Laura Trovato

Fixed-term Assistant Professor (RTDB) of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology [MED/07]
Membership Section: Microbiology

Laura Trovato is Senior Researcher (fixed-time, RTD-B art.24, c.3, L. 240/2010) in Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology (SSD: MED/07), at the University of Catania.

She holds a Degree in Biological Sciences (2002), post-graduate specialization degree in Microbiology and Virology (2005) and a PhD in microbiological science (2009) from the same University and since 2005 shes research has focused mainly on the advanced mycological diagnostics of invasive and superficial mycoses, in vitro activity of antifungal drugs and of resistance mechanisms in clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus sp., other Ialoifomycetes and Cryptococcus sp., and epidemiological and molecular typing studies in the field of invasive fungal infections. Prof.ssa Trovato teaches mycology, parassitology and clinical microbiology in different degree courses at the University of Catania and in the post-graduate specialization school of microbiology and dermatology. She is also professor at the Ph.D in “Basic & Applied Biomedical Sciences”. Since 2021 she has been secretary of the specialization school in Microbiology and Virology. Prof. Trovato carrying out assistance activities as a clinical microbiologist at the U.O.C. Analysis Laboratory of the A.O.U. Poclinico "G.Rodolico - San Marco" Catania. She has been invited as speaker in numerous National Scientific Congresses and in ECM refresher courses dealing with topics related to medical mycology. Since 2018 she has been a member of the study committee for mycology (COSM) of the Association of the Italian Clinical Microbiologists (AMCLI).

He is a memberships of the following scientific societies: Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM), Association of the Italian Clinical Microbiologists (AMCLI), Italian Federation of Human and Animal Mycopathology (FIMUA), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), International Society for Human & Animal Mycology (ISHAM).

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  • DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SCIENCES AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Laboratory techniques - 1st Year
    SCIENZE MICROBIOLOGICHE

The research activity mainly concerned topics relating to medical mycology: 

  • Susceptibility studies to determine the activity of antifungal drugs
  • Study of the mechanisms of resistance responsible for resistance in clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus sp., Cryptococcus, Candida and other Ialoifomycetes
  • Development of molecular methods for rapid diagnosis of invasive fungal infectios
  • Epidemiological and molecular typing studies in invasive fungal infections