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
ItaHoneyDNA
Title: A research project to enhance Italian honey through the analysis of its DNA derived from the honey bees that produced it. From the DNA present in honey, to the genetic fingerprint of the honey bees to recognize the honey produced by the Italian Apis mellifera subspecies.
Funding: Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry (MASAF)
Duration: 2024-2025
Role: Coordinator
Target species: honey bee
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