Our research projects

We are currently working to several projects involving bioinformatics, genetics (in particular genomic data) and informatics. In particular we are working to:

1. sequence and annotate genomes obtained from bacteria of agricultural interest. We are currently involved in genomic studies of Streptomyces and Pesudomonas species isolated from soil and vegetables;
2. annotate and map at a chromosomal level genomes of insect of agricultural interest. We are collaborating to the annotation and chromosomal localization of scaffolds isolated from the aphid Aphis glycines genome. Aphids have been scarcely studied at chromosomal level so that our collaboration with Rosanna Giordano (University of Puerto Rico) will represent the first deep study of the aphid chromosomes;
3. localize bacterial strains in insects by whole mount in situ hybridization, combined with confocal microscopy. We are collaborating since several years with the research laboratories of Alberto Alma (DISAFA, University of Turin), Elena Crotti (DEFENS, University of Milan) and Daniele Daffonchio (King Abdullah University) to the study of the composition and role of microbiota in insects of agricultural interest, such as psyllids and leafhoppers.

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