Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
Surname / First name
Address
Prota Neli
Thorbeckestraat 218, 6702BZ Wageningen, The Netherlands
Telephone
+31-317843097
Mobile:
+31-622075394
Telephone Work
+31-317481084
Fax:
+31-317418094
E-mail
Nationality
Date of birth
Gender
[email protected], [email protected]
Italian, Croatian
29 April 1985
Female
Professional experience
Dates
Occupation or position held
Project title
September 2007 – present
PhD fellowship
Molecular breeding of insect resistance in vegetable crops
Topics: genetic engineering of secondary metabolism pathways; GC/MS analysis of secondary
metabolites; enzymatic assay with terpene synthases; developing a strategy for hunting for an
unknown gene of the Cyt P450 family;
Name and address of
employer/supervisor
Type of business or sector
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Prof. Dr. H. J. Bouwmeester, Laboratory of plant physiology/Plant Research International, Wageningen
University and Research centre, Droevendalsesteeg 1 , 6708BP Wageningen, the Netherlands – Tel.
+31317486001
Metabolic regulation, Plant Physiology
September 2006 – June 2007
Internship for the Master degree
FRET experiments on a Type-1 copper-protein from Streptomyces coelicolor
Techniques: modelling of a protein with unknown 3D structure, primers design, PCR,
Mutagenesis with Overlap Extension PCR, Agarose gel electrophoresis, Transformation of Escherichia
coli, Protein purification, SDS-PAGE, FRET analysis with fluorescence spectrophotometer, Apo-protein
preparation and Zn-reconstitution experiments, in vivo labelling of the protein
Name and address of
employer/supervisor
Type of business or sector
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Prof. G. W. Canters, MetProt Group, LIC, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 Leiden, the Netherlands – Tel.
+31715274256
Metallo-protein research, Institute of Chemistry
April 2005 – July 2005
Internship for the Bachelor degree
Expression pattern determination of Protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in Zea mais during the
greening process by monitoring the mRNA level
Techniques: DNA and RNA purification from plant tissue, PCR, RT-PCR, Agarose gel
electrophoresis
Name and address of
employer/supervisor
Type of business or sector
Dates
Occupation or position held
Prof. N. Rascio and Dr. N. La Rocca, Dipartimento di Biologia, via Colombo 58, 35100 Padova, Italy –
Tel. +390498276273
Plant physiology research, Biology department
August 2004 – September 2004
Stage
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Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of
employer/supervisor
Type of business or sector
Molecular biology techniques: PCR, Agarose gel electrophoresis, Automated processes for
determining different strands of HBV, HCV and HGV
M. Crovato, Dipartimento Medicina di laboratorio, Azienda ospedaliera S. Maria degli Angeli, via
Montereale 24, 33710 Pordenone, Italy – Tel. +390434399281
Clinic immunology and virology, Laboratory medicine department
Education and training
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
October 2005 – July 2007
Master of science in Molecular Biology
Thesis title: Towards in vivo redox sensing - Analysis of the redox state of a cupredoxin with FRET using
biarsenical derivates of fluorescein and resorufin
- Ten months internship in Leiden, the Netherlands
- 15 ECT course in Molecular and cell biology of Plants - 26/30
- 11 ECT course in Biophysics - 30/30
- 9 ECT course in Cell biology - 26/30
- 4 ECT course in Biopolimers structure determination (NMR and Crystallography) – 24/30
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Università degli studi di Padova, Italy
Level in national or international
classification
102/110
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
October 2002 – July 2005
Bachelor of science in Molecular Biology
Thesis title: Molecular characterization of the enzyme Protochlorophyllide NADPH oxidoreductase in
maize (Zea mais)
- Total of 14 ECT in Bioinformatics
- Total of 12 ECT in Molecular biology including a practical course
- Total of 10 ECT in Cell biology
- Total of 6 ECT in Plant development and physiology
- 6 ECT course in Genetic engineering
- 3 ECT course in Management and organization of Human resources
- 5 ECT course in Risks from Physical Chemical and Biological agents
- 4 ECT course in Immunology
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Università degli studi di Padova, Italy
Level in national or international
classification
101/110
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
September 1998 – June 2002
High school degree – Scientific gymnasium
Thesis title: Genetic engineering
Strong education in Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Scuola Media Superiore Italiana – Srednja Talijanska Škola, Rijeka, Croatia
Level in national or international
classification
5/5
Conferences and workshops (more recent at the bottom)
Dates
Title and place
Dates
Title and place
Presentations
9/10/2006
ANNUAL DUTCH MEETING ON MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOPHYSICS, Lunteren, the
Netherlands
11-12/12/2006
50th ANNUAL MEETING PROTEIN RESEARCH STUDY-GROUP, Lunteren, the Netherlands
Poster presentation: Lipocyanin, an unusual membrane-bound blue copper protein
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Dates
Title and place
Presentations
Dates
Title and place
Dates
Title and place
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Title and place
Dates
Title and place
Dates
Title and place
2/03/2007
ALUMNI WORKSHOP, Leiden, the Netherlands
Oral presentation: Towards in vivo redox sensing, FRET on Lipocyanin from Streptomyces coelicolor
26/10/2007
PLANT-INSENCT INTERACTION WORKSHOP, Amsterdam SILS, the Netherlands
6/11/2007
EPS Theme 3 symposium, Wageningen, the Netherlands
06/03/2008
Life Science Symposium - Imaging, Leiden, the Netherlands
7-8/04/2008
NOW-ALW Meeting of Experimental Plant Sciences, Lunteren, the Netherlands
24-25/04/2008
GA Symposium – Plants system biology and medicinal plants, Leiden, the Netherlands
Courses (more recent on top)
Dates
Title and place
May 2008 – 4 sessions of one day each
CAREER ORIENTATION by B. Hertz, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Other activity (more recent on top)
Dates
Title and place
February 2008 – Present
Teaching Italian course for beginners, ISOW, Wageningen
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s)
Italian, Croatian
Other language(s)
Self-assessment
Understanding
European level (*)
Listening
English
C1
Spanish
Dutch
French
Slovenian
Proficient user
Reading
C1
Proficient user
B1 Independent User B1 Independent User B1 Independent User A2
Basic User
A1
Basic User
B1 Independent User B1 Independent User A2
Basic User
A1
Basic User
A2
Basic User
A1
A1
Basic User
A2
Basic User
A1
Basic User
B1 Independent User B1 Independent User A1
Basic User
A1
Basic User
A1
Basic User
A2
Proficient user
Basic User
C1
Proficient user
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Social skills and competences
Writing
Spoken production
Proficient user
Basic User
C1
Speaking
Spoken interaction
Ability to:
- Compromise
- Influence others
- Negotiate
- Get people’s attention
- Encourage others
- Show interest in other people’s ideas and opinions (empathy)
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C1
Communication skills and
competences
Personal effectiveness skills and
competences
Ability to:
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Speak in front of broad audiences
Sustain a conversation
Lead a discussion
Express myself fluently in scientific debates
Write a scientific report
Present my work or that of others in a linear and efficient way
Teach
Proactiveness; flexibility; ambition; passion in achieving a goal; enthusiastic about progress; interest in
a wide variety of subjects; will to travel in Europe and USA; efficient planning; intuition
Cognitive skills and competences
Good at:
- Learning things fast
- Learning languages
- Structure an oral presentation
- Put forward appropriate arguments
In general, good memory and skilled in logics, mathematics and grammar
Technical skills and competences
Knowledge of basic GC/MS analysis and organic extraction of compounds from various plant tissues;
Expertise with most of the biochemical and molecular biology techniques, achieved during the various
internships; Fluorescence spectroscopy, achieved during the Master internship; Plant propagation by
tissue culture and Analysis of plant pigments using paper chromatography, achieved during the course
in Molecular and cell biology of Plants
Computer skills and competences
MS Windows 98, 2000, XP; MS Office: Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Internet explorer and Mozilla
firefox; Biological Data Bases; Basics of Origin; basics of Corel PhotoPaint and Adobe Photoshop;
basics of programming with Turbo Pascal and Perl; basics of Linux OS.
Artistic skills and competences
Other skills and competences
Driving licence
Salsa dance, Piano
Hobbies: gardening, cooking, travelling, camping, visiting museums, skiing, swimming,
none
Additional information Reference: see addresses in the above mentioned internships paragraphs
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