The research activities include the study of all main livestock species, aquaculture species, wild and extinct animal species, insects, environmental DNA and the One Health approach.
BEE-RER-2 is a research project of the University of Bologna funded by the Emilia Romagna Region within the Apiculture supporting work programme. The full title is “Analysis of environmental honey DNA and of honey bee DNA to support the apiculture sector and monitor hive pathogens in the Emilia Romagna region - (BEE-RER-2)".
PigPhenomics - Applied phenomics and genomics in pigs for the identification and use of new phenotypes in breeding plans The project is funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), within the PRIN 2017 research programme (Research Projects of National Relevance).
DUAL BREEDING 2 - Dual purpose dairy cattle breeding: a model for sustainable animal breeding and farming. European Fund for Rural Development, 10.2 - PSRN (2020-2023).
LIVESTOCK-STOP-COVI - Advanced environmental and analytical genomics for a “One Health” approach against coronavirus infections in livestock production systems. Finanziato dal bando per sostenere progetti di ricerca ed innovazione per lo sviluppo di soluzioni finalizzate al contrasto dell’epidemia da COVID-19: In attuazione delle azioni 1.1.4 e 1.2.2 del Por Fesr Emilia-Romagna 2014-2020.
VirAnimalOne - A European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) funded project Application of animal genomics and data mining to predict and monitor novel coronavirus potential infection
Target species: livestock and pets. Project status: completed.
Animal genomics for a “One Health” perspectives in the COVID-19 pandemic era: Free access to computational infrastructures. Fundings: "The EGI call for COVID-19 research projects" (06/2020 – 05/2021).
Specie target: farm animals and pets. Project status: completed.