International Summer School

CONTAMINATED SOIL: MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION

Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology

University of Torino, Italy

Tuesday July 10th – Friday July 13th 2018

Sponsored by LIFE BIOREST project
Organized by University of Turin and Consorzio Italbiotec

Introduction

The summer school will investigate conventional and innovative remediation approaches that can be effectively used to manage contaminated soils.

Traditional techniques to treat contaminated land and groundwater are technically limited, inefficient and poorly environmentally sustainable, considering the management timescales and environmental impacts involved. This leads to uncertainty in decision-making (e.g. remediation technology selection and management strategies) and inefficient use of resources.

Bioremediation offers an intriguing alternative to traditional approaches. Fungi, bacteria and plants may evolve adaptation skills that help them to populate contaminated ecological niche. Processes based on microorganisms and plants have been already investigated, showing how they could act against pollutants. Their transformation into less hazardous molecules would help to improve the soil quality and ultimately restore its ecological services.

The objectives are to:

Explore current technical limitations affecting the bioremediation of soils
Introduce new thinking, state-of-the-art analytical tools, practical assessment methods and novel applications, which are at the “frontier” of the field

Venue

Botanic Garden, University of Turin, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli 25, Turin, Italy

Who can attend the school

The school is designed for PhD students and post-doctoral researchers, working in universities, public and private research centers or private companies. Applications are welcome from all countries. The participation is free of charge. In order to attend the summer school CV, motivation letter and Application Module should be sent to: verdepertutti@gmail.com. Up to 20 Participants will be selected.

Please note the following key dates:

Deadline for submission of application – 15^th April 2018
Successful applicants informed – 30^th April 2018

Further information

Further information can also be obtained by contacting verdepertutti@gmail.com

Program

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Program

Day 1 - Monday 9^th July 2018
Location: Botanic Garden, Turin

Time	Program
13.00 – 13.15	Opening address and Welcoming the participants, Prof. Cristina Varese (Mycotheca Universistatis Taurinensis), Ilaria Re (Project coordinator of Life-Biorest), Prof. Cristina Giacoma (Head of DBIOS)



Session I: Legislation and Management
13.15 – 13.45	State of art of polluted sites in Italy and EU,Ilaria, Francesca Quercia (ispra, eea)
13.45 – 14.15	State of regulation controlling soil pollution,Marina Bellotti (Regione Lombardia)
Session II: Characterization of contaminated soils
14.15 – 15.00	Environmental impact and ecotoxicological assessment (soil and water),Arpa
15.00 – 15.30	Coffee break
15.30 – 16.00	Analytical techniques to determine soil pollutants,Prof. Paola Calza (Unito)
Session III: Remediation of contaminated soils
16.00 – 16.45	In situ and ex-situ techniques: soil treatment techniques,Valentina Cerigo
16.45 – 17.30	Investigation techniques of contaminated site,Prof. Domenico Antonio De Luca (Unito)
17.30 – 18.30	Speed sparring

Day 2 - Tuesday 10^th July 2018
Location: Fidenza, Piacenza

Time	Program
Excursion
9.00 – 17.00	Excursion to contaminated sites in Asti and Fidenza
	Oil station on the Torino-Asti highway SIN of Fidenza
14.00 – 14.45	Phytoremediation UCSC
	Lectures: Teseco Syndial Az. Bologna /Unirecuperi, Furia Life-Biorest

Day 3 - Wednesday 11^th July 2018
Location: Botanic Garden, Turin

Time	Program
9.00 – 10.00	Studies presentation
Session IV: Bioremediation
10.00 – 10.30	Fungi in Soil Bioremediation Prof. Cristina Varese
10.30 – 11.00	Bacteria in Soil Bioremediation Prof. Edoardo Puglisi, WEL
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 12.00	Molecular tool to follow microbial community in soil Prof. Girlanda (unito), Prof. Petroni (unipi)
12.30 – 13.00	Heavy metals vs phytoremediation Prof. Guido Lingua (Unito)
13.00 – 13.30	Lunch break
13.30 – 14.30	Studies presentation
Session V: Remediation enhancement
14.30 – 15.00	Bioavailability Prof. Jose Julio Ortega Calvo
15.00 – 15.30	Biosurfactants Zanaroli (Unibo)
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee break
Session VI: From lab to industrial scale
16.00 – 16.30	LCA Giuliana D'Imporzano
16.30 – 17.00	Up-scaling the process Fabrizio Beltrametti
17.00 – 18.00	Case study Bioresearch Italia Teseco

Day 4 - Thursday 12^th July 2018
Location: Orto Botanico, Torino

Time	Program
Networking Session LIFE-BIOREST Workshop: Successful EU projects presentations
9.30 – 10.00	BIOREM
10.00 – 10.30	BIOXISOIL
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 12.00	BioresNova Simona Di Gregorio
12.00 – 12.30	Kill Spill
12.30 – 12.50	Panel section and Conclusive Remarks

Other possible speakers:
Claudio Oggeri (Polito), technical management of sites
Marco Falconi (ISPRA)