Sabrina TAMBURINI

Research Activity
Dr Tamburini is an Assistant (Tenure Track) Professor in Microbiology in the Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems at Ca' Foscari University Venice. During her PhD Program at University of Trento and Postdoctoral training at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, USA), she worked with aerobic and anaerobic bacterial strains in single cell and social behaviors (flocs and biofilm). She developed new viability quantification assays to study the physiology of bacterial community in food, wastewater treatment plant and human microbiome.  In the last seven years she focused her research on human microbiome studying:1. The viable gut microbiome during fecal microbial transplantation in Clostridium difficile patients. 2. The re-shaping of gut microbiome in infants delivered by C-section in order to prevent allergies 3. Gut microbiome in healthy aging and trying to understanding the role of gut microbiome in: modulating cancer risk, preventing cancer development and responding to cancer treatment especially for immunotherapy approaches. Currently, she is interested in studying the human microbiome, the structure of bacterial community and factors that shape the architecture of the community and her stability in health and diseases.

Education
2009-2013 Doctoral Program in Biomolecular Sciences: subject Microbiology at CIBIO, University of Trento, Italy
2005-2007 Master Degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology at University of Bologna, Italy
2001-2004 Bachelor Degree in Biological Sciences curriculum Molecular and Cellular Biology at University of Bologna, Italy

Professional experience
2022-Present Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Microbiology. Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
2021-Present Group Scientist in Computational Metagenomics Lab at European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
2020 Scientist in Microbiome at Natural Bio-medicine Spa, Division of Innovation and Medical Science, Aboca Group, Sansepolcro (AR), Italy
2015-2019 Postdoctoral Associate in human microbiome, Department of Genetics and Genomic Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
2014-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow studying the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in acetogenic bacteria at National Research Council (CNR) and University of Trento, Trento, Italy
2014 Visiting Student at Microbiology Department, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
2008-2010 Research Fellowship to study physiology of bacterial communities in activated sludge and wastewater treatment plant at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

Honor and Awards
2024 Recipient of Science Slam Award at Mosaico Talks, University Ca’ Foscari Venezia (Italy)
2023 Recipient of FEMS Award as selected speaker at SIMGBM 2023, Cagliari (Italy)
2022 Part of the 12 top microbiome innovations, IN-Part Global Challenges
2019 Interview as Microbiome Expert, Vogue Beauty Italy, 831:62-63                                                     
2019 Recipient of Promising Young Investigator (Travel) Award, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (USA) (USA)
2018 Recipient of the Robin Chemers Neustein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (USA) Talented early-career female scientists accelerator (25,000$)
2017 Second Place Award at Inflammatory Bowl Diseases Retreat, New York (USA). For Outstanding Excellence and Superior Performance
2014 Research fellow CNR, Naples (Italy)                                                                                                                                     
2008 Research Fellow Civil and Engineering Department, University of Trento (Italy) 

Membership
Member of American Society of Microbiology
Member of Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology (SIMGBM)
Member and Founder of Microbiome Virtual International Forum (MVIF)

Collaborations
Prof Nicola Segata, CIBIO University of Trento, Trento and IEO, Milan, Italy
Prof Jose Clemente, Department of Genetics and Genomic Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
Prof Roberto Rusconi, Department of Biomedical Science, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Prof Paola Foladori, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Dr Ashwanth Francis, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, USA