In the period from November 8 to 19, 2021, PhD student Ana Boban, mag. chem. stayed at the Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona in Italy. The host and mentor at the training was Dr Vesna Milanović, collaborator on the project.

PhD student Ana acquired knowledge and practical skills in basic microbiological methods for isolation and identification of isolated non-Saccharomyces yeasts from the first phase of the project. During her stay, she improved on methods of oenological characterization of isolated yeasts, such as testing the resistance of isolates to different temperatures, concentrations of alcohol and sulfur (IV) oxide, and carried out testing of enzyme activity of yeasts related to the aroma of the variety using enzymatic methods. PhD student Ana Boban also learned about the PCR method used in the preparation of samples for molecular identification of isolated yeasts from our project.