{"id":156752,"date":"2025-05-12T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/carmelina-spano-4352-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:56:20","slug":"carmelina-spano-4352-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/carmelina-spano-4352-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmelina Spano&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professoressa Associata &#8211; Dipartimento di Biologia | Tel.: 050 2211335 &#8211; Email: carmelina.spano@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"4352","unipi-persone-nome":"Carmelina","unipi-persone-cognome":"Spano'","unipi-persone-email":"carmelina.spano@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":" https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/carmelina_spano\/","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"Ricevimento ordinario:\nLuned\u00ec    ore 11-13\nMercoled\u00ec ore 9-11\nGioved\u00ec   ore 9-11\nRicevimento Tutorato:\nVenerd\u00ec   ore 9-11","unipi-persone-telefono":"050 2211335","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/carmelina_spano\/","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=008068","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=008068&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Fisiologia Vegetale BIOS-02\/A","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professoressa Associata","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp13161","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1342127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interacting Effects of Heat and Nanoplastics Affect Wheat [Triticum turgidum L.] Seedling Growth and Physiology<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Fontanini, Debora; Bottega, Stefania; Ruffini Castiglione, Monica; Spano&#039;, Carmelina - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1320087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greenspaces can reduce the level of airborne microplastic contamination in urban environments: Evidence from a lichen biomonitoring study<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Basile, Carolina Stringa; Jafarova, Mehriban; Aherne, Julian; Wyonch, Jacob; Castiglione, Monica Ruffini; Span\u00f2, Carmelina; Fackovcov\u00e1, Zuzana; Loppi, Stefano; Paoli, Luca - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1264787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polyethylene microplastics alter root functionality and affect strawberry plant physiology and fruit quality traits<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Ceccanti, C.; Davini, A.; Lo Piccolo, E.; Lauria, G.; Rossi, V.; Ruffini Castiglione, M.; Spano&#039;, Carmelina; Bottega, S.; Guidi, L.; Landi, M. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1263207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The impact of polystyrene nanoplastics on plants in the scenario of increasing temperatures: The case of Azolla filiculoides Lam<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Bottega, Stefania; Fontanini, Debora; RUFFINI CASTIGLIONE, Monica; Spano&#039;, Carmelina - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1257587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stress responses of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa to environmentally relevant concentrations of pharmaceutical ibuprofen: Ecological implications<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Menicagli, V.; Ruffini Castiglione, M.; Cioni, E.; Span\u00f2, C.; Balestri, E.; De Leo, M.; Bottega, S.; Sorce, C.; Lardicci, C. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1251527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Titanium dioxide nanoparticles enhance the detrimental effect of polystyrene nanoplastics on cell and plant physiology of Vicia lens [L.] Coss. &amp; Germ. seedlings<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Spano&#039;, Carmelina; Giorgetti, Lucia; Bottega, Stefania; Muccifora, Simonetta; Ruffini Castiglione, Monica - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1218087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Effects of Zinc Oxide Particles with Different Sizes on Root Development in Oryza sativa<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Ruffini Castiglione, M; Bottega, S; Sorce, C; Spano&#039;, C - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1176045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glutathione and phytochelatins jointly allow intracellular and extracellular detoxification of cadmium in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Bellini, E; Bandoni, E; Giardini, S; Sorce, C; Spano&#039;, C; Bottega, S; Fontanini, D; Kola, A; Valensin, D; Bertolini, A; Saba, A; Paoli, L; Andreucci, A; Li, M; Varotto, C; Sanita&#039; di Toppi, L - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1147279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Early evidence of the impacts of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution on the growth and physiology of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Menicagli, Virginia; Castiglione, Monica Ruffini; Balestri, Elena; Giorgetti, Lucia; Bottega, Stefania; Sorce, Carlo; Spano, Carmelina; Lardicci, Claudio - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1129827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polystyrene nanoplastics affect seed germination, cell biology and physiology of rice seedlings in-short term treatments: Evidence of their internalization and translocation<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Span\u00f2, Carmelina; Muccifora, Simonetta; Ruffini Castiglione, Monica; Bellani, Lorenza; Bottega, Stefania; Giorgetti, Lucia - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1109298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Synchrotron Radiation Spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy Techniques to Evaluate TiO2 NPs Incorporation, Speciation, and Impact on Root Cells Ultrastructure of Pisum sativum L. Plants<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Muccifora, Simonetta; Castillo-Michel, Hiram; Barbieri, Francesco; Bellani, Lorenza; RUFFINI CASTIGLIONE, Monica; Span\u00f2, Carmelina; Pradas del Real, Ana E.; Giorgetti, Lucia; Tassi, Eliana L. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1062421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Effect of zinc priming on salt response of wheat seedlings: Relieving or worsening?<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Spano&#039;, Carmelina; Bottega, Stefania; Bellani, Lorenza; Muccifora, Simonetta; Sorce, Carlo; RUFFINI CASTIGLIONE, Monica - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1035293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exploring the interaction between polystyrene nanoplastics and Allium cepa during germination: Internalization in root cells, induction of toxicity and oxidative stress<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Giorgetti, L.; 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