Progetti e collaborazioni svolte

Fabio Rezzonico

Funzione	Post-doc / Researcher
Acronimo progetto di ricerca	BLOKBLITE_1, PSEUDO
Attuale sede di lavoro	Agroscope ACW Changins-Wädenswil Swiss Federal Research Station of Horticulture
Città	Wädenswil
Codice postale	8820
Nazione	Switzerland
E-mail	fabio.rezzonico@acw.admin.ch
Telefono ufficio	+41 44 783 63 31
Cellulare	+41 79 784 79 17
Laurea, diploma, PhD: quando, dove, tema discusso e titolo della tesi	PhD; 2003; Swiss federal Institute of Technology, Plant Pathology; "Analysis of stress response and type III secretion system mediated biocontrol in fluorescent pseudomonads protecting plants from soil-borne diseases". MSc; 1997, Swiss federal Institute of Technology, Space Biology; "Effect of simulated microgravity on early gene expression in human lymphocytes"
Competenza	Molecular biology, microbiology and biological control
Società professionali	Società Ticinese di Scienze Naturali
Esperienza di ricerca, formazione, stage professionali	Teaching member of COFIT (cooperative for medicinal plants and fitness products in Ticino)
Lingue conosciute (livello: madrelingua, fluente, base)	Italian (mother tongue), German (fluent), French (fluent), English (fluent)
Attuale area di ricerca	Blocking Erwinia amylovora autoinducer signaling for fire blight biocontrol; role of type III secretion system in biocontrol pseudomonads

Lista pubblicazioni:

Gobbin D., Rezzonico F., Gessler C. 2007. Quantification of the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf153 in soil using a quantitative competitive PCR assay unaffected by variability in cell lysis- and DNA-extraction efficiency. Soil Biology Biochemistry (in press).

Rezzonico F., Zala M., Keel C., Duffy B., Moënne-Loccoz Y., Défago G. 2007. Is the ability of biocontrol fluorescent pseudomonads to produce the antifungal metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol really synonymous with higher plant protection? New Phytologist 173: 861-872.

Gobbin D., Rezzonico F., Gessler C. 2007. Development of a quantitative competitive PCR assay for the quantification of the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf153 in soil. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin (in press).

Rezzonico F., Duffy B. 2007. Characterization of the role of luxS in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin (in press).

Rezzonico F., Zala M., Keel C., Duffy B., Moënne-Loccoz Y., Défago G. 2007. Population-level evidence of the importance of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and hydrogen cyanide in plant protection by Pseudomonas fluorescens. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin (in press).

Rezzonico F., Binder C., Défago G., Moënne-Loccoz Y. 2005. Evolutionary Recycling of type III secretion system to target pathogenic Chromista promotes plant protection by bacteria. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 18: 991-1001.

Molina L., Rezzonico F., Défago G., Duffy B. 2005. Autoinduction in Erwinia amylovora: evidence of an acyl-homoserine lactone signal in the fire blight pathogen. Journal of Bacteriology 187:3206-3213.

Rezzonico, F., G. Défago and Y. Moënne-Loccoz. 2004. Comparison of ATPase-ecoding type III secretion system hrcN genes in biocontrol fluorescent pseudomonads and in phytopathogenic proteobacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:5119-5131.

Rezzonico, F., Moënne-Loccoz, Y. and G. Défago. 2003. Effect of stress on the performance of a phlA-based quantitative PCR assay to monitor biocontrol Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69:686-690.

Rezzonico F., Moënne-Loccoz Y., Défago G. Impact of cell stress on the efficacy of phlA-based quantitative competitive PCR in biocontrol Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0. Proceedings of APS 2002 Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (July 27-31, 2002). Phytopathology 92: S69.

Rezzonico F.: Giove veglia sui pesci... Meridiana 161 (luglio-agosto 2002). Organo della Società Astronomica Ticinese.