CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche 2 articles published in JoVE Environment Bioprospecting of Extremophilic Microorganisms to Address Environmental Pollution Giovanni Gallo1,2, Martina Aulitto1,3, Patrizia Contursi1,4, Danila Limauro1,4, Simonetta Bartolucci1, Gabriella Fiorentino1,4 1Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 2Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR, 3Division of Biological Systems and Engineering, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 4BAT Center-Interuniversity Center for Studies on Bioinspired Agro-Environmental Technology, University of Napoli Federico II The isolation of heavy metal-resistant microbes from geothermal springs is a hot topic for the development of bioremediation and environmental monitoring biosystems. This study provides a methodological approach for isolating and identifying heavy metal tolerant bacteria from hot springs. Bioengineering Transport Properties of Ibuprofen Encapsulated in Cyclodextrin Nanosponge Hydrogels: A Proton HR-MAS NMR Spectroscopy Study Monica Ferro*1, Franca Castiglione*1, Carlo Punta1, Lucio Melone1,2, Walter Panzeri3, Barbara Rossi4, Francesco Trotta5, Andrea Mele1 1Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, 2Università degli studi e-Campus, 3ICRM, CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 4Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, 5Department of Chemistry, University of Torino The motion regimes of ibuprofen encapsulated in β-cyclodextrin nanosponges polymer network are investigated using pulsed-field-gradient spin-echo (PGSE) NMR technique. Synthesis, purification, drug loading, implementation of the NMR pulse sequence and data analysis to work out the mean square displacement of the drug at several observation times are described in detail.
