Eliana Di Lodovico

The internship’s activity consisted in the use of tobacco and barley plants to observe the response to highly polluted soils in specific areas of France and to evaluate the ecotoxicity of the chemicals and anthropogenic heavy metals present. The activities performed were: assisting the plant growth, cultivation, harvest and samples collection, analysis of samples with chemical and physical methods and computer analysis.

PROJECT LIFE 13 ENV/IT/000169 LIFE RINASCE "Naturalistic redevelopment for the integrated hydraulic-environmental sustainability of the Canali Emiliani". Technical visit and workshop "evolution of the redeveloped canals", redevelopment of the channels collector Alfiere, collector Acque Basse Modenesi and Cavata Orientale.

The volunteering consisted of the treatment of sea turtles affected by health problems caused by human activities (such as fishing and waste) for their reentry into the natural environment. The activities performed were: feeding and cleaning sea turtles and tubs, general care of the turtles during their stay according to their age and needings, veterinary assistance in surgical operations (removal of hooks, sutures).

The internship’s work consisted of the clustering of microbial communities present in samples taken from Azore islands. The activities performed were: cloning techniques (such as PCR), gel electrophoresis, bacterial DNA extraction, general maintenance and use of the laboratory tools and machines, preparation of the culture medium of the Petri dishes.