Profile of Dr. Francesco Pomati - Research Associate

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Francesco's research interests include the toxicology of complex drug mixtures and micropollutants, including natural toxins. His research addresses the identification of risks associated with water contamination. Francesco's research also embraces the genetics of STX production in cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates and microbial diversity in extreme environments.

Francesco is interested in the potential adverse human health effects associated with exposure to trace chemicals in the environment, as a testimony of the intimate relationship between ecosystem health and human health. He works on man-made and natural toxins, in particular pharmaceuticals and cyanobacterial toxins, investigating screening procedures and toxicological approaches, methods and tools to bridge the gap between human toxicology and environmental sciences. Francesco is mainly working on the development of standardised toxicity tests for the elucidation of adverse health effects caused by trace chemicals and their mixtures, as well as their mechanisms of action.

Contact

Phone: +61 2 9385 3659

email: f.pomati@unsw.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles

F Pomati, C Orlandi, M Clerici, F Luciani, and E Zuccato (2008) [MORE]
Effects and interactions in an environmentally relevant mixture of pharmaceuticals
Toxicological Sciences 102(1):129-37.
F. Pomati, C. Cotsapas, S. Castiglioni, E. Zuccato and D. Calamari. (2007) [MORE]
Expression Profiles in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Liver Cells Exposed to a Mixture of Pharmaceuticals at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations.
Chemosphere, in press
Burns BP, F Pomati, F Goh, SA Yasar, BA Neilan (2006) [MORE]
Stromatolites as a resource for novel natural products
Orig Life Evol Biosph. 36(5-6), 623-624
Castiglioni S, Bagnati R, Fanelli R, Pomati F, Calamari D, Zuccato E. (2006) [MORE]
Removal of pharmaceuticals in sewage treatment plants in Italy.
Environ Sci Technol. 40(1):357-63.
Pomati F, Castiglioni S, Zuccato E, Fanelli R, Vigetti D, Rossetti C, Calamari D. (2006) [MORE]
Effects of a complex mixture of therapeutic drugs at environmental levels on human embryonic cells.
Environ Sci Technol. 40(7):2442-7.
Pomati F, Kellmann R, Cavalieri R, Burns BP, Neilan BA (2006) [MORE]
Comparative gene expression of PSP-toxin producing and non-toxic Anabaena circinalis strains.
Environ Int. 32(6):743-8.
Zuccato E, Castiglioni S, Fanelli R, Reitano G, Bagnati R, Chiabrando C, Pomati F, Rossetti C, Calamari D. (2006) [MORE]
Pharmaceuticals in the environment in Italy: causes, occurrence, effects and control.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 13(1):15-21.
Burns BP, Seifert A, Goh F, Pomati F, Jungblut AD, Yasar SA, Neilan BA (2005) [MORE]
Genetic potential for secondary metabolite production in stromatolite communities.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2005 Feb 1;243(1):293-301.
Pomati F, Burns BP, Neilan BA. (2004) [MORE]
Identification of an Na(+)-dependent transporter associated with saxitoxin-producing strains of the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 70(8):4711-9.
Pomati F, Burns BP, Neilan BA. (2004) [MORE]
Use of Ion-Channel Modulating Agents to Study Cyanobacterial Na(+) - K(+) Fluxes.
Biol Proced Online. 6:137-143.
Pomati F, Moffitt MC, Cavaliere R, Neilan BA. (2004) [MORE]
Evidence for differences in the metabolism of saxitoxin and C1+2 toxins in the freshwater cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii T3.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1674(1):60-7.
Pomati F, Neilan BA. (2004) [MORE]
PCR-based positive hybridization to detect genomic diversity associated with bacterial secondary metabolism.
Nucleic Acids Res. 32(1):e7.
Pomati F, Netting AG, Calamari D, Neilan BA. (2004) [MORE]
Effects of erythromycin, tetracycline and ibuprofen on the growth of Synechocystis sp. and Lemna minor.
Aquat Toxicol. 67(4):387-96.
Pomati F, Rossetti C, Manarolla G, Burns BP, Neilan BA. (2004) [MORE]
Interactions between intracellular Na+ levels and saxitoxin production in Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii T3.
Microbiology. 150(Pt 2):455-61.
Pomati F, Rossetti C, Calamari D, Neilan BA. (2003) [MORE]
Effects of saxitoxin (STX) and veratridine on bacterial Na+ -K+ fluxes: a prokaryote-based STX bioassay.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 69(12):7371-6.