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via Einstein
Località Cascina Codazza
26900 Lodi
(Lombardy)

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Research and Development

Project Eadgene

Aim

The aim of the project is the brokering of necessary basic knowledge for the development of new or improved therapies and vaccinations, improved diagnostics and the breeding of disease-resistant animals in the agricultural units. In this research area important disease germs in the food chain are concentrated on for these impact human health and lifestyle.

Project Sabre

Description

PTP participates in the European Sabre project. In the project, the newest techniques in genetic science are used to develop for the industry and the environment sustained breeding systems for cattle, pigs and poultry. In the foreground of basic research are the milk gland, the digestive apparatus and breeding.

Aim

Sabre aims at offering a spectrum of new breeding strategies to enhance the health and well-being of the animals, to reduce the load caused by chemistry and energy consumption, to reduce waste and contamination to a minimum and to optimise safety and food quality. The focus of applied research is centred both on the enhancement of the food quality and also the improvement of the food safety. Both should be achieved among other things by enhanced animal husbandry.

Project Macrosys

Description

The European Macrosys project is coordinated by the scientific manager of PTP, Dr. John Williams. A combination of classical and functional genomics and system biology (system genetics) approaches is used to investigate the interactions between germs and host and the immune reaction of the host on microbiological infections. The aim is the development of molecular diagnosis tools for the enhancement of disease control and the furthering of selective cattle breeding.

Aim

The main aim of the project is the improvement of the health and well-being of the cattle and the safety of the animal products. Thereby concentration is focused on diseases, which are becoming increasingly significant for the European population and in other areas increasingly more disquieting. The project deals, in particular, with bovine tuberculosis (TBC) and para bovine tuberculosis (Para-TBC, better known as Johne's disease).

Project Dupromics

Description

PTP participates in the Drupomics project. The aim of the project is the sequencing of the peach genome with a WGS method and a 0.2-04.X coverage using the available databanks, Shotgun and Fosmide (international activity). The sequencing is performed by the genomics platform. For the assembly, the Department of Bioinformatics is the responsible department. In Phase 2 of the project, i.e. the genetic molecular mapping, the Plant Genomics Department has the task of defining and mapping about 200 SNPs from the segregants (TxE and/or PxF) as direct anchoring of the Contigs to the genetic-molecular maps.

Aim

The aim of the project is the sequencing of the peach genome.

Project Nadir

Description

PTP participates in the European NADIR project. The project comprises four types of activities: Networking (communications, joint use of best practices, and joint administration of the biological resources), research (description of the animal lines, enhancement of the monitoring devices for infections, development of new infection models for new diseases), transnational access to technological facilities and administration of the project.

Aim

As a strategic aim of this project, the introduction of a European leadership practice in the field of studies and diagnosis of animal infections can be designated. Hereby altogether 14 test facilities for animals should be united. These are set up on security level 3 and their diagnosis and review instruments are subjected to optimisation, so that, on the one hand, a scaling effect can be achieved and, on the other hand, reserves saved can be used for the coordinated modernisation of the existing facilities.

Project Mappa 5°

Description

PTP participates in the Mappa 5° project. The main aim of the Mappa 5° project is the mapping in high resolution of the 5° chromosome of wheat using recombined populations (RIL). At other European facilities and the UO UNIBA, they are currently still in the development phase. At UO PTP gene typing analyses of RIL are performed, which are made available with molecular markers, anchored on BAC Contigs.

Aim

The aim of the Mappa 5A project is the mapping in high resolution of the chromosome 5A of wheat.