Istituto di BioFisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via La Malfa 153, 90146, Palermo, Ital
Biography
Valeria Guarrasi received her MSc degree in Food Science and Technology in 2005 from the University of Catania, Italy. She also received her PhD in Mediterranean Fruticulture in 2012 from University of Palermo, Italy. During the PhD she worked on Electronic Olfactory Systems (E-nose) to evaluate aroma fruits quality. She is currently working at the Institute of Biophysics at Palermo, National Research Council of Italy. Her current research also concerns the development of methods for the extraction of natural molecules having biological activities against self-organization of amyloid proteins responsible of the onset of neurodegenerative diseases.