate biodiversity
in natura 2000 sites and on the distribution of Aedes albopictus (tiger
mosquito) in the Trento city.
AlessAndRA FRAnceschini
Technical assistant
Born in Venice in 1967, she obtained a degree
in Biological science at the university
of Padua in hydrobiology and macroinvertebrates.
since 1993 she collaborates with the
section of invertebrate zoology and hydrobiology
of the Mds within projects on riparian
zones of rivers, mountain streams and
alpine lakes. she focused on riparian fauna
(mainly coleoptera carbidae) and aquatic
insects (mainly Plecoptera). she was teacher
for the iBe quality index application (“Metodi
biologici pratici per il mappaggio di qualità
dei corsi d’acqua: analisi comunità macroinvertebrati”) and co-author of
the iFF index “Applicazione dell’indice di Funzionalità Fluviale”. in 2008 she
was technician at the environmental Agency of Trento in the chemical laboratory.
since 2009 she is the technical assistant of the section of invertebrate
zoology and hydrobiology of the Mds.
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