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RESEARCH PROJECTS Ongoing 2024-2027 Project RISORGO funded by Emilia-Romagna COPSR 2023 – 2027 – Intervention SRG01 – OS5 “White grain sorghum for water efficiency and sustainability of regional agriculture: germplasm characterization, cultivation, and quality” (36 months) 2024-2027 Project STARTER funded by Emilia-Romagna COPSR 2023 – 2027 – Intervention SRG01 – OS4 “Strategies for the adaptation and resilience of cropping systems to climate change, with innovative techniques that allow the restoration of soil fertility” (30 months) 2024-2027 PI Project ES.O.PO ‘Valorizzazione della filiera biologica di piante aromatiche e officinali per la definizione di biopesticidi e biostimolanti per la coltivazione biologica del pomodoro’ funded by Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry. (36 months) 2023-2026 Project-PNRR – Mission 4 “Formation and Research” – National Research Program and Project of releventa national interest -Project PRIN 2022 “The puzzling mystery of tryptamine and serotonin roles in plants: a comprehensive investigation in Solanum lycospersicum.”– Code 2022XSZJ9S (24 months) Concluded 2022-2024 Project PNR 2015-2020- “Shelf life, quality and safety of fruit and vegetable products with a high service content” (POFACS) https://www.pofacs.it/ 2016-2022 Project H2020 "Sustainable Innovation of Microbiome Applications in food system" - SIMBA (Grant Agreement No. 818431) https://simbaproject.eu/ 2016-2018 POR FESR 2014-2020, Action 1.2.2 -“Identification of wheat genotypes at low impact for people with genetic susceptibility for celiac disease” (Smartwheat) (24 months). 2014-2016 CRC Foundation 2013: Production of special wheats for the food industry “Special Wheat”(24 months). 2013-2015 ETB Project (6° EUROTRANS-BIO call) “Development and validation of DNA based prototypes for detection of allergenic species” (Allergotype) Project MSE n. E01/0885/02/X21. (30 months) 2011-2014 AGER project RISINNOVA “Integrated genetic and genomic approaches for new Italian rice breeding strategies” (42 months) 2010-2011 Cariparma Foundation “Molecular biotechnologies for the research of proteomic biomarkers of exposure to HIV” (18 months) 2010 -2013 AGER Project “Environmental and economic sustainability for yield and quality production of durum wheat supply chain”. (36 months) 2008-2011 EuroTransBio project: Preparation, validation and commercialization of prototype toxigenomics chip (Project n. E01/0731/01/X13) (TOXICHIP)" (30 months) 2005-2008 EU Integrated Project "GM and non-GM supply chains: their CO-Existence and TRAceability" (COEXTRA), Framework VI (36 month) 2001-2003 EU project "Traceability of DNA fragments through the food chain by DNA/PNA techniques: Application to novel foods" (DNA TRACK) (36 month) 2001-2005 Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry project "New approaches for genetic improvement in cultivated wheat base on the exploitation of germplasm resources and molecular techniques: Search and characterization of new alleles for thermo-tolerance in wheat and cognate wild species" ("AMIFRUGAM") (36 month) MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITES 1. Study of the genetic and molecular bases of genotype-environment interactions in crops: -Isolation, sequencing, characterization and mapping of genes induced in response to abiotic stresses in cereals and horticultural crops. -Effects of the environmental conditions (cultivation techniques, water regimes, fertilization) on proteome quality in crops. The seed proteome is analyzed by 2D-PAGE and mass spectrometry to characterize the reserve seed proteome in the Italian wheat and rice varieties. 2. Development and characterization of products with biostimulant and bioprotective properties to improve crop sustainability, for application in organic and soil-less cultivation systems. Enhancement of the aromatic and medicinal plant supply chain. 3. Molecular traceability of food supply chains for food safety and food authenticity: -GMO traceability in food chains using advanced genomic methods for DNA analysis. In particular different PCR systems were developed (qualitative, competitive, nested, real-time) and multiplex PCR methods (qualitative and quantitative), that are instrumental for the implementation of molecular array platforms. -Allergenic species traceability in processed foods. Qualitative and quantitative PCR methods were developed for the identification of the main food allergens. A patent has been registered on this application. 4. Development of molecular markers for fingerprinting and species identification using conventional and advanced PCR methods (RT-PCR, Multiplex PCR, HRM PCR, Array). BIBLIOMETRIC DATA orcid.org/0000-0001-8326-4965 ResearcherID: G-9759-2011 Scopus Author ID: 6602849811