Genomic expertise and consultancy to accelerate use of synthetic genes and plant resources

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Thematic areas
Agrifood / Agriculture
Agrifood / Nutrition & health
Description

Plants have a huge potential to contribute to the solution of a large number of issues facing the modern world, ranging from a poor crop yields and problems caused by global climate changing. Our team has been on the forefront of the PCR and NGS applications to plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress. As experts in genomics and plant pathology we are able to accelerate the understanding and use of plant genes and resources. As proved by several request of collaborations with either public or private organization and firms, we are prone to support partners from all kinds of agencies, industries in improving their products and processes, gaining approval and improving and implementing the quality of products and contribute to a healthy and sustainable future for the planet.

Business fields
Agrifood
Industry
Type of innovation
Service/know how innovation
Description of innovative features / Competitive advantages

Here we list confidential examples of our support in innovations: a) design and production of RNA vaccines against plant pathogens; b) study of functional variants of genes involved in resistance/ tolerance to pathogens; c)design and production of synthetic genes, such as those including functional motifs; d) development of "proof of concepts" in model systems (model plants and yeasts) to accelerate patenting of products or processes; e)detection of functional polymorphisms as markers for plant variety characterization; f) design of oligonucleotides for the determination of the gene expression level of pathogen resistance genes by PCR; g)RNA Recognition of susceptible, resistant and tolerant plant variety responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.The innovative advantages are in the fact of twenty years of working experience in the sector (proven by numerous publications with high impact factor (IF) combined with problem solving approach of the environment and the national agri-food sector and with the availability of innovative platform of elaboration and storage of data (workstations), diagnostics and gene expression (ddPCR, qPCR and PCR, microscopes), image analyser for gene expression, low temperature (up to -80°C) for RNA storage.

Reference market
Total innovation
Incremental innovation
Impacts on existing markets
Creation of new markets
Development stage
Prototype
TRL
7
Advantages
Product/process/service/technology optimization
Patented technology
Yes
Country/ies

Europe, Russia, Canada, India

Technology validation/demonstration
Internal validation
Market positioning
Italian
European
International
Partner required
Enteprise
Private research center
Cooperation in national /european / international project

Information
For more information and/or to be put in contact with the Research Team, please contact the Project Manager:

Barbara Angelini - Project Manager
CNR - Unità Valorizzazione della Ricerca
Phone number 06.49932415
E-mail barbara.angelini@cnr.it