Expertise

- Forage production estimation of natural and artificial grass
- Environmental impact assessment of agronomic techniques (erosion and leaching)
- Floristic analysis (pastoral value)
- Analysis of the vegetation structure
- Seed bank monitoring
- Water stress monitoring
- Bioagronomic evaluation and characterization of the germoplasm from forage and pasture species
- Analysis of forage quality characteristics
- Characterization of plant germoplasm by molecular markers
- Isolation, characterization and selection of symbiotic microorganisms from legumes
- Evaluation and management of surface weed
- Mass spectrometry methodologies for structural studies on proteins and protein complexes from species having veterinary/agricultural interest
- Proteomic analyses of biological matrices from animals/plants and of samples extracted from microorganisms having agricultural interest
- Study of proteins from raw materials having animal/plant origin and protein modifications originated by processing technologies used for food preparation
- Study of post-translational modifications in bioactive proteins/peptides from various species having veterinary/agricultural interest
- Development of advanced microanalytical methods for expression proteomics and functional proteomics studies
- Cytogenetic and genetic analysis of farm animals chromosomes, oocytes, sperms and embryos
- Enviromental monitoring on animals exposed to mutagenic substances
- Physical cytogenetic mapping using FISH technique in both chromosomes and extended chromatin (fiber-FISH)
- Mitotic chromosome characterization by high resolution G and R-banding in livestock
- Whole chromosome painting probes production for cytogenetic analysis in farm animals
- Development of protocols for the redox state evaluation in animal biological fluids
- Estimation of the oxidative damage and of antioxidant agents in foods of animal origin
- Chemical and nutritional characterization of foods for zootechnical use
- Microbiological characterization of foods for zootechnical use and of animal origin
- Development of models for describing productive functions, metabolic processes and planning of livestock farms
- Innovative technologies for increasing the production and the disease resistance in animals and for improving the quality of their products
- Molecular biology and functional genomics methods applied to livestock productions
- Methods to assess animal endocrine state and metabolic profile
- Correlation studies on the animal tissue/body fluid redox state and the immune response
- Correlation between animal redox state and immune response