Turin secondary unit

Head of Unit: Laura Cavallarin

Largo Paolo Braccini, 2 Grugliasco (TO) 10095
E-mail: laura.cavallarin@ispa.cnr.it
Phone: 011 6709234
Fax: 011 6709297

Staff Members: 13

Research Areas

  • Feed quality & animal-origin food: nutritional quality of feed and animal-derived products
  • Food safety: identification and characterization of allergens, UHPLC-HRMS methods
  • Food quality: simulated digestion (INFOGEST), in vitro intestinal absorption
  • Novel foods: biochemical characterization of proteins from alternative sources
  • Food processing: impact of technological treatments on food quality and allergenicity

Laboratories and Equipment

  • Proteomics laboratory (1D/2D electrophoresis, western blotting, ChemiDoc MP)
  • Tecan Infinite M Nano+ microplate reader
  • UltiMate 3000 HPLC (UV, fluorescence, refractometry detectors)
  • 5 Pascal freeze-dryer
  • At IMPreSA (INRiM): UHPLC-HRMS (Q-Exactive™ Plus Orbitrap), 600 MHz NMR Bruker Avance Neo