BONASORO FRANCESCO

1990 University Degree in Biology with full Honours (110/110 cum laude) awarded by Università degli Studi di Milano
1995 PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology
1999-today Assistant Professor at the University of Milan, Department of Environmental Science and Policy.
In 2021 he got the National Scientific Qualification to Associate Professor of Zoology and anthropology (SSD BIO/05, Academic Recruitment Field 05/B1 - Zoology and anthropology)

Teaching activity (Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, now Faculty of Science and Technology - University of Milan).
1) Courses in Biology:
a.a. 2000/1-2008/9 Systematics and Phylogeny (Integrated Course). 1st level degree courses.
a.a. 2003/4-2008/9 Animal Biology 1/(Zoology) with practical labs. 1st level degree courses.
a.a. 2009/10- today Marine Biology and Ecology. 2nd level degree course.
a.a. 2009/10- 2012/13 Food Resources and Environmental Bioavailability. 2nd level degree course.
a.a. 2010/11-2011/12 Internship in university labs. 1st level degree courses.
a.a. 2013/14- 2016/17 Food Resources. 2nd level degree course.
a.a. 2012/3-today Animal Biology and Systematics with practical labs. 1st level degree courses.
a.a. 2020/21 Zoology (General Zoology). 1st level degree courses.

2) Doctoral school:
2006-2013 PhD board member of the PhD course in Animal Biology.
2013-2018 PhD board member of the PhD course in Environmental Sciences.

3) Tutor activity for 1st and 2nd degree courses students and PhD students

4) Seminars and Lectures

5) Exams

Scientific activity
The primary research interest has been the study of the functional morphology in invertebrates and in particular the main subjects are now:
a) Mutability phenomena in connective tissues of invertebrates from structural, mechanical properties and physiological point of view. Models: connective tissues of echinoderms and collagenous mesohyl of sponges.
b) An applied biomimetic approach to exploit marine-derived resources, in particular mutable connective tissues and their components, for the ex-novo design and development of biomimetic smart materials: films, scaffolds and substrata for cell culture studies, medical devices.
c) Autotomy and regenerative phenomena in echinoderms: mechanisms, cell lineages (stem cells or not) and factors involved. Models: arm regeneration in crinoids and ophiuroids; test regeneration in sea urchins; graft and visceral regeneration in crinoids. d) Effects of exposure to environmental contaminants and microplastics to the reproductive biology and regenerative potential in echinoderms. Models: reproductive biology in crinoids and echinoids; arm regeneration in crinoids.

Participant or speaker in more than 65 international and national Congresses.
Author of more than 90 papers published in international and national peer reviewed journals and books.
Editor of international books and Journals issues.
Echinoderm Research 1998 (Candia Carnevali MD, Bonasoro F Editors), Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, 1999.
The Biology of Echinoderm Regeneration (Candia Carnevali MD, Bonasoro F Guest Editors), MICROSC RES TECHNIQ, Volume 55, Wiley-Liss, 2001.

Professional experience
Editor for the italian edition of the zoology textbook “Biologia e sistematica animale” (Antonio Delfino Editore) by Storch V and Welsch U translation of 8° edition of the original textbook “Kurzes Lehrbuch der Zoologie” edit by Spektrum-Elsevier.
Reviser for the italian edition of the zoology textbook “Fondamenti di Zoologia” (The McGraw-Hill Companies srl) by Hickman CP, Roberts LS, Larson A and l'Anson H, translation of 20° edition of the original textbook “Integrated Principles of Zoology” The McGraw-Hill Companies srl.
Reviewer for international scientific journals.

Collaborations
IC Wilkie, Glasgow Polytechnic, Glasgow, UK;
G Bavestrello, Istituto di Scienze del Mare, Università di Ancona;
MC Thorndyke, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK;
IY Dolmatov, Institute of Marine Biology, Vladivostock, Russia;
MA Barbosa, INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica e University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering, Porto, Portugal;
M Elphick Queen Mary University of London, UK;
a number of scientific groups in the EU project COMPRENDO (EU EVK1-CT-2002-00129).

Financial supports
COFIN 2000; COFIN 2003; PRIN (ex-COFIN) 2006 (Scientific Responsible Prof. MD Candia Carnevali)
FIRST/PUR 2000-today (Scientific Responsible Prof. MD Candia Carnevali)
Contratto EU EVK1-CT-2002-00129 COMPRENDO (Scientific Responsible Prof. MD Candia Carnevali)
PRIN 2015 (2015NSFHXF) (Scientific Responsible Prof. S Piraino)

10 recent papers

Fassini D, Parma L, Lembo F, Candia Carnevali MD, Wilkie IC, Bonasoro F (2014)
The reaction of the sponge Chondrosia reniformis to mechanical stimulation is mediated by the outer epithelium and the release of stiffening factor(s)
ZOOLOGY 117 (4) 282-291DOI: 10.1016/J.ZOOL.2014.03.003

Di Benedetto C, Barbaglio A, Martinello T, Alongi V, Fassini D, Cullorà E, Patruno M, Bonasoro F, Barbosa MA, Candia Carnevali MD, Sugni M (2014)
Production, characterization and biocompatibility of marine collagen matrices from an alternative and sustainable source: the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus
MARINE DRUGS 12 4912-4933 DOI:10.3390/md12094912

Di Benedetto C, Parma L, Barbaglio A, Sugni M, Bonasoro F, Candia Carnevali MD (2014) Echinoderm regeneration: an in vitro approach using the crinoid Antedon mediterranea
CELL & TISSUE RESEARCH 358 (1) 189-201 DOI:10.1007/s00441-014-1915-8

Ben Khadra Y, Ferrario C, Di Benedetto C, Said K, Bonasoro F, Candia Carnevali MD, Sugni M (2015)
Wound repair during arm regeneration in the red starfish Echinaster sepositus.
WOUND REP REG 23 611–622 DOI:10.1111/wrr.12333

Ben Khadra Y, Ferrario C, Di Benedetto C, Said K, Bonasoro F, Candia Carnevali MD, Sugni M (2015)
Re-growth, morphogenesis, and differentiation during starfish arm regeneration.
WOUND REP REG 23 623–634 DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12336

Ferrario C, Leggio L, Leone R, Di Benedetto C, Guidetti L, Coccè V, Ascagni M, Bonasoro F, La Porta CAM, Candia Carnevali MD, Sugni M (2017)
Marine-derived collagen biomaterials from echinoderm connective tissues.
MAR ENVIRON RES 128 46-57 DOI:10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.03.007

Ferrario C, Ben Khadra Y, Czarkwiani A, Zakrzewski A, Martinez P, Ascagni M, Bonasoro F, Candia Carnevali MD, Oliveri P, Sugni M (2018)
Fundamental aspects of arm repair phase in two echinoderm models
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 433 297-309 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.09.035

Magni S, Gagné F, André C, Della Torre C, Auclair J, Hanana H, Parenti CC, Bonasoro F, Binelli A (2018)
Evaluation of uptake and chronic toxicity of virgin polystyrene microbeads in freshwater zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Mollusca: Bivalvia)
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 631-632 778-788 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.075

Ben Khadra Y, Sugni M, Ferrario C, Bonasoro F, Oliveri P, Martinez P, Candia Carnevali MD, (2018)
Regeneration in Stellate Echinoderms: Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea
RESULTS AND PROBLEMS IN CELL DIFFERENTIATION 65 285-320 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92486-1_14

Magni S, Bonasoro F, Della Torre C, Parenti C, Maggioni D, Binelli A (2020).
Plastics and biodegradable plastics: ecotoxicity comparison between polyvinylchloride and Mater-Bi® micro-debris in a freshwater biological model
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 720 137602 DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137602

Bibliometric indexes


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Scopus
Publication range: 1991- 10/03/2022
Documents: 53
Citations: 1202 total citations
by 693 documents
h-index: 21
Co-authors: 109

ISI Web of ScienceTM
Publication range: 1990 - 10/03/2022
Results found: 64
Sum of the Times Cited: 1155
Citing Articles: 658
h-index: 20
Average Citations per Item: 18,05