Stefano Cazzaniga

Agricultural digestate ultrafiltrate outperforms synthetic media for microalgal biomass production while enabling biostimulant generation

This study shows that livestock digestate ultrafiltrate supports higher microalgal biomass production than synthetic media and generates biostimulant biomass.

Photoprotection comes at a cost: non-photochemical quenching shapes growthproductivity trade-offs in Haematococcus lacustris

This study shows that enhanced non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) in Haematococcus lacustris improves high-light tolerance under carbon limitation but reduces growth and astaxanthin productivity under high CO2 conditions.

A synthetic switch based on orange carotenoid protein to control blue light responses in chloroplasts

The paper develops a synthetic photoswitch in Arabidopsis thaliana based on cyanobacterial orange carotenoid protein to control light responses in chloroplasts.

Identification of parallel pH-and zeaxanthin-dependent quenching of excess energy in LHCSR3 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

The paper identifies two distinct quenching mechanisms in LHCSR3 of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, controlled by pH and zeaxanthin, which prevent reactive oxygen species formation under high light conditions.