Federica Ferrante

Research assistant

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

About

Experience

  • Research assistant at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Visiting student - Master Thesis at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
    Oct 2024 - Aug 2025 · 11 mos

    Currently attending my master thesis period at the Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics, in Georg Lipps' group. My project is focused on Genome manipulation to improve OMVs production in E. Coli strains and reduce their endotoxicity. The goal of this project is to achieve a safe use of the OMVs for vaccines production.

  • Bachelor Thesis Student at Università degli studi di Palermo
    Sep 2021 - Jan 2022 · 5 mos

    During my Bachelor's thesis period I had the chance to investigate the potential use of bacteria with plant growth promoting characteristics as biofertilizers. In particular, I worked on testing different growth conditions to study their influence on auxin production.