Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences

All Ordinary projects Strategic projects Finalized projects International projects European projects National projects Regional projects Local Projects All Ascoli Davide Balsari Paolo Barchi Lorenzo Battaglini Luca Maria Beccaro Gabriele Loris Berruto Remigio Bertora Chiara Blandino Massimo Bonifacio Eleonora Borgogno Mondino Enrico Corrado Borreani Giorgio Botta Roberto Brun Filippo Busato Patrizia Cardenia Vladimiro Celi Luisella Roberta Cocolin Luca Simone Ferrero Francesco Freppaz Michele Garbarino Matteo Gasco Laura Gerbi Vincenzo Giacosa Simone Gioelli Fabrizio Stefano Guarnaccia Vladimiro Gullino Maria Lodovica Isocrono Deborah Lombardi Giampiero Lonati Michele Manino Aulo Marzano Raffaella Mosso Angela Motta Renzo Nicola Silvana Novello Vittorino Padoan Elio Paolo Balsari Peano Cristiana Porporato Marco Portis Ezio Reyneri Amedeo Scariot Valentina Schubert Andrea Spadaro Davide Carmelo Stanchi Silvia Tavella Luciana Torello Marinoni Daniela Vidotto Francesco Zeppa Giuseppe All Life Sciences LS1_1 - Macromolecular complexes including interactions involving nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates LS1_2 - Biochemistry LS1_3 - DNA and RNA biology LS1_4 - Protein biology LS1_5 - Lipid biology LS1_6 - Glycobiology LS1_7 - Molecular biophysics, biomechanics, bioenergetics LS1_8 - Structural biology LS1_9 - Molecular mechanisms of signalling processes LS1_10 - Synthetic biology LS1_11 - Chemical biology LS1_12 - Protein design LS1_13 - Early translational research and drug design LS1_14 - Innovative methods and modelling in molecular, structural and synthetic biology LS2_1 - Genetics LS2_2 - Gene editing LS2_3 - Epigenetics LS2_4 - Gene regulation LS2_5 - Genomics LS2_6 - Metagenomics LS2_7 - Transcriptomics LS2_8 - Proteomics LS2_9 - Metabolomics LS2_10 - Glycomics/Lipidomics LS2_11 - Bioinformatics and computational biology LS2_12 - Biostatistics LS2_13 - Systems biology LS2_14 - Genetic diseases LS2_15 - Integrative biology for personalised medicine LS2_16 - Innovative methods and modelling in integrative biology LS3_1 - Cell cycle, cell division and growth LS3_2 - Cell senescence, cell death, autophagy, cell ageing LS3_3 - Cell behaviour, including control of cell shape, cell migration LS3_4 - Cell junctions, cell adhesion, the extracellular matrix, cell communication LS3_5 - Cell signalling and signal transduction, exosome biology LS3_6 - Organelle biology and trafficking LS3_7 - Mechanobiology of cells, tissues and organs LS3_8 - Embryogenesis, pattern formation, morphogenesis LS3_9 - Cell differentiation, formation of tissues and organs LS3_10 - Developmental genetics LS3_11 - Evolution of developmental strategies LS3_12 - Organoids LS3_13 - Stem cells LS3_14 - Regeneration LS3_15 - Development of cell-based therapeutic approaches for tissue regeneration LS3_16 - Functional imaging of cells and tissues LS3_17 - Theoretical modelling in cellular, developmental and regenerative biology LS4_1 - Organ and tissue physiology and pathophysiology LS4_2 - Comparative physiology LS4_3 - Physiology of ageing LS4_4 - Endocrinology LS4_5 - Non-hormonal mechanisms of inter-organ and tissue communication LS4_6 - Microbiome and host physiology LS4_7 - Nutrition and exercise physiology LS4_8 - Impact of stress (including environmental stress) on physiology LS4_9 - Metabolism and metabolic disorders, including diabetes and obesity LS4_10 - The cardiovascular system and cardiovascular diseases LS4_11 - Haematopoiesis and blood diseases LS4_12 - Cancer LS4_13 - Other non-communicable diseases (except disorders of the nervous system and immunity-related diseases) LS5_1 - Neuronal cells LS5_2 - Glial cells and neuronal-glial communication LS5_3 - Neural development and related disorders LS5_4 - Neural stem cells LS5_5 - Neural networks and plasticity LS5_6 - Neurovascular biology and blood-brain barrier LS5_7 - Sensory systems, sensation and perception, including pain LS5_8 - Neural basis of behaviour LS5_9 - Neural basis of cognition LS5_10 - Ageing of the nervous system LS5_11 - Neurological and neurodegenerative disorders LS5_12 - Mental disorders LS5_13 - Nervous system injuries and trauma, stroke LS5_14 - Repair and regeneration of the nervous system LS5_15 - Neuroimmunology, neuroinflammation LS5_16 - Systems and computational neuroscience LS5_17 - Imaging in neuroscience LS5_18 - Innovative methods and tools for neuroscience LS6_1 - Innate immunity LS6_2 - Adaptive immunity LS6_3 - Regulation of the immune response LS6_4 - Immune-related diseases LS6_5 - Biology of pathogens (e.g. bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi) LS6_6 - Infectious diseases LS6_7 - Mechanisms of infection LS6_8 - Biological basis of prevention and treatment of infection LS6_9 - Antimicrobials, antimicrobial resistance LS6_10 - Vaccine development LS6_11 - Innovative immunological tools and approaches, including therapies LS7_1 - Medical imaging for prevention, diagnosis and monitoring of diseases LS7_2 - Medical technologies and tools (including genetic tools and biomarkers) for prevention, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of diseases LS7_3 - Nanomedicine LS7_4 - Regenerative medicine LS7_5 - Applied gene, cell and immune therapies LS7_6 - Other medical therapeutic interventions, including transplantation LS7_7 - Pharmacology and toxicology LS7_8 - Effectiveness of interventions, including resistance to therapies LS7_9 - Public health and epidemiology LS7_10 - Preventative and prognostic medicine LS7_11 - Environmental health, occupational medicine LS7_12 - Health care, including care for the ageing population LS7_13 - Palliative medicine LS7_14 - Digital medicine, e-medicine, medical applications of artificial intelligence LS7_15 - Medical ethics LS8_1 - Ecosystem and community ecology, macroecology LS8_2 - Biodiversity LS8_3 - Conservation biology LS8_4 - Population biology, population dynamics, population genetics LS8_5 - Biological aspects of environmental change, including climate change LS8_6 - Evolutionary ecology LS8_7 - Evolutionary genetics LS8_8 - Phylogenetics, systematics, comparative biology LS8_9 - Macroevolution and paleobiology LS8_10 - Ecology and evolution of species interactions LS8_11 - Behavioural ecology and evolution LS8_12 - Microbial ecology and evolution LS8_13 - Marine biology and ecology LS8_14 - Ecophysiology, from organisms to ecosystems LS8_15 - Theoretical developments and modelling in environmental biology, ecology, and evolution LS9_1 - Bioengineering for synthetic and chemical biology LS9_2 - Applied genetics, gene editing and transgenic organisms LS9_3 - Bioengineering of cells, tissues, organs and organisms LS9_4 - Microbial biotechnology and bioengineering LS9_5 - Food biotechnology and bioengineering LS9_6 - Marine biotechnology and bioengineering LS9_7 - Environmental biotechnology and bioengineering LS9_8 - Applied plant sciences, plant breeding, agroecology and soil biology LS9_9 - Plant pathology and pest resistance LS9_10 - Veterinary and applied animal sciences LS9_11 - Biomass production and utilisation, biofuels LS9_12 - Ecotoxicology, biohazards and biosafety Physical Sciences and Engineering PE1_1 - Logic and foundations PE1_2 - Algebra PE1_3 - Number theory PE1_4 - Algebraic and complex geometry PE1_5 - Lie groups, Lie algebras PE1_6 - Geometry and global analysis PE1_7 - Topology PE1_8 - Analysis PE1_9 - Operator algebras and functional analysis PE1_10 - ODE and dynamical systems PE1_11 - Theoretical aspects of partial differential equations PE1_12 - Mathematical physics PE1_13 - Probability PE1_14 - Mathematical statistics PE1_15 - Generic statistical methodology and modelling PE1_16 - Discrete mathematics and combinatorics PE1_17 - Mathematical aspects of computer science PE1_18 - Numerical analysis PE1_19 - Scientific computing and data processing PE1_20 - Control theory, optimisation and operational research PE1_21 - Application of mathematics in sciences PE1_22 - Application of mathematics in industry and society PE2_1 - Theory of fundamental interactions PE2_2 - Phenomenology of fundamental interactions PE2_3 - Experimental particle physics with accelerators PE2_4 - Experimental particle physics without accelerators PE2_5 - Classical and quantum physics of gravitational interactions PE2_6 - Nuclear, hadron and heavy ion physics PE2_7 - Nuclear and particle astrophysics PE2_8 - Gas and plasma physics PE2_9 - Electromagnetism PE2_10 - Atomic, molecular physics PE2_11 - Ultra-cold atoms and molecules PE2_12 - Optics, non-linear optics and nano-optics PE2_13 - Quantum optics and quantum information PE2_14 - Lasers, ultra-short lasers and laser physics PE2_15 - Thermodynamics PE2_16 - Non-linear physics PE2_17 - Metrology and measurement PE2_18 - Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: steady states and dynamics PE3_1 - Structure of solids, material growth and characterisation PE3_2 - Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter, lattice dynamics PE3_3 - Transport properties of condensed matter PE3_4 - Electronic properties of materials, surfaces, interfaces, nanostructures PE3_5 - Physical properties of semiconductors and insulators PE3_6 - Macroscopic quantum phenomena, e.g. superconductivity, superfluidity, quantum Hall effect PE3_7 - Spintronics PE3_8 - Magnetism and strongly correlated systems PE3_9 - Condensed matter - beam interactions (photons, electrons, etc.) PE3_10 - Nanophysics, e.g. nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanomagnetism, nanoelectromechanics PE3_11 - Mesoscopic quantum physics and solid-state quantum technologies PE3_12 - Molecular electronics PE3_13 - Structure and dynamics of disordered systems, e.g. soft matter (gels, colloids, liquid crystals), granular matter, liquids, glasses, defects PE3_14 - Fluid dynamics (physics) PE3_15 - Statistical physics: phase transitions, condensed matter systems, models of complex systems, interdisciplinary applications PE3_16 - Physics of biological systems PE4_1 - Physical chemistry PE4_2 - Spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques PE4_3 - Molecular architecture and Structure PE4_4 - Surface science and nanostructures PE4_5 - Analytical chemistry PE4_6 - Chemical physics PE4_7 - Chemical instrumentation PE4_8 - Electrochemistry, electrodialysis, microfluidics, sensors PE4_9 - Method development in chemistry PE4_10 - Heterogeneous catalysis PE4_11 - Physical chemistry of biological systems PE4_12 - Chemical reactions: mechanisms, dynamics, kinetics and catalytic reactions PE4_13 - Theoretical and computational chemistry PE4_14 - Radiation and Nuclear chemistry PE4_15 - Photochemistry PE4_16 - Corrosion PE4_17 - Characterisation methods of materials PE4_18 - Environment chemistry PE5_1 - Structural properties of materials PE5_2 - Solid state materials chemistry PE5_3 - Surface modification PE5_4 - Thin films PE5_5 - Ionic liquids PE5_6 - New materials: oxides, alloys, composite, organic-inorganic hybrid, nanoparticles PE5_7 - Biomaterials synthesis PE5_8 - Intelligent materials synthesis - self assembled materials PE5_9 - Coordination chemistry PE5_10 - Colloid chemistry PE5_11 - Biological chemistry and chemical biology PE5_12 - Chemistry of condensed matter PE5_13 - Homogeneous catalysis PE5_14 - Macromolecular chemistry PE5_15 - Polymer chemistry PE5_16 - Supramolecular chemistry PE5_17 - Organic chemistry PE5_18 - Medicinal chemistry PE6_1 - Computer architecture, embedded systems, operating systems PE6_2 - Distributed systems, parallel computing, sensor networks, cyber-physical systems PE6_3 - Software engineering, programming languages and systems PE6_4 - Theoretical computer science, formal methods, automata PE6_5 - Security, privacy, cryptology, quantum cryptography PE6_6 - Algorithms and complexity, distributed, parallel and network algorithms, algorithmic game theory PE6_7 - Artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, natural language processing PE6_8 - Computer graphics, computer vision, multimedia, computer games PE6_9 - Human computer interaction and interface, visualisation PE6_10 - Web and information systems, data management systems, information retrieval and digital libraries, data fusion PE6_11 - Machine learning, statistical data processing and applications using signal processing (e.g. speech, image, video) PE6_12 - Scientific computing, simulation and modelling tools PE6_13 - Bioinformatics, bio-inspired computing, and natural computing PE6_14 - Quantum computing (formal methods, algorithms and other computer science aspects) PE7_1 - Control engineering PE7_2 - Electrical engineering: power components and/or systems PE7_3 - Simulation engineering and modelling PE7_4 - (Micro- and nano-) systems engineering PE7_5 - (Micro- and nano-) electronic, optoelectronic and photonic components PE7_6 - Communication systems, wireless technology, high-frequency technology PE7_7 - Signal processing PE7_8 - Networks, e.g. communication networks and nodes, Internet of Things, sensor networks, networks of robots PE7_9 - Man-machine interfaces PE7_10 - Robotics PE7_11 - Components and systems for applications (in e.g. medicine, biology, environment) PE7_12 - Electrical energy production, distribution, applications PE8_1 - Aerospace engineering PE8_2 - Chemical engineering, technical chemistry PE8_3 - Civil engineering, architecture, offshore construction, lightweight construction, geotechnics PE8_4 - Computational engineering PE8_5 - Fluid mechanics PE8_6 - Energy processes engineering PE8_7 - Mechanical engineering PE8_8 - Propulsion engineering, e.g. hydraulic, turbo, piston, hybrid engines PE8_9 - Production technology, process engineering PE8_10 - Manufacturing engineering and industrial design PE8_11 - Environmental engineering, e.g. sustainable design, waste and water treatment, recycling, regeneration or recovery of compounds, carbon capture & storage PE8_12 - Naval/marine engineering PE8_13 - Industrial bioengineering PE8_14 - Automotive and rail engineering PE9_1 - Solar physics - the Sun and the heliosphere PE9_2 - Solar system science PE9_3 - Exoplanetary science, formation and characterization of extrasolar planets PE9_4 - Astrobiology PE9_5 - Interstellar medium and star formation PE9_6 - Stars - stellar physics, stellar systems PE9_7 - The Milky Way PE9_8 - Galaxies - formation, evolution, clusters PE9_9 - Cosmology and large-scale structure, dark matter, dark energy PE9_10 - Relativistic astrophysics and compact objects PE9_11 - Gravitational wave astronomy PE9_12 - High-energy and particle astronomy PE9_13 - Astronomical instrumentation and data, e.g. telescopes, detectors, techniques, archives, analyses PE10_1 - Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric composition, air pollution PE10_2 - Meteorology, atmospheric physics and dynamics PE10_3 - Climatology and climate change PE10_4 - Terrestrial ecology, land cover change PE10_5 - Geology, tectonics, volcanology PE10_6 - Palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology PE10_7 - Physics of earth's interior, seismology, geodynamics PE10_8 - Oceanography (physical, chemical, biological, geological) PE10_9 - Biogeochemistry, biogeochemical cycles, environmental chemistry PE10_10 - Mineralogy, petrology, igneous petrology, metamorphic petrology PE10_11 - Geochemistry, cosmochemistry, crystal chemistry, isotope geochemistry, thermodynamics PE10_12 - Sedimentology, soil science, palaeontology, earth evolution PE10_13 - Physical geography, geomorphology PE10_14 - Earth observations from space/remote sensing PE10_15 - Geomagnetism, palaeomagnetism PE10_16 - Ozone, upper atmosphere, ionosphere PE10_17 - Hydrology, hydrogeology, engineering and environmental geology, water and soil pollution PE10_18 - Cryosphere, dynamics of snow and ice cover, sea ice, permafrosts and ice sheets PE10_19 - Planetary geology and geophysics PE10_20 - Geohazards PE10_21 - Earth system modelling and interactions PE11_1 - Engineering of biomaterials, biomimetic, bioinspired and bio-enabled materials PE11_2 - Engineering of metals and alloys PE11_3 - Engineering of ceramics and glasses PE11_4 - Engineering of polymers and plastics PE11_5 - Engineering of composites and hybrid materials PE11_6 - Engineering of carbon materials PE11_7 - Engineering of metal oxides PE11_8 - Engineering of alternative established or emergent materials PE11_9 - Nanomaterials engineering, e.g. nanoparticles, nanoporous materials, 1D & 2D nanomaterials PE11_10 - Soft materials engineering, e.g. gels, foams, colloids PE11_11 - Porous materials engineering, e.g. covalent-organic, metal-organic, porous aromatic frameworks PE11_12 - Semi-conducting and magnetic materials engineering PE11_13 - Metamaterials engineering PE11_14 - Computational methods for materials engineering Social Sciences and Humanities SH1_1 - Macroeconomics SH1_2 - International trade SH1_3 - Development economics SH1_4 - Finance SH1_5 - Corporate finance SH1_6 - Econometrics SH1_7 - Behavioural economics SH1_8 - Microeconomic theory SH1_9 - Industrial organisation SH1_10 - Management SH1_11 - Human resource management SH1_12 - Environmental economics SH1_13 - Labour and demographic economics SH1_14 - Health economics SH1_15 - Public economics SH1_16 - Historical economics SH2_1 - Political systems, governance SH2_2 - Democratisation and social movements SH2_3 - Conflict resolution, war, peace building, international law SH2_4 - Legal studies, constitutions, human rights, comparative law SH2_5 - International relations, global and transnational governance SH2_6 - Humanitarian assistance and development SH2_7 - Political and legal philosophy SH2_8 - Big data in political and legal studies SH3_1 - Social structure, social mobility, social innovation SH3_2 - Inequalities, discrimination, prejudice SH3_3 - Aggression and violence, antisocial behaviour, crime SH3_4 - Social integration, exclusion, prosocial behaviour SH3_5 - Attitudes and beliefs SH3_6 - Social influence SH3_7 - Kinship SH3_8 - Social policies, welfare, work and employment SH3_9 - Poverty and poverty alleviation SH3_10 - Religious studies, ritual SH3_11 - Social aspects of teaching and learning, curriculum studies, education and educational policies SH3_12 - Communication and information, networks, media SH3_13 - Digital social research SH3_14 - Social studies of science and technology SH4_1 - Cognitive basis of human development and education, developmental disorders SH4_2 - Personality and social cognition SH4_3 - Clinical and health psychology SH4_4 - Neuropsychology SH4_5 - Attention, perception, action, consciousness SH4_6 - Learning, memory SH4_7 - Reasoning, decision-making SH4_8 - Language learning and processing (first and second languages) SH4_9 - Theoretical linguistics SH4_10 - Language typology SH4_11 - Pragmatics, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, discourse analysis SH4_12 - Philosophy of mind, philosophy of language SH4_13 - Philosophy of science, epistemology, logic SH5_1 - Classics, ancient literature and art SH5_2 - Theory and history of literature, comparative literature SH5_3 - Philology SH5_4 - Visual and performing arts, film, design and architecture SH5_5 - Music and musicology SH5_6 - History of art and architecture, arts-based research SH5_7 - Museums, exhibitions, conservation and restoration SH5_8 - Cultural studies, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage SH5_9 - Metaphysics, philosophical anthropology SH5_10 - Ethics and its applications SH5_11 - History of philosophy SH5_12 - Computational modelling and digitisation in the cultural sphere SH6_1 - Historiography, theory and methods in history, including the analysis of digital data SH6_2 - Classical archaeology, history of archaeology, social archaeology SH6_3 - General archaeology, archaeometry, landscape archaeology SH6_4 - Prehistory, palaeoanthropology, palaeodemography, protohistory, bioarchaeology SH6_5 - Palaeography and codicology SH6_6 - Ancient history SH6_7 - Medieval history SH6_8 - Early modern history SH6_9 - Modern and contemporary history SH6_10 - Colonial and post-colonial history SH6_11 - Global history, transnational history, comparative history, entangled histories SH6_12 - Social and economic history SH6_13 - Gender history, cultural history, history of collective identities and memories, history of religions SH6_14 - History of ideas, intellectual history, history of economic thought SH6_15 - History of science, medicine and technologies SH7_1 - Human, economic and social geography SH7_2 - Migration SH7_3 - Population dynamics: households, family and fertility SH7_4 - Social aspects of health, ageing and society SH7_5 - Sustainability sciences, environment and resources SH7_6 - Environmental and climate change, societal impact and policy12 SH7_7 - Cities SH7_8 - Land use and planning SH7_9 - Energy, transportation and mobility SH7_10 - GIS, spatial analysis

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