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GUGLIELMETTI SIMONE DOMENICO

Position:
vice direttore di dipartimento (DIPARTIMENTO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE E BIOSCIENZE)
Role
Full Professor  
Academic disciplines
Agricultural, Food and Environmental Microbiology (AGRI-08/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
AGRICULTURAL, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (07/AGRI-08)
Email
[email protected]

Research

SDG's scientific activity center on applied microbiology and microbial biotechnology, with a primary emphasis on food, probiotics, and host-associated microorganisms. The overarching goal is to deepen our understanding of microbe-host interactions, contribute to the development of functional foods, and advance biotechnological strategies relevant to the food industry. Key research interests encompass microbial genetics, immunomodulation, microbial adhesion, metataxonomics, metabolomics, and the functional implementation of microbial strains as probiotics and live biotherapeutics.

Publications

  • Fox, F., Molteni, L., Angelini, F., Moretti, L., Palmioli, A., Guglielmetti, S., et al. (2026). Purification and structural characterization of bacterial exopolysaccharides from microorganisms of biotechnological interest. Intervento presentato a: 6° Workshop “I chimici per le biotecnologie”, Italian Chemistry Society (SCI), Milano, Italia. Detail

  • Pizzelli, B., Storti, C., Pierallini, E., Angelini, F., Mantegazza, G., Duncan, R., et al. (2026). Do strain diversity and/or dietary context determine the pathogenic potential of Collinsella aerofaciens in metabolic inflammation?. Intervento presentato a: 2026 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit - March 14-15 2026, Porto, Portugal. Detail

  • Angelini, F., Negrini, B., Fox, F., Molteni, L., Moretti, L., Pizzelli, B., et al. (2026). Exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria as functional components for synergistic synbiotic formulations. Intervento presentato a: 15th International Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria - 23-27 August 2026, Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands. Detail

  • Guglielmetti, S., Boyte, M., Smith, C., Ouwehand, A., Paraskevakos, G., Younes, J. (2026). Response to the letter to the editor by Vinderola et al. (2025) Trends in Food Science & Technology 165, 105289. TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 167(January 2026) [10.1016/j.tifs.2025.105440]. Detail

  • De Vitis, V., Ferrari, R., Brunelli, L., Minuzzo, M., Biffi, A., Fiore, W., et al. (2026). Gamma irradiation for producing functional postbiotic ingredients from industrial probiotic biomass. FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, 235(1 July 2026) [10.1016/j.foodres.2026.119121]. Detail

Full list

Research projects

We all eat microbes: diet as reservoir of microorganisms that preserve the ecosystem services of the human gastrointesti nal microbiota (the μbEat project)
Year: 2023
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)

Awards

Research and teaching assignments

  • Attivita' didattica - Adjunct Professor of General Microbiology - Tampere University of Technology, 2015 - 2020