NATIONAL PROJECTS
Currently running and recently completed national and regional projects.
DUAL BREEDING 2
Title: Dual purpose dairy cattle breeding: a model for sustainable animal breeding and farming
Funding: European Fund for Rural Development, 10.2 - PSRN
Duration: 2020-2024
Role: Research Unit Leader
Target species: cattle
SUIS.2
Title: Suinicoltura Italiana Sostenibile - Sustainable Pig Farming
Funding: European Fund for Rural Development, 10.2 - PSRN
Duration: 2020-2024
Role: Research Unit Leader
Target species: pig
CUN-FU-2
Title: Rabbit breeding for the future
Funding: European Fund for Rural Development, 10.2 - PSRN
Duration: 2020-2024
Role: Research Unit Leader
Target species: rabbit
Agritech Spoke 1
Title: Animal Genetic Resources
Funding: PNRR
Duration: 2023-2025
Role: Research Unit Leaders
Target species: pig, cattle, rabbit
POS-Cattle
Title: Integration of novel phenotyping and omics-approaches for the sustainable management and breeding of autochthonous cattle genetic resources
Funding: PRIN2022
Duration: 2023-2025
Role: National Coordinator
Target species: cattle
DeepMilk
Title: Deep Whole Genome Sequencing of bulk milk for sustainable cattle productions
Funding: PRIN PNRR
Duration: 2023-2025
Role: National Coordinator
Target species: cattle
FEEDTHEPIG
Title: An integrated metabolomic, transcriptomic and genomic approach to identify new markers for the genetic improvement of feed efficiency in Italian pigs
Funding: PRIN PNRR
Duration: 2023-2025
Role: National Coordinator
Target species: pig
HamCapture
Title: Image analysis of hams for the generation of high-throughput data for the meat industry and animal breeding
Funding: PRIN PNRR
Duration: 2023-2025
Role: Research Unit Leader
Target species: pig
OPTIFARM
Title: OPTIFARM: Ricerca scientifica e applicata per una maggiore efficienza produttiva ed una adeguata risposta ai cambiamenti climatici dell’acquacoltura italiana
Funding: Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (MASAF)
Duration: 2024-2027
Role: Research Unit Leader
Target species: Several sturgeon species
New equations for pig carcass classification
Title: New equations for pig carcass classification
Funding: Borsa Merci - MASAF
Duration: 2023-2024
Role: Partner
Target species: pig
PigPhenomics
Title: Applied phenomics and genomics in pigs for the identification and use of new phenotypes in breeding plans
Funding: PRIN2017 - MIUR, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
Duration: 2019-2023
Role: Coordinator
Target species: pig
BEE-RER-3
Title: Analysis of honey DNA and of honey contaminants to support the apiculture sector and monitor hive pathogens in Emilia Romagna region
Funding: Funded by Regione Emilia-Romagna
Duration: 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022
Role: Coordinator
Target species: honey bee
Holothuria
Title: Holothuria
Funding: Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Forestry
Duration: 2021-2023
Role: Research Unit Leader
Target species: holothuria
Livestock-Stop-Covi
Title: Advanced environmental and analytical genomics for a “One Health” approach against coronavirus infections in livestock production systems
Funding: Funded by Regione Emilia-Romagna
Duration: 2021-2022
Role: Coordinator
Target species: multiple
PQ-Inn
Title: Pilot project for the evaluation of meat quality parameters in heavy pigs for the production of PDO dry-cured hams using innovative technologies and genomic approaches (Pork Quality Innovation)
Funding: Funded by Regione Emilia-Romagna
Duration: 2018-2020
Role: Partner
Target species: pig