Vito M. Butardo Jr.

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology

Swinburne University of Technology

Vito M. Butardo Jr.

Dr Vito Butardo Jr obtained his PhD degree in Agricultural Sciences at The University of Queensland where he majored in plant molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology. He was then awarded postdoctoral research fellowships at the CSIRO Plant Industry (Canberra, Australia), International Rice Research Institute (Los Baños, Philippines) and Charles Sturt University (Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia). He joined Swinburne University of Technology in 2017, where his major research initiatives will focus on microbial and agricultural biotechnology. His major research goal is mitigating the impact of malnutrition by enhancing food security and nutritional value of cereal grains. He is also interested in understanding the impact of climate change on grain quality, yield and nutritional properties of cereals and in utilising agricultural wastes for industrial purposes.

Publications

Ottenere dati trascrittomi di alta qualità dai semi di cereali con un metodo modificato per la profilazione dell'espressione genica

1Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, 2Department of Molecular Genetics, Heterosis Research Group, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 3Grain Quality and Nutrition Center, Applied Functional Genomics Cluster, International Rice Research Institute

JoVE 60602

 Biochemistry